Current mood:	contemplative
Current music:	Splashdown- A Charming Spell

Sic transit gloria mundi
Having issues with miPod again. Well, actually this time it's not the iPod but the computer connection - first I thought it was a USB 1.1 versus 2.0 fault, then after extensive Internet surfage I realised it was a FireWire versus USB anything-point-anything that's the problem.

I get a tremendous satisfaction knowing that my iPod is now mechanically obsolete.

Point is, I stick my the thing into the laptop and it's recognised fine but the system leeches battery from the iPod and within, say, three and a half minutes the iPod shuts up shop. Charges perfectly well in the dock, though, so I know it's not just being an Apple product and therefore being rubbish. So tomorrow Dad and I are going downtown to see if we can get a FireWire PCI adator card in the well-informed hopes of answering my sync-and-charge problems.

So obviously, the only thing to do while I'm pining for said card is to indulge in mindless memes stolen from snowmadder and rec fic.

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the Helper
You chose CX - your Enneagram type is TWO.
"I must help others." - Helpers are warm, concerned, nurturing, and sensitive to other people's needs.

How to Get Along with Me
- tell me that you appreciate me. Be specific.
- share fun times with me.
- take an interest in my problems, though I will probably try to focus on yours.
- let me know that I am important and special to you.
- be gentle if you decide to criticize me.

In Intimate Relationships
- reassure me that I am interesting to you.
- assure me often that you love me.
- tell me I'm attractive and that you're glad to be seen with me.

What I Like About Being a Two
- being able to relate easily to people and to make friends
- knowing what people need and being able to make their lives better
- being generous, caring, and warm
- being sensitive to and perceptive about others' feelings
- being enthusiastic and fun-loving, and having a good sense of humor

What's Hard About Being a Two
- not being able to say no
- having low self-esteem
- feeling drained from overdoing for others
- not doing things I really like to do for myself for fear of being selfish
- criticizing myself for not feeling as loving as I think I should
- being upset that others don't tune in to me as much as I tume in to them
- working so hard to be tactful and considerate that I suppress my real feelings

Twos as Children Often
- are very sensitive to disapproval and criticism
- try hard to please their parents by being helpful and understanding
- are outwardly compliant
- are popular or try to be popular with other children
- act coy, precocious, or dramatic in order to get attention
- are clowns and jokers (the more extroverted Twos), or quiet and shy (the more introverted Twos)

Twos as Parents
- are good listeners, love their children unconditionally, and are warm and encouraging (or suffer guilt if they aren't)
- are often playful with their children
- wonder: "Am I doing it right?" "Am I giving enough?" "Have I caused irreparable damage?"
- can become fiercely protective

Link: The Quick & Painless ENNEAGRAM Test.

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Fic-wise, well, most of the stuff I've bookmarked is done for idea-sparking, not for great writing. Thus I shall only share a few pieces which I think are absolutely tip-top stuff, boys.

Busted
My concession to the greatness of Ray Kowalski. This is a bit of a marathon to read and so it's probably not that great a choice for someone who's never watch dS. But the characterisation of Ray is unbelievable, so I guess freakish_geek, this one's for you.

I'm AWOL, MIA, on the lam, and my skin feels itchy, like there are people after me. Far as I know, though, Canada doesn't have any kind of medical extradition treaty with rehab hospitals, so that's just paranoia kicking in, and when the guy with the bomber jacket comes over to me, I reach down and grab the duffel bag.

Ain't Scared of Lightning (The Life and Times of Dean Winchester)
Probably my all-time favourite Dean fic. Because of the lettuce analogy. And because of the Luke fucking Skywalker conversation. And because of Dean's inability to understand why exploding fireball bullets don't interest his brother. I love this thing.

Dean thinks he's the lettuce. If his father's the bacon, all tough and brittle and burnt around the edges, and Sam's the tomato, sort of squishy except for that one part of skin that can't be cut no matter which knife you pull from the drawer, then that makes Dean the lettuce, there to keep the bacon and the tomato apart, because, really, who wants to eat squishy, brittle bacon and pig-flavored tomato?

Sic Transit Gloria
I have read this stupid fic like, way too many times. It is the second most-depressing Dean fic I have, from the title alluding to the prase nothing on Earth is permanent to the super cheerupemokid angst of Dean, did I mention the emo. It even gives a fairly sympathetic portrayal of Sammy.

"Yeah, of course," he said softly. "Do... do you want anything?"
I want a lot of things, I wanted to say.
"No," is what I did.

I love hurt!fic. And I would totally rec you all Spirk, because it is sweet and innocent and retro, but I'd probably get a shoe thrown at me. As far as Supernatural is concerned, all I need to do now is find one titled Sam the American Ungulate and I'm sorted.

Mooooose.