wordinista

Stolen from moonphased


You're a dragon. You're smart and cunning, and
enjoy taking risks. Your need for independence
is an advantage, but sometimes it alienates you
from others. As far as *good* and *evil*,
you're pretty neutral--but you may have
something of a wicked streak.


What mythical beast are you?
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RARR!

(Actually, the first time I took the test I came out as a unicorn, and that's just a little too... yeah. Too unlike me, I think. So I took it again.)

Did not hear back from electrician yesterday. Am calling again today. Also, I have to call and make an appointment for teh boi to get his hair cut next week, and... there was something else I had to do. *thinks* Ah! Call for an appointment to get the oil changed in the car.

I was a little cranky yesterday because all of the latest copies of my original fiction bits were saved on the server, and without power going to the office, I couldn't access anythiing. Buuuut, last night we moved the server out to the living room, so today I'll be able to access and work on o-fic, which is kind of nice. I'm feeling all sorts of ready-to-write today, so I'm hoping my muse is kind to me. (Granted, I've been able to write little silly things, like those fic challenge thingies, and I'm up to something like six or seven pages in OGAM ch 53, but I'd reeeally like to work on the original stuff today.

But first, tea! (OMG, Peet's Irish Breakfast tea is, like, the bestest Irish Breakfast EVAR.)

Snagged from everstar3:

Ten random songs from my shuffled-up playlist:

Follow You Down, Gin Blossoms
D'yer Mak'er, Led Zeppelin
See the Sun, Dido
I Will Remember You, Sarah McLachlan
The Way, Fastball
Imaginary, Evanescence
It's Probably Me, Sting and Eric Clapton
Do You Have a Little Time, Dido
I've Got to See You Again, Norah Jones
Breakfast at Tiffany's, Deep Blue Something

In other news, I've misplaced my checkbook.  Like, badly.  I had it on the coffee table Monday night, and now it's nowhere to be had.  I haven't used it since -- I rarely use it, in fact.  I'm thinking it might have got mixed in with the trash (we had pizza and wings and beer for the Hurricanes game Monday night), in which case... I don't know.  I guess I should call the bank, but damn, what a pain in the ass.  It either got knocked into the trash, or one of the cats knocked it off the table and... I don't know what.  It's not under the couch, chair, or ottoman, so I'm at a loss.  Bleh.

In other other news, I received my order from Peet's today.  Can I just say, the Earl Grey with Lavender?  O. M. G.  *loves*  I also got some Irish Breakfast, some Golden Dragon Oolong, and some peppermint tea.  I'm waiting to get a tetsubin before I make the Golden Dragon, but I opened the tin and smelled it, and ohemgee, it's divine.  Seriously.  Like I told somnambulicious, you just want to roll around in the scent of it.  So far, though, I've only tried the Earl Grey with Lavender, and it's gorgeous.  I know a few people who don't like Earl Greys, and this tastes enough unlike an Earl Grey that I'd recommend it to them. 

And in other other other news, one of my beloved OGAM betas has told me she simply doesn't have the time anymore to beta for me, which brings me down to two betas for OGAM rather than my preferred three (yes, I'm that anal).  Is there anyone out there who'd be interested in beta'ing for the last ten chapters or so?  Mostly I like folks to point out when I've overlooked a grammatical something, or made a typo, or left a word out of a sentence (or put too many in -- both of which I've done many times).  My big loves, though, are when people point out little lapses in continuity, character behavior, or when a scene just doesn't seem to ... work, for whatever reason.  I can usually catch grammar stuff -- it's the non-grammar stuff I appreciate help with.  (And, yes, the two I have are wonderfully competent, honest people.  However... I have a thing with doing things in threes.  Mild OCD perhaps.  Hard to tell.) 

What I don't want?  "Chapter's great! Doesn't need anything!"  I mean, if you like something, tell me (or I may talk myself into changing it), but if something doesn't work?  Let me know, and don't be shy about it.

So, any takers? 

Stolen from mscongeniality:

Step 1: Pick out 10 books you love. (I've decided that I'm going to stick with fiction and straight prose--rather than including poetry or plays.)
Step 2: Write down the first line (or two, if you feel it necessary)--and try to avoid using specific terms, character or place names if possible. (I used stars to blank them out and only filled in the identifiers after the quote was guessed.)
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess where the quote is from.
Step 4: When someone guesses correctly, italicize the quote and put the title and author after it, with credit to the first correct guesser.


( Enter Literary Geekdom! )

EDIT: I'll be damned. #2 wasn't the first book guessed.

Saw this one in quite a few people's LJ's, and it looks pretty neat, and VERY different.

Snaps Cup Meme: http://www.livejournal.com/users/limeybean/114913.html?thread=4269793#t4269793

A fun little meme swiped from cleolinda

Harry Potter Meme of All Memes by Osaku
Name/Username
Age
Gender
House	Gryffindor
Wand	Pine, 12", Phoenix Feather
Best Course	Spell Theory
Worst Course	Muggle Studies
Pet	Angora cat
Patronus	Lion
Quidditch Job	Seeker
Wizard Candy	Chocolate Frogs
Profession After School	Joke-shop Owner
Quiz created with MemeGen!

Just taking a break from cleaning. Actually, I'm nearly done. Just have to fold a little laundry (we were out of towels, and I can't have my post-cleaning shower without towels), and then a shower, and then I eat something before I pass out.

On a related note, I got the urge to wash down our floors (Italian tile) with a super-diluted water/bleach mixture, mostly because the kitchen and dining room get tromped through a lot, and sometimes the floor just doesn't seem rilly rilly clean. So... yeah. I did, and now the cats are wandering around, sniffing the floors (they're dry now), and Bronte was trying to roll around on the floor before it had dried.

...

We have weird cats.

Speaking of which, the girls have their appointment to get spayed on 8/18~! Yay! I'm also going to take Kisa down to the vet's office, because she's such a skinny, runty little thing, and George is doing a whole "overprotective papacat" thing. She is slender, there's no doubt about that, but she's very active, and a finicky eater. But, better to get her weighed and see where she falls on the chart for kitties her age. (She'll also put on weight after the surgery, which is very good news.)

Anyway -- laundry, then FOOD!

Tagged by somnambulicious:

"It is the Things you enjoy, even when no one around you wants to go out and play. What lowers your stress/blood pressure/anxiety level? meme. Make a list, post it to your journal, then tag 5 friends and ask them to post it to theirs."

Okay.  These are in no particular order, because that would make my brain splode. ;)

( Memes! )

I'm not tagging anyone to do the "5 Things" meme, since most everyone's done it already.

And now, another meme! ;)

Casting Call

I think it's inevitable that as we read each other's journals we create mental pictures of each other. Post this on your own journal to find out who your friends see when they read about your life.

Two Rules:
1. The person must be in the movies or on TV (but doesn't have to be an actor/actress). The person can be specific to a role (e.g. Jennifer Elhe's Elizabeth Bennet) or just the person themself.
2. You have to post a link to a picture of said person in the comments.

Yoinked from white_death:

Request a drabble from me. In return, you have to post this in your journal and write a drabble for me.

Instructions:

Post all fandoms you're willing to write for. Those making requests can pick a relationship, a story arc, a missing scene, commentary, or pretty much anything they want -- unless the author has previously mentioned that they will not write it. They comment with what they want, and you write the drabbles and post them in your LiveJournal.

My fandoms:
X-Files (don't subject me to that, please)
Buffy
Angel
Inuyasha
Fruits Basket
Casablanca (What? I can too choose this!)

Y'all who know me well know what I won't write.

My only real request is no ridiculous pairings. No Jaken/Toutousai or the like. My brain needs to stay intact for the next few weeks, m'kay?