Anna

My friend is graduating from college this year with her degree in elementary education, her hope being to teach between third and fifth grade. For Christmas, she's asked for books for her classroom, so I was hoping for some suggestions as to what books would be good for this age range.

My friend and I are in the fourth season of Alias and are looking for a new (well - old) show. Preferably finished. Our previous show was the O.C. We're kind of looking for something that is (overly) dramatic, lasts preferably longer than four seasons, and - well, basically a primetime soap opera. Any suggestions? We've been considering ER or One Tree Hill, so any thoughts on those shows would be helpful as well.

Is it scary? How gruesome? Is it interesting?

How hard is it to master?

Who was the actress that played the woman that believed House and Wilson were gay?

I have some questions. I just started watching the show a little while ago, and unfortunately, the channels that play reruns don't seem to care about playing them in order. I don't care about spoilers, I'm just curious about a few things.

1. Does Reid get addicted to those drugs he took after he was kidnapped? Is there an episode that deals with that, or does he just stop?

2. What happened that made Elle quit or whatever?

3. Why did Rossi leave the BAU originally? (I saw part of an episode where Morgan said they said he was never going to come back, and it made me wonder what happened.)

4. Did JJ marry that guy who's baby she had? If not, is she planning to?

Seriously, any theories at all? haha. I feel so confused. I hate season finales!

I just started watching the show a little while ago, and then caught the last bit of an episode where he was pointing a gun at his head? I know he left, but... did he kill himself?

Also, what was the deal with that old lady who took away Hotch's badge?

What was it?

I've read a few fanfictions about the show, and a lot of them have things in there about Mac feeling Richie's pre-Immortal buzz. Was this something that was actually on the television show at some point? If so, does anyone know what episode(s) it's mentioned in?

Does anyone know when it airs?

Do you believe what Director Vance said about Ziva being ordered to kill Ari?

Man, I hope Tony doesn't die.

I personally prefer the prequels... but that's only because I like Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan a lot. (: How about you?

It's a dream that one of my characters is having in my fantasy novel. I'd just like opinions on it. Obviously, it's supposed to be in italics. Please and thank you? (:

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I’m being given a choice.

A part of me says this is a dream. Knows this is a dream. But there’s another part of me – a smaller part, but a very real part, nonetheless – that says I still have to make a choice. And I don’t know what to choose.

There was a time - a distant time, but a time that I can remember clearly, nonetheless - when it would seem so obvious. The clear water, the water that seems to almost sparkle from the purest of beauty. I can see the rocks underneath, shiny and clear. I can hear the soft trickle of the waterfall down the shores. The shine off of the surface declares that it is one of the most magnificent things to ever be created and I have no choice but to accept this. This is the choice that should be made. There should be no hesitation on my part where this decision is concerned.

Why do I feel more drawn, then, towards the other? More reasonably still, what does the other stream have that draws me, beckons me?

Nothing.

It’s dark. I might even call it black. It looks like tar, slowly oozing it’s way down the cut out path. I imagine it’s likely that this tar-like substance was the thing that formed the path, burning away rocks and sand and anything else that stood in it’s way as it went. There was no mercy in the cut. It’s not cookie-cutter straight like the other. It’s more jagged and bending, curving this way and that like a mad roller coaster ride, and I can’t see where it ends. Following it just for a little ways would likely make me sick. Even the sunlight seems to be lost in the depths of the black water, as though it has claws that have reached up and snagged the very essence of beauty out of the general area. Sucking in it, taking it all away. This is not good water. This water longs for the chance to hurt someone. To hurt me, and to consume me fully. Really, anyone would have done.

I know that. I do.

And yet, it calls to me.

My feet turn in that direction.

The sound of the first stream – the pure stream – trickling by penetrates my senses. It’s calling me, the pure water, begging me to return to it, begging me not to do something I regret. Not to go somewhere I cannot return from. And yet, I feel my legs lift. I feel my foot lower it’s self down, propelling my body away from the safety the other water offers and towards the adventure of the unknown blackness.

And it hits me.

I’m going to die.

The water is going to kill me, going to consume me, going to burn me alive. I can already feel it tearing into my flesh, ripping me limb from limb. And I’m going to walk right into it.

But why would I do something so stupid?

Because.

Because I want to.

I really, really want to…

It's after Gibbs comes back from Mexico. Ducky was angry at him, I think for not telling him about Shannon and Kelly, but he comes to apologize and Gibbs apologizes to him instead. Does anyone know what episode that is?

The plot idea that I currently love the very best came from a dream that I had. I promptly thanked my subconscious when I woke up. (: Ever happened to you guys?

What's your favorite song by Tim McGraw? (:

He's a year old today and he's been puking for a while now. He'll wait for a few seconds and then throwing up again, generally right after he cries. He threw up all that he had in his stomach and is now throwing up foam. He's a miniature dachshund, if that matters, and has been doing this for about fifteen minutes. What should I do?