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From clanwilliam

My personal DNA report. Reserved thinker, sounds about right. They messed up on the Myers-Briggs one, though. INFJ? I'm INTP leik woah!

Our heating is broken. My dad put a rocket under the builder to get our wood-burning stove delivered. Unfortunately it won't fit in the chimney. They're hammering it to try to fit it in. They'll break it and we'll all die of carbon monoxide poisoning!

Gillian and Phil are engaged! O_O My goodness, I do feel old. People turning up engaged all over the place these days. How long is it going to be before the we-want-grandchild hints start coming my way?

"If there is someone on your friends list who makes your world a better place just because they exist and who you would not have met (in real life or not) without the internet, then post this same sentence in your journal."

Our internet connection is back! I've downloaded the antivirus updates, Firefox 1.5 and Windows updates, and I have 225 emails, 127 LJ comment notifications O_O.

Minioned tagged by angua9.

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Not tagging, do it if you feel the urge.

We're more or less moved in to the new house. It is cold and full of plaster dust and non-unpacked boxes. It also lacks little amenities such as internal doors. The cats became distressed on the way over, and...er...inside their travelling box. Liquidly.

The function of Building Control seems to be to produce new houses that it's impossible to live in. So far we have the extractor fans in all the toilets that run for 45 minutes after the light has been switched off, and the hot-press where the water tank is so well insulated that we have to install a radiator to make it actually hot.

The rash that I've had on my shoulders for about a week has moved up my neck, advanced as far as my jawline and is threatening my chin with a pincer movement.

A boy on the bus this morning regaled his seatmate and the occupants of the next four rows with confidences about his emotional life. When he got off I saw to my amusment that he was rigged a la Califorian Surfer. In Northern Ireland in January.

Also: YaY!! Pterry has practically finished Wintersmith and should be starting the next Discworld novel soon!

Title: A Book of My Tears
Author: jediowl
Rating: G
Characters: Luke, Leia, assorted Rebels
Summary: Luke having the tale of his Gallant Exploits winched out of him. Featuring Artoo the Hero, Alderaanian, hygiene on the Death Star and the reliability of written sources.
Written For: swhetgenathon, Character Prompt: Luke Skywalker, Story Prompt: First Meeting



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Christmas is over, just about; I've had three Christmas dinners, and there's still the remains of a turkey and almost a whole tin of Quality Street left....
The most exciting present I got was the RotS DVD, but I haven't managed to watch any of it yet apart from the special features.

Then yesterday I watched the tape of Doctor Who.

( Spoilers for The Christams Invasion )

Sadly, only one of the cats is now an it. The vet couldn't find the other one's testicles; she said to wait a few months and see if it came down. When he came round from the anaesthetic, he tried to mate with his brother, so they seem to be in working order, even if they are in his abdomen. :(

Was at a party last night; v. sleepy now. It's a half-day; I'm going to leave soon.

I have a pimple on my cheek and one right between my eyebrows. I thought I'd grown out of this!