via gwynt_y_storm:

( Elements Meme )

Avoiding doing most memes right now, but it has lovely pictures by Mike Whelan.

From gwynt_y_storm:

What Heather Means

You are truly an original person. You have amazing ideas, and the power to carry them out. Success comes rather easily for you... especially in business and academia. Some people find you to be selfish and a bit overbearing. You're a strong person. You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone. You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together. At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together. You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic "Type A" personality. You are a seeker. You often find yourself restless - and you have a lot of questions about life. You tend to travel often, to fairly random locations. You're most comfortable when you're far away from home. You are quite passionate and easily tempted. Your impulses sometimes get you into trouble. You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You're always up to something. You have a ton of energy, and most people can't handle you. You're very intense. You definitely are a handful, and you're likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun.

Eek, I try not to be overbearing! And I could have gone a lot further in either business or academia but chose not to, which probably helped me avoid the Type A personality part... And while I like seeing different places, I like knowing I have a place to come home to :) But overall, a fair cop.

Making the rounds...

The Big Read thinks the average adult has only read six of the top 100 books they've printed below.

01. Look at the list and bold those you have read.
02. Italicise those you intend to read
03. Underline the books you LOVE [I underlined books that I have read repeatedly, in their entirety.]

( book )

_The Faraway Tree Collection_ sounds interesting -- anyone read it?

From mizpagan:

Courtesy of Apprentice B :)

"Type in "​​[​​your name]​​ needs​"​​ in the Googl​e searc​h
Heather needs two therapists.

Type in "​​[​​your name]​​ looks​ like"​​ in Googl​e searc​h
I like my food. If Heather was 30 stone, maybe there would be a storyline, but she looks like many of the women I see everyday... (this was a toughy because of Heather Locklear and Heather Mills, both of whom a lot of people seem to have strong feelings about)

Type in "​​[​​your name]​​ likes​"​​ in Googl​e searc​h:​​
Heather Likes to Draw! (also monkeys, moving [dancing], and playing it cool... this is the PG-stuff). Oh, and likes full to partial sun.

Type in "​​[​​your name]​​ says"​​ in Googl​e searc​h:​​
Heather says hello to Beatle millions. (oy)

Type in "​​[​​your name]​​ wants​"​​ in Googl​e searc​h:​​
Heather [Locklear] wants to kick Pamela Anderson’s ass.

Type in "​​[​​your name]​​ does"​​ in Googl​e searc​h:​​
Heather does her best thinking for her project outside in the safe confines of nature.

Type in "​​[​​your name]​​ hates​"​​ in Googl​e searc​h:​​
Heather hates Twitter. (and hubris. Also, apparently there is a punk band out of Boston called Heather Hates You. Bizarre.)

Type in "​​[​​your name]​​ goes"​​ in Googl​e searc​h:​​
Heather goes bonkers. Heather goes swimming. Heather goes back to her roots. (Do you think they go together? Hm....)

Type in "​​[​​your name]​​ loves​"​​ in Googl​e searc​h:​​
Heather [Freedman] loves her socks!

Type in "​​[​​your name]​​ has" in Googl​e searc​h:​​
Heather has two mommies. (a popular book in our area, btw)

nb: Gave up on avoiding Locklear and Mills...

Nice artwork :) Thanks, flidaisairmid!

( meme )

( Some influence from flying to get places, but the line of states from CA to MA is my family's path from when we move to MA in '71 )

Winter Fare in Greenfield was very crowded (good for them, no so much for us). Did get to see the grain mill attached to an exercise bike (L says looks like a 3-1 ratio between them), and a video of the bike-powered thresher. That was pretty cool; not only functional, but the student made most of it from found materials. There's an interesting bead shop in Greenfield, that has rune pendant beads as well as other nifty stuff. Concentus practice in the evening went pretty well, despite our getting there late -- had a couple of errands to run beforehand.

Prep for Sunday was slowed by one of the cats having digestive difficulties (which continued Sunday evening). Imbolc/Candlemas went pretty well; folks seemed happy, and we had more group participation (S has ideas on increasing that, and we're splitting off at least on of the officer positions to help with this). Footing at the Sunwheel was a little iffy at times -- we'd been thinking it would be slushy, but there was also some water on soft ice in places. But overall we managed. Had a lovely gathering afterward; Jeni startled me at one point -- because of the cat we hadn't finished washing dishes and she helped out with that -- not something I expect guests to do, at least not since my mom was younger and we'd sometimes do that at other people's houses. Very much appreciated, in any case.

Called my mom and chatted for a while, then watched part of the superbowl game. L had to go downstairs and we all went for a trip to Greenfield because of a health emergency. We brought W back home around 1:00 a.m., and now this morning everyone is home again, thank goodness. But in the meantime, the older cat decided she needed to at least attempt to throw up on the carpet in the bedroom once an hour for the rest of the night... Hairball treatment has been served again. Cleaning the apartment for Chinese New Year may be more of a challenge than usual this year....

Exhausted and have a lovely headache, but have things to do. Maybe a nap later...

As I sit here drinking my New Year's Eve drink of choice, chamomile tea...

( Privilege Meme )

Of course, regardless of privileges one may have grown up with, like high intelligence or great natural skills of whatever sort, none of it matters unless you can find a good way to use it, and are adaptive to whatever life throws at you. My successes have certainly varied over time!

Also, despite apparent differences in background, L's and my backgrounds would be more similar if we compared his background with my parents -- my folks' generation were the first to go to college, both sides, at least as far as I know. But they still did some amazing things -- more so than many college grads.