Dutchess

admiral_sab

Here are the ones she picked for me:

Wolves:  I've always loved wolves.  Beautiful animals.  I also have thought myself to be very much like one.  Sometimes travelling in packs, but really a solitary animal.  I've always wanted to have a pet wolf.  Or a part-wolf dog.  Instead I've got myself two beautiful Huskies, which are close.

Goju karate:  I wanted to learn karate for years.  Self defense plus good exercise.  I never got around to it until a year ago or so.  It got me exercising regularly plus made a very good friend out of one of  my instructors at the Nav school - a guy who was also practicing.

Poker:  What can I say?  I love to gamble.  Poker allows me to think, use numbers, play the odds, and give me a good chance at winning.  Whether it be the ever-popular Hold'Em or Omaha or 7 card Stud or Razz or Triple Draw ... I love challenging myself and always improving my game.

Firefly:  Is awesome.  Joss Whedon is God.  Jayne is hot.  Action.  Sci-Fi.  Space.  Action.  Comedy.  What else can a girl ask for?

Hiking:  I'm big on photography.  Hiking gives me the opportunity to take lots of pictures.  Given I live on Vancouver Island right now, there is lots of hiking, lots of trails, and lots of picture taking to be had.  Also the puppy likes to walk (and run and jump and play) and hiking is a way she can do that.

Scotland: Scotlant is another thing I've always had this irrational love for.  I've never been there.  I'm not Scottish.  But since I was young I relished everything Scottish.  I read up on their history, my beloved Mary, Queen of Scots.  I always wanted to write and be a writer, and I did research on Scotland to be a setting for one of my novels.  I researched and read and mainly I think just wanted to know it all.  I still have my notes, though I've never written anything other than fanfic and DC stories.

( Meme )

"So often people find excuses not to fall in love again - they're afraid. But its rare to find somebody that you connect with so well, when you do you have to follow your heart"

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"While love can be spontaneous and wonderful it can also be selfish. And sometimes, the best thing you can do is to walk away"

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"Sometimes walking away can be the best choice - its certainly safer - but what do you do when you find someone that makes you feel joy when you thought you never would again? Do you just let them go? No."

Alas. This is the way the wind blows ...

QI Rocks.

Take a man and put him alone,
Put him twelve thousand miles from home.
Empty his heart of all but blood,
Make him live in sand, in mud.
This is the life I have to live,
This the soul to God I give.
You have your parties and drink your beer,
While young men are dying over here.
Play your poilitics and have your fun,
Then refuse to use a gun.
There's nothing else for you to do,
Then I'm supposed to die for you?
There is one thing that you should know;
And that's where I think you should go!
I'm already here and it's too late.
I've traded all my love for all this hate.
I'll hate you till the day I die.
You made me hear my buddy cry.
I saw his leg and his blood shed,
Then I heard them say, "This one's dead".
It was a large price for him to pay,
To let you live another day.
He had the guts to fight and die,
To keep the freedom you live by.
By his dying, your life he buys,
But who cares if a soldier dies!