From Faith and Kara

[abetterlie]

Seven Things I Plan To Do Before I Die:

1 - Visit England (Yorkshire especially) and Ireland
2 - Find a way to check on Emily and get around that unbreathable atmosphere thing.
3 - Beat Spider-man in a sparring (it was a draw last time!)
4 - Find the perfect, really working, no reverse possible, ghost exorcism
5 - Go through a Sopranos marathon with Kara
6 - Actually read Ulysses from first sentence to last
7 - Let Kara win a fight, since she's got a thing about those she lost so far. Kidding. Kara, I always said you'd be able to beat me if you do some more freaking training.

Seven Things I Can Do:

1 - Track people and other lifeforms, no matter how far or how long
2 - Make a meal out of just about anything, plant or animal. Hey, I didn't say it would taste well.
3 - Quote Streisand and Manilow songs (I blame Lorne and Angel, just for the record)
4 - Outfight people not senior Slayers, Angel, or the Beast
5 - Keep a secret
6 - Believe a lie
7- Follow, if I respect the person leading

Seven Things I Can't Do:

1 - Sing.
2 - Say no to you-know-who-you-are, but in the interest of dog survival, I'm working on it
3 - Understand teenage girls women
4 - Understand how anyone can make it throughout a fashion show without falling asleep
5 - Love or care about people without killinghurting them; working on that, too
6 - Paint
7 - Honor all of my parents at the same time

Seven Things That Attract Me To Another Person:

1 - Need
2 - Challenge
3 - A good voice
4 - Experience
5 - Women: I kind of imprinted on curvy brunettes with take-charge- attitude
6 - I'm actually not sure about a type for men because Harry is the only one I ever was attracted to Sense of humour
7 - apparantly an earlier relationship with someone from my family, which totally sucks Some degree of messed-up-ness, as I'm pretty messed up myself


Seven Things I Say Most Often:

1 - I guess
2 - father (mine, yours, plural, singular, anyway, the term shows up pretty often)
3 - cool
4 - Hi
5 - Chicago/better
6 - Right
7- not a sidekick

Comments

[kara-marie.livejournal.com]

You might think that was funny. I think it was really mean. Now it wont matter if I win or not everyone will think you let me. Thanks a lot.

Is Harry having ghost problems again? I TOLD him to let me deal with it. Drusilla stalking me aside I am very good with the whole dead/not-dead people.

Furthermore, I do train, you just have to think I'm crap because you need someone to feel superior to so you act all preachy or whatever. I'd say I'm out more nights than you are, not that I'M competitive. You should quit judging me because I'm not more bad than you.

Here's a secret for you to keep: YOU SUCK. Oh, wait. Not a secret. MY BAD.

I don't like the Sopranos. It's too violent.

[abetterlie.livejournal.com]

Kara, it was supposed to be a joke. And I don't act all preachy!

I think so. Though this time I haven't felt the old bastard myself. And no way I'm going to let you anywhere near a ghost. You keep getting possessed or sucked dry by them! I was there, so don't deny it.

...this is where I'm trying not to make bad jokes about family heritage. Seriously: I obviously suck at understanding what makes you tick, which I already covered, see above.

[kara-marie.livejournal.com]

I'M NOT BEING PREACHY. JUST BECAUSE I AM RIGHT DOESN'T MAKE ME PREACHY. You all act like I can't slay, like I'm a sucky slayer! You all act like I'm the suckiest slayer that ever lived and then you make jokes about it. It's NOT funny. Everyone will say you LET me win. That's what they'll say. THAT ISN'T FUNNY. THAT'S MEAN. MEAN!

I have never been possessed. I was displaced. And only because I agreed to it. Also. The second time was a HEX not a GHOST. And you know WHY this shit happens to me? Because I PUT MYSELF ON THE FRONT LINE. While you all say I am so sucky, I am out on the front line! You ALL owe me a big apology.

You're like your father. You both think you're funny but you're not.

And you shouldn't be upsetting me. I'm FRAGILE at the moment. FRAGILE. My CONDITION is FRAGILE.

Fiiiiiiiiiiine. We can watch it. If I get upset you're to blame.

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[abetterlie.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I have to cancel debates on who preaches, because Harmony just told me - Kara, are you pregnant? Is that what you mean with fragile condition? God, I'm sorry. I didn't know.

I, err, have experience with pregnant women. Is there anything you want, other than the thing you know I can't do?

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[kara-marie.livejournal.com]

HARMONY TOLD YOU WHAT?

SHE IS SO STAKED.

[not-a-eunuch.livejournal.com]

1 and 3 from the can't do list you get from me. Have you ever tried sketching?

[abetterlie.livejournal.com]

Not really. I mean, I remember sucking at it but that didn't really happen, plus I have lousy handwriting.

I think there is a complete connection between good handwriting and good sketching as you and Harry can do both.

[not-a-eunuch.livejournal.com]

Back when I was in school there was a lot of emphasis on teaching handwriting. It's not as big of a concern these days because most communication is done by phone and computer. I think your theory of a connection could be correct.

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[abetterlie.livejournal.com]

Can I talk to you about something that might just be some crazy idea of Harmony's? She thinks Darla is pregnant again.

and so striken through that it's really unreadable to anyone: of course I think she just wants to distract me from Kara being pregnant, and Kara has as good as admitted she is, but I can't betray her confidence by telling you that.

I mean, it's not that I object to - that's totally your - and I like children, plus I miss Emily Mere like crazy but - look, just in theory. Given how I turned out. What you had to do to make me semi-normal. Do you really want to risk that again?

I'm so not panicking and feeling displaced or anything, no matter what Harmony thinks.

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[not-a-eunuch.livejournal.com]

What?!

No, your mother isn't pregnant. She would have told me. Why would Harmony think that?

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[osborn-heir.livejournal.com]

I'll do this in a little while. Work has been so busy lately I feel like I'm constantly working double time to catch up.

1 - Visit England (Yorkshire especially) and Ireland

We can go when you have your next break. I started looking at places in Ireland not long after we started dating actually.

3 - Beat Spider-man in a sparring (it was a draw last time!)

Will there be jello involved? Mud perhaps? I'd be happy to judge if you'd like.

2 - Say no to you-know-who-you-are, but in the interest of dog survival, I'm working on it

Bailey is fine, pretty boy. Stop worrying so much.

4 - Understand how anyone can make it throughout a fashion show without falling asleep

I bet I could keep you from falling asleep at one.

5 - Love or care about people without killinghurting them; working on that, too

ditto.

1 - Need

I'll always need you.
2 - Challenge
3 - A good voice
4 - Experience
Heh. Well.
6 - I'm actually not sure about a type for men because Harry is the only one I ever was attracted to Sense of humour

That's a rush for me, you know? Being the only guy you've ever been interested in.

7 - Some degree of messed-up-ness, as I'm pretty messed up myself

Ditto

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[abetterlie.livejournal.com]

You're really trying to ruin your idle rich image in the press, aren't you?

1.) That would be great. Be warned, I'll probably going to be in a bad mood a couple of times, but I really want to see where they both come from. And some places that don't have any connections to either of them, of course.

3.) No jello. But I hear he did fights in rain before, and well, so did I.

2.) She's fine so far because I managed to take her on walks without you or any food around and make her run once in a while. Otherwise she'd be rolling, not walking. Now that the term has started, I'm afraid of what you'll do to her. Practice it with me, Harry - not feeding a dog every time she begs is no sign of the dark side.

4.) Granted. That still doesn't explain why you don't when I'm not around. I hope.

...it's the truth.

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[osborn-heir.livejournal.com]

Do you patrol this weekend? I want to take you out dancing or to a show. It feels like I haven't seen much of you beyond sex and sleeping since we got back from Switzerland.

1. Hey, I know all about the moods that come with tracing a family line. It will be okay.

3. You sure about the jello? I'd be happy to set that up. *veg*

2. I don't feed her every time she begs! Plus I play with her a lot and she runs with me too so she gets plenty of exercise...it's those eyes, Connor. I can't say no to her when she turns those eyes on me.

4. Because I have an appreciation for fashion. Maybe if I took you to the shows in Milan you'd like it better.

...good.

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[abetterlie.livejournal.com]

No I don't, and that would be great, but I might have to go to Boston because of Kara an emergency. I just have to get a clear answer out of someone whether it is an emergency or not. Did you ever meet Harmony? She just told me two really bizarre things. Once I figured out which one is true, if any, I'll give you the complete scoop, promise.

Jello: NO. See, it can be done. Because I'm not looking in your eyes right now.

Also, no way are you going to get Peter Parker to agree to jello anyway.

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[fierceunicorn.livejournal.com]

Oh my God, I bet you are feeling totally displaced right now!

try not to think about it and watch the Gilmore Girls. Sopranos is way stressful and that Tony guy is NOT cute. plus Carmela's fashion sense is totally damaged. Desperate Housewives=much better!

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[abetterlie.livejournal.com]

...huh? Why?

I watched Gilmore Girls recently, with Kara. The mom is hot, and I kind of identified liked Jess Mariano. But The Sopranos rule. Tony Soprano especially and I want a psychiatrist like Dr. Melfi.

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[fierceunicorn.livejournal.com]

You KNOW you will not be allowed to watch that show with Kara when there is a baby in the house.

I don't think Kara should be encouraged to watch it, anyway, as it depicts women very stereotypically!

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[abetterlie.livejournal.com]

A baby? IS KARA PREGNANT? Is that what she meant about her fragile - oh god.

WHY would you want to do that?

[suey-generis.livejournal.com]

Ulysses is a waste of paper.

It is a waste of whatever they use to make paper, it is a waste of the resources expended in the process of manufacturing paper and, one day, when there is no paper, and all texts are imprinted on microchips, it will be wasting space on someone's chips.

Don't even get me started on "Finnegans Wake."

"The Dead," now that was a story; then JJ decided he was too smart for the rest of us.

Because types like you only read the cliff notes?

[abetterlie.livejournal.com]

Haven't read it yet, so I don't know whether it's a waste or not, but it's the Irish national opus written from someone who got the hell out of there which totally reminds me of people, so I figured it would provide insight.

Why, where were you on Bloomsday 1904?

[suey-generis.livejournal.com]

*The Immortal still kind of resents modernism, much less the post- variety*

Far far away from Leopold and Molly and Stephen Fucking Daedalus. That is one story that I will NOT claim to have inspired. I can't talk about the book in any more depth as I, blessedly, have the ability to forget such things. Just a general impression of pretentious gasbaggery.

And for God's sake, don't do the "I have to read it because people say I should read it" crap. That's what keeps that garbage on the shelf. I mean if you want to impress someone with a book that's actually good, have you read War & Peace?

[abetterlie.livejournal.com]

War & Peace is anti-French propaganda. I've read the Count of Monte Christo instead. Way more entertaining.

So were you ever in Ireland in general?

Re: WHY would you want to do that?

[alan_shore]

Todd, the book was banned. Even if you haven't read it and are therefore unable to comment on its artistic merits, that alone makes it worth printing.

Re: WHY would you want to do that?

[summers-day.livejournal.com]

Not that I like to side with Todd, but Stephen King's Pet Semetary was banned from the high school library at Hemery. Not only was it a crappy book, it didn't give very good ideas for fighting zombie cats.

Re: WHY would you want to do that?

[alan_shore]

Excuse me. The book was banned internationally.