It's my estimation that... every man ever got a statue made of him, was one kind of sumbitch or another.

Mal ,'Jaynestown'


Natter 69: Practically names itself.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


§ ita § - Oct 04, 2011 12:35:17 pm PDT #141 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Another thing my sleep psych said (bear with me--she talks a lot, and it's on my mind) is that I need to have a peak operating time during the day. I don't. I never have. I've been just as good in the morning as in the evening as at noon. But apparently that's bad.


Hil R. - Oct 04, 2011 12:35:39 pm PDT #142 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Video of a Deaf woman who hears her voice for the first time after cochlear implants.

That video is leaving me with all sorts of questions. There are clearly a few places in it where she has her eyes closed or her hands over her eyes, and the technician asks her a question and she answers it. Everything I've ever read about cochlear implants says that an adult who gets an implant will not be able to understand speech right away, or perhaps ever, unless they became deaf later in life, after learning the language.


-t - Oct 04, 2011 12:37:29 pm PDT #143 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Yikes,Suzi, that's a long time in the chair!

I am wearing pink, but it's the same pink I slept in and it doesn't look like I'm leaving the house today, so I don't know what to conclude about that.

I like turtlenecks in theory, but in practice I spend all day tugging on the neck to relieve the being strangled feeling they give me. Crew necks sometimes give me the same sensation.


Cass - Oct 04, 2011 12:37:59 pm PDT #144 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Polishistas: Zoya buy one, get one free. [link]


Kat - Oct 04, 2011 12:41:51 pm PDT #145 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I did not wear pink.

But I did trick grace's doc into telling us how much longer we have to do this by mentioning Grace is desperate to swim.


brenda m - Oct 04, 2011 12:50:57 pm PDT #146 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Oh man, you guys. Can I brain dump for a moment?

I'll delete some or all of this shortly, but I need to say it to *somebody* just to get it out. Feel free to TLDR.

I feel like I'm on a rollercoaster (OF DOOOM...) and man, I just want it to stop.


le nubian - Oct 04, 2011 12:51:53 pm PDT #147 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Hil,

apparently she was not totally Deaf when she was born and was wearing a hearing aid at age 2.


Amy - Oct 04, 2011 12:52:20 pm PDT #148 of 30001
Because books.

Oh, brenda. That's so much to deal with all at once. Deep breaths.


le nubian - Oct 04, 2011 12:53:28 pm PDT #149 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I'm with Amy.

Even 20% of that is too much.


-t - Oct 04, 2011 12:54:40 pm PDT #150 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, brenda, that is a lot. I'm sorry.