no fear of deep water.
I am guessing if I ever get to see the Lillybean in person I"ll just spend all my time watching her face.
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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.
beth b - Jan 05, 2006 6:52:01 am PST #7709 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
P.M. Marc - Jan 05, 2006 6:52:28 am PST #7710 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I don't fear deep water, but when I learned to swim, the whole pool was over my head. Also, I float, and have to make an effort to sink.
I do fear sharks, though, which is my main reason for not wanting to swim where the ocean is deep. This may be irrational. However, as I haven't been near swimmable ocean since 1992, I'm okay with it.
§ ita § - Jan 05, 2006 6:52:30 am PST #7711 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
In a lake or a pool, I know I can get to land in any direction if I swim far enough. The ocean, NSM.
I would have said this, and then I moved to Detroit.
I don't mind swimming in deep water (although I kinda hate swimming). I just mind swimming where I can't just up and quit in a minute or two without drowning.
Speaking of things on the radio, a podcast lady today said that American food styles have been changed by immigration, globalisation and celebrity chefs. Have celeb chefs really made much of a difference to the average American? She then cited fruited brisket and some latke variant, and I'm thinking, no, not being served for Sunday dinner across the nation...
Hayden - Jan 05, 2006 6:53:45 am PST #7712 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
That is one amazingly beautiful kid, Plei.
Corwood, isn't it wild how fast they become humans? We're 9 months next week, and I'm not sure where the time went.
No kidding! (and once again, I'm off singing Up With People songs)
We've been co-sleeping with Li'l Sphere since he was born and are trying to transition him to the crib now that the holiday travelling is over. We haven't yet made it all the way through a night.
Vortex - Jan 05, 2006 6:54:35 am PST #7713 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
They're practical! They allow you to go from a fitted small waist to an unhindered hip in a lined business-like pant.
ah, but this assumes a small waist.
Spidra Webster - Jan 05, 2006 6:55:36 am PST #7714 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
I love that I got up early enough to be posting with Nilly today. Hi Nilly!
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Hayden - Jan 05, 2006 6:55:42 am PST #7715 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Oh, and I'm not afraid of deep water, either, which is also probably from growing up near a large body of water. When I was in high school, I used to go night swimming in the Gulf of Mexico with friends fairly often. Sometimes within hours of watching Jaws.
brenda m - Jan 05, 2006 6:56:29 am PST #7716 of 10002
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
Okay, question: how many people here fear swimming in deep water? in the pool? in a lake? in the ocean?
Nope, nope, nope, nope.
§ ita § - Jan 05, 2006 6:56:54 am PST #7717 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
but this assumes a small waist.
It doesn't assume one, it states one. And it's not pleats' fault if the wearer doesn't have a marked waist/hip differential (which is more important than the small waist, really).
sarameg - Jan 05, 2006 6:57:02 am PST #7718 of 10002
Okay, question: how many people here fear swimming in deep water? in the pool? in a lake? in the ocean?
It isn't fear as much as a sense of a deep wrongness....but I'm ok in a pool if I can't see the bottom, or just don't think about it. Actually, thinking about it is the worst.
I took swimming lessons when I was just under three and was fine until I figured out that I was swimming in water over my head. No one told me that! I went on strike and they couldn't get me back to swimming lessons without hysteria until I was 6 ish, though I'd happily go in a pool, and even in the deep end. I guess I felt betrayed or something.
Open water, it doesn't bother me, I have no idea why. Well, the ocean being too tall does, but that has nothing to do with the depth below the surface.