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  <title>Naughty Fluffy Bunny</title>
  <subtitle>a.k.a. When Pervy Fanfic Writers Strike Back!</subtitle>
  <author>
    <name>windandwater</name>
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  <updated>2014-02-14T04:55:17Z</updated>
  <dw:journal username="windandwater" type="personal"/>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:280155:1122932</id>
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    <title>What is this fuckery?!</title>
    <published>2014-02-14T04:55:17Z</published>
    <updated>2014-02-14T04:55:17Z</updated>
    <category term="fuckery"/>
    <category term="internets"/>
    <category term="lj"/>
    <category term="sera fails hardcore"/>
    <category term="in soviet russia"/>
    <dw:mood>annoyed</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
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    <content type="html">NO LJ I DO NOT WANT YOU TO DELETE MY JOURNAL. NOT ANY OF THEM. EVEN IF I HAVEN'T LOGGED IN FOR YEARS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IT'S MINES, PRECIOUSSSSS. IT'S MINE, MY OWN, MY PRECIOUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=windandwater&amp;ditemid=1122932" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:280155:1122595</id>
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    <title>Uhm</title>
    <published>2013-04-22T20:23:28Z</published>
    <updated>2013-04-22T20:23:28Z</updated>
    <category term="sera fails hardcore"/>
    <category term="wtf is wrong with me"/>
    <category term="internet"/>
    <dw:mood>awake</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">Hello there, internets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=windandwater&amp;ditemid=1122595" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:280155:1122382</id>
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    <title>omg</title>
    <published>2013-01-23T18:32:59Z</published>
    <updated>2013-01-23T18:32:59Z</updated>
    <category term="rl"/>
    <category term="bitchery"/>
    <category term="ovary stabbing"/>
    <dw:mood>sore</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">*stabs ovaries weakly*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i knew this would be a bad month i can't even capitalize or punctuate properly&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=windandwater&amp;ditemid=1122382" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:280155:1122169</id>
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    <title>I need to remember to write 2013 now</title>
    <published>2013-01-02T22:58:36Z</published>
    <updated>2013-01-02T22:58:36Z</updated>
    <category term="i love my flist"/>
    <category term="new year"/>
    <category term="babble"/>
    <dw:mood>cheerful</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">HAPPY NEW YEAR AND ALL THAT JAZZ! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... okay, so this is a day late, but you can blame my NYE for that. It's the thought that counts, right? Right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;hearts;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=windandwater&amp;ditemid=1122169" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:280155:1121994</id>
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    <title>Fa la la la lah la la la laaaahhh~!</title>
    <published>2012-12-26T22:12:44Z</published>
    <updated>2012-12-26T22:12:44Z</updated>
    <category term="rl"/>
    <category term="food"/>
    <category term="xmas"/>
    <category term="babble"/>
    <category term="go go sera-chan"/>
    <dw:mood>good</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">So did everyone have a good Christmas? Hmmmmm? &amp;hearts;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I spent time with the extended family, which was good. But damn that felt like a long two days. My Christmas started with Midnight Mass (which ended at 2am omg), and then I didn't get much sleep before I had to be awake again so we could go to my cousin's Christmas party. Thankfully, I managed to nap in the car, but I still feel weird and tired. Bleh. The weather isn't helping either.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now it's time to raid all those tins of fancy Christmas cookies we got as presents.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=windandwater&amp;ditemid=1121994" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:280155:1121543</id>
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    <title>feels like a Monday</title>
    <published>2012-11-12T23:15:53Z</published>
    <updated>2012-11-12T23:15:53Z</updated>
    <category term="ovaries"/>
    <category term="blah"/>
    <category term="bitchery"/>
    <category term="ovary stabbing"/>
    <category term="zombies"/>
    <category term="walking dead"/>
    <dw:mood>blah</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">*stabs ovaries*&lt;br /&gt;*flops over*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Got absolutely nothing done today. Argh. And why is no one else watching The Walking Dead so I can flail and geek out with you?!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=windandwater&amp;ditemid=1121543" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:280155:1121416</id>
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    <title>asdfghjkl;;;;</title>
    <published>2012-10-13T19:31:43Z</published>
    <updated>2012-10-13T19:31:43Z</updated>
    <category term="bitchery"/>
    <category term="ovary stabbing"/>
    <category term="rl"/>
    <dw:mood>sore</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">*stabs ovaries*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh ovaries, I didn't miss your wacky hijinks. =____=;; At least you timed yourselves properly this month. But please, I'd like to be able to eat something.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=windandwater&amp;ditemid=1121416" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:280155:1121194</id>
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    <title>windandwater @ 2012-09-06T13:09:00</title>
    <published>2012-09-06T20:10:48Z</published>
    <updated>2012-09-06T20:10:48Z</updated>
    <category term="ovaries"/>
    <category term="ovary stabbing"/>
    <category term="bitchery"/>
    <category term="rl"/>
    <category term="weather"/>
    <category term="rage"/>
    <dw:mood>pissed off</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">DAMMIT OVARIES YOU COULDN'T WAIT ONE DAY COULD YOU. JUST ONE DAY. AND IT'S SO HOT AND I'LL HAVE TO BE ON MY FEET ALL NIGHT. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRGGGGHHHH!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*stabs ovaries viciously for being uncooperative]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=windandwater&amp;ditemid=1121194" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:280155:1121021</id>
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    <title>windandwater @ 2012-08-17T16:01:00</title>
    <published>2012-08-17T23:03:32Z</published>
    <updated>2012-08-17T23:03:32Z</updated>
    <category term="random"/>
    <category term="fandom"/>
    <category term="magellan is a sometimes food"/>
    <category term="babble"/>
    <category term="fics"/>
    <category term="fangirl squee"/>
    <dw:mood>amused</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">&lt;i&gt;"Okay, mom, calm down! Now is not the time to be panicking. You go start the car, I'll get the shovels."&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That is one of the best lines I have read in a fic recently. And it makes absolutely no sense out of context. XD!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=windandwater&amp;ditemid=1121021" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:280155:1120552</id>
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    <title>Aaaaaargh</title>
    <published>2012-08-09T05:52:24Z</published>
    <updated>2012-08-09T05:52:24Z</updated>
    <category term="rl"/>
    <category term="ovary stabbing"/>
    <category term="bitchery"/>
    <category term="parental hatred"/>
    <category term="ovaries"/>
    <category term="food"/>
    <dw:mood>bitchy</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">*stabs ovaries*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I got so angry at my dad today that I started my period early. Nnnnnnnngh. =___=;; This, along with the super hot 100+ weather lately is making me cranky. And I have no chocolate or ice cream. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiies*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=windandwater&amp;ditemid=1120552" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:280155:1120423</id>
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    <title>Is it Wednesday already?</title>
    <published>2012-06-21T02:18:28Z</published>
    <updated>2012-06-21T02:30:09Z</updated>
    <category term="you can't make this shit up"/>
    <category term="rl"/>
    <dw:mood>blank</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>2</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">It seems like the week has gone by superfast, but I guess that's because I had a terrible Monday. If you don't already follow me on Facebook, Monday morning, someone broke into my house while I was in it. It was a terrible way to wake up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm perfectly fine if still a little paranoid, but I wasn't hurt and nothing was stolen. Please don't freak out. I did plenty of that already.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="cut-wrapper"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class="cut-open"&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class="cut-text"&gt;&lt;a href="https://windandwater.dreamwidth.org/1120423.html#cutid1"&gt;a really terrible way to start the week&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class="cut-close"&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=windandwater&amp;ditemid=1120423" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:280155:1120247</id>
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    <title>=___=;;</title>
    <published>2012-06-15T17:59:25Z</published>
    <updated>2012-06-15T17:59:25Z</updated>
    <category term="rl"/>
    <category term="ovary stabbing"/>
    <category term="bitchery"/>
    <category term="i hate people sometimes"/>
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    <dw:mood>sore</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
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    <content type="html">*stabs ovaries*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DO THIS WHENEVER I WANT TO GO SOMEWHERE AWESOME?!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=windandwater&amp;ditemid=1120247" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:280155:1119781</id>
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    <title>I don't know if there's a word for this</title>
    <published>2012-05-31T00:34:36Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-31T00:34:36Z</updated>
    <category term="sera fails hardcore"/>
    <category term="babble"/>
    <category term="magellan is a sometimes food"/>
    <category term="rl"/>
    <dw:mood>crazy</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
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    <content type="html">I TOTALLY HAVE THINGS TO SAY, BUT THERE IS. SO. MUCH.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I'm sorta lazy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This "here's what I've been doing for the past month lolz" post keeps getting longer and longer. It's almost like I have a real life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=windandwater&amp;ditemid=1119781" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:280155:1119512</id>
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    <title>... victoly?</title>
    <published>2012-05-20T22:08:58Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-20T22:08:58Z</updated>
    <category term="rl"/>
    <category term="shopping"/>
    <category term="babble"/>
    <category term="jewelry"/>
    <category term="pretty pretty princess"/>
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    <dw:mood>sore</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">*stabs ovaries*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I didn't let them stop me from going to the bead show today! The stuff I bought is worth the pain. Though I wish I had tons more money.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=windandwater&amp;ditemid=1119512" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:280155:1119369</id>
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    <title>A holiday again?</title>
    <published>2012-05-13T18:30:57Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-13T18:30:57Z</updated>
    <category term="rl"/>
    <category term="mother's day"/>
    <category term="i love my flist"/>
    <dw:mood>mellow</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope everyone has a good day today. &amp;hearts;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=windandwater&amp;ditemid=1119369" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:280155:1119118</id>
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    <title>VICTOLY~!!!</title>
    <published>2012-04-29T02:16:17Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-29T02:16:17Z</updated>
    <category term="computer stuff"/>
    <category term="rabu rabu"/>
    <category term="rl"/>
    <category term="babble"/>
    <category term="i love my flist"/>
    <category term="birthday"/>
    <dw:mood>giddy</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>1</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">GUESS WHO FINALLY HAS WIRELESS INTERNETS?!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MY LAPTOP WEEPS NO MORE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=windandwater&amp;ditemid=1119118" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:280155:1118861</id>
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    <title>Here we go again...</title>
    <published>2012-04-19T20:41:12Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-19T20:41:12Z</updated>
    <category term="rl"/>
    <category term="bitchery"/>
    <category term="ovary stabbing"/>
    <dw:mood>sore</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
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    <content type="html">*stabs ovaries*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... *chugs some Advil and Mountain Dew*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even when I know it's coming, my ovaries still find ways to cause me pain. =___=;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=windandwater&amp;ditemid=1118861" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:280155:1118507</id>
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    <title>A day full of highs and lows</title>
    <published>2012-04-18T20:42:52Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-18T20:42:52Z</updated>
    <category term="rip"/>
    <category term="tv"/>
    <category term="rl"/>
    <category term="new year"/>
    <dw:mood>sad</dw:mood>
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    <content type="html">R.I.P. Dick Clark. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've watched him on TV pretty much every New Year's Eve for my whole life. Even if other channels had their NYE celebrations on TV (and with better performances/people showing up), I always watched New Year's Rockin' Eve because I felt it was the "real" New Year's celebration. And I've always wanted to celebrate NYE in New York with all the people in Times Square even if it would be crazy and loud and bitterly cold. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know the past years after his stroke affected him terribly. It always made me sad to think that someone I've seen and had good memories with would suddenly disappear from my universe of experiences. It's sort of like when John Paul II died; he was &lt;i&gt;my&lt;/i&gt; Pope. He was the one I'd known my whole life, I was fond of him even if I'd never met him, and I didn't want there to be another. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But Dick Clark kept hosting every single year (except 2004 since that's when he had the stroke). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He persevered. He proved to the world that you can recover from a tragedy and still go on with your life. He wanted to make the people who watched and celebrated happy along with him. Even though it was obvious that hosting was becoming an ordeal for him, he still wanted to do the show he's been known for and made famous around the world. He even said: &lt;i&gt;"Last year I had a stroke. It left me in bad shape. I had to teach myself how to walk and talk again. It's been a long, hard fight. My speech is not perfect but I'm getting there."&lt;/i&gt; This is the kind of hope, strength, and spirit that should be praised and applauded, even if you're not family, or a friend, or a neighbor, or even met the man at all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It won't be the same without him counting down to ring in the new year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dick Clark is &lt;i&gt;my&lt;/i&gt; New Year's host.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=windandwater&amp;ditemid=1118507" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:280155:1118230</id>
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    <title>Older and wiser?</title>
    <published>2012-04-12T20:41:07Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-12T20:41:07Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Thanks to everyone who wished me Happy Birthday on Tuesday! &amp;hearts; &amp;hearts; &amp;hearts;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Having a birthday that's during the week is always kind of bleh, because you can't really go out and do stuff on a Tuesday. Boo. I had a low-key birthday day, but I still had a pleasant day that made me happy, so that's always good. Maybe this weekend I'll be able to meet up with friends and have lunch or dinner or something. I get free desserts at TGI Friday's and Buffalo Wild Wings. :3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I found out that the Inland Empire's First Annual Chocolate Festival is being held on April 21st. XDDDDDD! I think I'm going to make that my "birthday" event, even if it's like 2 weeks after my actual bday. It's worth it for chocolate and wine tastings. Yum~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, the birthday haul... which isn't very much since I don't get presents from anyone in my family, not even my parents. So let's make this Free Stuff (or heavily discounted) I Got For My Birthday instead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- Sugar Kisses Mini Lip Duo Set from Sephora&lt;br /&gt;-- &lt;s&gt;free truffle&lt;/s&gt; FUCK YOU TOO GODIVA&lt;br /&gt;-- Buy One Get One Free ice cream from Coldstone (I got Birthday Cake Remix, of course, and Oreo Overload)&lt;br /&gt;-- $25 Gamestop giftcard (okay, this is a promo from eRewards that I earned, but I'm totally counting it even if it's still being shipped to me)&lt;br /&gt;-- 50% off some pretty crystals I've been lusting after at Michaels. TRUEFAX: they released a one day coupon valid only on my bday, so I went to see what they had since I was out already. I thought they'd sold out of the crystals I liked months ago and never restocked them (I've been checking diligently) but I managed to find ONE STRAND buried behind a bunch of other beads in a totally different section. It is fate. So I got them. :3&lt;br /&gt;-- Wishes and kisses from friends... too many to count &amp;hearts;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=windandwater&amp;ditemid=1118230" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:280155:1117966</id>
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    <title>A bunny is here~!</title>
    <published>2012-04-09T01:54:05Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-09T01:54:05Z</updated>
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    <dw:mood>cheerful</dw:mood>
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    <content type="html">&lt;blink&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;&lt;font color="purple"&gt;HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE! &amp;hearts; &amp;hearts; &amp;hearts;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/blink&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And don't forget to celebrate Half-Price Chocolate Day tomorrow. :3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=windandwater&amp;ditemid=1117966" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:280155:1117875</id>
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    <title>A little thing that annoyed me that's weird</title>
    <published>2012-04-07T23:08:13Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-07T23:08:13Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">So I was watching the finale of Worst Cooks in America while I was having my lunch. I love that show because it's amazing how many fires can be accidentally set during one episode. Anyway, I missed the finale when it first aired, so I was glad to catch a re-run on The Food Network by chance. Woo TV. \o/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, one thing that bothered me was that Bobby Flay's cook (okay okay everyone knows I hate Bobby Flay but I liked the cook all through the season) had to make creme brulee for the final dessert to be served to the judges. During his test run, the guy accidentally got water into his creme brulee, so it didn't set-up properly and was basically ruined.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... for those who don't know, when you cook creme brulee (which is a custard), it has to be cooked in a water bath. Then you let the whole thing set up in the fridge before you torch the top. But if you get any water into the custard (say, from the water in the pan for the water bath), the custard will NOT set up and instead will be runny and ick. But you don't know it's ruined until you actually stick a fork in to eat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So the cook was very careful when he was carrying his pan (filled with water for the bath and the ramekins of creme) to the oven to cook, but still managed to get a little water spilling in without his knowing about it, thus, ruined creme brulee. He was very careful again during the final cook-off for the judges, so 2 of his brulees came out perfectly. But one got water in it and was ruined (poor Marcus Samuelsson he didn't get to eat dessert).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SO.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What made me angry? Is why didn't Bobby Flay tell the cook to do WHAT PROFESSIONAL CHEFS DO (and what Alton Brown said on Good Eats)..................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PUT THE RAMEKINS IN THE PAN, PUT THE PAN IN THE OVEN AND &lt;b&gt;THEN&lt;/b&gt; FILL THE PAN WITH WATER FOR THE WATER BATH USING A PITCHER OR GLASS OR SOMETHING.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That way you're not filling a pan with water then having the water slosh around while you carry it to the oven. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I mean, jeeze. Not that I make a ton of creme brulee, but doesn't it make sense to not carry a sloshing pan of water when you know water will ruin your creme brulee?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sigh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That was my little annoyance for the day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=windandwater&amp;ditemid=1117875" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <title>An update</title>
    <published>2012-04-04T18:47:35Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-04T18:47:35Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">The two chocolate bunnies still live, upon my gracious mercy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They have not, however, begun to reproduce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alas, that my nefarious plans have been overthrown once more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=windandwater&amp;ditemid=1117499" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <title>Continuing the chocolate theme...</title>
    <published>2012-04-03T21:55:38Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-03T21:55:38Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">On the kitchen counter/bar are two chocolate bunnies. Not Godiva though. The fuckers. But they're Dove, which makes me happy. Also, I had a dollar off coupon for them, so yay for me being cheap. Anyway, not only are they chocolate bunnies, they are chocolate &lt;i&gt;fairy&lt;/i&gt; bunnies, which means they have delicious ears &lt;i&gt;and&lt;/i&gt; wings for me to gnaw off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I must be strong. I must not eat them until Easter. I can do this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.................... or I can eat one, and save one for Easter. Yes. Yes, this sounds like a good idea, too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=windandwater&amp;ditemid=1117203" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <title>O cruel world</title>
    <published>2012-04-02T18:37:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-02T18:37:00Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">I just got an e-mail from Godiva, inviting me to make a custom Easter basket at their boutiques, and you get a free basket, ribbon and trimmings. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WELL FUCK YOU TOO YOU BASTARDS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=windandwater&amp;ditemid=1117139" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:280155:1116824</id>
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    <title>A TRAVESTY!</title>
    <published>2012-03-30T01:22:01Z</published>
    <updated>2012-03-30T01:22:01Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">SO I JUST FOUND OUT THAT THE GODIVA SHOP AT THE GALLERIA AT TYLER -- A.K.A. WHERE I GO TO GET MY FREE MONTHLY TRUFFLE FIX -- HAS CLOSED.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's &lt;i&gt;closed!&lt;/i&gt; Right before EASTER and MY BIRTHDAY! I totally went there today to get my free monthly chocolate and buy my family's Easter goodies basket and THE STORE WAS CLOSED. I can't even put into words how upset I was. Easter is one of my favorite holidays (CHOCOLATE BUNNIES) and my birthday is seriously on the Tuesday right after, so not only would I have gotten tasty Easter chocolates, I also would've gotten tasty Easter chocolates at HALF PRICE, and then another free monthly truffle. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*cries bitterly*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And now the nearest Godiva store is like, 50 miles away. And no, the Godiva chocolates you buy in grocery and department stores don't count because I can't pick a free truffle out of the shiny glass case. &amp;gt;:F WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not even the knowledge that they're adding a Red Robin's to Tyler will soothe my pain. Onion rings just don't stack up against a FREE MONTHLY CHOCOLATEY TRUFFLE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=windandwater&amp;ditemid=1116824" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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