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Zorya

About Me

Black angel, black angel As you grow up I want you to drink From the plenty cup My little black angel My little black angel as years roll by I want you to fly with wings held high I want you to live by the justice code I want you to burn down freedom's road My little black angel Oh lie away, oh lie away asleeping Lie away safe in my arms Your father, your future protects you And locks you safe from all harm Little black angel I feel so glad You'll never have things I never had When out of men's hearts all hate has gone It's better to die than forever live on My little black angel...

My Interests

Slavic paganism and fairy tales; politics (b/c it's never dull to debate whether the country was hurt more by the lie about the cigar or the lies about the WMDs); history, esp. ancient Rome (well, the fall of the republic to be specific, ancient rome went on for over a thousand years technically), American Civil War, Ptolemaic Egypt, Julius Caesar, medieval times; reading in general; my dogs and cats and ferrets (oh my); internet message boards (my current addiction from hell) . . . my own fantasyland.

I'd like to meet:

Someone who can differentiate between singular and plural in ancient latin and yet also digs punk rock. There simply has to be someone else who can do that!

Music:


Movies:

I suppose i ought to have favorite movies, i should probably lie and list some arty bullshit, but in reality, just give me some eye candy - johnny, brad and orlando are always nice to look at - put more than one in a movie, especially if it's an historical epic, and i am SO there. I do like the "normal" movies everyone likes (tarentino, kubrick, shit like that) i guess, but I much prefer to read.Gods, I'm really a bit shallow!

Television:

Not much right now. I will, naturally for all those who know me, be watching Battlestar Galactica when it starts back up in a few weeks. I'll watch Lost when it comes back on too, if only to figure out how Anna Lucia died when Michael apparently cannot . . . . .

Books:

Fantasy (Marian Zimmer Bradley is good, re-read LOTR occasionally, have actually read the simarillion and some of the lost tales, liked the Earthsea series but hated the movie); Jane Auel's clan of the cave bear series is fascinating; loved Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series and re-read it periodically; got into the O'Brian Jack Aubrey books; have everything ever written by Anne Rice; diana gabaldon's jamie and claire saga; read secondary history often - i prefer to make my own interpretations from the primary sources, but i don't speak Latin and Greek, so i have to live with translations, which of course have their own spin; finally gonna read me some Cicero and get edumacated; I'm currently rather catching up on literary scifi - just read Dune, just read some Phil Dick, I dunno, I get into moods, and right now, it's rather scifi oriented - go figure!

Heroes:

there is no such thing as a hero - unless there is.

My Blog

Victory!

Usually, I have really REALLY bad and annoying and fucking downright frustrating days at work.  Today, however, I have GOOD NEWS:  with a little help from my friends, but no help from my bos...
Posted by Zorya on Thu, 19 Jan 2006 02:30:00 PST

Death

My Iggy died today.  He was a 5 year old ferret.  I am extrememly upset.
Posted by Zorya on Sun, 14 Aug 2005 01:20:00 PST

Rove: the saga

OK - remember when W said he was going to restore honor or some such like virtue to the white house - it was in the 2000 campaign - presumably because clinton had had sex (ok, ok, wait, maybe it ...
Posted by Zorya on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Supreme Court blues

Sandy has called it quits - i liked sandy - she turned out moderate, her swing vote will be missed.  I am so not happy about W picking a new member of the court however - I haven't seen any ...
Posted by Zorya on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Animals

I had the worst animal weekend - first, my cat needed emergency surgery - $2000 i don't have later, she appears to be ok, but she was in the vet for 4 days and still may be anemic. Then, on saturday, ...
Posted by Zorya on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

More pointless quiz BS

Your wise quote is: "Fashion is a form ofugliness so intolerable that we have to alterit every six months" by Oscar Wilde.You are a very sarcastic person with a sharptongue. You may not be the one alw...
Posted by Zorya on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

online quizzes are so great!

Nihilist Bear Which Dysfunctional Care Bear Are You? brought to you by Quizilla...
Posted by Zorya on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Jail for spammers

A Virginia court sentenced a guy to 9 years for sending 10,000 spams in 3 days thru an aol server. I dislike spam as much as the next person, but doesn't more time than the average drug dealer gets s...
Posted by Zorya on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

work hell

it's even more official - the office i work for is going to hell in an express mail envelope (handbaskets take too long). 1st, our receptionist went out on maternity leave - something we've known for...
Posted by Zorya on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Schiavo redux

the 11th circuit stated today: In resolving the Schiavo controversy, it is my judgment that, despite sincere and altruistic motivation, the legislative and executive branches of our government have ...
Posted by Zorya on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST