{{Seska}} It's so hard not being able to be there while the crisis is going on.
Wash: I didn't think you were one for rituals and such. Mal: I'm not, but it'll keep the others busy for a while. No reason to concern them with what's to be done.
'Bushwhacked'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[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.
-t - Sep 24, 2009 2:01:36 pm PDT #24296 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Polter-Cow - Sep 24, 2009 2:08:27 pm PDT #24297 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
{{Seska}}
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 24, 2009 2:08:40 pm PDT #24298 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Seska, are you able to take tomorrow off due to family emergency?
I'm writing my dissertation, so I mostly set my own schedule at the moment, but I was supposed to have a meeting tomorrow morning. It might be rearrange-able.
Apologies for needing to share the stress here, but most of my online life is too connected with offline life to be able to talk about this (I have no idea who they have or haven't told - I think they only just heard).
Plus, you guys do this great ~ma thing. And are awesome.
WindSparrow - Sep 24, 2009 2:23:50 pm PDT #24299 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
From the little I know about it, it's about having trouble focusing on one thing for long time, right?
Erm, not exactly. People with ADD or ADHD may alternate distractibility with periods of hyperfocus - focusing on something to the exclusion of other things for an extended time. In some of the ADD ADHD forums I've been to online, some folks say they would prefer to call it Variable Attention Disorder, because sometimes we focus too much, and sometimes we can't focus - and it is usually whichever is least convenient for the circumstance. Here is a checklist that might help you know if it is worth getting evaluated: [link]
Do you know what the percentage of men with ADHD/ADD vs. women is, Windsparrow? It's just something I was always curious about.
IIRC, in the past the ratio of women to men diagnosed with ADHD was 1:9, and then since then it has been acknowledged that females have been under-diagnosed. I've seen some speculation that as many women as men have it in reality. But I do not know the current numbers, now that they are recognizing girls show it differently.
Oh, BTW, I meant to tell you that not only is Amarna losing weight with the Wellness food, her coat has also got superglossy! You can practically see yourself in that black fur reflection. And, she's jumping everywhere now that she's feeling much more energetic!
Yay for a healthy, happier Amarna. Wellness is good stuff.
WindSparrow - Sep 24, 2009 2:26:51 pm PDT #24300 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Plus, you guys do this great ~ma thing. And are awesome.
Much ~ma to The Girl's father, to her whole family, and to you. Please don't apologize for needing a safe place to let it out.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 24, 2009 2:32:53 pm PDT #24301 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Here is a checklist that might help you know if it is worth getting evaluated
Some of the symptoms are remarkably similar to dyspraxia, which is my particular version of neurodiversity. I wonder if similar areas of the brain are affected in both.
Calli - Sep 24, 2009 2:49:59 pm PDT #24302 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm sorry, Seska. I hope it turns out to be treatable.
Fay - Sep 24, 2009 2:52:18 pm PDT #24303 of 30000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Holy crap, Andi. I think that's me too.
Huh. Never would have suspected that.
Anne W. - Sep 24, 2009 3:03:57 pm PDT #24304 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
{{{Seska, Girl, Girl's father}}}
sj - Sep 24, 2009 3:18:58 pm PDT #24305 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
{{{{Seska, Girl and Girl's family}}} I'm so sorry.