win or die... then I guess I better win? :]

[bluebeard.livejournal.com]

Name: I have many names, lol. “Gwill” (said like g+will), for starters, which is a short form of my irl first name. That’s what I call the more “Celtic” form of my name; a more ‘accurate’ short form of my name would be “Guill” (said like ‘geek’ minus the ‘k’; the LL sounds like English J rather than like English Y). But mostly I go by Prince (one of my irl last names) or any variation of it (like “Prinsz” and “Prinzster” and “Purin” and “Prune”). So y’all can call me whichever one of these strikes your fancy; I don’t care either way.

How did you find out about the community? If it's through an LJ user, please tell us who it is (individual user if possible, not just a community name!): I figured that if there were HP sorting comms there would be ASOIAF ones, and a quick LJ search confirmed this to be the case. I was actually the one who told some of my friends about this community; a couple of them have applied already (weeks ago) and a couple others are planning to apply in October. I’ve known about the community for like 4 months now, but I didn’t wanna be a noob and apply without having read ALL the books. :]

Age: 23 years old.

Location: Canada’s capital.

Occupation: An actual “job” I don’t currently have (but will hopefully get soon). Fictional jobs include being a full-time prince (of my own imaginary kingdom) and being a part-time faerie, merman or witch, depending on who you ask, and on which exotiq and dangerous land of my mind you find me at. I’m also an university student (I study French, Italian and Linguistics). And I’m a self-proclaimed Music Junkie and Chocolate Addict, and I’m training to become a Pokémon Master, and though I’ve no specific idea of what “real world” profession I’d like to hold after my studies, my money's on being either a university professor (I will make classes fun again!) or else... hmmm, we’ll see. :3




All About You

1. Describe your ideal house/home. Please go into as much detail as possible, and be sure to include your ideal geographical location in the description!

To understand my ideal geographical location, you must first understand where I come from (Cuba) and where I live (Canada). My home-city, Santiago, is one of the southernmost cities on the island, so the heat there is a lot more intense. You’d think Santiago was built on top of a volcano, the way the Sun shines down there (in the summer, only a maddened fool would walk barefoot; be it the streets or the beaches, whatever you walk on while barefoot will literally scorch your feet, lol). I lived the first 14 years of my life there; I call Cuba “The (Is)Land of Eternal Summer”. Then there’s Canada: next year I will have been here a decade, and 4 years in Ottawa. Ottawa is one of the coldest big cities in Canada; all of Canada is cold, but Edmonton, Ottawa and Quebec are particularly cold. Despite being from the tropics, however, I actually love winter, and I’m used to the cold better than many a Canadian. My secret weapon against below-zero temperatures? Hot Cuban blood. :D

Anyways, outside Canada or Cuba, I’d like to live somewhere close to Nature, somewhere raw and intense, ideally near the ocean, and either cold or cool at night, and as uncrowded as possible. A place like New York City or Toronto (or worse, L.A. or Miami) is everything that is poisonous to my soul; the very thought of living in such a place makes me sick. I like cities, yes, but I like medium-sized ones, preferably old and full of history, and a bit secluded. Santiago de Cuba (Cuba), Québec City (Canada), Cork (Ireland), Reykjavik (Iceland), Palma (Balearic Islands, Spain), Napoli (Italy) and Honolulu (Hawaii) all come to mind. While I’m used to intense heat and intense cold, I prefer cold, so if I do live somewhere tropical again I need to be near the ocean so I can cool off (that’s how I survived my home-city’s otherwise unbearable heat). I also like for it to be as green as possible; Vancouver, on the other side of Canada, is a pretty large city, but it’s both close to the ocean and it’s one of the greenest cities on the planet, so I think I could tolerate living there. Ottawa, where I currently live, isn’t close to the ocean (rather depressing, tbqh), but it’s so green that I sometimes call it the “city-forest”. I mean, there are trees literally everywhere; it makes my living here that much more tolerable.

As for my own house... I have very eclectic tastes, so it’s kind of hard to picture an ideal. In theory I like the idea of living in a condo, somewhere way up high, very comfortable, in a good neighbourhood, and obviously in the city but not downtown. Either way, any place I call “home” has to have/will have: (1) a very eclectic collection of books, from fiction to not fiction, and in various tongues; (2) artwork and decor everywhere, for I dearly love art, and (3) a spacious closet with many clothes, since I like fashion. I may also have a cat or two, but only when I'm sure I can devote the required amount of time for it/them; I refuse to be irresponsible and selfish when it comes to animals.

2. Imagine you’re given the classic opportunity: a genie granting you three wishes. What would you wish for? Please be as elaborate as you can. Wishing for more wishes is not permitted!

a. First and foremost I’d ask that my lifespan be expanded to 1,000 years instead of the average 100 (which is, more realistically, 80, but you get the idea). That’s as good as it gets without asking for immortality (a most unnatural thing I’d never ask for; all that lives must die, and that which does not has no place in nature) or eternal youth. That is to say, basically every 100 years I’d look how I’d look every ten years, lol. I know it is not so much time as it seems, but 100 it’s too little and past 1000 it’s too much. Besides, it’s more than any human’s ever had, so why not? I’d use the time to learn various tongues and live amongst many kinds of different people. What else is there to do but to seek knowledge, as many kinds as the mind can understand?

That, and have fun of course.

b. Now, some people will undoubtedly see this as the ultimate Stark!push (lol, they lack the greensight), but to them I say, “You know nothing, Jon Snows”. :]

The singers of the forest had no books. No ink, no parchment, no written language. Instead they had the trees, and the weirwoods above all. When they died, they went into the wood, into leaf and limb and root, and the trees remembered. All their songs and spells, their histories and prayers, everything they knew about this world.

...I’m an unrepenting tree-worshipping heathen, right out of Ferngully. :3 Ever since I was a kid I’ve been fascinated by kingdom Plantae and later on botany, when I discovered such a thing existed. I own many a book about plants, and though I’m no botanist, I certainly know more than your average non-botanist. I don’t worship Nature (more like I am in awe and reverence of it), but Nature, as well as the Sun, the Moon and the Ocean are the closest things I have to “gods”. And this is so for spiritual reasons as much as it is for scientific ones: plants are literally what keeps the planet breathing, eating, healing, and, essentially, living. If I was ever to worship anything, it’d be trees, not some invisible deity or deities that want to make a slave out of me and will send me to Hell because I don’t agree with their views. I say fuck that: trees are all the gods I need, thank you very much. Plants would get along just fine if humans went extinct overnight, but I can assure you that if plants went extinct overnight, so would we. We can take half of kingdom Animalia out of planet Earth and still survive; if we do the same with plants, we’ll be lucky to last a century. I’m not a fanatic and I'm not a tree-hugging hippy, but hell yes I love me some trees - and anyone who celebrates Christmas does too, for Christmas has about as much to do with Christ as astrology has to do with astrophysics, hahaha. To that end, I’d ask the genie to merge my DNA with that of various plants so that I can, essentially, control plant life, and (if it’s not too much to ask), the ability to manipulate water and sunlight, so that I may accelerate plant growth. Why, if it were up to me, I’d cover the Earth in forests again, and turn those who would harm Nature and other people into trees. Surely there can be no better way to get rid of serial killers, rapists, murderers, thieves and bad politicians than to turn them into trees so that they can help the planet breathe and offer food & shelter to all the little animals. I was born with two green thumbs, and I intend to make full use of them, thank you very much, via gardening, reading about plants, planting trees, and helping the planet be as green and blue as it can be. I am only one person, true, but I’m not the type to sit idly and give up just because everyone else is too blind to see the grave peril that the environment is in. For the time being my resources and help I can give are limited, but it won’t always be this way, so I ain’t worried. Would that I could really turn into a tree before my life ends; I’d like that more than anything. :3

c. A magic wallet that gets fat with money overnight, every night. I need money to travel to far and distant places. And when I’m not busy being a lazyfuck or doing stuff, I do love to indulge myself via good ol’ shopping. I fucking love shopping, especially when I shop for entertainment. Shopping for necessity is less fun, but nevertheless good. I don’t really love money in and of itself (why would I love a piece of metal/paper?), I just love what it brings. Honestly, people who think money is evil baffle me. Nothing in the world is inherently good or evil; what we do or don’t do with it is what’s evil and/or good. It’s the whole “guns don’t kill people, people kill people!” mentality, y’know? But yeah, I need money; my career isn’t going to be ludicrous and I know it. Notice that, being the clever cock I am, I didn’t wish for a specific amount; that would be gone in due time. But with the wallet, it’s just gonna keep on coming, hahaha! :D …Oh, and stealing the wallet, by the way, won’t do shit; it’ll be empty when anyone other than me opens it. Hell to the no you ain’t getting my money, bitch. :D

3. In your life so far, what accomplishment are you the most proud of? Why? You can list more than one if you have trouble deciding. ;)

I’m afraid you cannot ask the oak if it is proud of its acorns, having produced none thus far. In other words, there’s very little that I’ve accomplished in my life thus far, or at least very little that I personally think to myself “Well done, you! This is quite the accomplishment!” My academic success is nothing that I didn’t expect of myself and wasn’t expected of me, so I don’t really count it. Maybe I’ll feel prouder once I finish grad school, but I’ve yet 2 more years before I can even say I finished my undergrad studies, lol. And outside school... eh, there’s not much, not really. My number one goal, financial independence, has yet to be achieved, and depends heavily on my other goal, which is academic success (not because I love school oh-so-much, but because I must be academically successful; I’m not very good at practical things like… idk, business?) So this isn’t a good answer... ask me again in 1o years.

4. Which of the following is most important to you: Love, Money, Knowledge, Family, Friendship, Adventure, or Pleasure? Which is the least important to you? Please explain why for each choice.

First come Knowledge and Adventure. The way I see it, since being brainy (as opposed to brawny) is Homo sapiens’s claim to the throne of Kingdom Animalia, each and every (wo)man should seek to instruct the mind above all things. I don’t know that I can ever be truly wise, or knowledgeable; only fools prattle on about their wisdom and intelligence as if they have attained “enough” of it, which I don’t see being the case, ever. The more you know, the more you realize you actually know little. As for Adventure, Knowledge in itself can be an adventure (some of the greatest adventures are lived through books and the like), but ofc I also long for more physical adventures, ideally ones where I can learn new things and meet different people. Which is why I intend to travel as much as possible and meet with all kinds of different folks; not all that is worth knowing can be found in books.

Second are Pleasure & Money. Knowledge is well and all, but we must also have fun. However, unlike most people, my idea of “pleasure” is simple & natural (hiking up a mountain, for instance) or else it’s more “quiet” (like reading). Things such as clubbing and partying are not in my idea of fun, that’s for sure. That which is pleasurable but disengages the mind (i.e. getting drunk) is simply not appealing to me. And Money, that’s pretty much necessary for most pleasures. Some of the best pleasures (like going for a walk at night) cost nothing, but a lot of the good ones definitely cost money (like books, traveling, and cooking).

Third come Family & Friendship. Although I value both to more or less the same extent, Family is the least important of the two, because blood means nothing to me. If you’re in my family, I can only love you if we’re friends. Those that I’m not close with are no more important to me than acquaintances are. I respect/love my parents, stepmom and sisters because they're my friends; the same cannot be said of my stepdad, aunt, uncle, brother, and most of my cousins. As for friendship... it matters a great deal, but there are many things to see and a lot of people to meet, so most of my friends come and go. Those that stay I cherish dearly, but if the times come to “move on” I try not to dwell on it for long.

Last comes Love. Of course one needs love to live, but not necessarily romantic-sexual love; I have lived just fine for 23 years without having ever had a partner, as I have the love of my family and friends, plus that of seeking knowledge and adventure. One day I may seek a partner, but for the time being I’m not interested. I want love, I do (who doesn’t?), but I just don’t have the time for it. There are many things I have to do before I can even begin to think about love, and unlike other people, I don’t “do” dating or loveless sex. I’m holding out for the real thing, a fulfilling and ideally life-long partnership (not marriage, that’s an outdated ritual)... but if it never comes, that’s too bad. The point is life is hardly to get married and have kids; I’m going to live however the hell I want.

So: Knowledge < Adventure < Pleasure/Money < Family&Friends < Love (the romantic kind)

5. What's one quote (or passage, song lyric, etc.) that effectively describes you and your values? Explain.

이몸이 죽고 죽어 일백 번 고쳐 죽어
백골이 진토되어 넋이라도 있고 없고
임 향한 일편 단심이야 가실 줄이 있으랴.

This is a sijo by Jeong Mong-ju, a Korean scholar from the 14th century. It reads:

“Were I to die a hundred times, then die again and again,
With all my bones no more than dust, my soul gone far from men,
[Yet] Still my red blood, shed for you, shall witness that my heart was true.”

This sijo is set to music by K-pop star Lee Jung Hyun (이정현), my favourite Korean artist, in her album I Love Natural. It speaks to me in a very special way... there are (of course) various translations and interpretations for it, but to me it basically says “To mine own self I be true”. But it also speaks to me in another way, perhaps in one that the scholar did not intend. It reassures me of my belief that all Life is cyclic, and Death is as much a part of Life as everything else, so I needn’t fear my own death, and in time, I should accept that of my loved ones. I believe that there is no great truth or revelation waiting for us after death. If we have souls, they become a part of Nature just like everything else does, not go to some fictitious Heaven/Hell where we can be punished or rewarded for our deeds, as if Nature and/or the Universe gave an actual fuck about whether we are good or bad... I may be wrong, ofc, but if God wants to punish me for being myself (as opposed to deluding myself into believing that he exists and he cares about mine own existence) he’s welcome to; if being yourself is a crime, then I’m definitely a criminal. :D

6. How do you manage your money? On that note, how important is money/financial security to you? Go into as much detail as you can.

I see lots of money-related questions, lol. Anyways, I have already explained in question #2c that I don’t value money in and of itself (some people do, however, not sure why). I value the things that it can buy. Consider but this: for every thing that money cannot buy, there is at least ten, twelve or even twenty things that it can and does buy. How could I not think it important? Of course it is important. Without financial security, life is a lot harder. So I love money because it can get me most of the things I need and/or want, and those that it cannot, those I get in whatever other ways I can think of. As for how I spend it... as much as possible, as often as possible, without splurging too much, hehe. I suppose financial security is important to me enough that I will never marry or raise a family (for that’d surely put an end to spending money however I want), but it’s not as if I plan to spend my future incomes only on myself. I want to be well-off without being too rich... enough, say, that I can spare generous amounts for charities, animal rescues, etc.? Certainly when I die half my money will go to such organizations and the other to whoever the hell I want to leave it to.

7. Name (and elaborate on) some of your hobbies. What are your favorite things to do outside of school/the office?

~ animé, movies & tv shows ...I don’t actually watch TV lol, I just watch stuff online. Lots of stuff. I also go to the movies as often as possible, but only to watch stuff I like; I don’t pay for movies that I think will be “cool” but not GREAT. Those I wait for their DVD release then get on my online ship and pirate them. :D

~ arts I’m not particularly talented in any art, but I’m an art appreciator all the same. I love ballet, concerts, dancing, museums, musicals, opera, poetry, theatre... you get the idea. Being poor I don’t get to see these most of the time, but I have no intention of staying a poor student forever, so one day I’ll be able to go to these monthly.

~ books

“Do you like to read books, Bran?” Jojen asked him.
“Some books. I like the fighting stories. My sister Sansa likes the kissing stories, but those are stupid.”
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies,” said Jojen. “The man who never reads lives only once.”

Me and books go way back to me being 5-6, when I learned how to read, much faster than the other kids ‘cause I win at life. You know how in Beauty and the Beast Beast gives Belle a library? If someone did that for me I think I’d have a seizure or something. *weeps* For fucking real, lol. Okay, let’s talk favourites! To be sure, El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, because of the lulz (which is sadly absent in the English translation; you can’t really translate 15th century Spanish humor). And Salgari’s Capitano Tempesta (“Captain Storm”) & Il Corsaro Nero (“The Black Corsair”). Plus the children’s lit masterpiece Le petit prince (“The Little Prince”) by Antoine de Saint-Éxupery. And let us not forget the English classics! Jane Eyre, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, etc. Plus, ofc, all the modern must-haves: Rowling’s Harry Potter, Pullman’s His Dark Materials, and Martin’s A Song of Ice & Fire. Plus everything that Neil Gaiman writes. And nonfiction: R. L. Trask’s Historical Linguistics, Nicholas Ostler’s Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World and Jostein Gaarder’s Sophie’s World, plus a special mention to Starsky & Cox’s Sextrology which is fuckin’ hilarious. For poetry give me Federico García Lorca & Jacques Prévert, though there’s a million others I like as well. Finally, mythology: I love all of them. ALL OF THEM: Aztec, Celtic, Egyptian, Greco-Roman, Norse, etc.

~ cooking I love cooking, I love food and I love feeding people. Who doesn’t like a tasty meal in their bellies? Not to mention, Cuban food is excellent (damn better than Mexican, thank you very much). I’ve considered being a chef for real, and I just might go for it (but woe, I'll have to exercise more often, lest I become the size of an elephant). I’ll be like... the first chef/linguist/professor ever, lol. My mother taught me the basics, the rest is just good instincts and creative genius. The kitchen is usually my favourite place in any house, haha.

~ cyvasse chess I wish Volantis was a real city just so I could get my ass over there and start playing cyvasse even if I lose, lol. I love playing chess I used to be pretty good, though now I’m decent at best; my skills have gotten rusty, and practicing against the cpu is no good lol. I also love arimaa (but I’m not so good at it, since I’ve only began playing it recently) and battleship and mahjong. But I’ve been playing chess the longest; I learned from my dad when I was 5. Of course, I never defeat the computer, since I can’t see all the moves at once like it does. That’s why I’m liking arimaa better: the freedom of the movement of the pieces means the computer sucks at it, lol.

~ languages I dedicate a fair amount of free time to linguistics and languages; sometimes because of school, but usually because I like it that much. I speak Spanish & English, and I’m learning French & Italian (well, more accurately, I’m half-fluent in French and I have slightly-beyond-basic skills in Italian. I’m familiar with the grammar and phonology of various languages, most of them European. Because I have no life, I’m working on my own conlang (just for fun), called Vællirmáll, and ‘tis inspired by High Valyrian and the Vulgar Valyrian of the Free Cities. Well, the name is. The sounds are mostly inspired by Finnish, Icelandic, Korean, Spanish and Turkish. The lexicon and the syntax is a mix of all the aforementioned languages plus Dothraki, French, Hawaiian, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Japanese and Polish. If Martin shows us more of High Valyrian, I will add more Valyrian to Vællirmáll, but for now the influence is minimal.

~ music My greatest “hobby” is music. I don’t play music myself (I always wanted to play flute, piano or violin, but life circumstances never allowed for it) but I love it all the same. You know how some people drink, others meditate, and so on, in order to relieve stress? That’s how I feel about music. It’s a hobby, it’s an art, it’s a way of life, it’s everything. Every year my music library increases by 5 GB lololo. My tastes are uber-varied and cover the four corners of the globe. My favourite bands? Die Toten Hosen (über-popular German punk band), Gorillaz, Il Divo, Kalafina (a fairly unique girl group formed by Japanese composer Yuki Kajiura), Nightwish and Queen. My favourite artists are Jay Chou (the Emperor of Mandopop [“mandarin+pop”]), Laura Pausini (Italy's most famous ballad pop singer, surely), Lee Jung Hyun (known as “Korea's Techno Queen”), Loreena McKennitt (Canada’s “Enya”, if you will, though I personally prefer her to Enya, though Enya is great too), Ozan Koçer (a newbie to the Turkish pop scene, but very talented), Shakira, Tsukiko Amano (a now-retired Japanese indie rock singer), Tori Amos & Vienna Teng (two of America’s most talented ladies, no doubt), and of course, Miss Yuki Kajiura herself (a famous Japanese composer, and in my opinion the best composer in the entire world). I also like Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj (lol) since what they lack in musical talent they more than make up for with entertainment. And there’s many more... hundreds more. If you think your music library is eclectic and vast, you clearly haven’t seen mine. :D

~ porn My porn collection is huge (pics-wise, I mean). :D I usually don't care for videos, but naked solo pics are awesome.

~ sleeping Sleeping definitely counts as a hobby. Since nobody wanted to hire me (their loss, I say) I’ve spent most of the summer sleeping and lazying about. I’m very good at it, too.

~ social networking O lordy, I spend ungodly amounts of time on Facebook, Livejournal, Tumblr and MSN. I’m a social butterfly online, even though irl I rarely socialize outside school.

~ trolling ...Don’t worry, I don’t troll cool communities like this one. I mostly troll the stupid, like this furry community I once joined for the lulz. I also troll some Pokemon forums; I’m a Pokémon fan but some of the people there are so fucking dumb like you wouldn’t believe. I also troll my brother irl since he’s a moron. What can I say? I get a kick out of rattling people.

~ videogames I play Pokémon quite often. Other than it and Mortal Kombat, most videogames don’t interest me long enough for me to finish them.

I also like biking, hiking, running, swimming, and going for walks. Unfortunately, I don’t get to do these often; I don’t know how other people manage it but between school and my other hobbies there’s little time for these, not to mention during winter these aren’t an option, lol. In the future I want to go birdwatching and have a garden of my own as well, but that requires time and money I don’t have right now.

8. Name three things you are afraid of. Explain.

Being a Gryffindork and all, I tend to do stuff even if I’m afraid as hell, and have managed to overcome a few in my life (for instance, I used to be very afraid of spiders, but through my interest in zoology I eventually overcame that, and now I practically worship them).

Disease & Old Age ~ Uhhh, I don’t actually fear death (because I rationalize it as it being a part of life) but I do fear diseases, especially the terminal kind like cancers and HIV. I think they're a pretty nasty way to leave this world, and although for the most part I don’t care how I die, I truly hope it’s not because of sickness. To be frank I’ll probably commit suicide if I ever get something like HIV; fuck meds and fuck new life expectancies, I am not going to live like a sick fuck. I’m too proud for that. I also hope I die by the time I’m 60 or so; beyond that my disgusting appearance will make me not want to live. Yes, other people learn to live with it... but I’m not Other People. I refuse to look like a fucking cicada exoskeleton and having to do depend on someone else on top of that; hell no. Life is a precious gift and should be cherished, yes, but there are things without which life’s not worth living, imo.

Imprisonment ~ I don’t see how I could ever end up in prison or buried alive or something (I plan to be a more or less model citizen on my own way, even if on the inside I’ve half a mind to set on fire half the fuckers in the government), but that shit's fucked-up and I highly doubt I could ever survive it (mostly I’m referring to prison). *shrieks* I hate filth, I can’t stand having a lot of ugly or fucked-up people around (I hear jail’s got a lot of those) and I’d just... go insane or something. It's not just jail, though: I hate anything that makes me feel contrived and restricted, and this includes committing myself to loving another person. I don’t think I can ever love someone else for the rest of my life (or actually I think I could, but I can’t promise them that), or devote most of my time to raising a kid or two (because I resent anything and anyone who takes too much of my time, time that I’d otherwise spend on myself). Finally, this also applies to life in general: I will never hold a job for longer than a decade, and I have no intention of living in the same place for that amount of the time. Next year I will have been 10 years in Canada, and I’m so ready to move elsewhere it's not even funny. People who spend a lifetime working the same job or living in the same place absolutely baffle me. O_o;

Outer Space ~ I don’t care if aliens exist or if there’s life in other galaxies. I don’t care for space one bit and instead of colonizing Mars I’d rather we focus on fixing our problems here on Earth. In a way my fear is rational: outside of Earth is one big giant space of nothingness and it’s not as if I can breathe in it or anything. If I could then I wouldn’t fear it. But on the other hand, it’s also illogical: on principle I dislike anything to do with aliens or outer space (esp. movies and shows) simply because I hate the idea of being anywhere that's not Earth. If in my lifetime mankind conquers other planets, I sure as hell ain’t going there, not even for a visit. I was born here and here I will die, kthnx. I do love astrology and astronomy, I just don’t love the idea of actually being up there.

9. Name (and elaborate on) your top three BEST and top three WORST qualities (personality-related, not physical). Please answer as fully as you can, as this is an important question.

These can be bad or good, depending on how you look at them; I chose my most prominent traits.

Cheerful ~ I’m a ray of fucking sunshine. :D I rarely stay down or depressed for long; sooner or later I go back to my “let’s put a smile on that face” default mode. I also think I can be fairly entertaining, or at least most people seem to think so. I like to joke around, play pranks, troll people (irl and online), I laugh a lot and smile even more; there’s rarely a day, no matter how awful or depressing, where I don’t smile or laugh at least once. That’s just the kind of person I am: I smile even when I’m depressed, I laugh when I’m scared, I make fun of things that aren’t funny (not to other people, anyway). And all kinds of sense of humour appeal to me; whether someone just fell in a puddle or I’m watching Tom & Jerry, I’m bound to laugh all the same. :] My favourite person to laugh at is myself, however. :D

Free Bitch ~ It’s funny that I'm applying to be sorted into a House, considering I’m a bit of a wildling, lol. I think of myself as a free spirit or wild child of sorts. I do what I want as often as I want and as much as possible without getting into legal trouble (because jail would restrict the very freedom I want). I’m probably never going to get married and have kids; that’s just not who I am. The future me I see travels to far and foreign places, learning languages and living amongst foreign cultures, meeting all sorts of different people, and maybe even teach at a university or two, if I end up becoming a professor, lol. If love happens, so be it. If it doesn’t, too bad, but I have better things to do than to chase it. My parents aren't thrilled about my sexuality (they accept it, though), but I’m not the type to concern himself with duties and family expectations; even if I were straight or had been born a girl, I’d still not be interested in marriage and kids and a 9 to 5 job (plus a golden retriever and a white picket fence, right?). There’s nothing wrong with wanting those things, it’s just not something I care about. When I was 10 years old I told my family I’d never marry, and they lol’d thinking I wasn’t serious. 13 years later I still feel the same. It’s true that many teenagers/young adults don’t know what they want in life... I wasn’t/am not one of them. I am not Other People. :]

Honest ~ Ask any of my friends what’s a trait they like about me the most and many will say it’s my honesty. Oh, I can lie (and often do when I’m trolling someone, lol), since I don’t have a moral or religious reason for being honest. But I generally do not; I am honest because I can be. Take the concept of “house pushing”, for example: who the fuck does that? Like, what is there to gain by lying about who you are, lol? Maybe if I was being given money or something, okay, but not otherwise. As for just how honest I am... well, I don’t think I’m brutally honest, for that would imply that I’m somehow brutal, which I don’t see myself as. Blunt, yes, but brutal? It’s no fault of mine if you don’t like what I say or how I say it. The only time I care to be considerate of someone’s feelings is if/when that someone happens to be close to me. Everyone else? Hell no, let them deal with it. Anyways, because of my honesty, I have a very realistic grasp of my strengths and weaknesses, and though I don’t expect honesty from others, I like to think I’m a fairly good judge of character, which helps me sort out false friends with relative ease.

Irritable ~ I’ve definitely got raegquit issues, lol. It’s not as bad as it used to be (back when I was a teenager and I had all these FEEELEEENGZ) and I'm working on it (I refuse to believe a shrink can help me, and going to one of them Let’s Talk About Our Feelingz anger management classes would piss me off), but nevertheless I will always have a snappish temper. Sometimes people even think I’m angry when I’m actually not, which is hilarious. A good example of this: I was hoping to apply to this comm. earlier this month, but my laptop died after I basically punched the fuck out of it because it pissed me off. :D I mean I’ve hit it before it but this time was just too much, and I guess I hit it too hard, rofl. My rage is as sudden as wildfire, but it disappears just as quickly (for which I’m thankful). Generally when angry I curse and shout till my throat hurts, but sometimes I get physical and maul inanimate objects (with the exception of my brother & stepdad, both of whom I've exchanged fists with before, most people don’t interact with me long enough to piss me off that much).

Proud ~ My username means “sun king”. And peacocks are my favourite animals. :3 What does that tell you? That Pride is my greatest “sin” (here I am pretending such a thing exists for the sake of explanation), and with it come all other sorts of charming traits such as egotistical & selfish. It might seem odd that I’m a very proud person given the fact that I’m also quite the joker (you’ll often find that very proud people take themselves very seriously; not me), but just because I’m proud doesn’t mean I’ve got a stick up my arse. In fact, I take pride in being able to laugh at myself without feeling like a little shit; sometimes you need to look in the mirror and go, “Hahaha, you’re a stupid bitch. Get it together, fool”. :D But yes, I’m a selfish proud cunt; I freely talk about my defects because I don’t care to change them (in a twisted way, I’m actually proud of my imperfections). My pride is also related to my strong sense of self and solid confidence.

Unpredictable ~ My behaviour isn’t random (that’s not truly possible, I don’t think), but I have a knack for surprising people. It’s not so much that I’m unpredictable in a dangerous way (i.e. like Daario Naharis), but rather it’s more like... people are never quite sure what to make of me. I rarely lie, but I rarely say whole truths. I seem open and friendly, but I also conceal a lot about myself and keep most people at an arm’s length. By reputation alone I seem more wicked or jerkish than I actually am. And while I wouldn’t say I’m truly deceitful, I do like to keep people guessing. I don’t think myself all that clever, but it’s hardly fair to say that I’m dim-witted... though ofc that’s what I would have people believe of me. I’m not insecure, so I’m quite happy to let others believe all sorts of ‘colourful’ things about my person. Ask my vast array of acquaintances what I’m like and you'll hear all sorts of contradictory adjectives, like‘"extroverted’ and ‘shy’, or ‘silly’ and ‘reserved’. :] I actually enjoy puzzling others, and more importantly, I like being thought of as harmless. I want people to underestimate me; it makes shocking them that much more sweet.


Finally, the following aren't personality traits, but they may be relevant to the sorting, so here you go:

[Western] Astrology:
Leo (Sun), Scorpio (Moon)

[Eastern] Astrology:
Earth Dragon

DD Alignment:
Chaotic Neutral

Enneagram:
7w8 (but I relate to 4w3 also)

HP:
Gryffinclaw

MBTI:
ISFP (introvert, sensor, feeler, perceiver)

~*~ A Song of Ice and Fire Related ~*~

1.Who are your favorite three characters in the series? Why?

...Why only three? That’s no fun! :3

Favourite characters (that I don’t necessarily relate to, but like for various reasons and/or relate to people I know):

~ Aemon Targaryen There have only been three characters thus far for whom I have cried when they died: Eddard, Oberyn and Aemon. I didn’t actually shed tears for Eddard and Oberyn, but in my heart I definitely wept. However, for Aemon tears did come. It was just so moving how he basically just ran out of time and could not live to see Dany and the dragons. I have a thing for befriending older, wiser people and I’m often friends with my teachers / professors (I’m foolish and hot-blooded, so I naturally gravitate towards intellectuals with more composed temperaments), so I definitely could see myself having befriended this character (if he were real) and learning from him. It sucks that all his knowledge and wisdom went with him. :C

~ Arianne Martell & the Sand Snakes I love all these girls, hehe. I wish we could see more of their characters. Arianne because of her independence, Obara because of her fierceness, Nymeria because she’s so provocative. And Tyene because, lol, a deadly beautiful septa = win.

~ Asha Greyjoy She’s one of the best characters of all time: her axe is her husband and her dirk/dagger is her sweet suckling babe. What could be more badass? I have a lot of admiration and respect for her character.

~ Brienne of Tarth A example to women everywhere that badass bitches can and do often come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. I hated her at first (“Who is this foolish wench? -_-”) but she grew on me. There’s nothing I love more in a person than someone who is true to her/himself, flaws and all.

~ Daenerys Targaryen “Mother of Dragons”. If my mother was a ASOIAF character, she’d be Daenerys Targaryen. So yes, I love Dany, for pretty much the same reasons I love my mother. Their histories are most alike (not in the details ofc), though my mom also got some Rhaegar in her. Coincidentally (lol), she has three children too: me (Rhaegal), my brother (Viserion), and my kid sister (Drogon). And yes, my sister is more badass than me & my brother combined, though we’re 14 & 13 years her seniors. :]

~ Doran Martell Okay, how do I even begin to explain... first of all, I loathed Doran until DwD. I understood his character, but I didn’t like him or his personality. He reminds me of my father, though thankfully my dad also has some Brynden “Blackfish” Tully in him), except I like my dad, lol. Anyways, FfC & DwD changed my mind because it made me see that he is doing Dorne good, even if Dorne can’t see it. He’s like one of those teachers from whom you learn a lot, even though you're not exactly fond of his personality.

~ Eddard Stark I have so many feelings for Ned. SO MANY FEELINGS. Hate, love, lust (thanks to Seán Bean). I can’t stand most Lawful Good people, yet so many of my friends are Gryffindors/Hufflepuffs and Starks/Tullys. I... how do I even begin to explain? I love(d) Ed and everything he stood for, but all along I was SCREAMING at him for doing all the dumb shit he did. Dear gawd I can be honest and upfront to the point of idiocy but I’m not so foolish so as to tell my mortal enemies that I know their secrets and I’m going to do something about it.

~ Margaery Tyrell O my god I love her. We would make amazing friends and shopping buddies. <3 If she doesn’t come out of that hot mess @ King’s Landing alive I will be so fucking angry. SO FUCKING ANGRY. I can’t wait to see her on the big screen. Also, she called Cersei a bitch, therefore she’s awesome.

~ Olenna Tyrell I have no idea how my own grandmother (she and Olenna Tyrell are one and the same, I kid you not) got into this series but I'm glad she did. She’s fucking hysterical; the only Sansa chapter I liked I liked because the Queen of Þorns was in it.

“Do you know my son, Sansa? Lord Puff Fish of Highgarden?”
“A great lord,” answered Sansa politely.
“A great oaf,” said the Queen of Þorns. “His father was an oaf as well. [...] A lion is not a lap cat, I told him, and he gives me a ‘tut-tut-Mother’. There is entirely too much tut-tutting in this realm, if you ask me. All these kings would do a deal better if they would put down their swords and listen to their mothers.”

ROFL! My mouth muscles hurt from laughing when the chapter ended. Also, I agree; I don’t consider myself a mama’s boy AT ALL but I listen to my mother a great deal, hehehe.

~ Petyr Baelish I’d finger him with my little finger if he’d let me. :3 Petyr is such a magnificent bastard, lol. Haters to the left: don’t hate the playa’, hate the game.

~ Roose Bolton I know I shouldn’t like him because of his involvement at the Red Wedding (plus the whole leeching thing which is le creepy) but omg I don’t care I want him in my bed. :3 I have queer tastes, I know~ But Roose has likable qualities~ (he wears a pink cape!) And flaying, while creepy, isn’t that off-putting. He’s cruel, but I find thaf hot, lol. That’s why I love me bastards like him & Tywin.

~ Tommen “Baratheon” I don’t like most children but he's so cute. ;-; He named one of his kittens Ser Pounce. How adorable is that?! I wanna pinch his cheeks and watch Thundercats with him while we eat ice cream. :D I hope we can see him grow into a great character, with none of his mother's or brother's bad blood.

~ Tywin Lannister ~ I think we can all agree that Tywin Lannister is a son of a bitch. And I think that all of us who are (1) attracted to men and (2) attracted to OLDER men can agree that he’s like… seriously fucking hot in the TV show (and don’t tell me I’m the only one; Tywin Lannister fangirls, come out come out wherever you are :D). If I had ovaries they would have exploded so long ago, lol (luckily I’ve got balls so if they do explode at least there won’t be internal damage). Anyways, my grandfather is actually rather like Tywin in a lot of ways, so I feel that I understand Tywin’s character in a way most people don’t, and hell, I even admire him a great deal (though at the same time I want to piss on him for the way he treated Tyrion). Being Lord of Casterly Rock is no job I’d ever want, but Tywin did it well. However, losing his wife because of Tyrion clearly took its toll, and certainly he is not (and was never supposed to be) Eddard Stark when it comes to his children. Moreover, he’s a very proud man, and I understand pride better than most people who are proud do. Truth be told, if a dwarf’d and deform’d son of mine killed my wife (let’s pretend for a nano-second that in an alternate universe I’m not a raging homo ;D), I’d have thrown the damned thing off a window myself. Raising kids is hard enough without all the damn “bonuses” that come with being a fucking ugly dwarf. Of course I love Tyrion’s character, but as a baby he’d mean nothing to me, lol. So ultimately I cut Tywin a lot of slack, yet as much as I don’t like the fact that he died, ultimately it was his own fault. For all his brilliance, he never saw what a grave error it was to underestimate Tyrion, and he paid the price. :[

...I love how I wrote an essay, lol. I’m a hardcore Tywin fangirl*, yes. <3

(*) I’m not so insecure in my masculinity or my sexuality so as to feel ~*~awkward~*~ by referring to myself as female, in case anyone was wondering. :] I would actually love to be able to shapeshift into a woman, that way I get to have my pick of men, whether they’re gay or straight, teehee.

~ Varys OMG LOL. I love Varys. You must understand, I absolutely adore spiders. For that alone I have to like Varys. Varys knows everything about everyone; that’s why he’s an eunuch: his balls were so full of secrets they imploded.

Olenna Tyrell: “That Varys creature seemed to think we should be thankful for the information.”

LOL! Varys + creature = Kreacher. :D

Favourite characters (that I relate to in various ways):

~ Arya Stark I’m sick and tired of all these Sansa fans babbling on about POOR SANSA and how she’s been to the Seven Hells and back... what the fuck? Arya has been through much more than Sansa. Switch the roles and Sansa would be dead, lol. I relate to Arya in all the ways I can’t relate to Sansa: fiercely independent, never gives up, makes her own way rather than have others make it for her, willful attitude, etc.

~ Bran Stark Bran reminds me of myself when I was a kid. I’m quite different now, ofc, but I see my younger self in him, and I find him very interesting despite being a kid. I distinctly recall thinking from day one that there was something very special about him... and I wasn’t wrong. :3

~ Jaime Lannister Everyone loves a dick. Or at least I do. I can’t even begin to explain all the reasons why I like this guy. I did loathe him for throwing Bran out the window, but in my eyes he's paid dearly for it, as he’s a cripple (just like Bran) in all the ways that matter to him.

~ Oberyn Martell DDILF: Dornish Daddy I’d Like To Fuck. If I had a vagina and I fucked this guy sand snakes would come out of it yearly. I also approve of his parenthood methods so much it hurts: he’s a free bitch, and he raised his daughters to be free bitches as well. Read Q#3 for more.

~ Tyrion Lannister I don’t care what anyone says, Tyrion is my long-lost dwarf twin. <3 We’d make the best duo ever - he goes for the bitches, I go for the dudes. A truly amazing character, one in a million, and I should know, since I read about as much as he does. There are quite a few differences between us... mostly that Tyrion is in many ways more badass than I could ever be and thrice as clever, not to mention a better person than I am in various ways. And yes, I’m narcissistic enough that I’d do him, though ofc that wouldn’t happen; Tyrion loves pussy as much as I love cock.


...So yeah, I really can’t pick three characters, but if I absolutely had to, I’d say Tyrion, Oberyn, and Daenerys (though Tywin comes close to being 3rd).


2.Who are your least favorite three characters in the series? Why?

...Three least favourite characters? You’re kidding, right? Hah! Not a chance; there’s too many characters I dislike. Like Arya, I've been keeping my own little Valar morghulis list, and half of it is crossed. Here it is:

~ Aeron Greyjoy Any man which thinks women are unfit to rule simply because “ur wimmin lol” is scum in my eyes. Having a cock/vag does not make one fit/unfit to rule. Besides, I don’t like crazy religious people. But in a twisted way I wanna do him (angry sex?); I have a thing for priests and I have a thing for oceans. Hmmm, yes, I like the idea of doing it in the water with him; call it merfolk-style. HAHAHA! :3

~ Catelyn Tully Pls 2 go back 2 being dead, you’re annoying. I can’t relate to her at all, she’s so... In her shoes I’d have done everything totally different. Every POV chapter of hers was like... o gawd just please let it end soon. e_e;

~ Cersei Lannister She’s so not Tywin with tits. Actually, she’s just like Azula from Avatar: The Last Airbender: a cruel, power-hungry, insane bitch. I understand that she’s just trying to overcome the fucking misogyny in Westeros, but I don’t like the way she goes about it; she did a lot of stupid shit.

~ Davos Seaworth I don’t hate Davos, I just think he’s boring. :c A pity, since I love onions.

~ High Septon Don’t know what his name is, don't care. The current one makes me want to vomit; I’d gladly put Baelor's Sept and everyone in it to the torch. Our sweet Cersei had the brilliant idea of arming him; why, one might as well put all of Europe’s army and navy under the command of the current Pope (the previous one was awesome; the current one came out of Melisandre’s demonic vag). Ughhh.

~ Joffrey “Baratheon” A pathetic little bitch. I cried of happiness when he died.

~ Jorah Mormont I pity him, but that’s about it. He fucked up, so let him deal with it.

~ Lysa Tully Crazy ugly bitch. So glad she’s dead; she should have taken her annoying kid with her.

~ Melisandre of Asshai

“When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.” ~ Stephen F. Roberts

I don’t hate her, but I don’t like her. Also, her vagina is demonic (as if I needed more reasons to be gay :D).

~ Ramsay Bolton A disgustingly vile parasite. BRB vomiting.

~ Robert Baratheon A drunken fool... he was true to himself, I’ll give him that much. Still, good riddance.

~ Sansa Stark She’s too stupid to live... why is she still alive?! Every single Sansa chapter is like watching paint dry. I hear watching leopard slugs mating is more exciting. Speaking of Sansa, while my grandma is like Olenna and my mom is like Daenerys, my aunt is like Sansa. WTF happened there, bro? I have no idea. :|

~ Stannis Baratheon Please die in a fire, preferably one of Melisandre’s. I loathe inflexible people, and inflexible + stupid is the icing on the cake. This guy just doesn’t get it. I always say, “Be true to yourself... unless you suck”. Stannis is himself, yes, but he’s stupid. He is everything that makes a person unfit to be a leader: black-and-white thinking, charmless, humorless, inflexible, socially inept... need I go on?

~ Theon Greyjoy Reek, Reek, it rhymes with weak. A backstabbing scumbag; he deserves what he’s gotten and more. I pity the fools who pity this fool. I have disliked him since day one and no amount of POV chapters will change that, not even DwD’s.

~ Victarion Greyjoy What a fucking moron. =_= Asha y r all ur uncles so fucking dumb lol?

~ Viserys Targaryen Probably the most pathetic Targaryen ever; a fucking embarrassment to his House.

~ Walder Frey Lord Walder Frey, sweet, sweet Lord Frey. :] Whatever ending Martin has in store for him is much kinder than the one I’d give him. Let’s see... I’d tie him to bed, completely naked, and... oh, where do I begin? Back in Cuba we have this treacherous shrub called guao. It’s thrice as toxic as poison ivy and it itches like a motherfucker. Why, after I rub guao all over Frey’s old frail body (including those vomit-inducing genitals he’s used to father scum), he’ll wish for me to show mercy. But he showed no mercy to Robb, did he? On the second day, the fun really begins. There is this species of ant in Cuba called bibijagua that I’m most fond of, with huge mandibles. They can’t/won’t kill you, but their bite stings like a bitch. He will love it. And there’s more: ach day I’d have him drink Arbor wine laced with small doses of oleander, one of my favourites flowers, as poisonous as he is. Next up are ‘roaches~ I do hope Lord Walder Frey doesn’t fear them, seeing as he is one. The ones native to Cuba are huge, about the size of my palm, though not as wide. We call them cucarachones. Harmless, to be sure, but I imagine it feels disgusting to have Cuban giant roaches crawling all over your body, hehehe (I’d have food scraps all over him, ready for my sweet children to feast). And come dawn, if Waldy is still alive, it’s hornets time baby. The sting of the Asian giant hornet is described as "like a hot nail driven into the skin", and one of the chemicals in the venom encourages the other hornets to sting the victim as well. I do hope he’d enjoy that; I can’t for the life of me think why anyone should fear wasps, lol. They’re my favourite insects ever... though admittedly I’d shit myself if ever I was ever stung by one of these cruel beauties. :3 Nature is so utterly despicable sometimes, non? ...Some would say torture makes me no better than Bolton or Frey... except I’m not trying to be better than them. :3 In my own version of the Golden Rule, I treat others as they would treat me. Those who are good to me get my sunny Leo side; those who would wrong me or harm me or my loved ones get the stinger of my lunar Scorpio. And why shouldn’t they? With me, you reap what you sow, always, no exceptions.

3.#1 Favorite moment in all of ASOIAF so far? Why?

Hmmm, this is going to be an unusual answer, because it’s not truly a favourite moment. I’m referring to the duel between the Mountain and Oberyn Martell. I thought it would be my favourite moment, because I was sure the Red Viper would win, but when he didn’t... I kinda lost it? I mean, none of the deaths so far made me RAEGQUIT, but this one did, it really did. I’ve enjoyed the books so far and the things that I didn’t enjoy, well, I’ve come to understand why they happened, but not this one. I could seriously piss on G.R.R.M. for this one. That was not fucking cool, bro. This was a significant moment in the series for two reasons:

(1) He championed for Tyrion when no-one else would. That alone made his character appeal to me in a way most other characters cannot and will not, hehe. Not to mention, the fight was awesome. A poisoned spear? O hell yes, that’s the kind of fight I like. Just ask any of my bffs - “If G was ever to kill someone else, how would he do it?” and they will say, “Why, he’d use poison. Probably plant-based, or else from one of those creepy crawlers he loves so damn much. I mean, he does have a somewhat morbid fascination with centipedes, scorpions, snakes, and wasps. And spiders, most of all.” Hahaha, I hope I never have to kill someone, ’cause if my daggers/dirks/knives (if I were an assassin/sellsword/warrior/whatever, those would my weapons of choice) do not, my poisons definitely will. :]

(2) Oberyn died, which got the dune sands of Dorne swirling and led to how things are now. But more importantly, he died avenging his sister. This is extremely personal for me. I'm rather uncomfortable admitting this to a bunch of strangers, but understand this: There is but one human being in this planet for whom I’d readily give up my life, and I do not say such things lightly. I wouldn’t for my parents, since they have lived their lives. And I wouldn’t for my friends, since they can protect themselves. But my 10-year old sister and I share a bond stronger than all others, and I wouldn’t hesitate to put myself in harm’s way for her. So I can relate to Oberyn a great deal; there are certain bonds between people that leave a mark on a person’s soul that can’t be healed. Even though I’m generally the forgive-and-forget type, and I believe it’s not my place to take the life of another human being, I’d do it in a heartbeat if what happened to Elia happened to my sister. I can only hope that nothing similarly horrible will ever happen to my sister at the hands of someone else, for surely that will change me in ways I dread to imagine, and whether it takes me a year or ten, that someone else will die.

4. In your dream-world, how would you like to see the series end, and why?

In my dream world G.R.R.M. does not kill every single male character I have the hots for. Let's see... Eddard Stark, Khal Drogo, Oberyn Martell, Robb Stark, Tywin Lannister... Seriously, what the fuck is going on, Martin? Are you trying to kill every male character worth fapping to? At least Jaime, Jon and Tyrion are alive, lol. Also, Jaime and Brienne need to marry, thank you very much, and fill the Isle for Tarth with swordfighting little ones. <3 Asha needs to be Queen of the Iron Islands, Margaery & Tommen for lords of the Reach, the Starks need to have a family reunion and restore Winterfell, Tyrion & whoever for lord of Casterly Rock (Jaime would never want it, lol), Aegon & Arianne on Dorne, and obviously, Dany should sit on the Iron Throne and rule wisely for many years and more... until she dies, ofc, and then hell will break loose again but we won’t get to see that, so whatevz. :]

...I’m not counting on any of these things happening, however, lest I be very disappointed. I just hope Martin can surprise me in a good way, even if it’s not the ending I hope for. I mean, let's face it, everyone wants something different, so it will definitely be tough to end the series in a way that [mostly] everyone can be [mostly] satisfied with, hmm.

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...O shit, look at all that text, it rivals the Wall of Westeros in length. I’m not expecting anyone to actually read all that, lol, but what can I say, I like talking about myself. :] So to celebrate my finishing it (and your skimming it :3) here’s Morning Moon by Yuki Kajiura from Tsubasa Chronicle Future Soundscape I.

...If you don't like this song, you don’t have a soul; it is known. :]

Every time I listen to it I think of Rhaegar Targaryen playing his harp (there’s an actual harp being played in the tune), and I’m all like:

Comments

Lannister

[windfury.livejournal.com]

I don't really do fangirl, but there are quite a few Tywin fans in the comm at this point. I'd be interested in seeing a favourite characters revote sometime. Anyway, regardless, you're a Martell.

Re: Lannister

[bluebeard.livejournal.com]

Favourite characters revote? Has there been like a poll or something? If so, by popular consensus, which ones were people’s faves? :V

Re: Lannister

[windfury.livejournal.com]

It went Jaime > Tyrion > Arya > Sansa > Brienne > Dany > all the way to Tywin scraping it in at 30 out of 30. But there's definitely more Tywin fans now.

The whole thing is here (http://greathouses.livejournal.com/187950.html#cutid1) for when you join. It was super impressively put together and worth looking at.

Re: Lannister

[bluebeard.livejournal.com]

oic, thanks!