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I have signed up for the Guardian 520 Day Reverse Exchange with what is probably the least anonymous sign-up ever. When listing the offer DNWs, I realized that the set of things I DNW for writing is much smaller than the set of things I DNW for reading. I suppose it's because while I'm writing, I'm more in control of the experience and can stay out of squickland.

Ma lai gao is easy/quick to make (the linked, easy version took me 20 mins), and delicious! Om nom nom.

While I go tinker at my WIP, icontalking has a song set challenge I'll tackle sometime. Please vote for your favorite lyrics so I can choose! The / do not signify line divisions here, but rather icon divisions – "Text goes here / and also here" means there's one icon with the text "Text goes here" and the next one has "and also here". The one with text in Finnish would also have alt versions with the text in English.

Poll #21710 Which song lyrics would be the best on Guardian icons?

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Which song lyrics would be the best on Guardian icons?

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Oot mun nouseva aurinko / ja mun ainoa kotimaa (Vesala - Tekila) + "You are my rising sun / and my only homeland" (Shen Weis)
5 (41.7%)

"I am crazy, mad, insane / out of my brain" (Beast in Black - Crazy Mad Insane) (Ye Zuns)
2 (16.7%)

"If you were here / I'd whisper sweet nothings in your ear / and appeal to all your fears / if you were mine (if only you were mine)" (Sirenia - My Mind's Eye) (2 Shen Weis and the rest Ye Zuns)
3 (25.0%)

"Truth is eternal / but falsehood comes first" (Amaranthe - My Haven) (SID member + villain)
2 (16.7%)

"In blood and tears / a thousand times / we'll rise against / we'll always hold the line" (Within Temptation - The Reconing) (Zhao Yunlan and other SID members)
8 (66.7%)

"These days when I'm losing track of time / These days when I'm burning up inside / These days when I'm lost, I search the skies" (Within Temptation - Supernova) (Shen Wei?)
3 (25.0%)

"I'm waiting for your last goodbye / 'Cause I'm not over it, not over it / I'm waiting for your last goodbye / The kiss of time" (Within Temptation - Supernova) (Shen Wei + 3 Zhao Yunlans)
3 (25.0%)

the no doubt perfect and amazing song that will come to ExtraPenguin's mind only after posting this poll
8 (66.7%)

...based on my response to Amaranthe and Within Temptation's newest albums, I guess I'll have to make another Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan playlist someday. But not today, for I have promises to keep, and words to write before I sleep!