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I called Mama Tickey this evening (it's Grandparents Day! Call your grannies, you ingrates! :D ) and had a chat with her for a bit. That woman is the only person who can actually make me drawl when I talk, her accent is so infectious.

She pointedly reminded me that my primary goal in Chicago is to find Gainful Employment, and also suggested I buy a gun for personal safety. Actually, she suggested that I take possession of a pistol belonging to her late husband, but then reconsidered because it's definitely getting on towards antique and she doesn't want me accidentally blowing my hand off. I am grateful for this consideration.

The thought that I am old enough now to purchase, own, and maintain a firearm never really occurred to me. Much like broccoli, I'm not against people owning guns in a general sense, but I personally find them distasteful. Some days I hardly manage not to trip over the flat pavement; I don't think it's a very good idea to put a device in my hands which is capable of propelling a metal slug through a person.

So that was my evening. Guns and Belles. :D

Commentary post-hack: OH THE IRONY. In February of 2008 I did, in fact, trip over flat pavement and broke my wrist.

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If someone you didn't know asked if they could lift maybe 500 words from a 5000-word fic you'd written, to use in their own fic with credit to you, what would you say? And why?

I've already made my decision, but I'm curious what other peoples' would be. Why is it okay for me to take passages from JKR, but I have a dilemma requiring a whole morning's thought when someone wants to take a passage from my own work? Is it okay to use someone's ideas but not okay to use their words? And what are your thoughts on yaoi?

(Fair warning: if you wank, comments will be locked. Keep it polite, kids! Sam's Cafe serves herbal tea! :D )