As Willow goes, so goes my nation.

Oz ,'Selfless'


Natter 36: But We Digress...  

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.


-t - Jun 15, 2005 5:22:47 am PDT #2030 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I will repeat, The Motels were robbed.


Connie Neil - Jun 15, 2005 5:26:45 am PDT #2031 of 10001
brillig

There's a picture in your head of a martial artist (or an FBI agent) and it involves certain things -- not being a wuss, being tough, having heart, and these things are in service of a certain goal, and not achieving that goal means you are a wuss with no heart and really what were you thinking getting into this anyway?

You've just described my husband's approach to life. "Goddammit, you just had back surgery/heart surgery/etc.!" I'll yell at him (it's not easy to yell etc.). "I'm not an invalid!" he'll yell back.

He's always defined himself by his strength and his body's capabilities. A stint in a wheelchair is always lurking in his memory, goading him on to prove he can do everything he used to do, the increasing scar tissue notwithstanding. This attitude has kept him functioning beyond what most people have thought he was capable of, but there is an unarguable barrier that he keeps bouncing against. He believes that an acceptance of limitation is an acceptance of the wheelchair, despite the fact that he's screwed up recovery times by trying too much too soon.


Aims - Jun 15, 2005 5:30:07 am PDT #2032 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

The Motels looked like someone's mom doing karaoke.

Arrested Development kicked ass though.


Frankenbuddha - Jun 15, 2005 5:34:15 am PDT #2033 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Timelies. Weather weirdness continues. Yesterday's high temprature was at around 6 or 7 in the morning (high 70s to low 80s). By the time I left work, it was in the 50s.

Not complaining, mind you, as the humid mid to high 80s crap had to go, but it's odd to be back in April/May during mid-June.


sarameg - Jun 15, 2005 5:35:22 am PDT #2034 of 10001

I don't want to be back at work.

I REALLY want my car back today. (Mechanic is expecting the shipment in this morning.)

I forgot my lunch. I don't remember locking my door. (I'm sure I did. It's instinctive. But it is a thing to obsess about.)


Connie Neil - Jun 15, 2005 5:37:46 am PDT #2035 of 10001
brillig

But it is a thing to obsess about.

Forget about Obsession for Men, it's Obsession for Fretters that is really popular.


Allyson - Jun 15, 2005 5:38:13 am PDT #2036 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

He believes that an acceptance of limitation is an acceptance of the wheelchair, despite the fact that he's screwed up recovery times by trying too much too soon.

Does he get it logically, that he's screwing up recovery? What I mean to ask is, is it a battle between head and heart and heart wins?


brenda m - Jun 15, 2005 5:40:36 am PDT #2037 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

For ita.


Connie Neil - Jun 15, 2005 5:42:01 am PDT #2038 of 10001
brillig

is it a battle between head and heart and heart wins?

Pretty much. He wants to get better so that he can take some of the stress off of me, plus there's the fear of giving in to everything, plus he's always been lucky to bounce back fairly quickly. While the nurses are trying to talk other people into just standing up to go to the bathroom by themselves, Hubby will be taking strolls to other floors. He can't find the Do Not Cross line in recovery until he trips over it.


Jesse - Jun 15, 2005 5:42:19 am PDT #2039 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I will repeat, The Motels were robbed.

Word. People are lame.