If THIS happened to you, you'd panic.  Admit it!  Just for a second the part of the brain that says 'this is a tv show' wouldn't kick in.  Only the part of the brain that hid behind the couch when it was 4 would kick in. Just for a second.  You'd be thinking - "shit - a Dalek"  and the whole thing would be super real

Course when the grown-up brain kicked back in you'd be even more excited.

I met a Dalek at the Easter show once.  Must have been during the Sylvester McCoy years at the ABC stand.  Even though I new they weren't real (I was about 12 or 13) I was a bit scared to touch it.  Like when you are looking at dinosaurs at the museum - and the little mammal part of the brain doesn't care if they are dead and bones - it's just going. TEETH!

Fastidious spelling snobs pushed over the edge

These are all great.

Except 5  I don't approve of 5.

Apart from that - all great

Things you never noticed in famous pictures

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train

21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset

31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors though it depends how far back 'ancestor' has to be!
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David

41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted by my mother. it wasn't flattering.
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class.
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma they won't let me
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a cheque
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job - I haven't actually been fired, but I quit the day they were going to do it.  I quit because I knew they were going to do it.  So I'm counting it,
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone's life
90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby - well by this time tomorrow I should have so I'm pre-empting it.
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a mobile phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day

I think I'm getting sick.

My eyes feel like sandpaper - bits of me are too hot or too cold at he same time.  And my brain feels like cotton wool. Considering both the husband and the boss man have been fluey it's not surprising - but at 8 months gone - it's just too much to deal with!

For the record - only shipping to the US and Canada does not count.

    For the record 'First' or even 'First to comment': is not a freaking comment. If it's that important to you - at least make a comment while showing the world how lame you are!

Copy this sentence into your LiveJournal if you're in a heterosexual marriage, and you don't want it "protected" by the bigots who think that gay marriage hurts it somehow.

 This weekend the husband and I have been very accomplished.

• We painted a wall of the babies room from test pots -we trialled two yellows but we are very happy with the look.  Baby will be the envy of all her friends and have the prettiest room of all the babies she knows.
  
• We cleaned all the junk out of the downstairs office (it doesn't get used much so the "stuff" just accumulates) and fitted a privacy lock which will stop the cats getting in to pee on stuff.  (for some reason it's just this one room!)
  
• Fixed  couple of door catches that had issues
  
• Repaired a flyscreen I broke to break into the house once when I had no keys.
  
• I've cooked a meal to freeze. (I'm cooking a meal each week - for four so it does us two nights and freezing it so that for the first couple of weeks after the baby we don't have to worry about cooking.  We can just microwave and still have a home-cooked meal)
  

In addition we have

• Gone out for brunch two days,
  
• Done the grocery shop
• Tidied the house
  
• Gone to watch Dad do his flight simulation - he loved it.  He last flew in 1980, and it was light planes - the simulator was a 737
  
• Gone to my sister's for Dinner
  

And the husband has prepared for the New Zealand conference he flies out to tomorrow.

So as you can see we are very accomplished.  Maybe some nice man will marry us :)

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Doctor/Rose
( Shallowly Tripping )

Title: Cleaning Up 4/?
Author: i_palimpsest
Character/Pairing: Ten/Rose
Rating: G
Summary: Everytime the Doctor leaves, there is cleaning up to do.
Disclaimer: These characters belong to the BBC they are not mine. If they were I wouldn't need therapy.
Author's Notes: Not 100% Sure where this is going, still very new to the writing gig. Any feedback is appreciated.
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Title: Cleaning Up 3/?
Author: I_palimpsest
Character/Pairing: Ten/Rose
Rating: G
Summary: Everytime the Doctor leaves, there is cleaning up to do.
Disclaimer: These characters belong to the BBC they are not mine. If they were I wouldn't need therapy.
Author's Notes: Not 100% Sure where this is going, still very new to the writing gig.  Any feedback is appreciated.

Title: Cleaning Up 2/?
Author: I_palimpsest
Character/Pairing: Ten/Rose
Rating: G
Summary: Everytime the Doctor leaves, there is cleaning up to do.
Disclaimer: These characters belong to the BBC they are not mine. If they were I wouldn't need therapy.
Author's Notes: This is the second story I've written . . .ever and the first in Dr Who. Not that I'm new to Who, I grew up on. Just don't really write. it's not beta'd cause I don't want to spoil the writers I know and I don't know if they've seen Journey's End yet. Any feedback is appreciated.

Title: Cleaning Up
Author: I_palimpsest
Character/Pairing: Ten/Rose
Rating: G
Summary: Everytime the Doctor leaves, there is cleaning up to do.
Disclaimer: These characters belong to the BBC they are not mine. If they were I wouldn't need therapy.
Author's Notes: This is the second story I've written . . .ever and the first in Dr Who. Not that I'm new to Who, I grew up on. Just don't really write. it's not beta'd cause I don't want to spoil the writers I know and I don't know if they've seen Journey's End yet. Any feedback is appreciated.

Don't know what this means for us yet:

Translated version of http://www.latribune.fr/info/Le-depot-de-bilan-de-DMC-annonce-en-comite-d-entreprise-830-~-FRANCE-TEXTILE-DMC-20080429TXT-$Db=News/News.nsf-$Channel=Bourse

mab2701 tagged me. The people who have been tagged should post their answers and replace any question they dislike with another question they made up all by their little selves.

Tag 8 people. Those who are tagged cannot refuse (although what will happen to you if you do I don't know.) You must state who you were tagged by, and you cannot tag the person who tagged you.

I tag starterbutton, cabouchon, I don't know who else hasnt been done.

You just died. What happened?
I have no idea. I feel fine! No seriously a cat probably tripped me up going downstairs.

What is your most guilty pleasure?
Chick Lit. Lightweight fluffy books with outfit!porn

What was your favourite childhood cartoon?
Astroboy and Voltron Lion Force tie for that.

What goes on your hotdog?
Tomato sauce down one side - American Mustard down the other - cheese down the middle.


What was the last movie you saw for pleasure and would you recommend it?
Run Fatboy Run, Yes - but I probably wouldn't buy it.

On balance, are you happy with your life as it is, would you change it a little, or would you change it a lot?
I'd change it a little - but that change would create HUGE differences. No. 1 on the list - the mortgage would be paid off.

What’s the one possession you used to have, but don’t anymore and wish you did? What happened to it?
Pet Shop Boys - Very. I have NO idea. It's not a major thing but I just found it missing- which means that someone has probably stolen if from my house. Which means a friend has stolen it. (borrowed without telling me counts) The gap is still there in my cd collection. If anyone has it - I want it back.


You (as you are now, not a fictionalized you) are a FC in an episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. What’s your role?
Probably someone who helps them. Not fit or pretty enough for much else.

Name one person for whom you’d definitely take a bullet, and one for whom you definitely wouldn’t.
My husband.
Generally most people. Sorry random strangers! I don't want you to get shot - but I don't want me to either.

Worst case scenario?
Doesn't bear thinking about.

What do you consider your greatest accomplishment?
Finding something that that gives me fulfillment

What’s your greatest frustration?
People that don't RSVP or give you a wishy washy maybe answer. Seriously is it too hard to just say yes I'm coming or No I'm not. Most of the time if you say Maybe - you mean NO.

For you only, not as a broad political statement: life imprisonment or death sentence?
Life Imprisonment - Why does someone deserve to be made a murderer to meet out revenge on someone elses behalf.

Jury duty. Ever done it? What was it like? Wanna do it? Thoughts at all?
No. Wanna do it - cause I'm starting to think there is something wrong that I haven't been called up. Asio could be monitoring this!

You've discovered you've been drafted into military service (to a country to which you hold a citizenship). What do you do?
Depends. I've had asthma in the past so I could easily get out of front line duty - and could be in the support services. Also depends on WHY.

Which fictional character could you see yourself marrying?
King Verence of Lancre, Mark Darcy.

Describe the flag of your personal utopia.
Red - with a great big A on. - Well it is PERSONAL

Do you have a motto? If yes which one?
Technically as a Guide it should be Be Prepared.

What's in your pocket right now? Conversely, if you have no pocket, what are the three items closest to your right hand, excluding computer hardware?
Phone - TV Remote - women's health magazine

What place most speaks to you?
Scotland/England. Just pictures of it draw me in - and I grew up hearing about the history. However there is nothing quite like the feeling of being home. When you get out of the city and just see the big sky - nothing compares.

That Privilege Meme
From What Privileges Do You Have?, based on an exercise about class and privilege developed by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University. If you participate in this blog game, they ask that you PLEASE acknowledge their copyright.

Everything that's true for me is in bold.

1. Father went to college
2. Father finished college
3. Mother went to college
4. Mother finished college
My Mum didn't go to Uni untill after I was born. So many of my early memories of weekends are her studying. My Mum did an honours year - my Dad is a PHd. (My Uncle is a PHd too in case anyone cares)

5. Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor
My Uncle isn't actually a professor but he does teach in a university. I'm not sure whether this counts or not.

6. Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers.
7. Had more than 50 books in your childhood home.
8. Had more than 500 books in your childhood home.
Lots of books. Lots and lots of Books.

9. Were read children's books by a parent.
10. Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18
11. Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18
12. The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively.

13. Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18.
As far as I know you can't do this in Australia.

14. Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs.
Mum and Dad paid for my board at College. I'm still paying off the damn degree.

15. Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
16. Went to a private high school
17. Went to summer camp
18. Had a private tutor before you turned 18
19. Family vacations involved staying at hotels
They did - but we only had two the whole time I lived with them so I'm not sure it's significant. And technically my sister and i paid for the second one.

20. Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18
21. Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them
I bought my own car thanks very much.

22. There was original art in your house when you were a child
There was one origninal painting and a print thing my Mum got in Thailand.

23. You and your family lived in a single-family house
24. Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home Then they moved
25. You had your own room as a child
26. You had a phone in your room before you turned 18
I only got a phone in my own room once it was in my own house.

27. Participated in a SAT/ACT prep course
I didn't do the selective school prep either.

28. Had your own TV in your room in high school
29. Owned a mutual fund or IRA in high school or college
I had some share's in my Dad's company. . . .$26 a year they paid.

30. Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16
I was flying from about 4 when we moved to Syd to see my plastic surgeon in Melb. Eventually we got a new surgeon in Sydney. About the same age we would fly to Adelaide every second year to see my Grandparents.

31. Went on a cruise with your family.
32. Went on more than one cruise with your family

33. Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up.
34. You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family.
We don't have 'heating bills' as such here - so I'll just go with Bills in general. No. My parents wouldn't have thought this was something we'd have needed to know. In retrospect I wish they had - Id have had a better idea whether mine were normal that way.