* The facts are subject to open record; the substance is not an open book.
* My father was a cop. It's why I became one too.
* Two marriages and two divorces? Don't stand too well with big Irish Catholic family. Especially my mother.
* Marrying at seventeen turned out to be a bad idea.
* Marrying a, so to speak, colleague turned out to be a bad idea. That may have been because he's a total ass, though. I wish my baby sister could have learned from my experience...
* I've been practicing Aikido since I was eleven. Good thing too.
* I was dumped into SI, what amounts to being the 'leper colony' of CPD. Well, not into, on top of it. Getting down from there was my own doing. With a little unexpected and unasked-for help.
* That 'wizard' guy from the yellow pages? Yeah, I work with him. Yeah, he's the real deal.
* Silver items with sentimental family value have way more than sentimental family value.
* The term 'psychic violation' is not something made up. Nor something fun. At all.

* Tackling bullies works one way or another, regardless of their age and size (or mine). My lunch box is mine. Period. (My brother's homework is his, too.)

* The above doesn't mean I can't get hurt in the process. But that result's worth it.

* There are very good reasons for all the instructors' warning us not to use Aikido except for actual self defense.

* It's awesome to have my brothers (they may be younger but it didn't take them long to outgrow me, in size) as backup.

* They aren't always near, though.

* Cheating will help you get a good grade. Is the good grade my goal for being in school - or doing whatever else I do?

* People who treat me like a cute little girl get on my nerves in other ways too. No exceptions. It's a clear signal and I don't need to be nice.

* For that matter, being nice overall doesn't seem to be working out well for me anyway. Some people are even all right with that.

* I don't tend to be much of a favorite with teachers and other superiors. Great.

* The things my father taught me that I believe are important and true? They still are, no matter who says otherwise.

Muse: Karrin Murphy
Fandom: The Dresden Files (novels)

( Cutting for a bit of language. )

Muse: Karrin Murphy
Fandom: Dresden Files (novels)

- Sit back and let those things going 'bump' in the night rampage free and unchecked.

- Let Dresden - or anyone else - try to protect us all without backup.

- Refuse to use a resource I have available to do my job. Yes, that means reading Dresden's reports too, even when they're hard to believe. Yes, that also means using Dresden as a backup.

- Regret doing what needed to be done.

- Regret making the personal-life choices that I have.

- Stop caring about my family. And what my family ... thinks. I know it would be easier if I did, I just can't. That doesn't mean I'll change to suit them.

- Do, consciously, harm to somebody I an certain is innocent.

- Stop caring about poking fun of Dresden.

- Walk away, uncaring, when someone is in need of help and I know and can do something - anything - about it.

- Forget the way Raith almost broke me and damned if I don't try to do SOMETHING about it! Making the same mistake twice? Not if I can help it.

Muse: Karrin Murphy
Fandom: The Dresden Files (novels)

( Cutting for length. Introduction, sorta. Well, the drill. )

Muse: Karrin Murphy
Fandom: The Dresden Files (novels)
ooc: Karrin is not currently part of TTS.