An excellent strategy.
These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Aug 05, 2015 5:09:02 am PDT #2664 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Beverly - Aug 05, 2015 5:23:52 am PDT #2665 of 30003
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Keeping breathing is an excellent plan. I wupport that plan.
I myself woke suddenly from what I suspect is an apnea dream--they usually involve drowning or suffocating, and are so jarring I can't close my eyes for a while. Two little kids down a storm drain, this time. Ugh.
I'm sorry, sarameg.
I agree with -t, Zen. It's a good strategy if that's what you need.
Gudanov - Aug 05, 2015 5:28:11 am PDT #2666 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping
Breathing is always a good idea.
sj - Aug 05, 2015 5:33:54 am PDT #2667 of 30003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
shrift, keep breathing is an excellent plan. Tons of moving ~ma to you.
Zenkitty, I'm sorry about your sister. Tons of ~ma to her.
Maria - Aug 05, 2015 5:35:26 am PDT #2668 of 30003
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
Ebay?
I looked. No luck. I'll keep checking every so often.
shrift, I'm sorry everything is being just too much. Moving is hell. Moving halfway across the country is a special hell. Moving the whole way is the 9th circle of hell.
sara, ugh, that sucks. I hope the second half of the week redeems itself.
Zen, much heart~ma to your sister.
Ginger - Aug 05, 2015 5:43:23 am PDT #2669 of 30003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I hate those dreams that linger into the day.
I dreamed there was a drug that let you watch a screen that looked like an Asteroids game, and by concentrating on zapping the asteroids, you zapped away pain.
I needed an appointment at short notice, and they had a cancellation. I can't seem to work up much gratitude, since it's at 8 a.m. tomorrow. Blerg.
Rick - Aug 05, 2015 5:55:57 am PDT #2670 of 30003
I dreamed there was a drug that let you watch a screen that looked like an Asteroids game, and by concentrating on zapping the asteroids, you zapped away pain.
Back when I did real clinical work instead of professor stuff, I used exactly this scenario with a video game fan who had chronic pain. I would hypnotize him, set up the situation, and he would lie back in the recliner zapping his pain with great satisfaction for half an hour.
Unfortunately, he never was able to master self-hypnosis, so the treatment was of no use to him after he left the hospital.
-t - Aug 05, 2015 6:31:18 am PDT #2671 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I dreamed there was a drug that let you watch a screen that looked like an Asteroids game, and by concentrating on zapping the asteroids, you zapped away pain.
That sounds familiar, like I read about something like that being developed?
Ugh, Beverly, I hate those kinds of dreams/waking up. I took a nap recently and had one of those sleep paralysis dreams, reminded me why I don't generally take naps (seems to be when that happens the most).
meara - Aug 05, 2015 6:59:12 am PDT #2672 of 30003
Rick FTW! So, learn how to self-hypnotize and make your dreams come true, Ginger? :)
Zenkitty - Aug 05, 2015 7:07:05 am PDT #2673 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Thanks for the ~ma, everyone. Hugs, hairpats, coffee and wine to everyone who wants them.
As of way too early this morning, my sister's heart agreed to beat normally again, and she was falling asleep in the hospital room. Her boyfriend is with her. I've heard nothing since, and am assuming no news is good news.
And I got a box of coffee, tea, and hot chocolate from my BFF ass an "unbirthday" present today, along with a letter in her beautiful flowing handwriting on a perfect card she said she's been saving ten years for the right moment to send me. She sure picked the right moment.
Man. I feel like something is telling me to reprioritize my life, and stop letting my work consume all my energy and drain all my joy.