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Heh. I was just lj commenting to

aoife_himeabout Edward Gorey, which prompted me to look him up on the interweb - and I found the perfect illustrative picture to go with my scary dream with the bears:

Hmm, what else can I warble on about today... I'm going to ask for Friday off. Shouldn't be a problem, boss is out anyhow, and I doubt he'll object to me TAKING MY 30th BIRTHDAY OFF.

And I'm not freaking out about that. I'm not. (Well, perhaps a little bit...) Partly because I don't seem to have any time to freak out about it, what with the impending end of my temp work contract, the intensive cleaning of our flat (because we're moving in June and the landlords could theoretically showing our flat from, oh, this weekend), the friend's hen three-day-weekend I'm helping to organise (fun, don't get me wrong, but complicated), and... what else? Oh, my Maya animation course (yesterday, fun, crammed lots of learning in, I'd be allowed to go in and use their computers during the day, to practice, if only I wasn't at bloody work), er... oh, and probably some other stuff that's totally gone out of my head. Am v. tired.

I'm thinking of getting a tattoo for my 30th. The one I already had was for my 21st, and I designed it myself, and it was significant in a whole lot of ways, but mainly to remind me to live for the moment, and not worry about what my 80-year-old self will think of it all. This time (if I do it), I may get an om symbol. For various reasons. Mainly, it's meant a lot to me since the whole India trip, and it will serve as a reminder that a little wide-eyed, non-cynical spirituality is No Bad Thing, on occasion. I tend towards the cynically amused when it comes to anything vaguely New Age, but now and then I think I should let the attitude drop, and be a little more open.

edit: YO!

holdouttrout... You are/were watching season 9, weren't you? Or thereabouts? Only there is fun discussion about it on

abyssinia4077's lj, she and I are at about the same point (Ripple Effect), and I saw you weren't on her flist, so thought I'd see if you were around / at that point. I'm enjoying talking about a show as it unfolds (well, on DVD) - as opposed to my usual situation of everyone else having seen it. The Cam love is evolving. There is talk of Teal'c. (Hope you don't mind me pimping this,

abyssinia4077? I feel like I'm trying to matchmake. *g*)

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Happy almost 30th! That is also my next birthday, but luckily it is far enough off that I can pretend it doesn't exist. I am happy to have gotten to know you a bit over the last few months (I mean to badger you about the yoga trip thing soon) and I would be most pleased to write a little something for you in honor of the big 3-0. I am about to disappear into the ether of Great Travels for the next bit, but would love to have a prompt to percolate about in hopes that Birthday Fic can be written.

Happy, happy birthday, Pepper.

Wheee! Badger me all you like about the yoga trip, I can talk and talk and talk and talk about it. Maybe I'll do a separate post about it, sometime soon - with photos and stuff.

And, ooh! Prompt. What would I like? Well, Sam/Jack, obviously. Er... Hmm... Something with a sunrise, or a sunset - and maybe some bats. Dunno why (why not? is, I think, the more pertinent question).

And I'm happy to have got to know you, too. Anyone who calls me a menace and whose default setting is Sam/Jack apocafic is someone I want to know. ;D

(And all the best people are just about to turn / have just turned 30 this year, you know.)

Yay "Gashleycrumb Tinies" pics! If you end up making icons, I will be a very happy person.

You know that 6 degrees of separation thing? I can apply that to Edward Gorey, actually (though it's not quite six degrees - it's less). One of my friends here at school has an uncle who was in NYC in the 70's and was hit on in a bookstore by Edward Gorey. Nothing came of it, though.

Taking your birthday off sounds like a great idea to me! And I think that's a very cool idea for a tattoo. I'm kinda sick of seeing doves everywhere - it seems like everyone I know who gets a tattoo gets some kind of dove!

I have an aversion to those goth squiggles. Well, I think they look gorgeous, but they don't seem to mean anything. I like my tattoos (okay, my one tattoo) to be meaningful. There's a lot of cliches out there. Admittedly mine is a snake - but it's one I designed myself, and it's in a Celtic knot, and I was born in the Year of the Snake, so I felt okay about that. *g*

And that's cool about Edward Gorey. I didn't know he was gay. Well, I know nothing about him, actually, other than I love his drawings. They've got the entire collection of Gashleycrumb Tinies here: http://users.aol.com/emarko/gorey.html

Oh thanks! Yeah, Neville's definitely the best one of the twenty-six. And I didn't know either until my friend told me!

I agree - part of a tattoo is what it means to whoever gets it.

*still likes that icon*

Yeah. I wouldn't want something decorative-but-meaningless forever tattooed on me. Of course, I wouldn't want something ugly-but-significant forever, either... *g*

I particularly love Prue, trampled flat in a brawl, for some reason. *g* Poor little Prue. Kate and Xerxes are nightmareish. And Ida is pretty (and sinister - that goes without saying).

I've seen that art before! Never connected the name of the artist to it, though.

Definitely a good excuse for taking Friday off! Also, happy early birthday!

You're reason not to worry about getting tattoo has always been my reason to not get one - I just can't think of anything I know I'll be happy to have later - but I think I'm not good with permanence. Oh, and your India trip sounds like it was really awesome.

See, that was sort of the reasoning behind my first tattoo: I wanted to force myself to remember that committing myself to something isn't the end of the world - that if I want to do something spontaneous, I shouldn't always stress the long-term repercussions. Because who knows? Maybe I'll get hit by a bus tomorrow. Or maybe the repercussions won't be that bad. Or if they are, I can probably deal with them.

That would be a bummer, but it could happen.

Edward Gorey (or Ogdred Weary, as he's sometimes published as) rocks. He's so morbid! And funny! *g* I'd love to be able to draw like him. It's not that it's particularly hard, more that it's intensive - time-consuming.

I wanted to force myself to remember that committing myself to something isn't the end of the world - that if I want to do something spontaneous

That's a good theory...and you're brave than me :) Though, I've definitely thrown my life into sudden changes (and I think I'm getting ready to do so again) just...not of the permanent body altering type :)

Plus, I keep thinking that if I did get one it would be some Jewish symbol only that would be ironic since technically tattooing is against Jewish law.

He does rock. There's something about morbid humor that hits the spot sometimes :)

Heh. Ironic, yes. Tattoos aren't for everyone. My partner was not thrilled when I got mine - he thought they were a bit vulgar, I think. Or pretentious - I'm not sure. *g* But he got used to it, eventually.

And, thank you! *g*

Follow the link... One of these pictures could soo be a tokra/gould... It's the second or third one from the top...

http://science.readigg.com/description/16137.html

It really could, couldn't it? Heh.

Wow, they're lovely pictures, thanks for the link. Deep sea fish are freaky. The one in Finding Nemo scared the bejesus out of me. *g*

the similarities continue to pop up. I just hit my 30th last year, and got a tattoo when I was younger that I designed myself. lol.

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