On a Fly Drinking Out of his Cup
By William Oldys
BUSY, curious, thirsty fly!
Drink with me and drink as I:
Freely welcome to my cup,
Couldst thou sip and sip it up:
Make the most of life you may,
Life is short and wears away.
Both alike are mine and thine
Hastening quick to their decline:
Thine 's a summer, mine 's no more,
Though repeated to threescore.
Threescore summers, when they're gone,
Will appear as short as one!
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Happiest of birthdays to my very oldest friend in fandom and one of my oldest in life,
So when Cinnamon is resting in the cat bed and minding her own business, Rosie will come up out of the blue and try to bite her, and Cinnamon will defend herself.
These struggles invariably end with nobody in the cat bed, as Rosie never really wants to sleep there; she just wants to assert that she lived here first.
Fortunately Cinnamon does not hold a grudge, and a few minutes after she goes thundering out of the room with Rosie in pursuit (and Rosie cannot keep up), they are generally both back, being relatively peaceful.
If Rosie is feeling particularly contrite, sometimes she will groom Cinnamon, though sometimes she uses the grooming as an excuse to take a nip at her and then there is yowling.
But usually they snuggle for a few minutes, at which point we notice them being adorable, then Rosie notices us watching and trots into the kitchen in the hope of being fed.
Stayed home and nursed my throat today except when I was driving carpools, so have nothing exciting to report.
Michelle
Meaning: Who is like God
Name Origin: Hebrew
Number of Syllables: 2.00
Gender: Female
Lucky Number: 4
Ruling Planet: Uranus
Element: Air
Primary Color: Green
Traits: Inclined to appear strange and eccentric because s/he is usually ahead of her/his time. Very interested in the occult; in psychic research. Inclined to do anyting out of the ordinary. Strong intuitive tendencies. Can be bitingly sarcastic if crossed. Believes in liberty and equality. Can usually predict the probable outcome of actions and businesses.
Erica
Meaning: Honorable ruler
Name Origin: Latin
Number of Syllables: 3.00
Gender: Female
Lucky Number: 9
Ruling Planet: Mars
Element: Fire
Primary Color: Gold
Traits: Very emotional. Can be extremely jealous. Active, though rules by the emotions. Tied very much to family background. Loyal. Apt to be suspicious of strangers. Impulsive. Tends to be afraid of the unknown. Often associated with surgery, physical and mental illnesses.
Does anyone else have a problem where, if you're writing smut involving a character, and you get interrupted, the character gets upset with you? Must find a way to get this muse drunk or he won't let me sleep. And a quiz I had to post because I got Snape, also gacked from
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