re: hospitals. Does anywhere in America use the old several-people-in-one-room ward type of setup still?
the most i've seen is three, haven't seen one of those huge rooms with 15 beds or whatever.
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
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.
Vortex - Apr 28, 2005 8:21:58 am PDT #9738 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Cashmere - Apr 28, 2005 8:26:24 am PDT #9739 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I came from a large family, so dodgeball really fit into our game playing dynamic. I don't know if it teaches life skills or not, but I think that it can sharpen physical skills and reflexes. It can be fun if everyone plays in the spirit of the game and isn't out to specifically hurt others--that requires a certain amount of supervision so that that doesn't happen.
I do think that it did teach me that some people are mean and that you need to learn to deal with their shit.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 28, 2005 8:27:36 am PDT #9740 of 10001
What is even happening?
The first time I was hospitalized as a child, I was very disappointed to be in my own room.
Hilary Swank should sue.Yeah. And she should use any monies awarded to buy a freaking cheeseburger. Mischa looks cute with her freckles showing.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 28, 2005 8:28:53 am PDT #9741 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I played this all the time, though not at school. It was a neighborhood game.
That's what I meant by not playing it on the playground. It was a back yard game (or played on a nearby college sports field and the surrounding woods - a lot of my friends while growing up had parents who were Bowdoin profs. or alumni, so we felt entitled and pretty much got away with it; later it became frisbee/party central during high school).
Smear the Queer is actually a really good self-adjusting game for a group of kids...It looks like anarchy, but it's anarchy which gives the kids playing a chance to play to their strengths.
Been said before, and will be said again: Robin is wise.
Scrappy, however, is an inferno.
Cashmere - Apr 28, 2005 8:29:00 am PDT #9742 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
new definition of earworm. High EEEEEWWWWWWW warning.
sarameg - Apr 28, 2005 8:29:39 am PDT #9743 of 10001
It can be fun if everyone plays in the spirit of the game and isn't out to specifically hurt others
This is key. A group of neighborhood kids used to play it and it was fine (even though we did break some windows!) However, I HATED HATED HATED it when it was a compulsory activity at school. It was awful then.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 28, 2005 8:30:44 am PDT #9744 of 10001
What is even happening?
High EEEEEWWWWWWW warning.The warning was there--as big as life. Why did I ignore it? Why? Why? Why?
Cashmere - Apr 28, 2005 8:33:03 am PDT #9745 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
However, I HATED HATED HATED it when it was a compulsory activity at school. It was awful then.
I hated gym in general because I felt awkward and clumsy from the time I was 11 on. Once I got into middle school, gym was DAILY torture. Undressing and standing around in the gym with a bunch of girls I didn't know that well probably put me off exercise for life.
I wish there was some way to make gym class fun without the stress. I stopped taking phys ed classes as soon as I was able and promptly gained 50 lbs in high school.
sarameg - Apr 28, 2005 8:34:07 am PDT #9746 of 10001
OK, mortgage agents calling just to find out where to send information freak me out.
I think if I do end up buying a house? I'm going to end up more spastic than my psycho kitty. Good lord.
§ ita § - Apr 28, 2005 8:37:05 am PDT #9747 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My ears itch a lot.