Link for silver_b_a and haunted_attics for all things Hornblower/Bush, mostly bookverse:  quigonejinn.  Analysis, stories, recs, icons, boundless enthusiasm.  Try this post, for example.  And these extracts - especially 15 and 22 - leave me giddy with love for Lieutenant Hornblower.  Forester's Hornblower novels are the only books I know of that rival the best slash for emotional ( Read more... )

From true_enough. It's not too far off for only two questions (though I think the last time I actually cursed and stomped around, very briefly, was when my neighbour set his property on fire a year ago).

( Results )

I had to post this for my exemplary "Spirit" score.  From the analysis:  "Your spirit score is dramatic...Continue to reap the rewards which your spirituality brings forth."  I don't even have the faintest glimmering of the meaning of the word.  Gotta love that.

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Mine's easy:

A horse!  A horse!  My kingdom for a horse!

Richard III, Act V, Scene IV

Here you go, true_enough.  This makes 21, in fact!

( 20 Things )

I did this test twice, once with my "default" corporate-career personality (ISTJ) and once with a "hang on, you're not an accountant any more" mindset. Not much changed! Still,

( I've never scored an E before on one of these tests )

1.  Driven a 200 tonne haul truck in an open cut mine ( Read more... )

From doctor_k_.  This was kind of fun.

( 25 years ago... )

Enjoyed reading sarren and cricketk's, so here's

( 10 sets of 5 things )

Compared to emma_in_oz, mine are few:

1) Horses (1980-present)  All I can remember ever really wanting in life was to own horses. The magic is just as strong now as it was when I was 10 years old.  [Taking a break from this post to go outside to look for horses in the dark]2) Chocolate (1980-present)  However I didn't eat any between the ages of 13 and 17 ( Read more... )