I wanted both glasses and a prosthetic leg as a kid. If you've managed to escape (so far) any messages that these things will get you mocked or ostracised, you can pretty easily build the idea up to cyborg status in your fevered childlike imagination.
Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.
'Time Bomb'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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 § - Nov 14, 2012 4:56:51 pm PST #898 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Amy - Nov 14, 2012 5:02:26 pm PST #899 of 30001
Because books.
I was desperate to break something and have a cast. I think the special attention was the draw.
Sophia, I hope you're better tomorrow. Surprise injuries are no good.
Cashmere - Nov 14, 2012 5:06:40 pm PST #900 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Sophia, they make affordable neoprene sleeves that you can get at any drug store. The ones with the cut out knee cap are probably best. I would pick one up. They're comfortable to wear for several hours and will give your knee the support it needs. If the pain keeps up, go see a doctor. It could be a torn meniscus. But then, it could just be a strain or sprain, and the rest, ice and support is about all you can do. Oh, and take ibprofen over acetaminophen, prophylactically. I usually do 400-600 mgs before practice.
brenda m - Nov 14, 2012 5:10:36 pm PST #901 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
billytea, I may need to quote that.
ita, bigger bowl, plastic wrap and a paper towel underneath for when it doesn't work.
Braces are a Big Girl thing. Until you get them.
§ ita § - Nov 14, 2012 5:21:20 pm PST #902 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I doubt I'd use any process that involves much manual intervention, because the microwave is the hands off magic box for me. It's simpler for me to stand at a stove stirring than starting and restarting the gowy box (no, not that one, the other one) because that's how I'm processing effort investment.
I need to see if my current methods will explode saucers. That seems key. I do actually prefer steel cut (GOD, do I, but I'm a slut for oats in most any form, really) and I had the whole thing down to a lazy mechanical process, but I lost momentum...
Just re-distributed foodstuffs in the kitchen. Since the moth infestation I'm uber-paranoid and keeping more stuff on the counters instead of up on shelves where I can't see them, and in airtight containers instead of the original now-kinda-opened boxes. I love moving grain from rectangular container to cylindrical, etc, inasmuch as I'm testing my ability to estimate volume independently of the dimensions.
I did end up leaning on the raisins a little, but otherwise pretty okay. Canisters are full, and cheapo tupperware is released back for fridge and freezer duty.
§ ita § - Nov 14, 2012 5:40:22 pm PST #903 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Gack! I'm trying to remember part of a phrase. I'm thinking it's "a high [something]" and I am trying to say they're in a huff or their dander is up--I kinda feel like it's a British term, but my brain is being very useless--maybe it's "in a high [something]"?
WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY BRANE????
Jesse - Nov 14, 2012 5:41:07 pm PST #904 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In high dudgeon.
Cass - Nov 14, 2012 5:43:00 pm PST #905 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.
It's simpler for me to stand at a stove stirring than starting and restarting the gowy box (no, not that one, the other one) because that's how I'm processing effort investment.
My guess is that you are not a microwave oatmeal person. I prioritize having just my bowl to clean even if that means I pay attention while I microwave.
Also, I can pretend my breakfast is a supervolcano.
shrift - Nov 14, 2012 5:53:47 pm PST #906 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
this literally happened by just sitting down
Sprained my hand by taking off my coat. A month ago. And it still hurts.
That said, I hope it's nothing serious, Sophia.
§ ita § - Nov 14, 2012 5:58:10 pm PST #907 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, thank DOG, Jesse. And I realise I've never considered low dudgeon. Probably disappointing anyway.
I prioritize having just my bowl to clean even if that means I pay attention while I microwave.
Ah, no. I am awful at intermittently stirring. Remarkably neglectful. I use one of these on the stove, and I still get a charge from how perfectly ita ! serving size it is--if I can just stand still for ten minutes, that is.