lunadelcorvo: (Xmas-Father Christmas Polar Bear)
December 9th

Tell us your most treasured gift you have ever gotten or given.

I think I did that a couple posts up. Beyond that, I'm going to get all cornball here and say my son, my husband, my lovely home, and the pleasure of doing something I really love. Not really Christmas gifts per se, but the most treasured gifts I have ever gotten, for sure.

December 10th
Include in your post your wish list meme. While you're at it, take some time to go through your friend's list and see their lists. If there is something you can grant, do it. Even though it will be late the Christmas spirit will last a little longer for him/her.

OK, here is my "general audiences" Amazon Wishlist. (The others are mostly all long, exhaustive lists of things related to academic subjects, of compelling interest to no one but a crazed medievalist....) Don't feel obligated, either- having all you wonderful folks as my friends is also an amazing, all-year-round kind of gift!
lunadelcorvo: (I will taunt you!)
A few months ago, I met up with an old friend from way back in my early days in the SF Con & Ren Faire scene. It was so great to look back to the books we read, the things we valued... *enter needle screeching over the record* Turns out she'd gone far right GOP/Tea Party. The following is an open letter to her, and all those like her. (And yes, a few of you may know to whom this letter was originally penned, but I suspect even more know someone to whom you've felt similar sentiment.)
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Things I need to remember:
• Asking for help is not, as it turns out, fatal.
• Laughing is easier than pulling your hair out, and doesn't have the unfortunate side effect of making you look like a plague victim.
• Even the biggest tasks can be defeated if taken a bit at a time.
• I can write a paper the night before it's due, but the results are not all they could be.
• Be thorough, but focused.
• Trust yourself.
• Honesty, always.

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