THE WOOD RAT


Ironically, my horoscope predicts real life as I have a better relationship with my dragon father (predicted to be one of my ideal friends) than my horse mother (supposedly my mortal enemy)!

Despite having a remarkable facade of self-confidence, deep down, Wood Rats are the least sure of themselves compared to other Rats. However, they wouldn't dream of showing this side of themselves to anyone. Only close companions of a Wood Rat would ever suspect that he or she had such self-doubt. In fact Wood Rats are often worried about downfall, despite their ability to find success. Well-liked, proficient, and good leaders at work, Wood Rats seem to function best when they are surrounded by family and friends. Cordial and delicate, they are usually well loved by family, friends and peers.

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From over here.

Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Eve. I'm not religious but to me Christmas means family, because it's the one time of year the extended family is in the one place. Every Christmas Eve, the close family gets together to listen to the poem "The Night Before Christmas". Then on Christmas morning we have breakfast together and open presents. Then we head out to the extended family's Christmas lunch. Eventually, when the sugar high starts wearing down, we usually head back to my parents' with a few extras tagging along where we collapse on the nearest couch and struggle to digest all the food we've eaten :)

Your result for Which Starfleet Captain Are You?...

Captain Janeway

17% Kirk, 29% Picard, 25% Sisko, 35% Janeway, 33% Archer.

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Your result for The Partner in Crime Test...

The Mastermind

79% Guts, 91% Brains and 78% Soul!

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Your Ideal Harry Potter husband is... Albus Dumbledore.

You like 'em powerful and brilliant. And why not? A guy like this, you can have intelligent conversation with, laugh with, and you know he can protect you. Sure, he may have a weakness for power, but he's got that under control. And sure, he let his sister die, but he learned from that. And sure, he harbors a secret, forbidden love for a man widely known to be his mortal enemy, but...well, no, that's actually a pretty big obstacle. Good luck with that.
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I've recently finished reading two non-fiction books,Lesbian and Gay Parents and Their Children: Research on the Family Life Cycle by Abbie Goldberg, and The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons For a Kinder Society by Frans De Waal. Both of them are reviewing and summarizing a volume of scientific research, and are a wonderful starting point to find references on their respective topics.

The first I absolutely love to bits, both for the writing style and for the quality of its content. The latter is not as easy to read but I think the message is worth-while and is scientifically sound (it also offers some comment on the political opposition to the idea that 'empathy' and 'kindness' are just as natural as 'aggression' or 'anger'.

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Now I will return to reading things of lesser literary and scientific value - Sharpe fic :)

This has been sitting on my hard-drive for a while, so I dragged it out, got it beta'd by YR and am now posting it. The first thing I've posted in a while.

Title: The Warning
Fandom: Batman Nolanverse/Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Pairing: hinted Gordon/Batman,
Rating: PG
Summary: The term bio-weapon was one that Jim understood enough only to know that he didn't want to know any more.
It's over here on Ao3.

"The person who you are now is only who you are at this moment in time, its not who you'll always be."

Said to me when I was struggling with shyness and gave me the courage to keep trying in social situations. Dad was right and now I'm not the shy teenager I was back then. In twenty years time I can't tell what parts of me will be the same and what will have changed, and that's okay, because my life is full of possibility. The sky's the limit!

Definitely. Coming from a family of asthmatics, I have very little sympathy for those who smoke.

I recently revisited Charmed, a show about three sisters who discover that they're good witches destined to fight evil. Wow, has it been a while. The fashion is all very 90s and it is very formulaic and popularist. However, it still has its genuine moments. This was not a show to watch for revelations but for simple, uncomplicated fun. I also loved the cutesy sisterly vibe, especially in the early seasons.

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So, here are the handful of decent fics I have found.

The Unknown.
Author: cieux
Characters: Leo/Cole.
Author Note: I play with the idea of these two every now and then :)

As Seen Through Her Eyes
Author: Lilian
Summary: Phoebe wants Cole to bare himself to her. All of him.
Pairing: Phoebe/Cole
Rated: T - English

And then...: Enter the Demon
Author: Lilian
Summary : What happened when Cole shimmered Phoebe down to France?
Rated: T
Pairing: Phoebe/Cole

Rose Madder's Redemption Series (starts out kind of average but the sequels get better and better).
Redemption | The Demon's Advocate | So Mote It Be | Fruit of My Womb | The Coleville Horror | Cursed Be
Summary: Has the Source completely overtaken Cole's body? As Phoebe's life is hanging on a thread, Cole has one last chance to show who's really in control.
Pairing: Phoebe/Cole
Rated: K+

So, I'm all alone tonight so I figured what should I do? Scary movie! I watched the Ring Prequel (Japanese version, naturally). Then followed by Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. Then I'll do some more Star Wars writing and eventually, I might even eat dinner...

Lately a lot of spam has been shown up as anonymous comments on some of my older posts - so for the time being I am going to ban anonymous comments. Don't take it personally. Hopefully if I wait for a while the spammers will lose interest and I can unlock it again.

*sigh*