Can it be nap time? I stayed up too late finishing a book (my second of the year!), and now I don't want to be awake.
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Lee - Jan 18, 2006 1:52:33 pm PST #1186 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Kathy A - Jan 18, 2006 2:00:55 pm PST #1187 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Things I discovered today:
(1) I'm addicted to the Internet, because I missed y'all!
(2) When the network is down at work, ain't nobody getting anything done.
(3) I should always keep a book in my purse for days such as today, so I have something to do, because it only took 30 minutes to clean off my desk.
(4) My company is strangely optimistic about their IT department's ability to get the network up again, at least until they find out that the replacement part needed to do so won't be delivered until 6:30 pm. Only then (at 3:00 pm) do they tell the managers to send people home.
(5) Early rush hour traffic is a bitch, even at 3:00 on a Wednesday afternoon.
§ ita § - Jan 18, 2006 2:02:47 pm PST #1188 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Can my neurologist please call me back?
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 18, 2006 2:46:14 pm PST #1189 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Oh cool! Yahoo just posted the story of the project that I've been slavishly working on for the past 16 months.
If any of our California teachers have any involvement with the Head Start program (I think Kat's and Kristin's kids are wayyy older than that, right?), you may be seeing some of the stuff I worked on this week at the Sacramento conference.
amych - Jan 18, 2006 2:48:24 pm PST #1190 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Go you, Matt! I know nothing at all about pre-K (or, really, much education before they get old enough to be Buffistas) but I'm completely pro-well-designed-instructional-materials!
Lee - Jan 18, 2006 2:54:43 pm PST #1191 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
What kind of sushi should I have for dinner?
§ ita § - Jan 18, 2006 2:55:22 pm PST #1192 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Cool, Matt! Yeah, Kristin and Kat have older charges.
Finally spoke to the neurologist. I don't think it's going to be a slam dunk, but at least she needs written permission from me before she speaks to the krav people.
Basically, her assessment is that I had a moderate/severe concussion (which I hadn't realised, but that doesn't bother me, since I no longer have most of the post-concussive syndrome (although I'd pay cash money to get rid of what I have left)). Cognitive impairment is a cumulative thing, she says, even way after the concussion. So that's my call. As for time off after a concussion of my severity, she thinks a couple of months is medically recommended.
Check! Done that!
I firmly believe that:
a) I'm not at a significantly higher risk of suffering an injury that compromises my cognitive function
b) I'm not the only post-concussive person at the centre, and if I'm going down for the long term, he needs to boot out some other people too, which will never happen
c) They're exempt, legally
d) I'm willing to gauge how much discomfort I'm in and mitigate my actions accordingly
Now I need to send her my release info, and then schedule a conference call. She also recommended I get evaluated by a sports medicine doc, because they're a) more related b) more liberal.
amych - Jan 18, 2006 2:57:52 pm PST #1193 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
She also recommended I get evaluated by a sports medicine doc, because they're a) more related b) more liberal.
From everything I hear, b) is totally true. The standard sports med consult seems to be "You really shouldn't do things where you get kicked in the head!
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... but we both know that's never going to be an option, so here's what you need to do."
§ ita § - Jan 18, 2006 2:59:32 pm PST #1194 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I won't be able to get a sports med consult before the brown belt test, so I'm going to let him talk to her anyway--I think if she doesn't convince him, the sports med person would be able to override. But I need to give something a shot this coming week.
amych - Jan 18, 2006 3:03:11 pm PST #1195 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I hope you do find something this week -- but I also hope you'll find something that works better for you, even if it's after.
(Also? KILL!)