Or, Do fifteen people even read my journal?

The rules:

1- Be one of the first 14 people commenting on this journal entry, and I will add you to the Promotional List
2- For each of those 14 people I will put their avatar and three deviations I like from their gallery on the list.
3- If I feature you, you'll have to do the same in your journal, putting me on the first place, completing this way the list with 15 people.

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[link] Andre, who needs cookies and a shot of gin.
[link] Dominic has a most undignified nickname.
[link] "Just know that dares involving meat, bears, and beer often don't end well."

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[link] Two Paths. Read it. Comment on it. Get hooked on it. Draw shiny fanart of it.
[link] To the tune of Loreena McKennitt's The Highwayman, which is win.
[link] Creepy sentient objects for the win!

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[link] Midnight. Because vampires who sparkle aren't into girls.
[link] Fluffy adorableness!
[link] FIIIIIIIIIIRE!

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[link] Snow! Assassination! Fine horses!
[link] These sorts of chores rather make one grateful for only having to load the dishwasher...
[link] Cats. Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em...

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[link] Elves! Art Nouveau! Does it get much better?
[link] Answer: Yes. Jesus loves us and this sister is sharing it with the world through her art.
[link] Drool over the details! Just... don't dribble on Fëanor's boots. He doesn't look like he'd appreciate it.

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(Does no one else think that that's a very random emote for "Amused"?)

From [link] this, which is made of awesomesauce.

1. Describe Rana in five words.
Oh. Wow. Umm... Tough, occasionally misguided, (mostly) well-meaning.

2. Wyn suddenly knows all your secrets. What do you have to say about that?
May God have mercy on us all.

3. What would Flaed not be caught dead in?
Things that show legs. Apparently, people have pants and boots for a reason.

4. What would Zav not be caught dead in?
Um... I think that changes with her mood. You ask her. O.o

5. How did you meet Ara (919)?
We-ell... Funny story. Y'see, there were these two nutcases I call my sisters that I got hooked on Karen Traviss novels...

6. Does Kythra have any pets?
Not any more. Jael got married off.
(ACK! OK, OK, I'm sorry! I didn't mean it! D

7. Have you ever been in Jael's house?
I wish. Then she would have fed me.

8. What musical instrument would Escalus most likely play?
Aaaactually, he does play the concertina.

9. Ara Cloudreaver just got vaporized in a freak accident. Now what?
The Kestrel is going to need a new navigator. Stat. Though I think that'll be the least of our worries.

10. What would you do if Jus confessed love to you?
Run far, far away, because Rana would be intent on killing me as painfully as possible.

READING/BOOK MEME

1. What author do you own the most books of?
Tolkien, without a doubt. I'm working on completing my History of Middle-earth collection, and I think I only have three or four left.

2. What book do you own the most copies of?
Probably the Bible. Next to that... I think I have two copies each of The Fellowship of the Ring and the Book of Lost Tales I&II.

3. What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Ummm... where do I start... My very first crush ever was on Westley from The Princess Bride.

4. What book have you read more than any other?
Ah, I have no idea. You lose track after a while... Possibly The Princess Bride. I went through a phase in eleventh grade where I read it over and over for about two weeks.

5. What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
The Hobbit. Mom started me early and right.

6. What is the worst book you’ve read in the past year?
...that's a long time... I can't remember what I've read in the past year, so I will take this opportunity to say that I loathe Wuthering Heights.

7. What is the best book you’ve read in the past year?
The Silmarillion. (Again. Yes. But it had been a while.) I laughed, I cried, I drew fanart, I fell in love with the genius that is our dear Professor Tolkien all over again.

8. If you could tell everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?
That's hard... I don't know. Either the Silmarillion or Robin McKinley's The Blue Sword.

9. What is the most difficult book you’ve ever read?
As in why on Earth am I forcing myself through this? Probably The Last of the Mohicans.

10. Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
I haven't read very much of either, but the French wrote Cyrano de Bergerac, which rather predisposes me to like them more.

11. Shakespeare, Milton or Chaucer?
Sadly enough, I haven't read much of the latter two. Shakespeare is pretty amazing when he's not being completely obnoxious, though.

12. Austen or Eliot?
Again, I haven't read much of either. I am attempting to remedy my lack of Austen, however.

13. What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
I do like to think that I am at least tokenly well-rounded, though I am probably not. Romance novels are probably the biggest. The most embarrassing depends on what company I am in. My current gap in need of filling is George R.R. Martin.

14. What is your favorite novel?
...can I put the Silmarillion down for this one too? It's a bit epic to be categorized as a novel, though. Umm... Either Robin McKinley's The Blue Sword and The Hero and the Crown, Garth Nix's Abhorsen trilogy, or Megan Whalen Turner's The Thief trilogy.

15. Plays?
Cyrano de Bergerac. <3. That is all.

16. Poem?
I like Emily Dickinson and Stephen Crane. His War Is Kind is amazing.

17. Essay?
I read a really good one by... is it Henry James? The novelist's brother. I forget the title, but it was an argument for free will as opposed to determinism.

18. Non Fiction
I like historical things. One off the top of my head that I enjoy is 13 Days to Glory, about the siege of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution.

19. Graphic Novel?
Don't actually read many of those. Do webcomics count?

20. Science Fiction?
Oh, hard. Karen Traviss's Star Wars books, I think. I need to read more of them, but I love her Republic Commando series.

22. Fantasy?
Tolkien. Nix and McKinley are pretty high on the list too. I'm probably forgetting someone.

23. Who is your favorite writer?
Tolkien. Though any of the names I've mentioned are most certainly on the list.

24. What are you reading right now?
Pride and Prejudice, with handy little notes in the back about what all the social implications of a chaise as opposed to a hired coach were, and that sort of thing. I'm enjoying it much more than when I tried to read it the first time in high school.

25. Favorite Genre:
I find myself reading mostly fantasy, usually from the young adult section. There are some excellent writers marketed for teens that I enjoy quite a bit.

The end!

My grandmother passed away this morning. I have every confidence that she's in a much better place than a hospital bed right now, but if you're the praying sort, I'd appreciate a prayer for my family. Thanks.

{1} Post these rules
{2} Each tagged person must post 8 things about themselves on their journal.
{3} At the end you have to choose 8 people to tag, and post their icons on the same journal.
{4} Go to their page and send a message saying you tagged them.
{5} NO tag-backs.

All right... where to start.

1. Jesus loves me!
2. He loves you too.
3. Dr Pepper is the nectar of life
4. but tea is necessary to sustain life.
5. If all else fails, put lots of sugar and milk in my coffee.
6. I study historical swordsmanship.
7. I heart my Prismacolors.
8. Procrastination is an art form.

Yeah, the whole tagging thing... They're more like guidelines anyway. Do it if you want to. This virus spreads on a voluntary basis.