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[suki_blue]

Firstly, I just want to say that I really hope the fire at the Cutty Sark wasn't deliberate. And if it was, may the culprits suffer a devastating house fire that destroys everything they own.

And on that topic, here's a small fire-related family titbit for you. I'll put it under a cut because it involves the death of an animal. Be warned; it isn't nice.




I do actually have a very twisted family and there really is a reason that I don't like most of them. Many reasons, in fact. Maybe I'll let you in on some of it over the next few months. I feel like talking.

I have an uncle - one of many - who was a young pyromaniac. He's my grandad's son. He lit fires wherever he went and even once burned down grandad's train set; it was one of those huge, replica ones that fills up a whole room. B burned it to the ground.

Then, one night, he set light to what he thought was an empty barn. Only it wasn't empty. The barn burned to the ground and a bull burned with it. He said to me once that he could still hear it screaming - it sounded human.

He never lit another fire again.

Now he's grown up, he's an upstanding citizen he's on the run from the police for a string of fraud offenses and has been for literally decades.

I don't know why I told you all that. Felt like story time, I guess.



In other news, Ive made my very first Drarry banner and changed my layout colours to match. I'm quite pleased.

Comments

[allyndra.livejournal.com]

The banner is beautiful. Really, it is. The blue of the shadows and the light on Harry's face ... love it!

RE: your story time
When I was young, we lived on a farm in Missouri, although we didn't farm the land. The fields, animals, and barn were all owned and cared for by someone else. My brothers (about 7 & 8 years old) started the fun hobby of lighting fires behind the barn. One cold day, they took their hobby inside and accidentally lit up the autumn's hay, stacked in bales. The fire was put out before anyone was hurt, but they could easily have burnt down the whole farm, what with the winds and the proximity to the house.

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I was really proud of that colouring. Sometimes it's really annoying trying to get all my banners to come out blue, but that one just wanted to be blue. LOL!

Oh my god, thank goodness the fire got put out! I bet your brothers were bricking it! It really shows how easy it is for fire to get out of control. Once it really gets going, it's a problem. I wish people wouldn't fuck about with it.

[ficbitca-bear.livejournal.com]

I thought you were going to reminisce about the lawnmower/frog interaction from last year.

Nice banner!

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

LOL! Omg, you remember that! I still, to this day, haven't gotten over it. :oD

Thank you!

[vinniebatman.livejournal.com]

::sniffles::
Poor bull.
::shakes fist::
But on other news, you're banner is very pretty. I want one too! You know, a magic ball with which to gaze upon hot ments.

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

I know, it's awful, isn't it? Poor thing.

Thank you! Yes, a ball full of hotness would be great, huh? :oD

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

Two dear friends of mine have died in fires, one was a deliberate arson (a girl thought my friend had stolen her boyfriend) and in the other, my friend saved his roommate's life (the roommate, by the way, accidentally set the fire) and then was left to perish in the flames by that same roommate. I am none too fond of those who set fires. I am extremely pleased that your uncle has stopped setting them.

I wish I could see your banner. My security program has stepped in and blocked it. *sigh*


Gabrielle

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness, how awful! I really don't understand people who set fires deliberately - especially when lives are at stake!! What a terrible way to go.

I wish I could see your banner. My security program has stepped in and blocked it. *sigh*

Ah, in which case, I'll just tell you that it's the best banner in the entire world and you won't know any different. Hee!

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

It really is. I miss them both...Anne wasn't yet 18...


I have no doubt that it's simply scrumptious. Gosh I wish I could see it.


Gabrielle

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, luv. I hope I haven't brought back too many memories for you. ~big hugs~

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

:::hugs you tightly:::

No worries. I think about them every day anyway.


Gabrielle

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

I bet. Such a waste of life.

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

It really was. My friend Alex was practically raising his younger sister. Heaven only knows what happened to her with him dead...she was this close to being a pregnant, high school dropout. Only his constant interference kept her life on track.


Gabrielle

[bmblbee.livejournal.com]

Love the banner. Very colorful.
When I worked in the prison we had a lot of pyromaniacs. Arsonists.
They all had a sort of creepyness about them.
Most of them were also bed wetters.

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

You worked in a prison?! Wow, what was that like?

[bmblbee.livejournal.com]

I worked for 20 years in an all male
max security prison as a corrections
officer (guard). It was bizarre,
terrible, funny, great, and awful.
The stress gave me two heart attacks.
The State gave me a disability.
I'm good.

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

Gods, I can't even begin to imagine the stress of all that. I bet you've got some interesting stories to tell! Wow.

[bmblbee.livejournal.com]

Most of my partners were large black men. There were only 4 women on shift. We used to laugh that we could write a book but nobody would believe it.

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

I expect being large was a handy size to be! Did you get less respect as a woman or didn't it really matter?

I think that book would be a best seller!

[bmblbee.livejournal.com]

I have been called every name in the book. Some I didn't even know the meaning of. My favorite saying was
"I may be a bitch, but I'm not your bitch!" What would make the book interesting was the fact that I worked strictly with sex offenders for 8 years. You would be shocked at the number of them that were with only animals. How do you convince someone a horse is a victim when it probably didn't even know he was back there.

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

That's quite a saying!

Really? Animals? The human mind is a strange thing. I wonder...just why? Why do people do things like that?

Was it uncomfortable working with sex offenders?

[bmblbee.livejournal.com]

Not bad, just different. I also worked the street gang unit and
the best one was the homicides. They were the easiest because most were just ordinary people that snapped one day. Few were hard core criminals.
I used to sit in the dayroom with them and force them to watch Buffy reruns with me. The gay guys would sit with me and drool over Spike. It was a hoot.

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's awful. You know any time you wanna share anything with us, you can. Cause we love you. :)

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

That's my fucked up family for you. ~rolls eyes~

Thank you, honey ~big hugs and smooches~

[lil-coyote.livejournal.com]

*winces over the story of the bull*
There's times we all wish we could trade out someone in our family. And hey, sharing's cool. Start a trend. You share and then maybe some of us can feel ok about sharing. =]

The new banner? Very spiff! You put the blue shadows in? Killer job. *nodnods* I like the expression of the pic you picked too.

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a good deal. I love hearing about other people's lives, good and bad. I would certainly trade most of my family. I would even have traded my grandad at one point in time!

Thank you! There was already a shadow in the picture, but I blurred and smudged it and put in the blue tones. I think it worked quite well. It's a nice picture of him, isn't it?

[literati.livejournal.com]

GUH!

Guh, I say! Gorgeous header!


...

as for the uncle.. ::hugs::

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

Thank you! They look so hot, don't they? Hee!

~hugs~ I'm just glad that I'll probably never see him again apart from at funerals. That's one less thing to worry about! :oD

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Pretty banner, though, as you know, not my flavour. ;)

I have a bunch of crazies hanging off my family tree too, but no pyros, as far as I know.

{{{smish}}}

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

Thank you, luv! Talking of your flavour, are you going to read the new Supernatural comic?

I always thought bad apples were supposed to drop off, but they just keep hanging on. I guess it happens when the whole tree is crazy :oD

[kitty-poker1.livejournal.com]

Wow, hon, sad story. My family is kinda fucked up but nothing that bad.

Gorgeous banner, and stunning colours! Are you going to stop rotating, though? I miss the Spander and McShep. *g*

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

Oh, the tales I could tell...and probably will ;o)

Fank hoo! No, I'm gonna go back to rotating, but with totally new banners. I love the way this one blends into the background. When I put it up it made the others look silly. So, guess what I'll be doing all weekend ;o)

[screamplease.livejournal.com]

i don't speak to any but my immediate family...two sisters my mum and dad. that's it. the rest of them are abso-fucking-lutely insane. and that's coming from me. as for the header absolutely gorgeous. *sighs* i wish i could make pretties like that...oh well. about the fire thing...i've never set fire to anything except candles and wood in fireplaces/pits. i have had my hair set on fire twice however. one was just a little puff of flame on accident when my sister's marshmellow got to close to me and the wind blew just right...and the other was deliberate when a girl set my hair on fire because she didn't think it right that her ex was talking to me. we weren't even dating then...that came later, we were just talking doing that seven degrees to kevin bacon thing only doing it with people we knew to figure out how i ended up at the same party as him being the baby of the group seeing as i turned fifteen a week later.