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The thing about time traveling, or…whatever it was Sam was doing at the moment, was the weird quality of nostalgia. Sam had always previously experienced nostalgia over old Nintendo games or the cartoons he’d watch on the telly on Saturday mornings. Now Sam was nostalgic for things that had never existed in his lifetime: fashion styles he should never have worn, music he should have no memories with.

Sam Tyler was nostalgic for 1974.

“Can you be nostalgic for things that happened before you were born?” he asked Hunt.

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Nicknames: None, really. EGT on here, and the first syllable of my first name to my family. 

Gender: Female

Zodiac: Gemini

Height: 5′2″

Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw

Fav Color: Any shade of blue

Current Time: 7:46 pm

Average Hours of Sleep: 7-8

Lucky #: I don’t have one

Last thing I googled: "chaos theory stable earth college” because I couldn’t remember the name of my own fic

Fav Fictional Characters: Right now: Arthur and Eames from Inception, Sherlock Holmes, Josh from The West Wing. I will leave it at that for now. 

Blankets I sleep w/: A white down blanket, a gold bedspread, with an extra blue blanket knit by great-grandmother in case it’s cold. 

Fav bands/artists: I have too many that I love to have a favorite

Dream Trip: It’s probably one someone else has paid for, that’s five-star all the way. 

Dream Job: I have it. 

Wearing atm: a t-shirt from my law firm, pajama pants, slippers

Age of blog: Five years old next month

Following: 4,738 people

Posts: 23,411

What I post about: Sherlock, Inception, tea, baseball, Boston, sometimes the law, and anything that makes me laugh

When did my blog peak: Why does this question assume everything’s downhill from here? 

Get daily asks?: not really - it seems to go in waves

URL explanation: I was EarlGreyTea on TWoP. When I got an LJ, I needed to add the numbers. I really like tea. I know nothing about Star Trek. The 68 is my birthday: June 8. 

I thought he was texting Lestrade or similar. Like, I am back in Baker Street, so if you have a case you know where to find me.

No, if we're going ACD-style, in S4 Sherlock will say, "Um, sorry about Mary and the baby." And John will look sad and say, "Yes. Thanks." And then they have tea and go on with their lives and never mention it again or explain. Tada!

I think it might have been "Transcript 72" by UpperEchelonDork, which, sadly, seems to have vanished from the internet along with its author.

I think it just knows that you are SO active you should just stay on your dash and keep at it DO NOT QUESTION THE ACTIVITY TAB!