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It seems kind of rude to be commenting on other people's posts and not writing any of my own, so here goes. I don't get all the technical stuff, mood icons and so forth, all I can offer at this stage are my scribbles. Mostly about Dr Who, my current obsession. When I obsess, I don't do it by halves, and there's usually a good looking man involved somewhere.

Having sexual fantasies at the advanced age of 47 came as a shock. I was never a very highly sexed person. I'm married and we have a comfortable routine, but it seems to be entering a new phase in all kinds of ways and that's good (I think). My kids think I'm terribly embarrassing, not that I discuss such things with them. Bad enough that I sing along to my iPod. At their ages (12 and 15) I guess it's de rigeur to find your mother horribly embarrassing.

I do worry though, that I've never properly grown up. My own mother didn't and I hated her for it at the same age. When she came to see me in college she wanted to sleep on the floor in my room, and threw a tantrum when I booked a guest bedroom for her instead. She never got invited back.

Working on a Who story got me thinking about the power of myth. Who was it said there were only five basic plots (or something like that)? And they all say something pretty fundamental about human nature. Dr Who has turned into the Odyssey, the primal myth illustrating the tension between the male impulse to wander and the female desire for commitment. Will Rose have to wait 10 years and fight of numerous rival suitors? We'll have to wait and see.

(thanks to (meganlynn09) for the icon - hope I'm doing this right. Never know where my kids are either......