A pig may be educated.
mood: 
restless
restlessmusic: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Pin / Oingo Boingo - No Spill Blood
I love H.G. Wells. Especially when he's as subtle as a tack hammer.
Sometimes I rise above my level, sometimes I fall below it; but always I fall short of the things I dream. The human shape I can get now, almost with ease, so that it is lithe and graceful, or thick and strong; but often there is trouble with the hands and the claws,—painful things, that I dare not shape too freely.
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I'm sure I recognise the person in your icon, but I can't think of 'n's name.
Take pity on me?
I've been frothing about him so much lately, I decided I needed an icon. I had forgotten what a cute boy he was.
He looks a bit like Bruce Campbell, though, now that I squint just right.
Maybe I need to make a very. very. random mood set.....
I haven't seen the le Guin edited Time Machine. Thanks! *adds to list of things to look for*
That is all.
[cue Oingo Boingo: "What is the law? No spill blood! What is the law?! No spill blood!!!"]