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Created on 2009-04-14 22:30:39 (#61495), last updated 2023-09-16 (123 weeks ago)

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Name:	asymptote
Birthdate:	1977
Location:	in my igloo, yes, Australia
Website:	andbirds.org

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math plus desire equals who you are.
[alice hoffman / practical magic]

välətl

ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense [creature that flies,] also, as a collective, [birds] ): from Old French volatil or Latin volatilis, from volare ‘to fly.’

CLASSIFICATION

tree is a short-haired species of affectionate lunacy¹ of the genus girlus misanthropicus. its primary habitat is the southern hemisphere, although rare northern hemisphere sightings have been known to occur. the species is principally diurnal, with occasional patterns of nocturnal and crepuscular behaviour. its methods of defence include sarcasm and disdain, coupled with grammatical exactitude. the species is not known for its gracefulness or humility.

incidences of tree are generally erratic in nature, encompassing vocalisations and rhythmic movement of appendages that scientists suspect to be communicative. no comprehensive study has yet been conducted to determine conclusively. tree is largely hermitic, often remaining in its nest for several days until it is forced to forage. it lives almost exclusively on toast and boiled eggs. it has no known predators.

see also: a nest of prickles and bitchsauce².

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¹ charles dickens, bleak house
² lightlack

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subscribe and unsubscribe at will. this is a personal journal: all of it TMI and none of it interesting. i've got one of those introductory posts here, if you're so inclined. and here is a thing about 'commenting culture' on my journal.

fanthings now live at borrowedfable.

ALSO! in case you were wondering--

someone said: are you the same tree as on JournalFen?
i said: i'm not! and i cannot express how odd it was to see me commenting when it wasn't, y'know, me. scary alternate universe type thing! i am tree here and on lj and at the archive and in OTW. i have been tree for so long that i think of myself as tree much more than i think of myself as realname. and now there is this other tree. i do not even know how to cope.

and there you have it.

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