Kara Tells Lee
I'm here when you're sleeping
I'm here when you take a breath or watch the sky or rest against a tree
I'm all that you long for and everything you need
Forever I'll be with you
Wherever I'll see stars with you
I'll fly with you in night or with dreams

I'm here when you're sleeping and everything is me
I'm here when you take a breath in everything you see
I'm just a thought away and only want to say
I'm here in your heart and you're always there with me.

Lee Tells Kara
I looked up at the sky when you went and saw a breeze, a flitting thing that at first had no form but then I saw it there. The challenge that was you from the first. Touching me with a look of the eye and a tap of the finger and a kiss on the lips. Wherever, whenever fire grew in my heart. As an unquenchable love I bore it. As a flame that consumed me I suffered it. My soul has been stolen, my heart has been broken, still I know you are ever there by my side, the breeze that touches me.

I've never texted, don't even have an active cell phone right now. Besides even if I were inclined to use something with a keyboard that small my hand and wrist issues would probably make that a painful experience at best.

1. Can you cook?
2. What was your dream growing up?
3. What talent do you wish you had?
4. Favorite place?
5. Favorite vegetable?
6. What was the last book you read?
7. What zodiac sign are you ?
8. Any Tattoos and/or Piercings?
9. Worst Habit?
10. Do we know each other outside of lj?
11. What is your favorite sport?
12. Negative or Optimistic attitude?
13. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14. Worst thing to ever happen to you?
15. Tell me one weird fact about you:
16. Do you have any pets?
17. Do you know how to do the macerana?
18. What time is it where you are now?
19. Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
20. If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21. Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
22. What color eyes do you have?
23. Ever been arrested?
24. Bottle or Draft?
25. If you won $10,000 dollars today, what would you do with it?
26. What kind of bubble gum do you prefer to chew?
27. What 's your favorite bar to hang at?
28. Do you believe in ghosts?
29. Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
30. Do you swear a lot?
31. Biggest pet peeve?
32. In one word, how would you describe yourself?
33. Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?

My responses are at her journal

This actually started with a response to wisteria_'s lament about the 2 inches of snow Atlanta got. Yeah I know the deal about not having the right equipment, I've lived in Norfolk and DC also. If you really wanted snow though, this is the view out my dining/family room window right now:

Clicky for bigger piccie


( It's All Relative )

I have a new website, Science Fictioner Examiner, where I plan to look at not only BSG but SciFi in general and the psychology of fandom. I'm going to try like I did during NaBloPoMo to put something new there every day so please come take a look often. As with any new venture online hits are golden. Thanks.

Rules
Please comment when taking
No hotlinking
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Textless icons may be used as bases but please post the results back home in a comment. I have 300x300 bases for many of these please ask.

( Pretty Pictures of the Pup )

On the 36th anniversary of Roe v Wade The National Catholic Reporter offers a view of the position of Pro-Life, Eco-Feminists.There are links to several other articles including:

The Vatican's approach to President Obmam being in contrast with conservative US Catholics

The 2009 DC March for Life

How reducing angry rhetoric helps the abortion dialogue

A Franciscan Sister's essay on How to end the abortion stalemate

The pledge by Cardinal Francis George, President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, to work with President Obama on issues of "life and dignity of all, especially the vulnerable and poor."

We're trying to get this one restarted (it actually never had enough players to really get going):



Premise | Taken | Held | Rules | Application

What makes a person good? What makes them evil? Is it their actions, or do ends justify means? Is it something that is at the core of every person? Are you born one way or the other? Is there truly a right and wrong side to every thing? What even defines "good" or "evil"? Is it inherent or is it something forced upon us? Perhaps it is simply the sum of everything we're faced with. What side would you find yourself on if everything you'd ever known was stripped away? What happens when your world has been reset and all you have are your memories of the life you've been taken from? What if you discovered you were just a pawn in some bigger player's game? Would you change? Would you join forces with a serial killer or turn your back on a hero to get to the bottom of a problem bigger than you? Or would you do nothing at all? The Marked is a multi-fandom game. Unlike most other games in this genre, we endorse canon portrayals of your favorite characters and we also provide a working plot for you and your characters to participate in. Anticipated game restart January 31st Applications now being accepted

We've finally come to the end of the Christmas Season for me (although liturgically it is extended to the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord which is celebrated this coming Sunday). So I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Three Kings Day.

A wonderful article from The New York Times that I found through America about a Kenyan priest serving in the United States.

(Divine Recruits)

An interesting look at what the church's change of heart on Galileo might say about its position on gender roles.

(Gays, Galileo, and the Message of the Manger)

A review of Pope Benedict's World Day of Peace (January 1) message.

(Fighting Global Poverty)

When I was growing up we always had fish on Christmas Eve. In later years that became shrimp cocktail; it wasn't the appetizer it was the dinner. I had been taught this was a religious thing, that Christmas Eve was a day of abstinence from meat. Several years ago Mom asked her pastor if abstinence was still a requirement. He immediately asked her if she was Italian. He then told her it was actually more of a cultural tradition and that she shouldn't lose her culture by starting to have meat on Christmas Eve.

Another thing that I miss and maybe I need to start doing myself are the extras Mom made at Christmas. This included the absolute best chocolate fudge with walnuts I have ever tasted. Most fudge, especially store bought has the gritty texture of granulated sugar. Mom made her fudge with Marshmallow Fluff and it was absolutely the smoothest thing.

She also made an assortment of cookies. My favorite were her thumbprints. These were made with a brown sugar dough which was rolled into small balls then covered in finely chopped walnuts. The one's thumb was used to flatten them and a dollop of strawberry jam was placed in the print hole. Another favorite were her marzipan cookies. A relatively soft dough which was colored and shaped like various fruits and then once baked painted with food coloring to enhance the fruit appearance. I most remember the tiny bananas and about life-sized strawberries.

The first time I ever saw a Fanmix I had no idea what I was looking at; it actually took me quite a while to figure out what people were doing. Although I finally figured it out inspiration really didn't hit until today. Once I got going I also started playlists for Lee and Kara to play to, save the world to, and even (ok I know the hard core shippers are going to pan me) lose the love and maybe in some cases come out friends to. Should you be inspired to use any of this for a music video you are strongly encouraged to go ahead.

( Lee and Kara - Share the Love in Song )

When I looked at my car last night I despaired of ever getting it uncovered or out of the driveway (I meant to take a picture but getting outside when the first plow guy came was more important). With some nifty work by this morning's plow guy and some smart thinking by me to shove the snow into the snowplow pile he'd made at the side of the street and not the driveway where I might have to push it around some more I again have a usable car.

( Well it is Maine you know )

randombattlecry's drabble generator post on battlestar_blog prompted me to go looking for other story generators and I found Randumbness. It produced this gem.


Title: Yo Strawberry!
Author: leeadamamusings aka anastashial
Rating: G
Character/Pairing: Lee/Kara
Genre: Crack Fic
Word Count: 1240
Spoilers: You've got to be kidding!
Disclaimer: They're not mine but Ron said we could play with them.
Summary: Lee goes looking for his lost strawberry and somebody we all know has it! Hilarity ensues, but the ending is kind of a downer :( (The generator gives a choice of happy or sad ending and just for grins I picked sad). Still I got the teary eyed laughing state out of this one.

(Yo Strawberry!)

I wasn't going to do one of these but I'm looking for a vid of Lee's trial speech on YouTube to put on the profile pages of some of the RPGs where I'm playing Lee. I'm not having any luck finding it though. Is anyone aware of it being out there somewhere?

While looking I ran across two videos done to Linkin Park's What I've Done. This song cries out for a Lee Video using my Lee's Crimes list which would also be a nice addition to those profile pages. I can so see him pulling his hand away from that suit hole in Res II to the lines Erase myself; and let go of what I've done. So I guess I have something for a Holiday Wish List after all.

I realize it's awfully late for a request of such magnitude but you really don't need to have it done by Dec 25th. I'm perfectly happy to receive it on or before Epiphany (Three Kings Day) Jan 6th, which is the traditional gift giving day in many cultures. After all who has anything to do in the first week of January anyway? ;)