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And once again, by commenting on a post, I have five more topics. Sorry it took a few days to get round to it. :-P
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lizamanynames gave me art, Stark, kitties, Tiggers, and Romans.
Art
I only feel qualified to talk about mine. I've always drawn, as long as I can remember, so much so that my father once devastated me by throwing my sketch pad in the bin in an attempt to make me spend more time outside playing like a normal child. I retrieved it later when he wasn't there, but food had been put on top of it and it was ruined. I even drew without pencil or paper, sketching in the air with my finger and rubbing it out with a hand-wave if it was wrong. People must have pitied my parents for having such a weird child. I won a few prizes at school, then just drew for my own pleasure till I got a graphics pad and discovered layers and Ctrl-Z to undo: win! I know my limits. I'll never be a real artist, but I can still have fun with it.
Stark
They only showed season1 of Farscape here, so I didn't get to see the whole series till much later, well after I met astrogirl2 who convinced me I needed to. I remember discussing it with her, and asking if her beloved Stark was "that guy filled with light" which she thought was weirdly prescient. Actually, I think I saw his light when he lifted his mask to cross Gilina over. If not, then I'm not sure where I got the idea from. Anyway, I loved him too, right from his first ep, and there should have been a lot more Starkness in the series. I think he's like Vila in B7: for me the tragic heart and soul of the show, but unlike Vila, he does end with some healing and hope.
Kitties
Or cats as we call 'em here. "Kitty" is only ever used in conjunction with "litter". Baby cats are kittens, and remain so till they're about one year old according to the food manufacturers, but my so-called kittens are too big for the name now. Teens? Kids? Cubs!
Anyway, I loved cats from the very beginning, even though the one we got when I was three was a bad-tempered and unaffectionate beast: a grey half-Persian originally named Fluffy (very trite) but renamed Beethoven due to her resemblance to that grumpy bust of him: same look and same wild grey hair. Every time I saw a kitten, I'd say I wanted one, and my parents would point out the fact that we had a cat at home, even though the main interaction I had with old grumpy-guts was her habit of laying on whatever I was trying to read.
The next family cat was Sam (another common cat name, bestowed by my little brother). I was a teenager old enough to stay home while he and my parents were visiting friends in Hamilton, and a scrawny little tabby kitten followed them down the street from their car, crying piteously. They went to see their friends, and a couple of hours later when they left, the kitten was sitting outside waiting for them. "Persistence must be rewarded," said my father (a comment that became a family saying) and they brought him home, a rat-like little thing who grew into the most delightful, playful little kitten who would snuggle up with my brother and me and try to put his head in front of ours while we were watching TV, telling us "I'm much more interesting!" He became a large and magnificent large tabby (this icon looks just him) who never realised that he was too heavy to lie on our chests and shoulders as he used to.
I had two cats when I was in Israel (Bissel and Koshka) whom I had to leave behind with friends when I left for Europe, then when I came back to NZ, I rescued a little stray tabby kitten, Sigi, and Petra, another tabby whom a bankrupt pet-shop who only had the one pet left was going to put down. They were so intelligent and sweet and loving, and I still miss them, just as I do my Tessa. The others since you know about. :-)
Tiggers
Tiggers are bouncy. Tiggers like water. Tiggers don't like honey, to Pooh's great relief. I have two Tiggers because Greg bought me two from Malaysia once; one is in the TV room and the other is in here somewhere among the other plushies.
If you meant tigers, see my posts about the time I played with white tiger cubs and fed them.
Birthday surprise!
More photos from old camera, including adorable last one
Romans
Another early love which I think grew from my father's books about history and Roman and Greek myths which I used to nick from his study to read. We did Roman history in the third form (now Year 9) and I still remember getting bonus points for my drawing of the Emperor Augustus. The next year I went to a new town and high school, and because I had to have done Latin to be in the top stream, my father taught me a whole year's worth over the summer holidays, and I was totally hooked. I find the history, society, and the eccentricity of the major players fascinating. And yes, I adore I, Claudius, in book and TV form.
I do Roman re-enactment with the Second Legion Augusta here, and I'm the vexillarius (standard bearer). There's a pic of me doing so in this post, and more of the legion plus added pearlies (but not me as I was taking the pictures) in this one. Come on, you knew I was a nerd!
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That's cool. I don't remember that at all. :)
The next family cat was Sam (another common cat name, bestowed by my little brother).
Why is Sam such a common name for a cat, anyway? I knew a Siamese called Sam once.
who never realised that he was too heavy to lie on our chests and shoulders as he used to.
Boy, do I know how that is! I keep trying to point out to Vir that he weighs twenty-five freakin' pounds, but he never seems to get the message. :)
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I watched the first four episodes of Farscape before giving up on it, and don't remember Stark at all--was he introduced later?
And you can pick five things for me if you want.
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You gave up too soon! It took a while to get going, but really got into its stride later in the season, though even the early eps have things that are important, or characters you meet again. Stark was introduced near the end of S1; you'd remember him if you'd seen him! This is him in the icon.
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the Beatles
Leela
roleplaying
Wash
clay figures
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Cats do usually like me; I always let a strange cat sniff my hand before I touch them and they appreciate the courtesy. :-)
Beethoven wouldn't sit on anyone, but I figured she lay on my books and papers because it was where I was looking and she wanted attention. Once I got into my brother's play pen to read a book on the floor in peace, and she came through the bars to me. I didn't think she'd fit, but she was nearly all fur. :-)
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Vic is a big guy now; in fact Greg says he's the Hurley of the household. He was lying on my chest in bed yesterday and I could hardly breathe, but he was so smoochy and purry I didn't have the heart to roll him off.
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I remember meeting a very mean old lady once with a very fat white Persian who was much nicer than she was. I opened a book and the cat set on top of it. We became fast friends, although her person never took a liking to me.
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And you can give me topics if you want to. I'm bored anyway and trying to avoid writing a Redemption con report or typing up my Photoshop panel notes. *procrastinates hard*
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It was. I was upset for days. He looked a little like Avon, and was even snarkier and meaner than the S4 version (except for actually using a pump-action shotgun). I lived in fear of him except when we had something in common like Latin, classics, and our shared sense of humour. I loved those Latin lessons with him--and I came top of the class at the new school. :-P
And you can give me topics if you want to. I'm bored anyway and trying to avoid writing a Redemption con report or typing up my Photoshop panel notes.
Oh, but I want to read both of those! Sorry, I was out, but here you go:
Brian Blessed
The Prisoner
Chiana
Finnish countryside
yoga
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HAHAHAHAHAAAA, BLESSED. *ships him and Chiana now*
I'll try and do my best.
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My father was fine when we were being geeky together. Otherwise he was best avoided. At least he didn't constantly run me down like my mother did.
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"That guy filled with light" - what a beautiful way to put it! :D
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Need to go to work now :-( Wanna give me topics to ramble about later?
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OK, here you go:
parrots
natural medicine / remedies
Jimmy Nail (yay for Oz and his wonderful voice)
St Trinians (see my Searle-type icon)
Christianity
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Maybe I'll give Farscape another try sometime. I just didn't like any of the characters even in the first four episodes, so it was hard to keep going. Generally I like or think I'll like at least someone by then.
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If you still don't like it after a season, give up because you won't. :-) But really, I did find it very slow starting, and I came to love most of them, even Rygel who starts off an annoying little bastard. :-)
Good night!
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Maybe I'll look into Farscape again, one of these days. I have to finish DS9 first!
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Night!
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