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mari4212It's been a long day. First, there was threats of a thunderstorm last night, so Mom went to shut down the computer. It stalled, halfway through the shut-down cycle and refused to either start up again or shut down all the way. And of course it pulled this on the night my Dad had been suddenly called out of town on a work emergency and would be gone all night.
I fixed it this morning actually, which is surprising considering my lack of technical prowess. I was just grasping at straws and decided to hold down the power key for a bit, to see if there was just a problem with the circut connecting all the way. Amazingly, that worked, the computer shut down all the way and when we started it up again it was functioning fine. Score one for randomly trying something stupidly obvious.
And it's been stickily hot this week, which means that both Mom and the kids are out of sorts. This means that they feed off of each other, and I spent a bit of time this afternoon calming Mom down to the point where she no longer felt like killing anyone. I have a feeling I've earned myself several good daughter points. I'm saving them up for the next time we have trouble getting things worked out with my college.
I've been re-reading a lot of Mercedes Lackey this past week and a half, and remembering exactly why she's my favorite author. Some of these books I'm re-reading for about the twentieth time, and still new details pop out at me, still I fall in love with the characters, still some of the plot twists hit me with the same force they did the first time I read the books.
And in proof that great minds do think alike, no sooner had we finished up with a Hufflepuff snaps_cup than a larger H_E cup began. Some of the compliments that I got there really turned this day around from exhausting to fun.
It's been a long time since I did one of the silly internet quizes, but I like this one. Text from the site is normal, my commentary is in bold.
Animal in you - animal personalities.
Bat I'm blaming this one on reading Stellaluna too many times as a child, this answer made me squee.
Genera: Pteropus
Collective Term: A cauldron of bats
Description
This is a decidedly nonconformist creature, for as an airborne personality, the bat tends to look down at the conventions of the ground animals. And yet, since it is not a true bird and having not mastered the art of smooth controlled flight, it often appears awkward in social situations. (Hence the term -- acting batty). But as compensation for this social ungainliness, many bat personalities sport a built-in radar, which enables them to intuitively read the motivations of others. Reasonably accurate.
Identifying bat personalities is not difficult. Being nocturnal creatures, they come alive at night and can be spotted in underground clubs or dimly lit bars. They prefer the sanctuary of dark clothing and dark corners, and you'll never see a bat sporting a heavy tan. These are intelligent, spiritual, creative individuals who use their full range of senses (other than their poor eyesight) to carefully navigate their way through life. Don't normally wear dark clothes, and I'm actually more of an early morning person. I woke up at 5:30 in the morning all through high school, and in college I'm normally up and moving by 6:00. I sleep in during the summer a bit, I normally wake up around 7:00 now. But I am completely blind without my glasses, and the intellectual/spiritual part is dead on.
Bats have a habit of flitting in and out of social situations, swooping down to interact briefly with others before quickly flying off to resume their bat lives. Unassertive and aloof, they'll take flight at the first hint of a confrontation to seek comfort in their personal spaces that are decorated in unusual but expressive ways. The bat's sixth sense gives it a number of advantages in its work, and its insightful nature enables it to understand others better than it understands itself. Again, reasonably accurate. I am an introvert and I do desperately need time by myself after exposure to a crowd of people or long term socialization.
In the romance department, bats are enamored with the idea of love more than they are with its colder realities. Decidedly untraditional, they are prone to flights of extraordinary fantasy -- and it's not the traditional Ken and Barbie type of romance that tickles its fancy either. It's the Bram Stoker kind: dark, moody and gothic. *dies laughing* I'm not looking for the fairy-tale, but I definitely don't want the gothic novel either. I just want something realistic and based on mutual love and respect.
Bat personalities have an enormous sense of loyalty and if you ever do a favor for a bat, it will never relax until it has paid you back. In fact, in nature, the bat is the only animal (other than man) to demonstrate true altruism when unrelated individuals will unselfishly offer food to a cave-mate without expectation anything in return. This powerful sense of quid pro quo is one of the defining characteristics of the bat personality and anyone should consider themselves lucky to be in a bat's good graces. i'd like to think this is very accurate.
Bats have no strong yearning for parenthood, for the kind of ego gratification that comes with having one's own children doesn't appeal to its karmic temperament. They are instead quite content to satisfy their maternal or paternal instincts by adopting or merely baby-sitting. If they do have children, they prove to be perfunctory parents: methodical yet unconventional . Still, bats place great emphasis on ethics and morality and insist that their children be indoctrinated in the values of good citizenship. Actually, I do really want to be a parent, just not anytime in the next five years or so. I know exactly how much work it is to raise a kid. And I'm rather well known for a strong maternal instinct. This is definitely not the most accurate part of the profile.
The website for this is www.animalinyou.com, if you're interested.
I fixed it this morning actually, which is surprising considering my lack of technical prowess. I was just grasping at straws and decided to hold down the power key for a bit, to see if there was just a problem with the circut connecting all the way. Amazingly, that worked, the computer shut down all the way and when we started it up again it was functioning fine. Score one for randomly trying something stupidly obvious.
And it's been stickily hot this week, which means that both Mom and the kids are out of sorts. This means that they feed off of each other, and I spent a bit of time this afternoon calming Mom down to the point where she no longer felt like killing anyone. I have a feeling I've earned myself several good daughter points. I'm saving them up for the next time we have trouble getting things worked out with my college.
I've been re-reading a lot of Mercedes Lackey this past week and a half, and remembering exactly why she's my favorite author. Some of these books I'm re-reading for about the twentieth time, and still new details pop out at me, still I fall in love with the characters, still some of the plot twists hit me with the same force they did the first time I read the books.
And in proof that great minds do think alike, no sooner had we finished up with a Hufflepuff snaps_cup than a larger H_E cup began. Some of the compliments that I got there really turned this day around from exhausting to fun.
It's been a long time since I did one of the silly internet quizes, but I like this one. Text from the site is normal, my commentary is in bold.
Animal in you - animal personalities.
Bat I'm blaming this one on reading Stellaluna too many times as a child, this answer made me squee.
Genera: Pteropus
Collective Term: A cauldron of bats
Description
This is a decidedly nonconformist creature, for as an airborne personality, the bat tends to look down at the conventions of the ground animals. And yet, since it is not a true bird and having not mastered the art of smooth controlled flight, it often appears awkward in social situations. (Hence the term -- acting batty). But as compensation for this social ungainliness, many bat personalities sport a built-in radar, which enables them to intuitively read the motivations of others. Reasonably accurate.
Identifying bat personalities is not difficult. Being nocturnal creatures, they come alive at night and can be spotted in underground clubs or dimly lit bars. They prefer the sanctuary of dark clothing and dark corners, and you'll never see a bat sporting a heavy tan. These are intelligent, spiritual, creative individuals who use their full range of senses (other than their poor eyesight) to carefully navigate their way through life. Don't normally wear dark clothes, and I'm actually more of an early morning person. I woke up at 5:30 in the morning all through high school, and in college I'm normally up and moving by 6:00. I sleep in during the summer a bit, I normally wake up around 7:00 now. But I am completely blind without my glasses, and the intellectual/spiritual part is dead on.
Bats have a habit of flitting in and out of social situations, swooping down to interact briefly with others before quickly flying off to resume their bat lives. Unassertive and aloof, they'll take flight at the first hint of a confrontation to seek comfort in their personal spaces that are decorated in unusual but expressive ways. The bat's sixth sense gives it a number of advantages in its work, and its insightful nature enables it to understand others better than it understands itself. Again, reasonably accurate. I am an introvert and I do desperately need time by myself after exposure to a crowd of people or long term socialization.
In the romance department, bats are enamored with the idea of love more than they are with its colder realities. Decidedly untraditional, they are prone to flights of extraordinary fantasy -- and it's not the traditional Ken and Barbie type of romance that tickles its fancy either. It's the Bram Stoker kind: dark, moody and gothic. *dies laughing* I'm not looking for the fairy-tale, but I definitely don't want the gothic novel either. I just want something realistic and based on mutual love and respect.
Bat personalities have an enormous sense of loyalty and if you ever do a favor for a bat, it will never relax until it has paid you back. In fact, in nature, the bat is the only animal (other than man) to demonstrate true altruism when unrelated individuals will unselfishly offer food to a cave-mate without expectation anything in return. This powerful sense of quid pro quo is one of the defining characteristics of the bat personality and anyone should consider themselves lucky to be in a bat's good graces. i'd like to think this is very accurate.
Bats have no strong yearning for parenthood, for the kind of ego gratification that comes with having one's own children doesn't appeal to its karmic temperament. They are instead quite content to satisfy their maternal or paternal instincts by adopting or merely baby-sitting. If they do have children, they prove to be perfunctory parents: methodical yet unconventional . Still, bats place great emphasis on ethics and morality and insist that their children be indoctrinated in the values of good citizenship. Actually, I do really want to be a parent, just not anytime in the next five years or so. I know exactly how much work it is to raise a kid. And I'm rather well known for a strong maternal instinct. This is definitely not the most accurate part of the profile.
The website for this is www.animalinyou.com, if you're interested.
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