Hasty flail

[radegund]

I sat down an hour and a half ago to do the briefest of brief updates to my other journal, and well, here I still am... So it goes.

We're off to Dingle this afternoon, and all is in a pother. I haven't packed so much as a knicker, or eaten lunch, or emptied the kitchen compost bin (very necessary) - or, for that matter, finished my novel, remodelled the garden, rendered my house a haven of orderly calm, or brought about world peace, an end to hunger or the dismantling of global capitalism.

On the plus side, niallm just appeared at my study door and, in response to my guilt-stricken expression, said "no, don't worry, I'm so not anywhere near being ready either!". Which resulted in much hugging and rejoicing that we are so well suited.

We'd drive timely travellers mad, so we would.

Still, I'd better go and make a start on the abovementioned tasks. Back on Wednesday. Be as good as you see fit.

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[stephencass.livejournal.com]

Ah, Dingle -- one of my favourite childhood holiday destinations. There used to be (and it may still be there) a cool little leatherworking shop where they'd cut out a strip from a huge piece of leather and put your name onto it for a key ring with these huge brass hand punches right before your eyes...

a few questions for whenever you have a moment...

[oddcellist.livejournal.com]

...and I am well aware that moments are in short supply these days. Don't worry about it, by the way -- I well know the stress of having five hundred thousand things to cope with and not having time to get back to things. Take things slowly, and consider this a low-priority diversion...

oh, and I apologize for the quality of the questions. I find some of the people from before have come up with questions so wonderful I can't help but feel incompetent as all get-out in their presence. Still, onwards -- and fortified by an inane survey pushed on me by my college counselor, so if the questions show it, I do apologize.

1. An evil fairy spits at you on the street and tells you that she's going to tear something really important out of your life, and you'd better be ready, because this is going to be good. Just as she cackles in glee, a good fairy shows up, taps you three times with her wand (or is that your fairy godmother? I get my Disney mixed up), and tells you that she can't undo the curse -- sorry -- but at least you'll get some choice of what gets ripped out.

Now, that setup was unnecessary, because the question boils down to this: what in your life provides such a source of irritation that you're absolutely sure you could do without?

2. If you don't have any, a brother and a sister of yours suddenly drop out of the sky. Boom. That said, do you think you'd get along better with a niece or a nephew, or does it not matter because you love/detest all children?

3. More spells! Except this one is performed by a fairy with an odd sense of humor who has spent a little too much time with the local Classics professors and her copy of Ovid's Metamorphoses. She's in a charitable mood today, so she warns you that you're about to become someone from the work, and that you'd better choose wisely. Who do you become?

4. In line with the past one, if you were to become an animal or a tree, which would you choose -- and if you have a particular species and don't mind explaining, why?

5. Letters to Earlier Selves -- ah, an interesting topic to one in the throes of self-pitying, raging adolescence. What do you wish the sixteen-year old You had known? (It is understood, of course, that this list might be long and intensely personal -- so if one minor thing can be chosen, or if you'd like to tell me to bugger off -- anything will make me happy, really.)

6 [alternate to possibly offensive/prying questions above, although it is possibly just as offensive/prying]. What do you think is best about where you live?

7 [frivolous alternate]. Given a choice between horseradish, garlic, and ginger -- just a choice, never mind what for -- which would you be inclined to pick?

Hope all's well; thanks again for your questions!