Snagged from everyone. Name your 10 absolutely favorite couples (het/slash/canon/fanon) and ask people to see what trends they notice about your couples. Try to pick different fandoms.

NOTE: I wouldn't necessarily say these are my 10 absolute favorites, but I wanted to have 10 different fandoms represented, so even though I'd put Wesley/Faith on there, or Wesley/Willow, or Oz/Willow, they're all part of the same fandom so I didn't want to do that.

1. Spike/Buffy (BtVS)
2. Catherine/Warrick (CSI: Las Vegas)
3. Ben Wade/Dan Evans (3:10 to Yuma)
4. Jamie Fraser/Claire Fraser (Outlander books)
5. David Addison/Maddy Hayes (Moonlighting)
6. Dale Cooper/Audrey Horne (Twin Peaks)
7. Tad/Dixie (All My Children)
8. Marius/Eponine (Les Miserables)
9. Denny Crane/Alan Shore (Boston Legal)
10. Murphy/Kincaid (The Dresden Files)

Gakked from enigmaticblues

My Political Views
I am a left moderate social libertarian
Left: 4.44, Libertarian: 1.57

Political Spectrum Quiz


Absolutely not surprised by this at all, lol.

I've been meaning to do this for awhile. enigmaticblues posting today on it has spurred me to finally get my tuckus in gear.

Pay It Forward: I will send a handmade gift to the first 5 10 people who leave a comment here on my LJ. The gift could be anything, but you will receive it within 365 days. The only thing you have to do in return is "pay it forward" by making a similar agreement on your livejournal or blog.

It might be a something baked - a strong possibility - or if you want some fic, you can ask for that (as long as it's not long because I'd like to make sure you get it lol). Huh. Baking and writing. Looks like those are my basic skill sets, lol.

ETA: List so far:

1. kallysten
2. athenamuze
3. manoah
4. christinenj
5. prophcygrl
6. maryperk73703
7. vampgaia
8. kimrae1977
9.
10.

A meme, because of course I should be writing...

Your result for The What type of MAN turns you on Test...

Exotic bad-ass

You scored 85% masculine, 76% athletic, 73% exotic, and 50% refined!

Take The What type of MAN turns you on Test at HelloQuizzy

It's a meme about books! How can I resist?

The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed. Well let's see.

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Put an asterick next to the books you'd rather shove hot pokers in your eyes than read
5) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've read 6 and force books upon them ;-)



( Wow, I've read more than I thought I would have... )

I think it's rather telling I love so many of the really long books on this list, lol.

Oh! I have another!

spikestress said, Do you, as a mother, think less of women who have no children?

Recently I was told by a co-worker who is a parent that I was not as 'worthy' of time off because I have no kids. It got me to wondering; do all parents secretly feel like this?

Absolutely, positively 100% not.

I can't speak for all mothers, but honestly, I think this kind of thinking borders on imbecilic. I realize there are cultures out there where a woman's worth is based solely on her ability to conceive, but I don't live in one. I'm glad I don't. If I lived in a society where everything I did was discounted simply because I didn't have children, I'd be a hermit because I couldn't stand that sort of hypocrisy. Some people can't have children. Some don't want them. Others would make lousy parents or have lifestyles not conducive to children. I don't really care what the reason is. We don't live in a society where we're in danger of going extinct because of propagation issues, and to force that sort of medieval thinking onto a modern sensibility just doesn't make sense to me.

Life is about choices. What we need to do is respect others for the choices they make. As long as you're not hurting anybody, Jane Doe shouldn't give two figs what your choice is.

In this kind of situation, it would be the same as equal work demands equal pay. If you've earned your time off, what should it matter what you use it for? Or if you have an emergency that requires it. Either way, the time off is yours. If anything, I'd think that the parent who said that to you is probably jealous you're not tied down to kid stuff. Because *that* I'll cop to. Every once in a while, I get jealous of those who don't have the commitments, who can pick up and do stuff at a moment's notice because they don't have anybody to answer to but themselves. Then I just remind myself I'll have that time back again once the kids are older and I'll be wishing they're around, lol.

This is probably the last comment I'll end up responding to, if only because I've got all these other posts pushing that post down, lol.

teragramm asked, Childbirth, was it hard for you?

I have a confession to make.

I have absolutely no idea what a labor pain really feels like.

( Cut because this got long )

In response to my earlier post, pepperlandgirl4 said, How great I am. There are so few blog posts these days about the wonder that is me....

I know Pepper posted this just to make me laugh, and she's not even around this afternoon to see this, but oh well, I'm going to answer her anyway. In my own way, not hers. :P

( TOP 10 REASONS I LOVE PEPPER )

I saw this on redeem147's LJ, and thought it looked hugely interesting. Plus, I'm actually around a little today, so I can do a few mini-blogs:

Everyone has things they blog about. Everyone has things they don't blog about. Challenge me out of my comfort zone by telling me something I don't blog about, but you'd like to hear about, and I'll write a post about it. Ask for anything: latest movie watched, last book read, political leanings, thoughts on yaoi, graphic techniques, etc.

Or you know, just something you want to hear about more, lol.

I haven't done a meme in a very long time, but since it told me it was my favorite holiday, I had to do it, lol.

You Are Christmas

More than most people, you are able to find magic in life's small moments. Traditions mean a lot to you, and you tend to be quite nostalgic. You are a giving, kind person who really understands the true meaning of holidays. You inspire others to be as altruistic and caring as you are. What makes you celebrate: Tradition and a generous spirit At holiday get togethers, you do best as: The storyteller. You like to recount memories with everyone. On a holiday, you're the one most likely to: Give a gift to everyone you know

Yeah, I did a meme. I couldn't resist. Especially when the results were so spot on...

( That brutally honest personality test that's going around )