I guess maybe part of what bothers me is the fear that there really isn't any underlying difference -- no mental illness, no deepset evil or sociopathy (is that a word?) -- and that he's just a guy who did something awful and stupid without really realizing what he was doing, and got caught up in it, and just kept going. I don't want to think that, but it's always been a scary possibility.
Okay, enough. Sorry about the depressing, folks. Ten minutes to my next class! Maybe I'll post about the mouse next!
Thanks, Emily. I speak some Arabic - not very well, but it was one of my high school electives.
It's weird - apparently there's been a stigma against mental illness for a long time. I once saw a list of the most stigmatized conditions and how they've changed over the years. For example, cancer was highly stigmatized in the late 1800s - people would keep their cancerous relatives up in the attic or something and never tell anyone what was going on. So the stigma associated with various diseases has come and gone over the years. But mental illness has always been one of the highest, if not highest stigmatized disease.
Emily, my DH and cousin both liked the RosettaStone to learn some basic Arabic. My DH hasn't really had a chance to use it, but my cousin has been able to speak enough when she visits her husband's family (who don't speak English) to make herself understood.
3) Batman
Do you have a preferred incarnation?
Also, you're light on Marvel there. No Spidey love? Dr. Strange? Walt Simonson's Thor? (or Beta Ray Bill?)
shrift, were they filming YOU?
No. Well, they better not have, because I was in my pajamas and had bed hair. They're shooting a commercial on my street today, although I don't know
why.
I mean, it's not exactly the most picturesque street in Chicago, but whatever.
Once they shot a commercial on my street (when I was in Wicker Park) but I never saw the commercial on TV. I was so disappointed....
They filmed at least part of an ep of The Wire in my apartment complex.
What?!
They filmed a whole John Waters movie in my neighborhood! Not on my current street though, it's a little too classy looking I guess to fit the theme.
Also, you're light on Marvel there. No Spidey love? Dr. Strange? Walt Simonson's Thor? (or Beta Ray Bill?)
Also, none of the Endless and no John Constantine.
