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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!

Title: A Game of Consequences
Summary: Rose and the Doctor did end up in Barcelona, after all. Post-PotW.
Author: jediowl
Rating: U, I suppose
Notes: NO spoilers for the Christmas Invasion. Written before any of the trailers for it appeared. Ten's characterisation is probably wildly off, but never mind.



Eventually, they made it to Barcelona.
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Moving this stuff off my userinfo....

INTP - "Architect". Greatest precision in thought and language. Can readily discern contradictions and inconsistencies. The world exists primarily to be understood. 3.3% of total population.

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I was tagged to do this by...somebody.
Name 5 of life's simple pleasures that you like most, then pick 5 people to do the same. Try to be original and creative and not to use things that someone else has already used. Tag 5 people on your list.

I'm not going to tag anyone. Do it if you feel you want to.

1. Finding a book I haven't read yet, by a favourite author, in a secondhand bookshop.
2. Cats that climb on to my knee.
3. Chocolate!
4. Clean sheets and a hot-water bottle.
5. Wakening up in the night and seeing that there are 3 more hours before I need to get up.

The Christmas meme, gakked from angel_gidget

1.What is your favorite Christmas carol/song? -- I like Silent Night as long as it's not jazzed up. especially in the original German. Song—I'm partial to Fairytale of New York.

2.White lights or multiciolored? -- multicoloured

3. Do you have a cut tree, live tree or an artificial tree? -- Artificial. They were talking about getting a live one this year.

4. Eggnog, mulled cider, or hot chocolate? -- Hot chocolate.

5. Do you decorate your house with lights? -- Just the tree.

6. Do you write a Christmas letter? -- A Christams email is about all they'll get.

7. Do you like receiving Christmas letters/photos? -- I'm not fussed.

8. What is your favorite Christmas story/movie? -- Ack. They'll mostly cheesy. Oh, I know! Run Away Home. The cleverness of me!

9. Have you ever made a gingerbread house? -- No.

10. Poinsettias or holly? -- Holly. I don't even know what poinsettas are.

11. Do you display a nativity scene? -- We have a little terracotta one.

12. Do you bake Christmas cookies? -- No, cake.

13. Ham or turkey? -- Turkey. I don't eat pork.

14. In what languages can you wish someone a Merry Christmas (without cheating)? -- Four.

15. Do you know all the words to Jingle Bells? -- Yes.

16. Do you put presents under the tree? -- Yes.

17. How do you eat a candy cane? -- Suck it till it comes apart. But I've only ever had about two in my life.

18. What is your biggest holidays pet peeve? -- Relatives. No, seriously, all this 'Happy holidays' business, and workplaces banning Christmas decorations. Come off it; Christmas as celebrated by the vast majority of people in the UK is entirely secularised; it's a commercial festival. And I should have thought that whatever your religion was, an opportunity to party, get presents and eat lots at a dismal time of year would be welcome.

19. What is your favorite Christmas tradition? -- Presents.

20. What was the best present you ever got for Christmas? -- Hmm. I think the one which gave me the most pleasure at the time was something called a Super Optic Wonder; it was a little pair of binoculars that had a compass and a tiny sextant and magnifying glass and I don't know what all else. I carried around with me for about three years after that.

Gakked from cynthia_black

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Nifty! I wonder what happens when people change their default icons; do you end up with a page full of red x's?

Is anyone else still not getting all of their comment notifications, or is it just me?