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NOTE TO SELF: BUY YOUR MOTHER A BIRTHDAY PRESENT BEFORE TOMORROW EVENING! Or at least a card.

Random survey/meme, stolen off megolas:

Allergies:

• Dust -- I got over this, thanks to my mum, but it meant I had to aerosol regularily throughout much of my childhood, and man, never again!
• Metal jewelry -- I suspect this is mostly the niccle (? no idea of the correct spelling, there, but it's the stuff they put in jewelry, the stuff that a lot of people are allergic to). I got my ears pierced when I was seven, but it wasn't until I hit puberty that the allergy started wrecking havoc. It's only been a few years since it's subsided enough thatI can wear (pure) silver and surgeical (sp?) steel again, but anything else is still bad.

Immunities:

• Anesthesia on my lower jaw -- Does. Not. Work. It gets all numb and stuff, but I can still feel the pain of the drilling. Hate it.
• Piercings closing up -- Admittedly, I've not tried it with my labret yet, and I suspect that one will close up eventually, but I've gone 24 hours without the barbel in, and not had trouble getting it back in, so it's slow. I didn't wear earrings at all between ages 14 and 19, and the holes hadn't closed.

Traits:

• Long legs -- Like, really long legs. And also, shortish arms. Back when I did jazz ballet, I was actually capable of bending completely in half, pressing my upper body against my legs, as far down as I could get with my legs stretched, and I still couldn't get my hands flat on the ground. Sounds cool, doesn't it, long legs? It's not. Try getting a pair of trousers that fit -- especially in combination with my wide hips. Not to mention, when I stopped dancing, I lost of lot of limber-ness, but it always looked a lot worse than it was, because I was starting at a disadvantage.
• Short, stubby fingers -- I hate my hands, and that's all I'm going to say about it.
• Three-coloured eyes -- My eyes are mostly green, but with brown "rays" in them, and a (very small) blue ring around the outside. I don't get it, either.

Those of you who live in the States and want to tell monkey-boy (sorry, katemonkey, that was an insult to monkeys everywhere, wasn't it?) George "I love pretzels" Bush what you think of the impending war, see here. And the rest of you, there will apparently be protests on 15 and 18 January, depending on where you live. teanna has further info, I believe.

And on another note, re: yesterday's ep of The Osbournes, I would just like to say that Jack = most adorable little brother in the world. Awwwwww! Dude, Jack, forget about Nathalie, come sit on my lap!

You know my main problem with Strange Love? It's set in small town America, and while I know small towns, I don't know America, let alone small towns in America, and I keep feeling intimidated because I feel like I'm going to fuck up. This is, of course, a tad ridiculous, because it's about the characters, not the plot, or even the setting, and the characters I do know, but still.

*kicks self in shin* Must gain confidence in own writerly abilities.

May or may not be writing something in my head. That, at least, is a Good Thing. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to belong to any of the bunnies I should be writing.