Taking a break from my third music project as most of you probably wanted to shoot me after the second Marukaite Chikyuu mix involving England and America, I happened to be keeping track of those Hetalia scene changes (where it shows the logo with a chibi-nation popping out from behind) and these are the results...

( Whack-A-Nation anyone? )

Why YES, I have no life XD;

Edwin van der Sar given leave after wife suffers brain haemorrhage

Edwin van der Sar has been given compassionate leave by Manchester United to be with his wife after she suffered a brain haemorrhage.

Annemarie van Kesteren has been described as "very poorly" after collapsing on 23 December. She has been in hospital ever since and United have told Van der Sar to take as long as he needs before returning to play in goal.

Sir Alex Ferguson, the United manager, has been keeping in regular contact with the former Holland international and the club have explained his absence from their Christmas programme as being because he is still troubled by the knee injury that had kept him out since the 3-0 defeat of Everton on 21 November.

In the meantime, Ferguson will choose between Tomasz Kuszczak and Ben Foster to compete for the vacant goalkeeping slot in place of the man Ferguson recently described as rivalling Peter Schmeichel to be recognised as the greatest goalkeeper in the club's history. United's next game is at home to Wigan on Wednesday.

Ferguson prides himself on looking after his players in emergency situations and has stressed to Van der Sar that there is no pressure on him to return before he is ready. Rob Jansen, the agent who represents the 39-year-old Van der Sar, declined to comment, saying it was "private business," but Van der Sar is said to be deeply shocked by what has happened. Relatives have joined him as he looks after the couple's young son, Joe, and daughter, Lynn.

Van der Sar, the most capped footballer of all time for Holland with 130 appearances, met Annemarie when he was shopping at her brother's grocery store. The couple were married in Amsterdam in May 2006, with Ruud van Nistelrooy, the Real Madrid striker who has been a team-mate of Van der Sar with United and Holland, among the guests. They live in Cheshire, where Annemarie deliberately tries to shun the celebrity lifestyle.

Van der Sar has recently been contemplating an offer from the Dutch football authorities to come out of retirement to play for his country in the World Cup in South Africa next year, where they will compete in a group with Japan, Cameroon and Denmark. He had turned down their initial approach, but further talks were planned in the coming months.

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Fucking hell.

Something I've been wondering - why does there seem to be so much controversy on the subject of Looms? Is it their association with the Cartmel Masterplan (which I'll admit has its downsides), a perception that they make the Time Lords somehow less relatable, or something else?

I only started to watch football/follow United properly during 2006 so my favorite goals will mostly be from that period up to now..

Here are my favorite goals from that time:

1) Scholes goal vs Barca..so beautiful and so fitting.




( Lets look back fondly on our favorite goals.. )

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Off LJ Links
A ratings update for "The End of Time"
Radio Free Skaro #174 - The Beginning of The End of Time
The LA Times reviews the Christmas special
Den of Geek revisits UK telly of Christmas past
Advent Calendar Day 28: The Big Questions, with John Simm (UK only) (Alternate link)
Newsarama recaps the Christmas special


Discussion and Miscellany
Note: These are mostly to do with "The End of Time, Part One" naturally, so needless to say there be spoilers.

katherine_b has helpfully transcribed the whole of "The End of Time"
jane_prefect has had their brain reassembled and comes back with a couple of thoughts and theories on the Christmas special
roseinlove12 has got a few questions also on the special
neohippie comments on the special
1ucifer is wondering whether anyone's going to Gallifrey 21
ugerchucker questions does anyone want to be a companion to the Doctor?
ren_geek has two theory polls concerning the New Years special
pixiestick_cc asks what is in a name
sue_denimme's Celebrating Ten picspam: #36 The Sontaram Stratagem
pc_handy links to a video which appears to be about John Simm and "The End of Time"
darkestboy with a piece off Radio Times Hot for 2010
teskafuture has an instant reaction sort of post
felldeedsawake has a novel-canon question
ionlylurkhere speculates about new plot developments
ren_geek speculates on certain Time Lords identities
katherine_b has a question about "The End of Time" score
totodiles promotes the Mattfest over at doctoreleven
may_b_maybe wonders about the Doctor's mum
siriuslyjames has incoherent thoughts on "The Keys of Marinus"
dbskyler asks people to vote on RTD's worst episode
honorh has further thoughts about the special
terraswrath discusses and picspams "The End of Time"
night_sky99 has thoughts for the upcoming series
chaos_by_design comments on the special
darknote has questions about timeline crossing
the_xarlster with two spoilery thoughts
snowgrouse rambles on about the special
chicklet73 loved the Christmas special and comments on it
caz963 is looking forward to the conclusion of the story


Challenges/New Communities
doctor_donna and their Weekly Drabble Challenge
dw100's Challenge #283: Capacity


Fanfic

Completed fics
Role Reversal by karaokegal (Jack/The Master, Jack/Gwen | NC-17 | Torchwood crossover)
My Love, On Christmas Day by wishiknewwho (Ten/Rose | G)
This is Martha Jones by siani (Ten, Martha | G)
Make My Wish Come True by adribetty394 (Ten/Rose, Handy, Donna | Teen)
If It's Tuesday, There Must Be Aliens - 4/6 by rosewarren (Handy, Rose | PG)
Every Path Leads Back to Nowhere by vail_kagami (Ten/Jack | G)
Same Everything by catsfiction (Ten | G)
A Nightmare for Christmas by sapphire_child (Martha | PG)
Stolen Kisses by goldy_dollar (Ten/Rose | PG-13)
Mementos by time_converges (Ten/Donna | PG)
Roads not Taken by dune_drd (Ten | None)
Like Glue (For Broken Shards of Broken Hearts) by hitlikehammers (Ten/JackIanto | NC-17)
Warmth by hitlikehammer (Ten/Rose/Jack | NC-17)
The End is Where We Begin by momentmusical (Nine/Rose, Ten/Rose | PG)
Gentlemen by darkestboy (Three, Jo, Brigadier, etc. | PG-13)


WIPs
If It's Tuesday, There Must Be Aliens - 4/6 by rosewarren (Rose, Handy | PG)
The Many Doctors: Chpater 3b: Plan of the Drahvins Part 2 - Malware of the Daleks by fardell24 (Original Characters | PG)
Tender (Chapter 11) by naughtybunny23 (Ten/Rose | Adult)
Moving Forward Series - Part 04 - Chapter 18 - Restoration by othermewriter (Nine/Rose | G)
Heart of the TARDIS Part XXIII by jhumor (Ten, Jack, Martha, Sarah Jane, Mickey, Davrois | Unrated)



Icons & Graphics
radioactivepiss has 16 Doctor Who icons in a multi-fandom post
ivydoor with 24 icons from series 2 and 4
everybody__lies has some "The End of Time" icons
pinpinery has 13 icons from "The End of the Time" and the Confidential
jkpolk with 90 icons from the special
theanonsisters has a couple of icons and gifs from the special
keldpp has various Rose, Doctor, and Martha headers
wafflenoir with a Doctor/Master wallpaper
mixremix various series 4 icons
snowgrouse has HQ screencaps
spraytainted has a New Years special theory
elisi has many thinky thoughts about the special
nwhyte enjoyed it very much
janetlin says it wasn't their favourite hour of Who
scarfman reacts to the episode in comic strip form
solarflar3 lets the excited flapping commence
crossoverman thinks it not too fair to judge without part two
grlgoddess has a capslock imbibed reaction
randomgirl666 picspams the episode part 1 & part 2
kalichan was a tad confused but liked it


Fan Art & Creative Endeavours
methodsguy has made their own TARDIS tree topper this year
reasonabsurd has a fantastic Aqua-related drawing


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