Nifty Gifty Love Post

Stolen from victoria7 in the interest of spreading da love:

The first three people who reply to this post, and who re-post this challenge: you win!!!

Your prize? It might be something I've made, or something weird or cool from my hidden stash of fabulousness. It might be edible, or wearable, or a book I think you might enjoy. A love letter, a useful object, or something else that is awesome or maybe just taking up room in my house.

Whatever it is, I promise I will post it within 30 days of your posted comment.

The only thing you need to do to receive your gift is PARTICIPATE.

Be one of the first three journalizers to reply to this, and post this very same thing in your journal, and YOU are the lucky gifted.

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Oh! The wanderlust is on me!

Since I'm determined not to waste blue skies in Kintyre, it's off to Carradale for me, and the Deer Hill Walk.

http://walking.visitscotland.com/walks/argyllisles/212379

The drive down there is beautiful enough, and then I'll drag Merlin up the hill.
And then, all going well, I'll have a nice drive down to Glasgow this evening.

Whee!

The only meme that I've ever finished with a tear in my eye... *sniff*

Stolen from juliarandolph

http://www.okcupid.com/tests/7755608336260521742/Deep-and-Meaningful-Winnie-The-Pooh-Character

Your Score: Rabbit

You scored 21 Ego, 14 Anxiety, and 18 Agency!

IT was going to be one of Rabbit's busy days. As soon as he
woke up he felt important, as if everything depended upon him.
It was just the day for Organizing Something, or for Writing a
Notice Signed Rabbit, or for Seeing What Everybody Else Thought
About It. It was a perfect morning for hurrying round to Pooh,
and saying, "Very well, then, I'll tell Piglet," and then going
to Piglet, and saying, "Pooh thinks--but perhaps I'd better see
Owl first." It was a Captainish sort of day, when everybody
said, "Yes, Rabbit " and "No, Rabbit," and waited until he had
told them.

You scored as Rabbit!

ABOUT RABBIT: Rabbit is generally considered Clever by his many friends and relations. He is actually a much better reader and writer than Owl, but he doesn't consider it worth mentioning. Instead, Rabbit's real talent lies in Organizing Plans. He organizes rescue parties, makes schemes to reduce Tigger's bounciness, and goes on missions to find out what Christopher Robin does when he's not at the Hundred Acre Woods. Sometimes, however, his Plans do not always go as Planned.

WHAT THIS SAYS ABOUT YOU: You are smart, practical and you plan ahead. People sometimes think that you don't stress or worry, but this is not the case. You are the kind of person who worries in a practical way. You think a) What are my anxieties about and b)what can be done about them? No useless fretting for you. You don't see the point in sitting around and waiting for things to work out, when you could actually work them out today and save yourself a lot of time and worry. Your friends tend to rely on you, because they know that they can trust you help them work things out.

You sometimes tend to be impatient with people who are less practical in their ways. You don't have much patience for idiots who moan about things but never actually DO anything about them. You have high expectations of everyone, including yourself. When you don't succeed at something, or when something goes wrong despite your best efforts to prevent it, you can get quite hard on yourself. You need to cut yourself some slack and accept that everyone has their faults, even you, and THAT IS OKAY. Let yourself be faulty, every now and then, for the sake of your own sanity.

Home is the hunter, home from the hill...

Fantastic walk - Carradale just goes up and up in my estimation, looking even better from a 1,000 meters up or so. The drive down was as beautiful as ever, but not one to hurry. The last 15 miles or so are single track road (only wide enough for one car, with passing places) and I was brought to a stop twice, once by a herd of cows being moved from field to field and once by cable laying, where the two guys doing it had just parked their transit in the middle of the road, blocking one of only two roads from North to South in Kintyre. I tried to get worked up about it, but both times I had to stop and wait until they had moved their digger, pushed the cable to the side of the road, and then mover their van out of the way, I was the only one waiting. My fault for being there, really, and I apologised for making them move...

The walk was up out of the village to the hill which overlooks it. The higher I got the more the views opened out (strange that). There was a bit of haze, so although I could see Arran everything got a bit blue and fuzzy beyond that. Photos tomorrow. The walk was three miles long, and signposted as taking two hours - I cut about 20 minutes off that without hurrying, but then I didn't stop for long at the top. Merlin yomped along, surprising the only other people I met on the way (two young couples, one of them carrying a baby in an impressive papoose/rucksack hybrid). He enjoyed it, and is lying smelly and tired at my feet now. I've decided I'm too knackered to drive down to Glasgow tonight, so I'll make some pork stir-fry and watch "The Return of the King".

Ach, just come. You can stop off at the cottage on the way...

Got a feeling I've done this one...

via psychochicken:

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink? Yes

02. Swam with wild dolphins? No

03. Climbed a mountain? Define mountain? Munroes, yes.

04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive? No

05. Been inside the Great Pyramid? No.

06. Held a tarantula? No

07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone? Yes.

08. Said "I love you" and meant it? Yes.

09. Hugged a tree? ...and got splinters? No to the splinters, yes to the tree hugging.

10. Bungee jumped? No

11. Visited Paris? Many times.

12. Watched a lightning storm at sea? Yes.

13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise? Yes.

14. Seen the Northern Lights? No

16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa? No.

17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables? Yes.

18. Touched an iceberg? No.

19. Slept under the stars? Yes.

20. Changed a baby's diaper? Yes.

21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon? No

22. Watched a meteor shower? Yes

23. Gotten drunk on champagne? Yes.

24. Given more than you can afford to charity? Yes

25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope? Yes.

26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment? Yes.

27. Had a food fight? yes

28. Bet on a winning horse? Yes

29. Asked out a stranger? Yes

30. Had a snowball fight? Yes.

31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can? Yes.

32. Held a lamb? Yes.

33. Seen a total eclipse? No - climbed a hill to watch it, but Scotland, clouds...

34. Ridden a roller coaster? Yes.

35. Hit a home run? No.

36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking? Yes.

37. Adopted an accent for an entire day? Yes

38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment? Yes.

39. Had two hard drives for your computer? Yes.

40. Visited all 50 states? No.

41. Taken care of someone who was drunk? Yes.

42. Had amazing friends? Yes.

43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country? Yes

44. Watched wild whales? No - thought I saw splashes...

45. Stolen a sign? No

46. Backpacked in Europe? Yes. well, ok, backpacked with a car and a credit card and a gite to go to....

47. Taken a road-trip? Yes.

48. Gone rock climbing? Yes

49. Midnight walk on the beach? Yes.

50. Gone sky diving? No.

51. Visited Ireland? Yes.

52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love? Yes

53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them? Yes.

54. Visited Japan? No

55. Milked a cow? No.

56. Alphabetized your CDs? Not for a long time...

57. Pretended to be a superhero? Pretended?

58. Sung karaoke? Yes

59. Lounged around in bed all day? Yes.

60. Played touch football? I was a regular tanner ba' merchant at one time.

61. Gone scuba diving? Yes

62. Kissed in the rain? Yes.

63. Played in the mud? Yes.

64. Played in the rain? Yes.

65. Gone to a drive-in theater? Yes, although it was in a bull ring and I walked.

66. Visited the Great Wall of China? No

67. Started a business? Yes

68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken? Working on it...

69. Toured ancient sites? Yes.

70. Taken a martial arts class? Yes.

71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight? Yes (Warhammer FRP, not D&D)

72. Gotten married? Yes.

73. Been in a movie? TV, but not a movie.

74. Crashed a party? Yes.

75. Gotten divorced? Working on it...

76. Gone without food for 5 days? No.

77. Made cookies from scratch? Yes.

78. Won first prize in a costume contest? Yes.

79. Ridden a gondola in Venice? No.

80. Gotten a tattoo? No.

81. Rafted the Snake River? No.

82. Been on television news programs as an "expert"? No

83. Got flowers for no reason? Yes.

84. Performed on stage? Yes.

85. Been to Las Vegas? Yes.

86. Recorded music? No

87. Eaten shark? Yes

88. Kissed on the first date? Yes.

89. Gone to Thailand? No.

90. Bought a house? Yes.

91. Been in a combat zone? No.

92. Buried one/both of your parents? No.

93. Been on a cruise ship? No.

94. Spoken more than one language fluently? Define fluently.

95. Performed in Rocky Horror? Yes. See 78.

96. Raised children? Yes.

97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour? Nope, espescially when I heard Warren Zevon say:" You can come to the golf course every day, guys, but I ain't moving the fucking holes"

99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country? No

100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over? Yes.

101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge? No - drove it, though.

102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking? Yes.

103. Had plastic surgery? Yes. Details on application.

104. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived? No.

105. Wrote articles for a large publication? Yes

106. Lost over 100 pounds? No - 35 was my maximum.

107. Held someone while they were having a flashback? No

108. Piloted an airplane? No.

109. Touched a stingray? No.

110. Broken someone's heart? I'll take the 5th.

111. Helped an animal give birth? Yes.

112. Won money on a T.V. game show? No.

113. Broken a bone? No

114. Gone on an African photo safari? No.

115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears? No.

116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol? Yes

117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild? Yes

118. Ridden a horse? Yes

119. Had major surgery? Yes.

120. Had a snake as a pet? No.

121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon? No

122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours? Yes.

123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states? Yes

124. Visited all 7 continents? No.

125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days? No.

126. Eaten kangaroo meat? Yes

127. Eaten sushi?  yes.

128. Had your picture in the newspaper? Yes.

129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about? Yes!

130. Gone back to school? No.

131. Parasailed? Yes.

132. Touched a cockroach? No.

133. Eaten fried green tomatoes? No.

134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey? Yes.

135. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read? Yes.

136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating? No.

137. Skipped all your school reunions? Only ever been to one.

138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language? Yes.

139. Been elected to public office? No.

140. Written your own computer language? No.

141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream? Yes

142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care? No

143. Built your own PC from parts? No.

144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you? No - unless stories are artwork.

145. Had a booth at a street fair? No

146. Dyed your hair? No

147. Been a DJ? No

148. Shaved your head? No.

149. Caused a car accident? No.

150. Saved someone's life? No.