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  1. aine
    1. I don't really know the first thing about blogs.
    2. I believe that will become self-evident fairly quickly.
    3. Apart from snoring like a train, my husband is pretty wonderful.
    4. My two little boys are best friends and wish they were twins.
    5. I am hopeless at computer games.
    6. I am fiercely competitive at board games.
    7. I own thousands of dollars worth of board games.
    8. I would like to learn more card games. So far I know poker, 500 and euchre.
    9. I desperately want to be able to do one really good magic trick.
    10. My fingernails and toenails are always painted.
    11. Nailpolish and books are my favourite things to shop for.
    12. I got two tattoos when I was 18, a rose and an arum lily.
    13. I will probably get at least one more.
    14. I am so pale I almost radiate.
    15. I hate the sensation of sunlight on my skin.
    16. I have contact lenses but most of the time I'm so lazy I just wear my glasses.
    17. I wear the same gold rings, gold bracelets and gold earrings everyday.
    18. I wear a different necklace, mostly long beads, everyday.
    19. I love ginger.
    20. I read voraciously.
    21. My favourite book is 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.
    22. I watch Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends with my kids and it makes me laugh out loud.
    23. I have a 30gb video ipod that goes everywhere with me.
    24. I don't like meat.
    25. But I can eat my own bodyweight in seafood.
    26. I like all vegetables except celery and sweet potato.
    27. I love all things piratey.
    28. One of the greatest gifts I have ever received was a tiara which I wear more often than I care to admit and boss everyone around.
    29. I had two bridesmen at my wedding.
    30. I am learning more about tarot.
    31. I have worked fulltime since I left university but I have no career goal.
    32. I would like to travel more.
    33. I need a creative outlet but I am not crafty at all.
    34. I paint, but unfinished artworks make me crazy.
    35. I am an INTP.
    36. I cannot stand to have my stomach touched. By anyone.
    37. This probably because it closely resembles porridge. Childbearing was not kind to me.
    38. I have no desire to be a domestic goddess but I love Nigella.
    39. Nothing riles me quite like deliberate ignorance.
    40. I saw an owl somewhere every single day I was pregnant with my first son.
    41. I have two chickenpox scars on the bridge of my nose.
    42. I think the number 42 is lucky and I'm not sure why.
    43. I sing when I am stressed. Which seems to be a lot lately.
    44. I have no desire to go to the beach (hate the sun) but I would like to live near one.
    45. I spend my life perpetually tired.
    46. I love photography.
    47. I hate having my photo taken.
    48. I have some very odd handbags and purses.
    49. I own lots of coffee mugs and tea cups and get weird about finding just the right one for the occasion.
    50. I secretly wish I was a ninja. Or at the very least had a ninja at my beck and call.
  2. aine

    A Hundred Great BPALs....

    By aine,

    (Of course there are many more - but this is where I will keep the aftermath of an exploded Top Ten list. And a different day or a different mood would probably garner a different list, but for today these are my loves.)
     
    Resiny Woody Incensy Goodness
    Minotaur
    Schwarzer Mond
    Cathedral
    Midnight Mass
    Greed
    Priala the Human Phoenix
    Tabula Smaragdina
    The Lurid Library
    Riding the Goat
    Valentine of Rome
    Resurrection of the Flesh
    Anne Bonny
    Mr Jacquel
    Urd
     
    Snuggle in a Little Closer Baby
    Baghdad
    Spider
    Hunter Moon 07
    Luperci
    Dracul
    Doc Constantine
    Tristran
    Dee
    Hand of Glory
    A Bachelor's Dog
    Bien Loin D'ici
    Coyote
    The Lion
    Sheol
    Love and Pain
    Frederic
    Aziraphale
    Casanova
     
    I Enjoy Being a Girl...
    His Station and Four Aces
    Garden Path with Chickens
    Love in the Asylum
    The Peacock Queen
    Pepper
    Singing Moon
    Rose Moon
    Parlement of Foules
    Sitting Up With a Sick Friend
    Beltane 08
    Ostara
    Longing
    Maiden
    Glowing Vulva at Ryogoku Bridge
    Nemesis
    Lucy's Kiss
    Orpheus
    Mama-Ji
    Lune Noir
    Florence
    Les Infortunes De La Vertu
    Whip
     
    The Great Outdoors
    The Twisted Oak Tree
    Ahathoor
    Deep in Earth
    Stranger in Camp
    The Clod and the Pebble
    The Winter of Our Discontent
    Worm Moon
    Black Forest
    Wolf Moon 06
    Oborot
    Hexennacht 08
    October
    Death of a Gravedigger
    The Phoenix
    The House
     
    Lurking in the Shadows
    Clemence
    Plunder
    Umbra
    Cathode
    Meskhenet the Vulture Maiden
     
    Scents to Fall Asleep To
    Old Scratch
    Sleepy Moon
    Kephra
    The King of Hearts
    Death Cap
     
    Special Kinda Clean
    Krampus
    Cytherea
    Omen
    Melpomene
    Sylph
    Dance of Death
    Les Anges Dechus
    Ides of March
     
    Special Kinda Dirty
    Loviatar
    Nanny Ashtoreth
    Geek
    Shrunken Heads
    Two Monsters
    Dream of a Fisherman's Wife
    Crowley
    Czernobog
     
    Frooty Patootey
    Aeronwen
    Lurid
    Tenochtitlan
    Twenty-One
    Kumiho
  3. aine

    Blah blah blah me me me

    By aine,

    Here are a few of the questionnaires I've struggled through lately.....
     
    Layers of You
     
    "Inside the Actor's Studio"
     
    Because I know you like answering questions...
     
    What's in your purse?
  4. aine

    Ghastly ghostly

    By aine,

    Gah, the bit I've been dreading. I'd love to ramble on and on about how I never take a good picture, how this is the only recent one I have and I don't normally look this deathly. But the truth is I do normally look this deathly and rambling isn't a very effective diversionary tactic in a blog. The camera doesn't lie, especially when held by a six year old . Being photographed talking to my eight year old and standing in front of a dark cupboard probably wasn't the most flattering setup. Oh bugger it, you get the idea....
     

  5. aine
    Right, I've had a couple of hours sleep...
     
    51. I wear makeup every single day.
    52. I believe in karma.
    53. I am a fountain of useless knowledge. Comes in handy on trivia nights.
    54. I hate prankster/hidden camera shows with a passion. No matter how things might work out in the end, I don't think it is ever worth making a person feel the way they do until the 'reveal'.
    55. I fall asleep in movies and usually only see the credits.
    56. I am afraid of grasshoppers. They have disgusting little spiky legs and fly directly at you.
    57. I love mushrooms and would include them with every meal if I thought I could. Raw, grilled, fried - whatever.
    58. I'm not a gardener, but I have a few David Austen roses I just love.
    59. I love charms and tiny ornaments. Just love them, and have done since I was a small child. The littler, the better.
    60. I know beyond a shadow of doubt that the TAL oils work. I just wish I knew better how to use them to get the best effect.
    61. I dream of owning my own business.
    62. I hate driving. My father was in a very serious accident before I was born that left him with brain damage and I guess that I have always been afraid the same could happen to me or my loved ones.
    63. I'm a nightowl, I like the quiet when the world is asleep and I can stare at the stars.
    64. I am really driven in my work life but a terrible procrastinator at home.
    65. I will not eat any meat off the bone, or things on sticks.
    66. In real life, I use very passionate and dramatic language.
    67. Musicians rock my socks. First time I saw my husband he was playing lead guitar and singing in a band.
    68. I believe wholeheartedly in love at first sight.
    69. I talk with my hands, even when I am on the phone.
    70. Religious fanatics freak me out. And downright piss me off when they try to stuff their beliefs down my throat.
    71. I love flat shoes and haven't worn heels for more than ten years.
    72. I really love sushi, and often make elaborate family occasions around the preparation and eating of it.
    73. I am a hopeless romantic and tell people I love them all the time.
    74. I believe crying is cathartic.
    75. I love live music, particularly folk and indie festivals.
    76. I never write in cursive.
    77. I wish I had a rainforest in my backyard and I could just escape into the deep green.
    78. I am far more self-conscious than I ever let on.
    79. I believe that people have a 'time' and die when they are meant to.
    80. First thing I look at when I meet a man are his hands. They give away so much. And big manly hands make me swoony.
    81. I like people who have kind eyes.
    82. I really appreciate red wine and I would like to be able to describe myself as a 'buff' one day.
    83. My ipod has lots of versions of Over the Rainbow. My favourites are Eva Cassidy, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole and Ella Fitzgerald.
    84. I hate housework.
    85. I would like to live and work overseas for at least a year but am never quite brave or knowledgeable enough to know how to go about it.
    86. Grunge music was my music in its day. Hearing Nirvana still brings a rush of endorphins.
    87. I wish I could sleep more.
    88. I am overly trusting but not naive.
    89. I can become fixated on polished stones and polished wood. Pretty tumbled stones, crystals and semi-precious gems will call to me from across a store.
    90. This probably also explains my love of beaded necklaces. I like them long enough that I can look down and see them or run my fingers over them.
    91. Annoying ringtones really peeve me. I hate that there is a thriving industry for them.
    92. I am openminded and I love to talk to people who might broaden my horizons.
    93. I love art, particularly beautiful paintings, whether they are famous or not.
    94. I can't sew to save my life, but I am a great cook.
    95. I shudder when people describe themselves as 'whacky' or 'zany'. Experience has taught me that this usually translates to 'annoying'.
    96. My best friend once told me there are two people to avoid in life - serial killers and women who spell 'thanks' with an 'x'. So far his advice has stood me in good stead.
    97. I have a copy of Rudyard Kipling's 'If' on display in my home and in my office.
    98. I love to meditate and am trying to learn to take it to the next level.
    99. I think a really good indicator of character is how a person speaks about their partner.
    100. I would much rather talk about you than me!
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