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You Are A Fir Tree
You love anything beautiful, and you have extraordinary taste.
And while it's hard for you to trust, you care deeply for those close to you.
You are a social butterfly, and you have many friends.
You handle stress well - and you are a master at relaxing after a hard day.
Overall, you are modest, talented, unselfish, and very reliable.
What is Your Celtic Horoscope?
Mostly correct, except for the social butterfly/friends thing. I almost hate to say that most of my friends are online.
I've decided to change my Am.studies paper topic from AIDS research to the popularity of yaoi/yuri in America. Phil pointed out that my first paper topic was too science-oriented for a history paper, and I'm afraid that the same will happen with even the shift in paper topic to focus on one particular group. I've already found several articles in The Advocate, and I'm about to go search some more databases and Amazon (for the 2 books requirement; UT has nothing on yaoi manga as a focus). I'm also thinking about interviews with someone on the Yaoicon and Yuricon staffs regarding the history of the cons and their attendance history. And a personal anecdote or three. =3 ::looks at anime selection:: Perhaps something could be said about the fact that 98% of my anime has a) canon yaoi/shounen ai or b) a massive yaoi/shounen ai fandom. Same with my manga.
Edit, 3:49 PM
I stoled another pretty. =3
Edit, 11:46 PM
Well, the UT library does have a bit on yaoi...though I had to search Amazon for books then plug titles into the UT library websearch. - -;;; And one book I can't get until 2 days before my draft is due. Hopefully whoever has it right now will be nice and turn it in early or on time. Some of the other books are at the Fine Arts Library, so that's cool.
I'm thinking about taking my laptop with me tomorrow so I can finish my bibliography during SAC meeting. That way, I can make sure and do my Japanese homework. And I've got to print my grammer homework and extra credit. The prof said 64 sentences, but I can only find 48. - -;;;
As saddened by Terry Schiavo's death as I am, I'm glad she is finally at peace with her God. She is free from a body that confined her for so long.
The second - as much as I hate to say it, but the Pope is dying. I remember when my grandfather died from congestive heart failure, diabetes, and Parkinson's. Slowly, but surely, his body just failed him, especially his heart (from the CHF). Hearing about the Pope's condition today brought all that back.
I remember when Mom told me that Papa had specified that he didn't want any extraordinary measures to preserve his life, and I can understand why. He could have easily been kept alive by the doctors resusitating him every time he had a heart attack (he started having a lot of them towards the end). However, I think he also realized that that would just prolong, not only his pain, but our family's pain.
Wow.... Maybe I should lay off the heavy stuff right before bed.......