That is messed up, omnis.
Good luck with the dress, sj!
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Spidra Webster - Sep 04, 2010 9:16:02 am PDT #1205 of 30000
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Typo Boy - Sep 04, 2010 9:17:03 am PDT #1206 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I wonder if a better way to put it is the difference between remembering and obsession. Something relevant on the slant is a study that was done a few years ago where it was found that people heal better from emotional trauma (or trauma with a strong emotional component) if they don't talk about it while it is too fresh. The healthiest approach was to go into denial for a time, and then after it was not so fresh, then deal with the trauma and discuss and vent. Because if you talked too much about it right a way, it sort of set the trauma and made it much more difficult to heal.
Also it is interesting how the meaning of memory changes. Prior to 1967, it was a common Israeli attitude to be contemptuous of both survivors and dead of the Holocaust. "Briquettes" was a common epithet, convenient packages ready to be burnt without fighting back. And after 67, the other strain that had always been there of turning Holocaust victims into martyrs into some holy became predominant, because the special relationship between the U.S. and Israel was now in full swing. It was now taken for granted that Israelis were tough guys, so it was more important to sanctify the toughness.
§ ita § - Sep 04, 2010 9:21:33 am PDT #1207 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sadly, I am far too old for her.
Is she underage?
WindSparrow - Sep 04, 2010 9:21:42 am PDT #1208 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.
The dress I ordered the other day is in. It will only zip up half way, which is disappointing.
But it zips up half-way. Which means that the seamstress that vw was speculating about, will have something to work with.
Trudy Booth - Sep 04, 2010 9:23:37 am PDT #1209 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
But it zips up half-way. Which means that the seamstress that vw was speculating about, will have something to work with.
Yeah. A good seamstress can make that a low-backed dress or any other number of options.
Signed: Had enormously broad shoulders for a girl even before I got the boobs.
Shir - Sep 04, 2010 9:25:20 am PDT #1210 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Typo Boy, I think you give too much credit to the six days war and to U.S.-Israel relations with regarding to the awful victim blaming that took place in Israel in the fifties. Eichmann's trial left much greater impact on Israeli conscious of the holocaust.
Typo Boy - Sep 04, 2010 9:26:42 am PDT #1211 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Shir you may have a point.
sj - Sep 04, 2010 9:27:17 am PDT #1212 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Signed: Had enormously broad shoulders for a girl even before I got the boobs.
This is more of a ribcage issue, which was always wide, even when I was a tiny thing.
Now I am trying to find wording for a wedding announcement that doesn't sound incredibly twee.
Trudy Booth - Sep 04, 2010 9:37:52 am PDT #1213 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Oh, the ribcage and back followed along, I didn't look like a T...
Regardless, a skilled seamstress can work wonders if you've got the back half-zipped.
Strix - Sep 04, 2010 9:47:34 am PDT #1214 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Also it is interesting how the meaning of memory changes. Prior to 1967, it was a common Israeli attitude to be contemptuous of both survivors and dead of the Holocaust. "Briquettes" was a common epithet, convenient packages ready to be burnt without fighting back. And after 67, the other strain that had always been there of turning Holocaust victims into martyrs into some holy became predominant, because the special relationship between the U.S. and Israel was now in full swing. It was now taken for granted that Israelis were tough guys, so it was more important to sanctify the toughness.
Holy crap, the interesting stuff you learn. Really? REALLY? I find that victim-blaming stance just incredible. People continually astound me. And not always in good ways. (Not always in bad ways, either, IJS.)