well, you were right about all those! Are you English, btw (I forget)? Because, as an American, I wasn't at all sure about including the War of the Roses - it seemed too easy to get it wrong.
Heavens no, I'm from California. (Dude.) I have kind of a mishmosh of spelling preferences because I am used to my fiance's Canadian spelling, though.
I don't really know what the deal was with the War of the Roses, but hanging around SCA folks (my mother) and assorted geeky intelligent types, you pick up snippets now and again.
I came to love blackbirds and feel about them much as I do for our bluebirds: sweet, gentle creatures with lovely songs.
I like blackbirds, too. I imagine the ones we have here in California are different from the European ones, but they're quite common and still one my favourite birds. The males especially have this lovely blue-black colour and sort of defiant, bad-attitude look in the eye. ;)
Though there are a lot of people who don't understand what I'm talking about when I mention Severus's deep gentleness and purity of soul.
*strikes own breast gently* Anyone who doesn't has either not spent enough time with him, or is willfully blind, IMO. There's reason why the first icon I made, last August when I was lit with a strange fire to do something, was this:
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Date: 2008-02-25 09:34 pm (UTC)Heavens no, I'm from California. (Dude.) I have kind of a mishmosh of spelling preferences because I am used to my fiance's Canadian spelling, though.
I don't really know what the deal was with the War of the Roses, but hanging around SCA folks (my mother) and assorted geeky intelligent types, you pick up snippets now and again.
I came to love blackbirds and feel about them much as I do for our bluebirds: sweet, gentle creatures with lovely songs.
I like blackbirds, too. I imagine the ones we have here in California are different from the European ones, but they're quite common and still one my favourite birds. The males especially have this lovely blue-black colour and sort of defiant, bad-attitude look in the eye. ;)
Though there are a lot of people who don't understand what I'm talking about when I mention Severus's deep gentleness and purity of soul.
*strikes own breast gently* Anyone who doesn't has either not spent enough time with him, or is willfully blind, IMO. There's reason why the first icon I made, last August when I was lit with a strange fire to do something, was this: