I am making notes as I watch over on lj. not much, just a few thoughts.

Sadly, I am so disconnected with LJ right now. If I comment on there, it will probably just be my _art persona, because that's all I log in with these days, for fanart purposes.

I hallucinated the fucking ringtone of the fucking asshole in my old building who had his iPhone on that stupid blues ringtone and never muted it, even though it went off like five times a fucking hour.

Ahem.

Since that article I've repeatedly wondered if I was hallucinating the Skype default ring, but every time I also heard someone else answer it, so if I am making things up, I have admirable attention to detail.

Tommy, trying to set aside ethical selective breeding ethics aside, do you like these kitties: [link] ?

Babies crying is nothing but upsetting to me. Not in the you are disturbing me way but in the I want to fix it way.

To be quite trite, having a kid changes your perspective on them. I remember, bon, the one time you met you Noah you said he was freaky. I assume having a little person of your own changes that gut reaction too.

In other news, I HATE THE HEAT. oh look hate is an anagram for heat.

Kat, you've mentioned that before, and though I don't remember the circumstances, I think I must have meant it differently than it came out, because it doesn't sound like what I thought at the time.

Hallucinations are not diagnosed unless there is clear evidence that the sensations or perceptions are contrary to reality. Conditions of perceptual ambiguity ("is that a shadow or a black cat? Oh it was just a shadow")are excluded. Same for "is that my cell phone ringing? Oh I guess not."

If you turn on the light or hold the cell phone to your ear and still see a cat or hear a ring that no one else can see or hear, that might be a hallucination. It could still be something else, but that would be a minimal standard to start considering hallucinations.

Jesse, you do the Good Stuff tumblr, right?

I forgot how to submit, but here's a great story about Zack Galifinakis: [link]

Tommy, trying to set aside ethical selective breeding ethics aside, do you like these kitties: [link] ?

They are cool-looking. I wonder if their appearance would be more or less alarming than a Sphynx to someone who was unfamiliar with both breeds.

eta: Awwww. [link]

I think I like completely hairless better than sparse hair on kitties. But, I like wrinkles, too.

With regard to hallucinations- I did once see a giant black monster come out from under and overpass and roar, but I quickly realized that is was just the noise of the cars and something out of the corner of my eye. It was a little scary though, because my grandfather spent a good part of his 30s thinking Jesus was talking to him, and eventually took my uncle, drove to long island sound, and tried to "baptize" him (and almost drown him) because Jesus told him to. So hallucinations are scary to me.