MaidenGurl, what's STBX mean?
ETA--Never mind, figured it out.
Oh, look at the pretties!
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Spike's Bitches 40: Buckle Up, Kids! Daddy's Puttin' the Hammer Down.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Scrappy - Mar 27, 2008 11:14:53 am PDT #1873 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Laga - Mar 27, 2008 11:15:25 am PDT #1874 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
meara - Mar 27, 2008 11:18:25 am PDT #1875 of 10001
See, the only thing I can come up with is more like Crohn's disease, or ulcerative colitis--you can end up in the hospital on a semi-regular basis with those, depending on how your condition is. (I think there may even be a Buffista with one of those) But you may not want to make people think of your character's bowels.
Vortex - Mar 27, 2008 11:18:52 am PDT #1876 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I would think that CF wouldn't be good because it would require a number of other life changes that might not work for the character. I got the impression that the disease shouldn't have other issue besides the brief hospital stays.
Pix - Mar 27, 2008 11:19:11 am PDT #1877 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
CF is fatal too young for my character. (Average life expectancy is 20s-30s in most cases.)
megan walker - Mar 27, 2008 11:20:10 am PDT #1878 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
When we were kids swearing around Mom was a BIG deal. We were also not allowed to say "shut up" (it is very dismissive and disrespectful) and that got her angrier than Shit or Damn.
The only time I was slapped by my mother was when I said "Shut up!" to her face. I was in 6th or 7th grade. Of course, my parents never even yelled at us, so just the volume of it was probably pretty harsh all on its own.
If we said shut up to other siblings, it cost us a quarter. As did using the sewing scissors on paper.
Pix - Mar 27, 2008 11:20:59 am PDT #1879 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Crohn's diseaseOne of my best friends has this, and yes, I'd considered it. But yeah, don't want that to be the focus on the character.
I got the impression that the disease shouldn't have other issue besides the brief hospital stays.I think it would have some issues--restricted activity or food or some such.
Glamcookie - Mar 27, 2008 11:21:31 am PDT #1880 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
cystic fibrosis
Any of you read Alex: The Life of a Child? [link] I read it in my teens and it about broke me.
beekaytee - Mar 27, 2008 11:23:03 am PDT #1881 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Crohn's disease
An exBF suffers. He's been in and out of hospital since childhood. He lives an otherwise (mostly) normal life...great job, serious gym rat and cyclist...but suffers almost constantly.
His mother also has the condition...which leads to weird attachment/detachment issues between them.
Really interesting, really.
Laga - Mar 27, 2008 11:30:53 am PDT #1882 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
well my life just changed- my roommate's new guitar has arrived.
"I just became five points cooler."
"Want to hold it? You can be as cool as me for a few seconds."