Every time I go outside, it starts to rain. I don’t think there’s an actual cause and effect there, but it’s been happening a lot. I get a quarter mile out the door and it starts spitting. Ptooie! Ptooie! Fascinating little discussion just came up on Too, regarding authors who “who write women characters as men with breasts, and the other way round.” To me, the “man with breasts” approach suggests that the *idea* of a female character is inherently weak, and that a strong woman presumably can’t be anything…
fun meme, gacked from LJ
Best fictional character to . . . . . . be at your side after the apocalypse: Methos . . . be at your side fighting a war: Methos . . . take over the world with: Met let’s try this again :) . . . be at your side after the apocalypse: Buffy . . . be at your side fighting a war: Richard Sharpe . . . take over the world with: The Brain . . . run your country with: Jack Ryan . . . be stuck…
Rauros Falls!
I have just reached Rauros Falls, in my Eowyn Challenge walk! I’m now on the last leg of Frodo and Sam’s journey, which is from Rauros Falls to Mount Doom, a 470 mile trek. I have walked 1310 (easily recordable) miles since April 2003. When I’ve reached Mount Doom, I have to decide if I’m going to reboot back to Rauros Falls, which is where everybody split up, and follow individual tracks to different places, or … what. :) I think I’ll probably do that, but since I can’t imagine…
quick note
Just a quick note before I get to work. Angie called last night. *laugh* She’s so much fun. :) We talked for almost an hour, and today she is supposed to email me to tell me if she went on her walk! *looks expectant*! Anyway, that was cool, and she, like a lot of other people, complimented me on weight loss, so thank you to her and to *everybody*, because the cheering section is very encouraging. *stares vacantly at the window* There were a couple other things I was going…
Vanity, thy name is Kit
Vanity posting! :) Me at my sister’s wedding 3 years ago, and today: And reward! *dances around happily* miles to Rauros Falls: 382