Do you use your birthday as a time to take stock, party it away or want to ignore it?

I do some personality assessments- not Cosmo type, more like a Jungian/Gesalt test to see where I want to be going.

So tonight I'll do that and drink single-malt scotch.

Last night I was asked by one of my housemates (who was born in this country, and is attending college here) what continent we are on. As in, "I don't know" and not "My brain needs a cold reboot because it's nearly 11pm and I'm blanking."


Sigh.

A reported transcript of a radio conversation off the coast of Newfoundland in 1997:

Americans: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the north to avoid a collision.

Canadians: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the north to avoid a collision.

Americans: This is the captain of a US Navy warship. I say again, divert your course.

Canadians: No, I say again, you divert your course.

Americans: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS MISSOURI. WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE U.S. NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW.

Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call.

If you could take any class you wanted, in any subject, what would you choose to learn about? Cost is no object and you have lots of free time.

I'd want to take a search and rescue with dogs class.

Dear Santa,

I've been good this year. Really.

I'm looking for:

An enjoyable job on the other coast so I can get home next time my mom gets hospitalized while Dad's in Africa.
A lovely place of my own- I'm really tired of roomates.
A well-behaved dog- I know I want multiples, but one to start would be good.
A kind and intelligent man.

I understand that this is a difficult list, but I'm worth it!

Love to Mrs. Claus and the elves,

Northernwalker

http://cdn1.ustream.tv/swf/4/viewer.45.swf?cid=317016

Worship the floofyness.

I don't currently want to get married, but I don't think that the state of marriage will be tarnished by gay people entering into it.

Children's Literature meme.
- First, see if you remember where each of these quotes comes from (without looking)
- Second, post a list of 10 memorable quotes from children's literature in your blog...

Part 2 will be coming shortly.

1) Respectabiggle
2) Strong as a little French Horse
3) More than oriental splendor
4) Crunchings and munchings
5) Well and truly run after
6) Bears is sixpence extra. Sticky bears, ninepence.
7) Bump, bump, bump, down the stairs on the back of his head
8) Aunt Beast
9) Never trust anything that can think for itself, if you can't see where it keeps its brain.
10) Sir Benjamin would stand for hours in one position talking about sheep.

( Answers under the cut )

Would you tell one half of a couple that the other half was cheating? In this hypothetical, either person A has told you, or their cheating partner has, or you walked in and found them... in short, you have solid knowledege of said cheat.

I would, because I'd want to know, especially if we aren't using condoms. However, I'd probably tell me in a location where there are no pokers, firearms or knives in easy reach.

If the answer is no, then why not?

From a recent post on Jacqueline Carey's website:

"I do listen to my readers; but ultimately, I try to write in the service of the story. When readers tell me they want more of Phèdre and Joscelin, I think, "No, you don't." Because I can't possibly take the arc of their storyline to greater heights than it's gone, and while I might be able to write something that would scratch that familiar itch, in the end, it would be disappointing. When readers tell me they'd love to see Alais' story told, and find out whether or not Imriel and Sidonie ever had that horde of children, I think, "No, you don't." Because it would strain the limits of credibility to give Alais her own epic arc on the heels of so many others, and push Phèdre and Joscelin into the roles of doting grandparents. You don't want that, you really don't."

http://www.jacquelinecarey.com/

How many authors kill a series by carrying it on until you can't stand to hear more about the leads? I loved David Weber's Honor Harrington series in the beginning, but as time went on and Honor became more and more of a Mary Sue even reading other books in that universe got exhausting. There's only so much you can do to characters before it starts to feel like the Perils of Pauline and Gentle Reader ends up wishing they'd be caught by the train.

Rorry is 14 weeks old, a Belgian sheepdog and so very floofy.

( Cut for cuteness! )

Your result for The Attachment Style Test...

The Free Agent

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I'd probably murder a clingy partner.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1032029/Mummys-little-Lolita-The-11-year-old-girl-beauty-treatments-cost-300-month-make-look-like-Barbie.html

Mummy's little Lolita: The 11-year-old girl whose beauty treatments cost £300 a month to make her look like Barbie
She wore her first set of false eyelashes at eight, and her beauty treatments cost £300 a month. A sick abuse of an 11-year-old? 'No', insists Sasha's mother, 'I just want her to be famous...'

At the tender age of 11, this kid looks like a pre-teen porn star.

In the forthcoming documentary, Jayne takes Sasha to a major agency, in the hope that she will be signed up.

The model booker says a vehement 'no', horrified by her portfolio, and tells Jayne that clients want their child models to look like children, and that for this sort of career success she would have to stop bleaching Sasha's hair and encouraging her to wear plastic nails. Jayne refuses to comply.

Frankly, I want to hose the kid off, dress her in play clothes and tell her to go fall out of a couple trees. I get the feeling mama wants to relive what her childhood should have looked like according to her. Daughter apparently doesn't know there are any other options.

Ask Sasha how she sees herself and she replies: 'Blonde, pretty, dumb - I don't need brains.' Her mum laughs her head off at this, proud that the child is so like her.


Would you want to see a kid raised like this?

Here's another one.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1033033/The-mother-wants-15-year-old-daughter-Jordan-saving-buy-boob-job.html

Like any proud mother, Ashley Hughes wants to do the best for her little girl.

She works at five different cleaning jobs to help 15-year-old daughter Emma achieve her dream.

Which is...to be a surgically enhanced glamour model just like Jordan.

Mrs Hughes has provided nothing but support for Emma's ambitions to follow in the footsteps of her improbably-shaped heroine.

She has already spent £15,000 on salon treatments and is putting money aside for a breast enlargement operation for her daughter when she turns 18.

Before that happens she is trying to raise £8,000 for tooth veneers to enhance Emma's smile, while she also pays for weekly pole dancing lessons.

Jesus Christ and his Tympani Five.

I'm so glad my parents are sane.

Couple is married with 3 kids. They have agreed not to have more, and she is on birth control. Wife starts gaining weight, to the point where hubby's guy friends ask if "Melissa" is pregnant. "Jack" says no, but later asks Melissa if she is pregnant. She tells him no, it's the BC pill. A month later, Melissa calls Jack and tells him they have a girl on the way. She oopsed him and lied- she's now 5 months pregnant. The kicker? This is the SECOND time she's done this. Opinions?

Other info- she was supposed to get her tubes tied after Oops 1.0 and did not. I gather he's going to get a vasectomy.

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Theme: International Travel
1. You have the summer and plenty of money to travel abroad. Where all would you go?
Scandinavia, Great Britain, New Zealand, Ghana- if it wasn't too hot.

2. What foods would you be sure you got to eat?
Good salmon. I miss salmon. British food- cream teas!!! Local food.

3. What landmarks would you be sure you got to see?
The fjords, the mountains, good architecture... I'm not so into "seeing the sights."

4. What airline would you use?
Whatever works to get me there.

5. Would your knowledge of other languages influence where you went? (i.e. would you be more likely to go to France if you spoke French)
Most of my options speak English as a first or second language so it isn't an issue, but I'd be willing to go places that don't.

Theme: USA Road Trip
1. Who would you take with you on a road trip?
I'd probably go on my own.

2. What states would you visit?
I'd like to do a leaf tour of the eastern seaboard in fall.

3. What national parks and/or monuments would you go see?
Acadia National Park, maybe, but I'd try to miss touristy spots and go to less-crowded areas.

4. Las Vegas: Overrated or a Must-See?
I'd like to go once, just to see if I like it.

5. How long would you be gone?
As long as possible.

Heinlin's list- Can you:
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Apparently I turn 35 today. My parents forgot- my dad asked why I was calling! {They did send me something which got here yesterday, so they aren't totally terrible parents ;)} There was much apologizing from them as I laughed like a hyena for about five minutes.

What five things did you want to do by the time you hit 35, or what did you want to do after it?

Apparently I turn 35 today. My parents forgot- my dad asked why I was calling! {They did send me something which got here yesterday, so they aren't totally terrible parents ;)}There was much apologizing from them as I laughed like a hyena for five minutes.

What five things did you want to do by the time you hit 35, or what did you want to do after it?