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zana16The explain your interests meme, because I'm already bored.
♥ = it took me forever to figure out how to make the little heart thingies.
academia = I'm an intellectual at heart. I want to be a student forever. Damn them for making me graduate.
activism = self-explanatory. Political, environmental, pro-peace, pro-choice, and anti-death penalty.
alan rickman = I don't usually go for older guys, but this one is not only talented but hot.
alexandre dumas = I am a junkie. Books, movies, whatever.
animals = yes. fuzzy cute and otherwise.
ansel adams = like georgia o'keefe, he's one of those artists I can't not like
art = I taught myself art history while in Europe, and did most of my travelling to see major museums in other countries. I spent 9 hours in the Prado. Shut up.
astronomy = I'm fascinated by stars, by physics, by creation, by all of it. I share every scifi geek's dream of going to the stars.
austin lounge lizards = hysterically funny Texan group. Favorite song: "Jesus Loves Me (But He Can't Stand You)"
bagels and cream cheese = yummmmmm. Why don't they have a decent bagel place in SA?
beatles = I don't understand people who do not like the Beatles. I want a John Lennon cap. That is all.
bisexuality = I'm mostly straight, but I've been attracted to enough girls to qualify as bi, I suppose.
books = my very favoritest thing. Love bookstores, libraries, old books, children's books, old children's books, even just sitting in the midst of books and not reading.
buffy the vampire slayer = the first fandom I got involved in. still haven't seen season 7. woe.
butterflies = In highschool, the four best friends gave each other nicknames: I was Butterfly, Laura was Dragonfly, Robby was Superfly, and Jenny was Firefly. We put together a book of poetry and writing called "Flies on the Swatter".
calculus = one of the things I'm best at. Love it love it love it.
campfires = love fire, love outdoors, love the smell of woodsmoke, love staring into the fire and losing myself in thought. also love marshmallows. :
)
canoeing = water. boats. happy!
car talk = used to be on my radio every saturday when I woke up. also happy!
caravaggio = chiaoscuro. also, he pissed off the Church. and there was a movie made about him with Sean Bean and teh gay. I didn't understand most of the movie, but who needs more than Sean Bean and teh gay?
cats = there are two types of people in this world, cat people and everybody else
charles dickens = beautiful social commentary. though I hated Great Expectations, everything else I've read by him was wonderful
children's books = nothing better in this world
claire haider =![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
iconsdeboheme, makes awesome icons. I likes iconz.
classics = classic movies, classic literature, Greek classics, classical art, all that good stuff
conflict resolution = I'm a Quaker. I believe in peace. Real peace, not enforced peace.
contradancing = kind of like line dancing, usually to Irish music. Much fun!
cuddling = Do I really have to explain this one?
daffodils = my favorite flower. Yellow and ridiculous and so happy. It's spring in the form of a flower. They're also Dacey's flower, though I haven't figured out yet what they symbolize for her.
dark chocolate = mmm, endorphins. I got endorphin poisoning once from eating too much Lindts dark chocolate. Chocolate is better than most sex I've had. Most, I said, not all.
dogs = cute, cuddly, uncomplicated. gotta love 'em.
dom monaghan = *melt* oh god teh hawt.
e. nesbit = children's fantasy author. go read everything she ever wrote.
edward eager = 'nother children's fantasy author. read everything he wrote, too. it's all worth it.
elrond halfelven = tolkien + hugo weaving means happy!Zana.
elves = remember, I'm a Tolkien fangirl
ents = omgTreebeard! Best character ever, right after Tom Bombadil
entwives = I am one. Name of Fimbrethilien. Yup.
environment = I love nature. Stop destroying it already.
europe = history, beautiful cities, foreign cultures and languages, some semblance of sanity on the part of citizens and even occassionally their politicians...
european union = As a political scientist, I'm fascinated by how this is going to end up.
euskadi = The Basque Country, northern Spain. I lived there for a year in high school as an exchange student. To me it is the definition of patriotism.
f&w = Farm & Wilderness Summer Camps. I worked there, my brother was a camper there. Awesome place.
faeries = for the Romantic in me
fairytales = make me happy
fandom = is fucking funny. and interesting to the social theorist in me.
fandom_wank = is good for my sanity. otherwise teh stupid would make me cry.
fanfic = yes, I read it. no, I don't write it. I thought about it, then decided it was too much effort.
fantasy = just because.
feminism = I'm a woman. I live in Texas. Those who say the days of discrimination and sexual harrassment in the workplace are over are living in a fantasy world.
fiction = for the longest time, I couldn't understand why anyone would ever read nonfiction,
filesharing = because sharing is good, yo. We learned that in preschool. And it means we're screwing the capitalists in a small way. And free music. Don't forget the free music.
flowers = well, all living things, but especially flowers. they're pretty.
folk music = especially Kate Wolf.
folk rock = combining my two favorite genres
france = I lived there for a year. I can't say enough about it.
glorfindel = Somehow I became Glorfindel in the great roleplay that is Talbot House SSFFSers. Third most awesome character Tolkien ever created. Damn you, Peter Jackson. For the record: yes, the two Glorfindels are one person. Also, the House of the Golden Flower has always served the House of Elrond. And if 'Del happens to interpret that in a rather slashy manner, I will be the last to complain. I really like the Glorfindel/Elrond 'ship.
grateful dead = I wanna be a deadhead. No, really.
great big sea = Newfie folk rock. Best Celtic-y music in existence. And absolutely awesome in concert.
green party = I have a dream.... But I'm still voting in the Anybody But Bush movement.
harry potter = the fandom is scary. but the books are good, and so is the fanfic, often.
history = is often just as fascinating as fiction. And there's the social theory, too, which makes it even more fascinating.
hobbitses = furry little men with pointy ears. Teh cute!
human rights = again, I am a Quaker.
humor = is what keeps me from losing it and becoming a mass murderer
i wish for peace = I don't feel like looking up the link, but you can find it over at the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
iwishforpeace community.
incan music = along with celtic music, one of my fave genres
indigo girls = what's not to like?
john steinbeck = paints the rural poverty of California that I know so well, and does it with a humanity I just wish I could manage in my own writing.
johnny depp = talented and hot, and one of the few actors I really respect
judy collins = my very first cd. love her music
kate wolf = also paints California, but this time in folk music. If I could choose to live somebody else's life, it would be her.
languages = I only speak three. Next on my list: German, Latin, Swahili, Arabic, Ancient Greek, Italian, Mandarin, Japanese, Hindi, Hebrew. I wish I had a few extra lifetimes to devote to languages.
lemony snicket = if you haven't read his books, go do so. Now. Do not wait.
les miserables = musical, book, all of it. Like every other 12-year-old, I identified most with Eponine. As a slasher, I wish I could find good Javert/Valjean UST.
libraries = not only are there books, but I don't have to pay for them! I think I'd like to have sex in a library. But a small used bookstore would be better. 'Course, it would have to be after hours.
lightning bugs = are amazing
literature = I'm gotten across to you that I love books, right?
lord of the rings = my most cherished fandom. I hope now the movies are over that the teeniebopper fangirls will leave. I want my fandom back, dammit!
mark twain = the snark!
marvelous 3 = good rock group. I wish I could afford to support them by actually buying their cds.
math = it's one of the few constants in my life. it makes sense, the rules don't change, there's always an answer (or if there's not, there's a reason why not), and usually the answer makes sense as well. the first time an answer didn't make sense, I threw a temper tantrum in my prof's office. my emotional sanity apparently was too dependent on math being the one thing that makes sense.
michael moore = at least there's one liberal voice out there screaming in frustration. I was beginning to think I was alone in this country.
monet = impressionism. is. pretty.
monty python = :)
most things french = see "France" above.
mountains = I miss mountains. They make me feel that the earth is watching over me.
movies = the only sure thing to distract me from a depressive funk
music = find me someone who doesn't like music.
mythology = is fascinating in its own right, and also fascinating in what it tells us about the culture the myths came from. I was raised by sociologists, can you tell?
nature = if it's wild, I like it.
neal stephenson = one of my favorite modern authors. Scifi geekiness made great.
northern california = where I was born, and the only place that feels like home
novels = let's see how many ways Zana can say that she likes books...
old books = ah, yet another way....
olney friends school = I teach here.
orson scott card = books with philosophy and morality make me happy.
outdoors = except in Texas, where it's too damn hot.
pacifism = part of my Quakerism I struggle with, but it's the strongest moral belief I hold.
paris = Paris and Edinburgh are the only two cities I would ever choose to live in.
peace = why wouldn't someone be interested in peace?
pervy hobbit fanciers = I'm not quite a card-carrying member, but I have an icon!
phil ochs = political/social commentary in musical form
philosophy = I like ideas. Especially ones about fundamentals.
physics = I teach physics, so one would hope I like it, right?
pirates = I like ships, sailing, stories about ships, stories about pirates, etc.
potc = Captain Jack Sparrow! Norrington! Barbossa! Monkey!
preraphaelites = pretty!
psychology = how people's minds work fascinates me
quakerism = raised in the tradition, now teaching at at a Quaker school. Not a Quaker yet, but it'll happen someday.
reading = I bet you never could have guessed I was into reading.
robert heinlein = I have read almost everything this guy ever wrote. It was my only source of political theory when I was in highschool, so even though I don't agree with many of his opinions, I devoured his books.
rocky horror picture show = if only it weren't so late at night.... I am teh lame that way, I admit. I like my sleep too much. But! I've been to the one in Paris, have played Rocky on no notice, and have an outfit specifically to go to shows.
rubens = I can't imagine why...
satire = snark and funny make my day
science fiction = you can just say so much about humanity and the way the world works when you're not constrained by today's reality.
sherlock holmes = I want a complete collection of all the movies, stories, tv series, etc. made about Sherlock Holmes. I can't tell you how many stories on tape I've listened to. Emily and I went to 221B Baker Street when we were in London.
slash = yep. My otp's are Frodo/Sam (of course), Merry/Pippin (also of course), Glorfindel/Elrond, Holmes/Watson, Sirius Black/Severus Snape, Pooh/Piglet, Spike/Angel, Legolas/Gimli (come on, it's practically canon), Sparrington, Achilles/Hector, Kirk/Spock, Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, Aragorn/Boromir.... I could go on ad nauseum, but I won't.
smith college = mah alma mater. Gaudeamus ignitur...
snape = 1) Alan Rickman is hot. 2) Snape is snarky. 3) He is the only morally ambiguous character in the series, and therefore the most interesting.
snark = happy!Zana
snuggles = always
social activism = not that different from "activism" above
social justice = I did mention I was raised a Quaker, didn't I?
spain = A starkly beautiful country. I want to go back.
star trek = have only seen a little TOS and most of TNG. Am not a Trekker, really.
stars = pretty. and I want to go there.
talbot house = my home at Smith.
tamora pierce = all-time favorite author.
the beach = I like deserted coasts, where I can be alone with the ocean.
the ocean = I like water.
the sea = Couldn't have guessed, could you?
the spanish language = is the most beautiful language to listen to, even if you don't understand it. Which I do.
theory--political/social/feminist/queer/etc = I am a theory whore. I love all types of theory. I have been known to even get physically turned on while reading theory.
thomas hardy = stark and depressing social commentary, it just really rings true.
thunderstorms = I love them. The only time I feel perfectly safe and sleep really well is in the middle of a thunderstorm.
tish hinojosa = local Latina singer, beautiful voice, wonderful songs.
titian = I crossed the English Channel just to go to an exhibition of Titian in London
tolkien = creator of my favorite dreamworld
tom bombadil = most awesome character ever created. I'm glad PJ didn't put him in the films, cause no matter what, it would have been done wrong.
tom lehrer = snarky songs and songs about math!
trout fishing in america = duo that sings hilarious children's songs
vsds = if you have not read them, I don't want to speak to you again until you do
west coast = my heart belongs there
wildflowers = when my dad and my stepmom got married, we picked all the flowers for the wedding from the woods behind our house. It was perfect.
writing = I am a writer. It takes a lot out of me, but it is incredible.
yellow roses = I like yellow flowers for some reason, I guess. Wild sunflowers, daffodils, and yellow roses.
yellow-pink roses = my favorite color of roses.
♥ = it took me forever to figure out how to make the little heart thingies.
academia = I'm an intellectual at heart. I want to be a student forever. Damn them for making me graduate.
activism = self-explanatory. Political, environmental, pro-peace, pro-choice, and anti-death penalty.
alan rickman = I don't usually go for older guys, but this one is not only talented but hot.
alexandre dumas = I am a junkie. Books, movies, whatever.
animals = yes. fuzzy cute and otherwise.
ansel adams = like georgia o'keefe, he's one of those artists I can't not like
art = I taught myself art history while in Europe, and did most of my travelling to see major museums in other countries. I spent 9 hours in the Prado. Shut up.
astronomy = I'm fascinated by stars, by physics, by creation, by all of it. I share every scifi geek's dream of going to the stars.
austin lounge lizards = hysterically funny Texan group. Favorite song: "Jesus Loves Me (But He Can't Stand You)"
bagels and cream cheese = yummmmmm. Why don't they have a decent bagel place in SA?
beatles = I don't understand people who do not like the Beatles. I want a John Lennon cap. That is all.
bisexuality = I'm mostly straight, but I've been attracted to enough girls to qualify as bi, I suppose.
books = my very favoritest thing. Love bookstores, libraries, old books, children's books, old children's books, even just sitting in the midst of books and not reading.
buffy the vampire slayer = the first fandom I got involved in. still haven't seen season 7. woe.
butterflies = In highschool, the four best friends gave each other nicknames: I was Butterfly, Laura was Dragonfly, Robby was Superfly, and Jenny was Firefly. We put together a book of poetry and writing called "Flies on the Swatter".
calculus = one of the things I'm best at. Love it love it love it.
campfires = love fire, love outdoors, love the smell of woodsmoke, love staring into the fire and losing myself in thought. also love marshmallows. :
)
canoeing = water. boats. happy!
car talk = used to be on my radio every saturday when I woke up. also happy!
caravaggio = chiaoscuro. also, he pissed off the Church. and there was a movie made about him with Sean Bean and teh gay. I didn't understand most of the movie, but who needs more than Sean Bean and teh gay?
cats = there are two types of people in this world, cat people and everybody else
charles dickens = beautiful social commentary. though I hated Great Expectations, everything else I've read by him was wonderful
children's books = nothing better in this world
claire haider =
iconsdeboheme, makes awesome icons. I likes iconz. classics = classic movies, classic literature, Greek classics, classical art, all that good stuff
conflict resolution = I'm a Quaker. I believe in peace. Real peace, not enforced peace.
contradancing = kind of like line dancing, usually to Irish music. Much fun!
cuddling = Do I really have to explain this one?
daffodils = my favorite flower. Yellow and ridiculous and so happy. It's spring in the form of a flower. They're also Dacey's flower, though I haven't figured out yet what they symbolize for her.
dark chocolate = mmm, endorphins. I got endorphin poisoning once from eating too much Lindts dark chocolate. Chocolate is better than most sex I've had. Most, I said, not all.
dogs = cute, cuddly, uncomplicated. gotta love 'em.
dom monaghan = *melt* oh god teh hawt.
e. nesbit = children's fantasy author. go read everything she ever wrote.
edward eager = 'nother children's fantasy author. read everything he wrote, too. it's all worth it.
elrond halfelven = tolkien + hugo weaving means happy!Zana.
elves = remember, I'm a Tolkien fangirl
ents = omgTreebeard! Best character ever, right after Tom Bombadil
entwives = I am one. Name of Fimbrethilien. Yup.
environment = I love nature. Stop destroying it already.
europe = history, beautiful cities, foreign cultures and languages, some semblance of sanity on the part of citizens and even occassionally their politicians...
european union = As a political scientist, I'm fascinated by how this is going to end up.
euskadi = The Basque Country, northern Spain. I lived there for a year in high school as an exchange student. To me it is the definition of patriotism.
f&w = Farm & Wilderness Summer Camps. I worked there, my brother was a camper there. Awesome place.
faeries = for the Romantic in me
fairytales = make me happy
fandom = is fucking funny. and interesting to the social theorist in me.
fandom_wank = is good for my sanity. otherwise teh stupid would make me cry.
fanfic = yes, I read it. no, I don't write it. I thought about it, then decided it was too much effort.
fantasy = just because.
feminism = I'm a woman. I live in Texas. Those who say the days of discrimination and sexual harrassment in the workplace are over are living in a fantasy world.
fiction = for the longest time, I couldn't understand why anyone would ever read nonfiction,
filesharing = because sharing is good, yo. We learned that in preschool. And it means we're screwing the capitalists in a small way. And free music. Don't forget the free music.
flowers = well, all living things, but especially flowers. they're pretty.
folk music = especially Kate Wolf.
folk rock = combining my two favorite genres
france = I lived there for a year. I can't say enough about it.
glorfindel = Somehow I became Glorfindel in the great roleplay that is Talbot House SSFFSers. Third most awesome character Tolkien ever created. Damn you, Peter Jackson. For the record: yes, the two Glorfindels are one person. Also, the House of the Golden Flower has always served the House of Elrond. And if 'Del happens to interpret that in a rather slashy manner, I will be the last to complain. I really like the Glorfindel/Elrond 'ship.
grateful dead = I wanna be a deadhead. No, really.
great big sea = Newfie folk rock. Best Celtic-y music in existence. And absolutely awesome in concert.
green party = I have a dream.... But I'm still voting in the Anybody But Bush movement.
harry potter = the fandom is scary. but the books are good, and so is the fanfic, often.
history = is often just as fascinating as fiction. And there's the social theory, too, which makes it even more fascinating.
hobbitses = furry little men with pointy ears. Teh cute!
human rights = again, I am a Quaker.
humor = is what keeps me from losing it and becoming a mass murderer
i wish for peace = I don't feel like looking up the link, but you can find it over at the
iwishforpeace community.incan music = along with celtic music, one of my fave genres
indigo girls = what's not to like?
john steinbeck = paints the rural poverty of California that I know so well, and does it with a humanity I just wish I could manage in my own writing.
johnny depp = talented and hot, and one of the few actors I really respect
judy collins = my very first cd. love her music
kate wolf = also paints California, but this time in folk music. If I could choose to live somebody else's life, it would be her.
languages = I only speak three. Next on my list: German, Latin, Swahili, Arabic, Ancient Greek, Italian, Mandarin, Japanese, Hindi, Hebrew. I wish I had a few extra lifetimes to devote to languages.
lemony snicket = if you haven't read his books, go do so. Now. Do not wait.
les miserables = musical, book, all of it. Like every other 12-year-old, I identified most with Eponine. As a slasher, I wish I could find good Javert/Valjean UST.
libraries = not only are there books, but I don't have to pay for them! I think I'd like to have sex in a library. But a small used bookstore would be better. 'Course, it would have to be after hours.
lightning bugs = are amazing
literature = I'm gotten across to you that I love books, right?
lord of the rings = my most cherished fandom. I hope now the movies are over that the teeniebopper fangirls will leave. I want my fandom back, dammit!
mark twain = the snark!
marvelous 3 = good rock group. I wish I could afford to support them by actually buying their cds.
math = it's one of the few constants in my life. it makes sense, the rules don't change, there's always an answer (or if there's not, there's a reason why not), and usually the answer makes sense as well. the first time an answer didn't make sense, I threw a temper tantrum in my prof's office. my emotional sanity apparently was too dependent on math being the one thing that makes sense.
michael moore = at least there's one liberal voice out there screaming in frustration. I was beginning to think I was alone in this country.
monet = impressionism. is. pretty.
monty python = :)
most things french = see "France" above.
mountains = I miss mountains. They make me feel that the earth is watching over me.
movies = the only sure thing to distract me from a depressive funk
music = find me someone who doesn't like music.
mythology = is fascinating in its own right, and also fascinating in what it tells us about the culture the myths came from. I was raised by sociologists, can you tell?
nature = if it's wild, I like it.
neal stephenson = one of my favorite modern authors. Scifi geekiness made great.
northern california = where I was born, and the only place that feels like home
novels = let's see how many ways Zana can say that she likes books...
old books = ah, yet another way....
olney friends school = I teach here.
orson scott card = books with philosophy and morality make me happy.
outdoors = except in Texas, where it's too damn hot.
pacifism = part of my Quakerism I struggle with, but it's the strongest moral belief I hold.
paris = Paris and Edinburgh are the only two cities I would ever choose to live in.
peace = why wouldn't someone be interested in peace?
pervy hobbit fanciers = I'm not quite a card-carrying member, but I have an icon!
phil ochs = political/social commentary in musical form
philosophy = I like ideas. Especially ones about fundamentals.
physics = I teach physics, so one would hope I like it, right?
pirates = I like ships, sailing, stories about ships, stories about pirates, etc.
potc = Captain Jack Sparrow! Norrington! Barbossa! Monkey!
preraphaelites = pretty!
psychology = how people's minds work fascinates me
quakerism = raised in the tradition, now teaching at at a Quaker school. Not a Quaker yet, but it'll happen someday.
reading = I bet you never could have guessed I was into reading.
robert heinlein = I have read almost everything this guy ever wrote. It was my only source of political theory when I was in highschool, so even though I don't agree with many of his opinions, I devoured his books.
rocky horror picture show = if only it weren't so late at night.... I am teh lame that way, I admit. I like my sleep too much. But! I've been to the one in Paris, have played Rocky on no notice, and have an outfit specifically to go to shows.
rubens = I can't imagine why...
satire = snark and funny make my day
science fiction = you can just say so much about humanity and the way the world works when you're not constrained by today's reality.
sherlock holmes = I want a complete collection of all the movies, stories, tv series, etc. made about Sherlock Holmes. I can't tell you how many stories on tape I've listened to. Emily and I went to 221B Baker Street when we were in London.
slash = yep. My otp's are Frodo/Sam (of course), Merry/Pippin (also of course), Glorfindel/Elrond, Holmes/Watson, Sirius Black/Severus Snape, Pooh/Piglet, Spike/Angel, Legolas/Gimli (come on, it's practically canon), Sparrington, Achilles/Hector, Kirk/Spock, Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, Aragorn/Boromir.... I could go on ad nauseum, but I won't.
smith college = mah alma mater. Gaudeamus ignitur...
snape = 1) Alan Rickman is hot. 2) Snape is snarky. 3) He is the only morally ambiguous character in the series, and therefore the most interesting.
snark = happy!Zana
snuggles = always
social activism = not that different from "activism" above
social justice = I did mention I was raised a Quaker, didn't I?
spain = A starkly beautiful country. I want to go back.
star trek = have only seen a little TOS and most of TNG. Am not a Trekker, really.
stars = pretty. and I want to go there.
talbot house = my home at Smith.
tamora pierce = all-time favorite author.
the beach = I like deserted coasts, where I can be alone with the ocean.
the ocean = I like water.
the sea = Couldn't have guessed, could you?
the spanish language = is the most beautiful language to listen to, even if you don't understand it. Which I do.
theory--political/social/feminist/queer/etc = I am a theory whore. I love all types of theory. I have been known to even get physically turned on while reading theory.
thomas hardy = stark and depressing social commentary, it just really rings true.
thunderstorms = I love them. The only time I feel perfectly safe and sleep really well is in the middle of a thunderstorm.
tish hinojosa = local Latina singer, beautiful voice, wonderful songs.
titian = I crossed the English Channel just to go to an exhibition of Titian in London
tolkien = creator of my favorite dreamworld
tom bombadil = most awesome character ever created. I'm glad PJ didn't put him in the films, cause no matter what, it would have been done wrong.
tom lehrer = snarky songs and songs about math!
trout fishing in america = duo that sings hilarious children's songs
vsds = if you have not read them, I don't want to speak to you again until you do
west coast = my heart belongs there
wildflowers = when my dad and my stepmom got married, we picked all the flowers for the wedding from the woods behind our house. It was perfect.
writing = I am a writer. It takes a lot out of me, but it is incredible.
yellow roses = I like yellow flowers for some reason, I guess. Wild sunflowers, daffodils, and yellow roses.
yellow-pink roses = my favorite color of roses.
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Date: 2004-07-20 04:51 pm (UTC)Me too.
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Date: 2004-07-20 05:07 pm (UTC)Perhaps I'm just verbose.
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Date: 2004-07-20 11:46 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2004-07-20 11:47 pm (UTC)