My parents firmly believed in working vacations, and I benefited from that - I got to see a lot of cities and countries that I otherwise might not have. Because they had to work during the day, I spent a lot of time in hotel rooms eating leftover bar food, but they always made sure I saw a lot of wherever I was, too.

I really want to center that chest under the artwork on the left.

I should really, really not read the comments on other sites. The number of people comparing her to an animal, or calling her fat, or thinking they own her body because they're taxpayers is appalling.

Epic post guys, thanks.

@FrannyR: From the opening paragraph of A Scandal in Bohemia:

That Andrea Plunket bit seems awfully shady and it looks like there might be other potential claimants to the US rights, including the estate of Doyle's last surviving daughter. Or they could try to claim that the movies are not based on The Case-Book (the last of the works in copyright). Or they could wait twelve…

@whats_in_a_name: I see Guy Fawkes.

They look so elegant and sophisticated until they try to take off your foot.

@Dodgergirl: They'll design viruses that clear out the memories of the reading devices and replace them with the the words of the demagogue. Actually, it'll make Nineteen Eighty-Four-style rectifying easier.

That vodka thing is an old costumer's trick. Some of my friends use it (professionally). I could never part with the vodka to try it out, myself.

@LaComtesse: Henry IV Pt. 1 I like the histories.

@curiousgeorgiana: Second semester's better than first semester of first year. You'll find you can handle it pretty much no problem. Play some loud music and clean your apartment?

@palebluepixie: Yikes, sorry. You could also say you have an inflamed cornea, if you didn't want to say the word "disease."

@SUNNY1: I pm'd you ;)

@rodmanstreet: Congratulations on getting so far! The closest I've finished is a borderline-novel-length. It's probably more novella. Finished and edited - and I can't title the darn thing!

@lollapulizer: Unfortunately, I think I passed the point teasers would be acceptable about four years ago and am currently at the stage where only a grand gesture will do it... I suspect I ought to hunt down one of my beta readers. I've pm'd you the other info.

I need to convince myself to finish a fanfic story. I know how it ends; I only have maybe three short chapters left (probably 10-15k) and I even have an epilogue written. But I just can't seem to bring myself to write it right now. It's humor and I'm... not funny. I am angsty. I am angsty all too often, lately. …

Cleaning the house? I can just imagine my cat 'cleaning' the floors with giant kitty swiffer pads made for polydactyls and then leaving a trail of shedded fur in his wake.

@nobodyr: "The cake is a pie"

Well, I'm glad Lily Allen has decided to stop drinking on stage to combat her nerves, because I think that's a healthy decision, but I wish she had not framed it as an issue of being a "lady."