TAL did a segment last week on ASMR [link]. At the end of it, I turned to J and said, "Wait, are you telling me you don't have that tingly sensation when someone whispers or speaks quietly in an accent? I thought everyone did." This totally explains why I saw every episode of Bob Ross painting. So, how many Buffistas get that feeling? I am going to try using some of these youtube videos when going to sleep and see what that does.

I read about that a while ago! And I watched a video of a woman folding towels and talking about it, and...nothing. But I wanted to tear down a wall in the hallway so I could make a linen closet.

I can't remember a night that awful. Would Not Stop.

I had one of those recently. At my brother's and with a full house. I just couldn't stop the terrors or calm down. It was awful and it would not stop. The only small blessing is that I did have a door to my room and was freaking the fuck out and panicking in private. It was horrid. I got through the next morning through sheer will.

I quickly go from nose-wrinkling itchiness to JESUS CHRIST IT'S A LION GET IN THE CAR.

Okay, I watched the beginning of the video of the woman TOUCHING THE CAMERA, and I pretty much had this reaction.

Bob Ross is nice, though.

Okay, I watched the beginning of the video of the woman TOUCHING THE CAMERA, and I pretty much had this reaction.

Oh absolutely! She is creepy.

I know you all were on the edge of your seats, but here's what I did with the ripened avocados: I mashed one and mixed it with some pico de gallo from the store and we ate that quick guacamole with our chicken tacos for dinner!

I have more avocado that I think I will eat for breakfast tomorrow with more pico and eggs.Yay!!!!

I love avocados....I wish the squirrels who took them off our trees would either eat the whole thing or at least not leave semi-ripe ones with one bit out at the bottom of our stairs.

We also have kumquats on a tree. I live in a weird house. I think all of the fruit trees are making me sicker.

JESUS CHRIST IT'S A LION GET IN THE CAR.

The more I read this, the funnier it gets. What do you call that? Does it have a groovy acronym?

I love avocados....

Cause they are amazing and so wonderful.

Once I take Benedryl.

JESUS CHRIST IT'S A LION GET IN THE CAR.

The more I read this, the funnier it gets.

Oh, yay, it's not just me.

This also keeps getting funnier the more I read it:

"DON'T YOU FUCKING TRY TO GENTLE ME YOU CREEPY MOTHERFUCKER WHO I AM NOW SETTING ON FIRE"

I don't think the whisper videos are the end-all be-all of ASMR-- like I said, they do nothing for me, among other reasons for the sibilance/popping reasons noted, but here's the Slate article that describes other circumstances: [link]

Bob Bob doesn't really have it but knows he experienced it once during a haircut. Haircuts do it for me too. This whole finding out what ASMR is has been kind of amazing. I know I first identified the experience when I was five and it was naptime during daycare-- kind of a soft murmur. I never put together the common stimuli until finding out about the acronym though. So neat.