Maybe, but she's psychologist so she knew what that term "cutter" meant and said it was different.

Well, I'm a psychologist and I think it means what you said. It's the most common form of self-harm in adolescents so people sometimes use "cutter" to refer to all kids that engage in self-harm, even if they don't actually cut themselves. Perhaps that was what she had in mind.

Yeah, but I'd start calling him emo-boy, and ask him if he wanted to listen to The Smiths.

At which point, I think you'd have Dean on an invisible leash for the rest of always, because he'd so totally be your bitch.

VW, maybe just chat and flirt? Over coffee?

I don't know. I haven't been on a date in about 11 years, but that sounds good.

Can one be a psychologist and crazy at the same time?

This is correct:

Well, I'm a psychologist and I think it means what you said. It's the most common form of self-harm in adolescents so people sometimes use "cutter" to refer to all kids that engage in self-harm.

Either she's totally wrong or employing some alternative usage of "cutter" that's only gonna cause confusion with the widespread psych. usage.

VW, maybe just chat and flirt? Over coffee?

I like it. We decided that she's just giving him my e-mail (and a link to my flickr account), so we'll see what happens.

I bought yarn today--orange and purple--the baby room colors. I'm trying to like them. I really, really am.

Also, I didn't mean to imply that because she's psychologist that she is all knowing of all things goth and stuff. I just meant that cause she's one, she would know what a cutter is in terms of self-injury and would have been all over that shit if her son said that he was one or a friend of his was.

::hopes this removes leg from mouth::

GC, consider the argument that Google should not be the gatekeeper of the world's information (it's been the job of libraries/librarians/universities -- have we failed?)

Coffee flirting is good, vw!

My DH took the computer with him when he went to KC this week and thus dashed my hopes of becoming a contributing Bitch this week during my evening hours.

Also, I didn't mean to imply that because she's psychologist that she is all knowing of all things goth and stuff.

I didn't take it that way at all, sweetie. Like I said, this is a HUGE HUGE hot button for me.

vw, I think flirting and chatting over coffee would be good as a date. But, much like Plei, I haven't been on one in over a decade.

IO(tangent-y)N, my motivation for getting any work done just ran away, because someone gave me the YouTube link for the new MCR video that premiered in the UK last night. Editing? What editing? Must watch arty mopey video over and over!

It sounds to me like Aimee's friend's son is throwing around terms he doesn't know the meaning of and then snowing his mother into thinking he's got arcane knowledge rather than ignorance.

Yay, date! Provisionally, because you never know with dates, but having someone you know think someone else would like you, that's pretty cool.

I didn't take it that way at all, sweetie. Like I said, this is a HUGE HUGE hot button for me.

Whew. Ok.

shakes it off

I left her a message to get better clarification on what she thinks she meant.

... and ND, if you're reading this, I spent 8+ years as an academic in the UC system. There's no way they could get a job offer out in 2 weeks -- its just the nature of the beast. Any offer will have to get the okay from the Dean, the Provost, the Budget committee, etc. Re-set your clock for a month (at least).