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There was a meme on

applegeuse's journal. I can't resist memes, so here goes.

1. Five ways to my heart.
2. Something I feel strongly about.
3. A book I love.
4. Things I want to say to an ex.
5. Five pet peeves.
6. What I ate today.
7. How important I think education is.
8. I'll put my music player on shuffle and write the first ten songs that play.
9. Five guys whom I find attractive.
10. My opinion about my body and how comfortable I am with it.
11. What I wore today.
12. My zodiac/horoscope and if I think it fits my personality.
13. Something I always think "what if..." about.
14. Something that I'm proud of.
15. A problem I have had.
16. Five items I lust after.
17. My fears.
18. What I hope my future will be like.
19. Something that I miss.
20. Five words/phrases that make me laugh.
21. Something I'm currently worrying about.
22. Things I like and dislike about myself.
23. A quote I try to live by.
24. Somewhere I'd like to move to or visit.
25. Five weird things that I like.
26. One thing I'm excited for.

In other news. I am a computer genius who has figured out how to convert .mts files .avi. Yes, this is an achievement.

Here at home, there are apples everywhere, filling up basket after basket on the porch. There is apple jam and apple juice and apple pie, and some sort of... apple experiment that I'll ask mom about once she gets home. I think it might be jello. The best thing in the world is cold apple jam on warm porridge, and milk. This is not a low-carb dish, and will yet be the death of me.

It hasn't stopped raining since I got here, but that's actually ok. It's a reason to drink tea. Do miss the dogs terribly. Apple season used to be a lot harder - Naxu and Maggie both liked to steal and eat the apples from the baskets. Sirius would just steal and run with it, because she liked it when people shouted "hey!" after her.

I think maybe I'm nearing that point where I want a puppy. (I get snappy at anyone who asks me about it, but I think I'll be ready soon.) Mostly I just want my dog, but since I can't have that... I think maybe a puppy wouldn't be too bad.

Oh, and!

Lafayette and Jesus are the best couple. And I just know Marnie!Lafayette is going to get someone killed. Maybe Jesus. Or they might break up! Please, show, don't do this to me! Please?

Also - yay! Eric is back! And Sookie really should be allowed to have them both. And the Bellefleur boys are just too precious. Season 4, I like you!

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Yes, this is an achievement.

It is! /says the technologically-challenged girl.

I want to know about the apple experiment. And now I'd really like to try cold apple jam on warm porridge, and milk. Sounds yummy.

I think maybe a puppy wouldn't be too bad.

Aw. Puppies!<3

Can I have 20 and/or 23 for the meme?

Yay! Ok, 23. I can't come up with a quote - but there's a section in one of Neil Gaiman's short stories that strikes a chord with me.

'Sometimes I think that truth is a place. In my mind, it is like a city: there can be a hundred roads, a thousand paths, that will take you, eventually, to the same place. It does not matter where you come from. If you walk toward the truth, you will reach it, whatever path you take.'
Calum MacInnes looked down at me and said nothing. Then,
'You are wrong. The truth is a cave in the black mountains. There is one way there, and one only, and that way is treacherous and hard, and if you choose the wrong path you will die alone, on the mountainside.'

I obsess about concepts like "truth". I've grown up with a strong story-teller tradition, and I believe in a - shall we say - dynamic translation of reality. I'm forever trying to find the balance between being imaginative and being a liar. :P

Nr 20 is difficult!

1. Puns. They say its the lowest form of humour, but there you go :P

2. Bad translation word games! Dad and I excel at this. It's the best thing about knowing both Finnsh and Swedish. For example, the word "tändstickor" (matches) in our house is now known as "kommstickor" (camesticks... which doesn't mean anything, and yet sounds dirty in English, and isn't that just weird O.o) because the Finnish of the word is "tulitikut", where "tuli" means both "fire" and "to come" in the past tense. Uhm... see? Funny. No, really. It is. We have tonnes of these.

3. A good 50-70% of my conversations with Lillanna. Luckily, she writes the best ones down, so we have a collection on our wall of such jewels as:
"I have a beef with you!"
"Well that's good! Because I only had a bone to pick!"
and
"Snow good. Summer bad." (Though what she was trying to say was "'S no good. Some 're bad.")

4. Stand up. I love stand up. André Wickström especially. Oh, oh! And this Youtube clip

5. Youtube clips with laughing babies. I'm like a moron, I laugh when they laugh, I can't even control it. It's embarrassing.

I love the passage you chose and the explanation you gave me. It's very thought-provoking, in a true-to-life way (as opposed to pretentious pseudo-philosophical crap people often spout to look smart and educated). Made me think. I have never given much consideration to the meaning and importance of 'truth' in my life.

Story-telling beats sticking to the truth, in my opinion (when it's not serious business, of course).

1. I love puns - part of the reason why I like English so much is that it's so much easier to make puns, than, for example, Italian.

2.OMG bad translation word games. You and your dad, could you please adopt me?!? I want to live with you guys and make bad translation puns myself. You're my long-lost biological family, quite obviously.

3. You two are such comedians. <3

4. Mmm, not too keen on stand up comedy, but maybe I've never found my kind of comedian?

6. Aw. You're too sweet.