Chocolate cake.
Mal: Yeah, well, just be careful. We cheated Badger out of good money to buy that frippery, and you're supposed to make me look respectable. Kaylee: Yes, sir, Captain Tightpants.
'Shindig'
Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46
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 § - Aug 09, 2006 3:56:13 pm PDT #1715 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Zenkitty - Aug 09, 2006 3:59:22 pm PDT #1716 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
From the Handshake article: "The conscious mind recognizes negation in speech ("Don't do X") however the unconscious mind pays more attention to the "X" than the injunction "Don't do". "
I think this is why little-little children tend to do exactly the thing you just told them not to do. Their conscious controlling mind isn't as developed as their unconscious mind, and what they hear is the positive aspect, not the negative aspect. "Don't pick that up. Don't pick that up! What did I just say?!" And the kid, who's just picked the thing up, stares at you in blank incomprehension. My sister's kids - notoriously contrary - used to do this.
Hypnosis is apparently very "zen". Interesting article.
Jesse - Aug 09, 2006 4:00:47 pm PDT #1717 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
CUPCAKE!
SailAweigh - Aug 09, 2006 4:02:52 pm PDT #1718 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Chocolate cupcake! More better, more icing per cubic cake.
§ ita § - Aug 09, 2006 4:03:21 pm PDT #1719 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
"The conscious mind recognizes negation in speech ("Don't do X") however the unconscious mind pays more attention to the "X" than the injunction "Don't do". "
Yeah, we're told not to do or describe the wrong thing when teaching, even if it's a mistake everyone's about to make. I still do, but I try and make it very conversational so the X doesn't stand out too much. Some of the other instructors repeat "NEGATIVE DEMONSTRATION" a couple times before doing the wrong thing.
It's insane what people latch onto. Makes you very self-conscious when you're teaching physicality with your body and your words.
-t - Aug 09, 2006 4:03:28 pm PDT #1720 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Good luck, Bridget!
Zenkitty - Aug 09, 2006 4:04:41 pm PDT #1721 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Also, I just finished the last of the iced chocolate cupcakes. Tomorrow I go back on the low-carb diet. Goodbye, chocolate cake. We'll meet again someday.
You know, a red heifer isn't that hard to find. Just pop down to the livestock market and pick up a Red Angus.
msbelle - Aug 09, 2006 4:05:18 pm PDT #1722 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
BB AS - Love Danielle - wish she would have realized that putting up Will right now would be good, but since Season 6 has dominated so much, I guess Kaysar was a good second choice.
-t - Aug 09, 2006 4:08:44 pm PDT #1723 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I don't think I'm really habitual about handshaking - I always have to think about how it's supposed to work, is this person a cheek kisser, am I even supposed to offer my hand, it seems very complicated. Which might make me more susceptible, as I'm already all distracted. So now I can worry about whether whoever's hand I'm shaking is hynotizing me, too.
-t - Aug 09, 2006 4:09:53 pm PDT #1724 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
You know, a red heifer isn't that hard to find.
Gotta have less than 3 white hairs is the tricky bit. Or so I am given to understand.