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where there's good tea

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Created on 2011-04-06 17:42:00 (#724539), last updated 2026-02-21 (4 hours ago)

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How did you gain admittance to my library and boudoir? Did the housekeeper let you in? This is Lady Strange’s private journal. All entries are friends-locked. If you’re looking for my writings, you have to head to Lyssoizys Press. The printing press and reading room are open to subscribers only. However, the mood themes at Lyssoizys are for public consumption. Just credit me should you use the themes.

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Inner Sanctum
♡ God-mamma
♡ Sis Lavinia
♡ Sis Calphurnia
♡ Junko
♡ Kazuko
♡ Lotus Blossom
♡ Little Daisy
♡ Lady Haineko
♡ Tomoko
♡ Jules
♡ Tomomi






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What am I, you ask? I’m a confirmed spinster in the same financial situation as Miss Bates in Jane Austen’s Emma, but am regarded by the extended family as ‘only What’s-her-face-the-family-disgrace-embarrassment-and-burden’ at best or something of a pariah at worst. Like Anne de Bourgh from Pride and Prejudice, I am sickly, pale and cross looking. My interests in the arts are like that of Lady Bertram in Mansfield Park.

What all that means in translation is this:
I'm a long suffering student of political philosophy, politics and the arts, am a freelance academic researcher, editor, translator, and ghostwriter. I also teach French part time and am an ad hoc lecturer in political philosophy and English Literature. I happen to be a Ravenclaw:

      
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Mood Theme Acknowledgements
Jane Eyre mood theme is by [personal profile] tattooedsiren
Arashi mood theme is by [profile] 5x5graphics
Dangerous Liaisons mood theme by [profile] euterpeslullaby
Orchestral mood theme by [profile] girlboheme
Old Masters mood theme by [profile] girlboheme
Victorian mood theme by [profile] girlboheme
Ninomiya Kazunari mood theme by [community profile] passdamic
Arashi Remix mood theme by [community profile] passdamic
Ohno Satoshi remix by [community profile] passdamic
Animated Pride and Prejudice mood theme by [profile] iconzicons
Geiko and Maiko mood theme at [community profile] inkwellnquill




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When I’m not reading books written by men in togas or men in tights or women in petticoats and corsets, I can be found drinking copious amounts of tea and writing. My scrawls include poetry, prose poetry, original fiction as well as fanfiction. I’ve been into Arashi since their debut in 1999, and have been in the Harry Potter fandom since 2000. My recreational scrawls are locked in a community and available only to ‘subscribers’. When I’m not writing, I read novels, watch anime, read manga, sketch, dance a little. For recreation, I roleplay in a few communities and dabble in console-based RPGs.

Cuddles, like good strong tea, are essential to my happiness.





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