Great news, amyth!
Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.
Anya ,'Potential'
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Shir - Oct 23, 2010 7:53:36 am PDT #6467 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
§ ita § - Oct 23, 2010 8:02:08 am PDT #6468 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That's so great to hear, amyth.
Sean K - Oct 23, 2010 8:11:43 am PDT #6469 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Great news, amych!
Random true neurology fact - singing comes from a completely different area of the brain than speech, and brother-of-amych's cover of "That's Amore" was probably less slurred than his speech.
amyth - Oct 23, 2010 8:30:18 am PDT #6470 of 30000
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Awesome fact, Sean!
But probably still terrible. All three of us, like our father, are awful singers. Only our mother could sing. But I'm sure it was wonderful to hear!
Barb - Oct 23, 2010 8:36:43 am PDT #6471 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Excellent news, amyth.
And not coincidentally, I've been earwormed with "That's Amore" (Dean Martin version) all morning.
sj - Oct 23, 2010 8:46:10 am PDT #6472 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
My 5 year old nephew apparently got in trouble at school for standing on the lunchroom tables singing "That's Amore".
Maria - Oct 23, 2010 9:15:54 am PDT #6473 of 30000
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
That is fan-FUCKING-tastic news, amyth!
sj, that's too precious. I'm imagining a '50's-style musical production, complete with suddenly-dancing students and a full orchestra.
erin_obscure - Oct 23, 2010 9:18:18 am PDT #6474 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I *heart* sj's nephew. what a great way to get in trouble. fantastic news from amyth's fam, continuing the ~ma all over for positive outcomes all round.
I used to get migraines at least once a week starting around age 11. Worst was one that lasted 4 days. 4 days of crying as softly and gently as possible in a dark room. Went to mult drs and neuros b/ my pediatrician didn't believe teenagers could get migraines *shrug*. Standard mind-stabbingly painful headaches with olfactory auras coupled with blinding pain, nausea, and light sensitivity. I wouldn't make that shit up, they came on weekends as well as weekdays so it wasn't like i was trying to avoid school. At age 16 got put on nortryptylene as a preventative after competent neuro realized how fast i was going through midrin and naprosyn on an "as needed" basis. I had clearly told him i was averaging three migraines a week, and yet he was still astonished i was taking the meds more than once a week. Der. Stayed on the preventative for 15 years, by which time they had tapered out to maybe one or two a year, so i gradually weaned off it and am holding steady at maybe one or two a year, sometimes less. Outgrowing misery is a great thing that i highly recommend. Now i just get tension and eyestrain headaches, which feel totally different and respond magnificently to ibuprofen.
It seems to me that migraines seem to be more prevalent among intelligent/creative types. Never found a specific trigger for mine but i think more and more that it might have had something to do with my tobacco allergy...since the migraines desisted around the same time my "asthma" disappeared (when i moved out of VA where everyone smoked inside to CA where no one was allowed to smoke inside anywhere.) Or maybe they were just an early warning flag for FMS.
Sometimes i wonder if our brains are just wired wierd.
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Barb - Oct 23, 2010 9:23:45 am PDT #6475 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
My 5 year old nephew apparently got in trouble at school for standing on the lunchroom tables singing "That's Amore".
This is why I'm a terrible parent-- I'd be more proud that a five-year-old knows a classic like "That's Amore" than worried about being in trouble.
Nicole - Oct 23, 2010 9:29:50 am PDT #6476 of 30000
I'm getting the pig!
Yay, amyth! Just such wonderful news.
{{FredPete & Hubs & Max}} continued good thoughts and lots of ~ma.