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[tj_dragonblade]

A day off, and am I doing anything productive yet? Noooo...

Snagged from darthanne
My angst tastes like...

Black Licorice
Find your angst's flavor


Unique and difficult to place, your angst finds its source in something you keep hidden. You have something serious and possibly traumatic, but you try to hide it from everyone and just tell them to ignore you when you seem troubled, that everything's really OK. You might think that you have good reasons for not telling people, and some of them may in fact be true, but most likely a lifetime of keeping your secrets has led to a resolution fortified by rationalization that nobody else can shake simply because you never give them a chance. Ask yourself if it would really be that horrible to open up to others; nobody says you have to do it all at once, even. But you should at least try getting out of your shell a little. It's not healthy to internalize everything and conceal it. Anyway, if people really care for you, and they probably do, then they'll be loving and supportive regardless of any reason to the contrary.

True enough. Though, as a side-note, I detest black licorice...

And this, from mad_about_yaoi

You Know You're From Alaska When...

"Vacation" means driving to Chitna to dip net Actually, 'vacation' means getting the hell out of this forsaken isolated wasteland... You measure distance in hours. Down south to you means Anchorage. You know several people who have hit a moose. Your school classes aren't cancelled because of cold. Your school classes were canceled because of ice. You think of the major four food groups as moose, caribou, beer, and squaw candy. Ahh...no. What? You think that moose season is a national holiday. ...maybe if I was a hunter... You know what a real sockeye is, and have a recipe for candy ones. You know if another Alaskan is from the city or the village as soon as they open their mouth. You can spell words like Chatanika, Ninilchik, and Tuntutuliak. And Aleknagik, and Qupqugiak, and Udagak, Matanuska, and Yuut Elitnaurviat...and hey, I can even pronounce some of them... You've had cabin fever. Ehh...not yet. You own moose nugget ear rings. Please. I have more taste than that... Mosquito dope is a part of your daily attire. You think the song Breaking Up is Hard to Do is about spring time. (snicker) Travel luggage consists of ice coolers (or fish boxes) wrapped with duct tape. Not for me personally, but I do see a lot of that... A seven course meal is a sixpack and a can of SPAM. ...eewww. When you answer the phone and it's a wrong number, but you know the number of the person they were trying to call off the top of your head. Acutally, that's happened to me once when I was calling out to one of the villages... You have bigger tires on your plane than on your car. Someone mentions "super cub" and you do not envision a tiny bear wearing blue tights and a red cap. Your relatives/friends think you live too far away for them to come visit you, but keep asking you to come see them more often. October is the month of your highest income. The reason you don't own a poodle is because an eagle ate the last one. Really, though, I just don't care for poodles... Kids catch the bus in the dark and get off it in the dark. And go to work in the dark, and come home in the dark...unless it's summer. You know why they named it Chicken, Alaska. Ahh...no? You know that road flares will start a nice bon fire. You take the door off the outhouse to see the aurora. I don't *have* an outhouse, thank you. Your idea of taking a load off is emptying the firewood out of the back of the truck. You know a tail-dragger is an airplane, not a bad day at the office. You know that a Spenard Divorce involves a .357 magnum, not a lawyer. You like your neighbors. You know at least one pot grower. You put up with the pain of a toothache until the Permanent Fund Dividend checks come out in October. You know going "outside" involves a whole lot more than opening a door and walking into the yard. You know Bunny Boots aren't worn by bunnies or made out of bunnies. You know the meaning of the word "baleen" and it has nothing to do with making hay into large cubes. You take off your shirt and your arms are as pale as your legs all the way to your wrists. You don't know anyone who doesn't own a 4-wheeler. You've washed your car while there was still snow on the ground. Well, what else am I supposed to do when the car leaves mud-smudges on my clothes, hmm? You know a honey bucket is really a bucket, but it's not really full of honey. You know that the Rat Net is not a rodent catching device. The what? You learned to swim indoors. ...I learned to swim in AZ, outdoors... Your bedroom windows are covered in aluminum foil. Plastic sheet insulation, actually... Your monthly veterinarian bill is more than your own medical bill. You know a "white out" has to do with winter conditions not correcting fluid for typos. You think it's normal for a town to put all the businesses on one side of the road. Your local golf course has "happy hour" between 1:00 and 2:00 am The seat in your outhouse is lined with styrofoam so your butt won't freeze to it when you have to sit down for a certain amount of time. ...again, no outhouse. I don't live in the bush, thankyouverymuch. You've had to set your alarm every three hours to go start you car and let it run for 20 minutes so hopefully it will start in the morning so you can go to work. ... -_-; That's what block heaters are for, numbskull... Instead of plugging in your freezer, you've just move it to the front porch! You open your freezer to take out something for dinner, and are faced with many choices, Pink Salmon, Silver Salmon, Red Salmon, King Salmon, Smoked Salmon, or Halibut! You can play road hockey on skates. You see signs saying Do or do NOT _____ but you never see any law enforcement people. You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Alaska.

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...Meh. Perhaps the Arizona one will be a bit better...

You Know You're From Arizona When...

You've signed so many petitions to recall governors you can't remember the name of the incumbent. You notice your car overheating before you drive it. You no longer associate bridges or rivers with water. You know a swamp cooler is not a happy hour drink. You can hear the weather forecast of 115 degrees without flinching. Or 120... YSou can be in the snow, then drive for an hour...and it will be over 100 degrees. You discover, in July it only takes two fingers to drive your car, because your steering wheel is so hot. You can make sun tea instantly. You run your a/c in the middle of winter so you can use your fireplace. (dies laughing) Oh, indeed... The best parking is determined by shade.....not distance. (nods vigorously) You realize that "Valley Fever" isn't a disco dance. Hotter water comes from the cold water tap than the hot one. It's noon in July, kids are on summer vacation and yet all the streets are totally empty of both cars and people. You actually burn your hand opening the car door. Sunscreen is sold year round, kept right at the checkout counter, and anything less than spf 35 is a joke. You put on fresh sunscreen just to go check the mail box. Some fools will market mini-misters for joggers and some other fools will actually buy them. Worse.....some fools actually try to jog. You know hot air balloons can't rise because the air temperature is hotter than the air inside the balloon. No one would dream of putting vinyl inside a car. You see two trees fighting over a dog. You can say "Hohokam" and people don't think you're laughing funny You see more irrigation water on the street than there is in the Salt River You have to go to a fake beach for some fake waves You can pronounce "Saguaro", "Tempe", "San Xavier", "Canyon de Chelly", "Mogollon Rim", and "Cholla" You can understand the reason for a town named "Why" You can fry an egg on the hood of a car IN THE MORNING! You hear people say "but it's a DRY heat!" You buy salsa by the gallon. Your Christmas decorations include sand and l00 paper bags. You think a red light is merely a suggestion. All of your out-of-state friends start to visit after October but clear out come the end of April. You think someone driving wearing oven mitts is clever. Most of the restaurants in town have the first name "El" or "Los." You think 60 tons of crushed red rock makes a beautiful yard. Your house is made of stucco and has a red clay tile roof. Vehicles with open windows have the right-of-way in the summer. Most homes have more firearms than people. Kids will ask, "What's a mosquito?" ...no, they still have mosquitos... People who have black cars or black upholstery in their car are automatically assumed to be from out of-state or nuts. Which is why my vehicle would have to have new paint if I moved back... You know better than to get into a car with leather seats if you're wearing shorts. (nods vigorously again) Ooh, the memories alone are quite painful... If you haven't worked for Motorola at some time, you must be a newcomer. You can finish a Big Gulp in 10 minutes and go back for seconds. You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Arizona.

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(laughing) Okay, yeah, most of that is true and rather amusing. Ahh, nostalgic homesickness...(grins) I'm afraid I shall forever be a Zonie Girl...to think. I lived in the same city as Alice Cooper, within fifteen miles in all probability, and I *moved* *away*...

...No, no, I'm not a stalker...(blinks innocently) Why would you ask?

From aliasofwestgate:

:: how jedi are you? ::

(blinks) TJ Dragonblade, Jedi Master...(bursts out laughing) Got a nice ring, it does, but...(shakes head, still laughing) Not hardly.

Perhaps I really ought to watch Episode II sometime...meh.

And random juvie quizzies, from...some site. ^_^;




Well, it was rather obvious which answers were intended for which character, anyway...not that I was *trying* for anybody in particular...and my weapon of choice?






Which Saiyuki weapon would you fight with??

(laughs, mildly amused)


I should be working on ficcage...