I gathered from the article that the writer was in college when she wrote this essay
That is a good point that I hadn't considered.
Fred: The size and depth of the wound indicate a female vampire. Harmony: Or gay! Fred: Um…it doesn't really work like that.
'Harm's Way'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[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.
Jessica - Sep 27, 2010 1:06:28 pm PDT #4256 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Spidra Webster - Sep 27, 2010 1:08:39 pm PDT #4257 of 30000
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Seska, it's even worse. My mom has fibromyalgia, Sjögren's and a couple other conditions so she feels like "if I can do x, you can do x". No, Mom, I can't. I don't know how your disability works for you but I know what I can and can't do without huge consequences. And honestly? She can't, either. She regularly drives herself into month long bedrest and hospital visits because she does not know when to back off and take care of herself.
I think the spoons metaphor is very helpful. It's imperfect for the reasons mentioned but I think it's largely true that healthy able-bodied young people don't think about what mundane tasks they can do before their body collapses. Before I became disabled, I didn't. In fact, for a number of years after I became disabled I didn't because I hadn't really come to grips with my condition and what it would mean for me.
Jessica - Sep 27, 2010 1:09:11 pm PDT #4258 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The good: The gluten-free brownies I made for my co-workers (one has celiac) were so good that they were all eaten up.
The bad: Now there are no brownies left for ME even though I had to stay late.
The lesson: Next time, make extra brownies and hide them.
tommyrot - Sep 27, 2010 1:13:22 pm PDT #4259 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The lesson: Next time, make extra brownies and hide them.
Then make more extra brownies and put them in a glass case and label it, "In case of emergency, break glass."
meara - Sep 27, 2010 1:15:05 pm PDT #4260 of 30000
Sigh. The motivation fairy visited me for like, an hour. And then she left. And I'm NOT DONE. But I had to stop to eat something because it was 1:30, and now it's...3:15 and I haven't started again. Doh.
Jessica - Sep 27, 2010 1:15:05 pm PDT #4261 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
But then won't the brownies have shards of glass in them? I'm seeing a downside to your plan...
Calli - Sep 27, 2010 1:15:42 pm PDT #4262 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Congratulations, Aims!
tommyrot - Sep 27, 2010 1:17:07 pm PDT #4263 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
But then won't the brownies have shards of glass in them? I'm seeing a downside to your plan...
Good point. Maybe something like this to protect the Emergency Brownies:
sj - Sep 27, 2010 1:19:48 pm PDT #4264 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
{{{Spidra}}} I'm sorry that your mother is so insensitive to your limitations.
Zenkitty - Sep 27, 2010 1:20:35 pm PDT #4265 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
But then won't the brownies have shards of glass in them?
Adds texture.