My mother's selectively extremely squeamish. She thought the idea of Bodyworks plastination was disgusting, yet it was her medical books that scared me so much as a tot (I swear one was just a deformity coffee table book -- got me worried I could develop congenital problems). She'll dissect freshly killed rats without a second thought, but my seven millionth blood draw freaks her out.
Dawn: I think a date should be in a real fancy restaurant, then champagne at a night club with a floor show, then ballroom dancing. Joyce: Unfortunately, we're not dating in a movie from the thirties.
'Get It Done'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Mar 24, 2005 7:25:15 am PST #126 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kate P. - Mar 24, 2005 7:33:31 am PST #127 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
The word "preventative" is jammed into my head in the slot where I fear "preventive" goes.
Huh, me too. m-w.com does recognize "preventative" as a word, but it seems to be the redheaded stepchild to "preventive".
Fred Pete - Mar 24, 2005 7:33:48 am PST #128 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Also out sick today. Been fighting a cold or some similar ick, and the cold/ick won.
OTOH, I think I scored some fun drugs out of it.
Closer to topic, I had a college roommate who was pre-dental. Also into bodybuilding, so built like a linebacker. Another friend TA'ed him in a lab-type class, told me roommate screamed at the sight of blood.
Aims - Mar 24, 2005 7:35:31 am PST #129 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
She'll dissect freshly killed rats without a second thought, but my seven millionth blood draw freaks her out.
Am now picturing your mom twirling the rats by the tails to distract herself from your blood draw.
§ ita § - Mar 24, 2005 7:35:32 am PST #130 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
it seems to be the redheaded stepchild to "preventive".
I know! The definitions are all "What the fuck are you doing here? Go look up a real word!"
Uh...there was something else. But preventative has eaten my brain.
eta:
your mom twirling the rats by the tails to distract herself from your blood draw
Going to her happy place, you mean?
Nicole - Mar 24, 2005 7:35:47 am PST #131 of 10001
I'm getting the pig!
I wish I would've had the sense to call out from work today. Instead, after two days of meetings, we've finally come to the consensus that fire alarms will now be called Life Safety alarms.
SailAweigh - Mar 24, 2005 7:37:34 am PST #132 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
When I was in the Navy, I did a lot of "preventative maintenance." Whether or not it's wrong, it didn't stop us from doing it anyway. That whole phrase just never looked right from the gitgo.
Steph L. - Mar 24, 2005 7:42:48 am PST #133 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
"Preventive" is the correct one, but "preventative" gets more play just from misuse spreading, like "a whole nother."
t /medical editor
IMDB says Hayden Church is playing Venom in Spidey 3.
Venom? VENOM? VENOM?
Don't get me wrong; I love Venom, and as long as it's done well (and I have no reason to think it won't be, since 1 and 2 were so good), it could kick serious ass.
But -- what about Harry finding the Green Goblin Craxy Supply Warehouse? What about one-armed Dr. Connors???
Ignore me. I'll be over here getting my geek on.
aurelia - Mar 24, 2005 7:50:19 am PST #134 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
1 and 2 were so good
?!
Okay, so I never saw the first one, but I mocked the 2nd one mercilessly.
Nutty - Mar 24, 2005 7:52:57 am PST #135 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I just had cause to use the phrase "the law peeps got your back, yo".
Can I be sent home sick too??
(No, not in a work context, although I've been Miss Logorrhea all day.)