Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board
Voicelessness and Emotional Survival => Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board => Topic started by: bunny on March 11, 2005, 12:52:07 PM
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I was reading longtire's post about being kind of self-protective and losing some joie de vivre in the process. So this thread is to ask ourselves what we like to do.
For example I like to (not in any order):
Read
Go to the library & library sales
Cook like Rachael Ray on 30-Minute Meals
Rent movies from Netflix
Smell strong coffee brewing
Walk with my H to get an ice-blended mocha at The Coffee Bean
Lie on lounge in backyard, reading good book & observing butterflies and birds in backyard
Read customer reviews on amazon.com
Listen to Live365 - usually the earlyMusic.net station
Go out for lunch with coworkers during week or H on weekends
Play with niece/nephew
Post on this ng
Buy pens (I'm a pen-aholic but won't spend more than $6)
Watch Greta van Susteren - I have a crush on Geoff Feiger
Play solitaire on computer
Sleep late on weekends and putter around most of the day
Hear the washing machine in the background (cozy domestic sound)
...what do you like to do...?
bunny
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I enjoy:
scrapbooking.
Watching my children learn new things and grow.
Eating at our favorite Mexican restuarant with H.
Spending quality time with loved ones.
Having the sun warm my body.
Laying on the beach.
Swimming in the ocean.
Making home improvements with H.
Watching Desperate Housewives. :oops:
watching with H: Boston Legal and
Greta.... I have a crush on Geoff Feiger
....I can't believe this....so do I. He is such a trip!
Baking goodies for my kids.
Lighting a warm and cozy fire and snuggling with H.
Taking long drives with H on a Sunday afternoon.
Making crafts with the kids.
Laughing and being silly.
Playing with our pet parrot.
And of course....Shopping!!!!
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Great thread.
I like:
Playing games with my kids.
Playing golf on a beautiful sunny day.
Playing cards, shopping, dining out and having lots of laughs with my girlfriends.
Cooking a special meal and sharing great conversation with friends.
Hiking in the woods in the fall.
Visiting the mountains any time of year.
Spending time next to the ocean and listening to the waves roll in.
Curling up in a soft chair with a good book.
Cuddling with my cats and dogs. (I look forward to having a human to cuddle with eventually)
I love Christmas.
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Oh Yeah,
I also love Desperate Housewives and Boston Legal (I love Alan Shore).
My new guilty pleasure is "Sex and the City" on DVD.
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bunny, great thread! I enjoy...
Going out to dinner with my daughter and talking with her
Listening to the "right" music for my mood
Sitting outside with my eyes closed and thinking about nothing at all
Sitting outside with my eyes open looking and listening to nature
Playing Bach organ music on my keyboards
Petting my cat and satisfying his needs for affection
Watching long, multi-part movies
Even better watching Kung Fu movies Heieyaoouuwww!
Reading fantasy books with maps and dictionaries
Watching Iron Chef or Good Eats
Cycling
Joking around with friends
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Cool thread, helps to get to know people (that's nice):
Hanging out with my kids and watching them interact with each other
Sitting on the patio with a cup of tea watching one dog attack shadows (he's the tv watching one) and petting the other's warm fur.
Re-arranging furniture, painting walls
Using a power drill
Painting, drawing, building with clay (not just on the job, but for me)
Imagining things to make while I walk around demolition yards (and then making cool stuff)
Talking to my many siblings on the phone
Flying to see my fiance and family, or visa versa
Watching my kids perform (music, theater), listening to them practice
Meditating outdoors with the sun on my face and the birds singing (one dog under each hand, usually)
Buying new music and turning all my friends and students on to "new" artists I've "found"
Reading philosophy
Meeting new, nice people
Practicing Yoga
Watching the "Daily Show with Jon Stewart" with my kids and laughing my head off!
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Reading
Having a good cup of Mint Green tea.
Coming home and hearing my siamese inside the door meowing/She can hear my key in the lock and even if she was sleeping, she'll jump up to greet me.
Going out for drinks w/friends and talking. Winning at darts without trying.
Having dinner at my sister's house and just sitting around and talking about life.
Laying on my huge couch with a fuzzy blanket and my cat snuggled in and watching TV.
Laying outside on a summer day getting a tan in the warm sun.
Grilling outside and having friends over.
Taking a nice hot bubble bath.
Exercising at the gym and getting in my zone and thinking of nothing at all.
When my friend and I go on "adventures"..We'll go out for the night with no plan in mind. ..We end up meeting crazy people and going to fun places and it's always a good laugh.
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massage
running
artifact hunting
listening to music
vegging to the TV
Hot baths
palying with the nieces
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wonderful thread bunny!
--also in no particular order--
hold Sandy cat when she's purring
watch Sandy or Sophie sleeping
read
work out
take a nap in the middle of the day in the middle of the week
build a fire and sit with a book and coffee
visit used bookstores (Terry Pratchett, Ellis Peters)
listen to live music (all sorts)
play guitar and sing
Chinese food, Indian food, shrimp cocktail (mmmm)
dark chocolate
smell pine trees
hike
close my eyes and picture the beautiful places ive lived in or traveled to
remember people I have loved
bagpipe music (sorry)
sit outside with sun and wind on my face
good conversations with a lot of laughing and no meanness
read what you guys write
write to you guys
pray, especially on a hike
watch thunderstorms with all the lights turned out
watch snowstorms (snow under street lights at night)
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Stormchild....thanks for helping me remember some childhood memories..the snow under street lights......mmmm
I am stuck against my will in the "stinkin' desert", though....but I make the best of it: lying outside with my dogs today smelling orange blossoms and needing sunscreen.....
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Here's to mum getting out of her "stinkin' desert." Don't give up hope, mum.
mudpup
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Great Thread!
Lets see...
--pop marshmallows into my mouth whole
--"borrow" my best friend's dog and hug her
--talk to my plants
--sing out loud in the car on my commute
--paint flowers on my fingernails on vacation weeks
--coo over my friends' baby pictures. So Cute!
--watch a pixar flick
--paint stuff. like flower pots. or picture frames. or an ugly chair.
FlowerGirl
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mud: thanks....when my family and fiance call and they are having another blizzard, it's hard for them to feel sorry for me!! :lol:
But I still can't wait to hear snow crunching under car tires early in the morning!!! I have an extraordinary amount of faith. thanks
add to my list, then,
spending time on this board.
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.but I make the best of it: lying outside with my dogs today smelling orange blossoms and needing sunscreen.....
Boy Mum am I feeling sorry for you. :cry: :cry:
It got to maybe 20 degrees here today and I had to shovel for the 45th time this winter. Although I do also love to watch the snow fall in the street lights.
Thank you Stormchild for reminding me why I continue to live in a place where winter never seems to want to give up.
Mum, send some of those orange blossoms my way. I am definitely ready for spring. (Who am I kidding. It won't be hear for another 2 months)
Brigid
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Let me see, ok:
going to the bookstore
cuddling on the sofa watching tv
planning and getting outside projects in the garden done
going to the antique shows
doing things with my son, like crafts, recreation
going to the beach
going to the mountains
reading about money and investments (embarrassed)
reading at the bookstore
brewing coffee in the early am and posting
visiting the nursery (garden variety that is!)
sitting out in the sun and watching the trees, redtailed hawks
this is a very nice thread
patz
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....thanks for helping me remember some childhood memories..the snow under street lights......mmmm
I am stuck against my will in the "stinkin' desert"
There is something very comforting that always comes with the first snow fall of the season. It's so pure in the beginning before the grime from the roads and cars taints it.
I'm about all snowed out for the season. Looking forward to the beautful signs of Spring. Even the kids keep wanting to know when they can ride their bikes and go to the park.
With all that being said, I would miss the snow just like you Mum if I lived in the desert. I'm with Mud...wishing your way outta there.
Mia
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Sorry Mum if I sounded insensitive. I know you would give up those orange blossoms and warm temps in a heartbeat to be with your family and fiance.
I will say a prayer for you "getting out of that stinkin desert" this morning at church.
Brigid
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Brigid, no offense taken at all. I was also poking fun at myself...complaining about the beautiful weather (although when it's 107f in June, nobody would trade!).
It helps to keep light about my situation. My fiance and I decided we are like Martha Stewart...not a bad prison, and as he says, we get congugal visits!
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fun thread!
I like
being with my dog. She also is a TV watcher (very obnoxious) but makes up for it with dynamite hugging.
taking naps (remember, I'm pregnant!)
reading really stupid magazines
working in the garden
babbling on the phone about pregnancy with old friends (who have kids and are happy to babble)
travelling, and daydreaming about travelling
talking with the neighbors, and my dog park friends, and just in general whoever comes into my day. I I like my neighborhood and my routine and the idle chitchat that comes with it
walking and daydreaming
the Sunday Times
reading something on here that helps me realize I'm not alone :) I have been through the ringer, as we all have, and sometimes it is just nice to hear other peoples' stories and victorie
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I love this thread!
I like to :
Spend time with my two daughters (who, contrary to what any other mother may think, truly are the most beautiful little girls ever!)
Do maths (yes, I know, but I am really not half as boring as I sound!)
Talk about pregnancy to others (We should chat Vunil! When are you due?)
Read books (anything and everything)
Listen to music and dream about Jon Bon Jovi (!)
Sit by the sea and watch the waves. Throw stones in and marvel at the "girliness" of my throw.
Celebrate madly when I get a pebble to do one skim!
Drink champagne ( I like to, how often I actually do it is another matter entirely)
I love to read diet and fitness magazines while drinking tea and eating chocolate. It gives me some kind of perverse pleasure!
I love to talk. To anyone. About anything.
I love cold frosty mornings with the sun shining
I love purple things. Almost to the point of obsession. (I was interviewed about my Dyson and when they asked me to list the number one reason why I bought it I replied "because it was purple". It could be the world's worst vacuum, but it's purple and so I had to have it!! )
I love to walk around huge department stores that I can't afford to even be in and plan my dream house
I don't know what else, but I did enjoy posting this - it makes you think about yourself a little. Which is good when you don't usually have the time!! Felt quite self-indulgent!
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I have avoided this post for some time, because it is not an easy thing to answer. I am sure you can all understand.
So, what are those wicked 'selfish' things I do?
Every morning when I get up I make myself a cafe au lait, very weak, and sometimes with squirty cream on top. Then I drink that before attempting to do anything else.
I like marmite crisps too. Not at the same time as the coffee, however.
I like to have nice deep bubbly baths, with candles lit in the bathroom, and a drink of lemonade that I pretend is Martini or Vodka or something exotic.
I like taking my daughter to fly her kite on the Downs. :)
I like walking through grass. Especially either wet grass or with hoar frost on it, so you can look back and see footprints. And I like to walk in a big circle. Same with snow.
I like being on the beach.
I like being in forests or woods.
I like painting pictures.
I like gardening, and home improvements too. Very satisfying.
I like putting my arms around my nephew (10) and telling him he is very, very special, when he says he is bad all the way through. (Memory from weekend.)
I like rescuing him from 'a fate worse than death'; ie a day at the Ngran and grandad's house. :twisted: We both laughed like mad at that idea, as I drove him away to my house instead, to help with gardening!!!
I like making gluten free foods for my daughter, and seeing her face when she realises that there is something else she can have. :)
I like visiting friends.
Also, reading.
And stuff like that.
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Great thread!
Reading in bed (even in the middle of the day)
Singing
Dancing like crazy
Going down to the beach and watch the seemingly endless sea
Being in deserts (wanna swop, mum?)
But I guess I'm getting to like snow too, it has finally started to grow on me
Being in forests or on open fields...I guess just all kinds of nature
Lying on the beach on a hot day and feeling the seabreeze like cool soft caresses on my skin
Competing with my fiancé on who can come up with the silliest name for the baby (Hey Vunil! Wanna talk pregnancy? Bring it on!)
Snuggling on the sofa
Havning my third cup of tea today and suddenly discovering that f bought biscuits while I was away
Taking photos and developing them myself
Cooking Indian food
Baking bread
Snorkelling
Reading and posting on this board, being able to be all open an honest
Figuring stuff out
Crossword puzzles
Making things, any things; bags, belts, jewellery, furniture....
Just to name a few (!). Now all I have to do is read this list every morning and try to actually getting round to doing these things (although I'm not going snorkelling in the North Sea at this time of year)!
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**PREGNANT LADIES ADVISORY** REVOLTING FOOD COMBINATIONS AHEAD** :shock: DO NOT READ EARLY IN THE MORNING** :shock:
-- your department of tummy security -- :lol:
Every morning when I get up I make myself a cafe au lait, very weak, and sometimes with squirty cream on top. Then I drink that before attempting to do anything else.
I like marmite crisps too. Not at the same time as the coffee, however.
Oh October, marmite crisps and cafe au lait... yick... whatever you do, don't dunk them in.... ! :lol: :lol: thank you, I needed a giggle just now.
One of our comedians did a routine long ago about feeding the kids when Mom was sick in bed... so for breakfast he gave them chocolate cake and grapefruit juice... still makes my toes curl.
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October and Stormy,
I guess I'm very provincial; what the heck is a marmite crisp, and why would dunking it in cafe au lait require one of those yellow and black radiation warning signs, or at least some goggle eyed emoticons? :?
If the answer is too revolting then just disregard my post.
mudpup
PS. Chocolate cake and grapefruit juice doesn't sound half bad actually.
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**PREGNANT LADIES ADVISORY**
**REVOLTING FOOD COMBINATIONS DESCRIBED IN AWFUL DETAIL AHEAD**
**DO NOT READ EARLY IN THE MORNING**
-- your department of tummy security --
Mud,
I pulled the following from this site:
http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/marmite.htm#whatis
1. What is Marmite?
Marmite is dark brown-colored savory spread made from the yeast that is a by-product of the brewing industry. It has a very strong, slightly salty flavor. It is definitely a love-it-or-hate-it type of food.
It comes in small (2-5 inches high) bulb-shaped glass jars with a distinctive yellow lid.
Children in Britain are generally fed it from the time they are weaned, and most never grow out of it. It has a high B-vitamin content, as well as riboflavin and niacin—and as such is very healthy. (The vitamin-B complex helps prevent anemia.)
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Crisps are usually potato chips but I've seen some that looked sort of like giant puffed rice styrofoam things (October, what are those made from? Prawn flavored. I've always been afraid of them!)
So, you have brewer's yeast flavored potato chips, and you're dunking them into very sweet milky coffee with whipped cream on top.
EWWWWWWWWWWWWW.
Would you want anyone prone to morning sickness to even imagine that? Not in good conscience, I wouldn't. Hence the warning.
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Stormchild,
Thank you for the technical manual on Marmite crisps.
I don't think I'd like one, with or without the cafe au lait and I'm pretty sure I'm not even pregnant. I guess I'm on the hate it side of the bleachers. Too bad they don't have a blecchhh emoticon. I guess this will have to do. :P
mud
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I'm throwing up as I write this and I haven't been pregnant for 20 years.
You Brits have some strange food ideas. :lol: :lol: :lol:
Brigid
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Oi!!!!!!! What are you lot like!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
I don't dunk Marmite crisps/chips in milky coffee. Mind you, that might be a nice idea ...
And Marmite crisps taste similar to Beef flavoured ones, only nicer. Which are not flavoured with beef, but yeast extract. :lol:
Not posting any more recipes here. :arrow:
US friends, buy your Marmite crisps here;
http://www.britishdelights.com/Crisps.htm
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Mmmmmmm October! http://www.marmite.co.uk see shockingly strong passions for and against this little brown jar!
I’m a big fan (I get twitchy if I run out of it). Spread very t-h-i-n-l-y on toast, or bread and butter, or on cheese on toast, or for a taste oddity, mix on toast with peanut butter…. Marmite, full of vegetarian vitamins and minerals and probably called Vegemite down in Oz. Can’t live without it. This is definitely something I do just for myself! 8)
I also like bird-watching at our local lakes. :D And snorkelling (but not in the lake, too many darn Canada geese for one thing). Are Canada Geese called Canada Geese in Canada? Are they called ‘geese that emigrated to Europe’?
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I LOVE marmite! In the early stages of pregnancy it was the only thing that I could keep down! I love it spread THICKLY on toast, cheese, ham, anything. I even have it with Stilton and Brie (not whilst pregnant though!). I definitely do marmite just for me!!
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I too love Marmite! Not thinly, but not thickly either, I guess at this at least I'm a happy medium! :D It took me years to get to like it though, but I kept trying once in a while b/c I loved the smell of it. Cadbury: you and I really don't have to worry about Spina Bifida then, with all that folic acid on our toast. By the way, you [/i]can eat Stilton and Brie while you're pregnant, you just have to heat it up until it bubbles first, to get rid of those nasty micro-organisms. I was sooo happy when I found this out! Stilton cheese toasties...Pasta sauce made from Camembert... Mmmmm... :) I've never tried it with marmite though.
Portia:Are Canada Geese called Canada Geese in Canada? Are they called ‘geese that emigrated to Europe’?
Maybe they're just called Geese!?? :shock: [/i]
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Stormchild…I’ve been wondering about your prawn thingies…they can’t be prawn crackers, the Chinese variety…so they must be… KP Prawn SKIPS? Nasty, weird, sort of flower-shaped vaguely pink yeah, Styrofoam things! Truly awful. I think they’re synthetic, probably made from the stuff used to stuff furniture. I have eaten them. :?
Cadbury: Stilton and Marmite…there’s a taste explosion - a little perverse but hey, you like marmite, you’re okay! 8)
Sleepyhead Maybe they're just called Geese!??
*big huge laugh* :roll: call me dumbo and whack my-bee-hind :D
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I have never heard of marmite before. It doesn't sound that appealing to me but it's fun to hear about it.
That's what is so great about sharing our worlds with eachother....always something new to discover.
:D
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Let me be the first to put "good sex" on the list of favorites. I guess you can tell what I haven't had for awhile.
I just had to get that Marmite picture out of my head.
Brigid
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Mia, it’s the one thing you either love or hate, it has no in-between. It’s really quite odd to have the word ‘hate’ in any product adverts but in this case, it works.
When I see ‘East Coast’ that’s exotic, different and exciting to me! And here I get to see ‘West Coast’ too, it’s like the old road trip from my living room, well, sort of, vaguely... I just wish I could hear everyone’s accents at the same time. I could do my ‘Scouse’ impression for a laugh.
Ah Brigid! Now there’s a thought, good sex with Marmite!
Hey do you have that weird marshmallow stuff in a jar, called Fluff I think, it was around for a while then disappeared. Maybe not American. Maybe just more furniture stuffing made into a foodstuff.
Okay seriously. For myself only: watch ‘Six Feet Under’. H has a negative response to the first ‘chink’ bar of the music. But I watch it anyway.
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Hi All,
This is a great thread. I don't know anything about Marmite either, but I agree it is fun to hear about. Here are my pleasures...
- Sipping coffee and cream while reading online (my favorites are this board and a couple of others)
- Listening to music (generally I like modern female crooners and alternative rock bands)
- Watching Monk or Curb Your Enthusiasm with my husband
- Going on adventures with my daughters (3 and 5 yrs)…I love experiencing new places and I love even more watching my kids experience new places. This could be as simple as a new bookstore or park.
- Playing racquetball with my H (mostly for the humor factor and just being alone with him while the kids are having fun elsewhere)
- Reading (non fiction these days, although I’m looking forward to picking up the latest Harry Potter)
- Jogging when the weather is nice
- Gardening
- Scrapbooking
- Working on our house (it is satisfying!)
- Driving around in the car on a beautiful day listening to music
- Going to garage sales (I love a good deal)!
Bye,
Learning
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Hi Learning :D
Curb Your Enthusiasm - inspired, brilliant, laugh-so-you-can't-breathe oh yes...
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Could the prawn things be Skips? Melt on your tongue etc etc !
I love good sex too and find it the hardest thing to let go of my ex for. He may have been a total nutcase out of bed, but in it he was an angel!! And he keeps offering. I am being so strong willed in saying no! Let's face it I'm not going to get any for a while as my post pregnant body will be enough to scare a grown man for a while! I just keep telling myself that giving in to him would NOT be worth it. Then go and have marmite on toast to cheer my self up !!
Also looking forward to the new Harry Potter book!! When is it out in the states? 16th of July is the day here!! Can't wait! Child at heart obviously! Either that or a little bit mad!
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Competing with my fiancé on who can come up with the silliest name for the baby (Hey Vunil! Wanna talk pregnancy? Bring it on!)
Oh, my, absolutely! In fact, I can give you a silly name to throw in the ring. My current leading female name is "Poppy." I think I like imagining how my very proper use-the-right-fork episcopalian conservative "that is not how things are done" N parents would respond to having to call their granddaughter "Poppy." It isn't a even a family name! Gasp!
But I do like to grow poppies (and every other kind of flower). I could explain that she is named after a particularly nice flower I saw this spring. That should make their toes curl.
Maybe I'll name her Poppy Marmite :)
PS finding out I actually can eat "stinky cheese" if I want to, just by heating it up, has made my day.
PPS any other pregnant ladies find that their tastes in food suddenly changed? I might actually like yeasty stuff on toast now. I'll have to seek it out. Currently I feel that pancakes are the ultimate food. I didn't like them before.
PPPS Absolutely, we have marshmallow fluff! And it is the most American thing possible. Full of sugar and chemicals. Yum. Good with peanut butter. I feel a craving coming on...
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Poppy Marmite
I liiiike it. It has a certain elegant quality. I like Poppy too, very happy name. :D
I can't get Fluff any more. Maybe for the best. I'll stick just with the SunPat.
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I'm not going to get any for a while as my post pregnant body will be enough to scare a grown man for a while!
This is a part of being pregnant that I hate. I'm single, too, and like flirting and kissing and all of the fun dating single gal stuff. I even used to like short-term affairs, just for the sex, as long as everyone knew the score. Ok, so sometimes I just forget that at the moment I look like the stay-puft marshmallow man. I find myself staring and flirting and all of that stuff and more often than not I get this sort of shock from the man-- why is that marshmallow flirting with me?
Alas. Some do seem to like it, though, in a kind of sweet way.
You know what I would love love love? Some advice on what to wear while developing a marshmallow shape. I have no idea. Maternity clothes look super-weird on me now (I'm not that far along, and anyway I think that most of the clothes just are weird) and buying a size or two up in regular clothes gives me a walking-window-curtain look. Also, a lady wants to show off her new um... upper region. Never having had one before, this is a nice bonus.
So, it's off topic (but Bunny won't mind, right?), but the help would be helpful. The N in me hates looking ridiculous and has no idea how to do better. If I can't get laid (and let's face it, I'm not going to) then I want to at least look cute :)
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Cadbury,
Also looking forward to the new Harry Potter book!! When is it out in the states? 16th of July is the day here!!
The date is same here. I already have it ordered for my daughter for her birthday which is 7/12.
Portia,
Ah Brigid! Now there’s a thought, good sex with Marmite!
Thank you for putting that picture in my head! :shock: :shock:
Vunil,
Some advice on what to wear while developing a marshmallow shape. I have no idea.
From the pregnant ladies I see these days, the fashion is to show it off and be proud. No more of those Omar the Tentmaker dresses. Wear spandex stretched tightly over that expanding belly. Those plunging necklines will be great too to show off that new "development." The "glow" will make you cute and desirable as well. I'm so envious of what you have to look forward to. I loved being pregnant and babies are the best thing ever.
Another favorite thing would be the smell of your baby when they are snuggled up close.
Brigid
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Vunil: How about Marshmallow Marmite, could work for both a boy or a girl! And why is it that you can name a girl Poppy or Rose but not Rhododendron? Or Gladioli? Wish I could help you with the clothes, but so far the only thing on me that has grown is my chest. (Yes! Yes! Yes!) :wink: Oooohhh, I love Marshmallow Fluff, it's the best! Don't know if I could get any here though.
why is that marshmallow flirting with me?
Have you tried the Michelin man?
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Hi Portia,
Yep CYE is inspired and hilarious. The improv in the show is amazing and it seems so real and so funny! I love laughing at the narcissim too. 8)
I haven't seen Six Feet Under yet but plan to rent it from the library. Alas, we don't have cable and rely on DVDs for our entertainment.
Hi Cadbury..
Well...as a Harry Potter fan, I'm sad to say I still have not read the last book so soon I'll be 2 books behind. I don't know when the next book comes out but hopefully I'll be ready for it. I guess it is the kid in me that likes the book. The abuse Harry gets from his family hits home. His special powers and his ability to triumph over evil is a great fantasy. Not to mention Ms. Rowling's genius. Good fun.
Hi Vunil...Congratulations on your pregnancy. This is an amazing time for you! Enjoy it! Regarding maternity clothes...I never did quite figure that out. Although, there are definetly alot of beautiful maternity clothes available. And now it is even acceptable to show your midriff while pregnant (I was not comfortable enough with my body to do that, but I have friends who do and look great). If you can afford it, live it up and buy those cute materinity outfits like at www.motherhood.com. Have fun.
Take Care,
Learning
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Portia
We have Fluff but it's not something that I would eat. Never had my kids try it....maybe I'll pick up some.
I live in a 'burb about twenty five minutes outside of Philadelphia. Ever tried a cheese steak, soft pretzel, or water ice? Yummy, yummy in my tummy. :) Water ice weather is right around the corner. My brother owns and operates two franchises that sell water ice/ice cream, and pretzels. And guess what? My kids and I get free water ice all Spring and Summer!!!! Can't wait!
Good sex is also something that I enjoy doing. During my first marriage to X N that was unheard of. It was absolutely horrid. I used to blame myself since X N was my first. Now with H it is almost as if I am experiencing a sexual awakening. Totally awesome. I know it is because I love him so much and trust him beyond belief. He is my true life partner. Okay, I'll stop gushing now.
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Hi Sleepyhead,
Congrats on your pregnancy too! :)
Learning
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Vunil:
Congrats on the pregnancy! I remember I used to look the the Michelin Man when I got pregnant. It will be the greatest time in your life! Hope you are not having to much morning sickness. Love Patz
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Just had to throw in my bid for the greatest comfort food of my youth:
a peanut butter and marshmallow fluff sandwich on whole wheat bread. Honestly, it's the best! I keep some fluff in the cupboard way back (my daughter likes it in hot chocolate!) and pull it out when I am feeling skinny (as in I could actually afford the calorie fest).
Marmite sounds absolutely disgusting...and I am a vegetarian and like some pretty strange stuff.
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Vunil: if you are a marshmallow, and you do have sex...perhaps the result could be something like marshmallow fluff?
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Vunil: if you are a marshmallow, and you do have sex...perhaps the result could be something like marshmallow fluff?
If he was lucky :)
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Hi all,
This thread is not fit for my tender male ears!
:oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:
But I'm gonna' keep reading it. :wink:
mud
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Marmite sounds absolutely disgusting...and I am a vegetarian and like some pretty strange stuff.
It's not so bad... if you like beer which is also an acquired taste. It's kind of like Bock beer superconcentrated. Kind of. So if you like dark beers with potato chips or pretzels, Marmite crisps are kinda like that.
Hey, is Marmite any good with melted cheddar on toast? (I love dark beer with the right kind of cheeses.) I think I'm going to go get some, I'm heading to the grocery store again. They have small jars :D along with other things for castaways from all over.
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But I'm gonna' keep reading it.
Mud,
I'm sure it's pure torture for you. :wink:
mia
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Hey, is Marmite any good with melted cheddar on toast?
Yes. :lol:
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I’m a big fan (I get twitchy if I run out of it). Spread very t-h-i-n-l-y on toast, or bread and butter, or on cheese on toast, or for a taste oddity, mix on toast with peanut butter…. Marmite, full of vegetarian vitamins and minerals and probably called Vegemite down in Oz. Can’t live without it. This is definitely something I do just for myself! 8)
Daughter and I both like to stir a small amount of Marmite into rice or lentils to make a savoury change from potatoes or whatever. Very nice. And the B vitamins are essential for anyone with depression - I think that is why I have cravings for it sometimes. 8)
Not tried it with peanut butter. Must try that one day.
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My current leading female name is "Poppy." I think I like imagining how my very proper use-the-right-fork episcopalian conservative "that is not how things are done" N parents would respond to having to call their granddaughter "Poppy." It isn't a even a family name! Gasp!
PPS any other pregnant ladies find that their tastes in food suddenly changed? I might actually like yeasty stuff on toast now.
I think that Poppy is a lovely name. Really lovely. I think you should keep that on your list!!!! My parents struggle with the short form of my daughter's name. They believe in using the full 'proper' name. And we just laugh at them. :lol:
When I was pregnant I had lots of sickness, and much of the time I couldn't face much. Dry crackers and fizzy water. Jacket potato with no butter or anything. Plain rice. Coffee made me feel sick, so I couldn't face that.
Strangely enough, exactly what my daughter now loves. She would have jacket potato any day, and she loves rice, and hates coffee.
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Yes! Marmite is great with toasted cheese! I like to toast one side of the bread and then turn it over, spread it with Marmite and then sprinkle cheese over it all and toast again until the cheese melts all over it. YUM!!
Hey, Maybe the head of Mamite is reading this and will give us all free marmite!! My address is ......
With the pregnancy clothes, I tend to stick to elastic waistband trousers with tightish tops. Not too tight as I am fairly enormous now, but show the bump off. Plus found these for fun:
http://www.choiceshirts.com/dept/c1/funny_t-shirts/c2/pregnancy_t-shirts/
http://www.mommyloves.com/Our_Products.html
They look fun!
Another thing I love and am really missing at the moment is hugs. I love to be held and my ex-bf was so big and huggable I used to love it. .... Time to look at the reasons why not to go back to him sheet .... (Yes, I really have one and it does help when the pregnancy hormones are raging!).
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Yes! Marmite is great with toasted cheese! I like to toast one side of the bread and then turn it over, spread it with Marmite and then sprinkle cheese over it all and toast again until the cheese melts all over it. YUM!!
Indeed it is :D :D especially with melted cheddar (thanks October!) :D :D but good grief, it costs the earth over here. :( :(
Salty Bock beer, mudpup. Very salty. But really quite good!
Thanks y'all for a new decadent pleasure -- with vitamins in :shock:
[On edit -- for some reason I just remembered that my favorite (living) author, Terry Pratchett, once defined 'decadent' as 'having ten teeth' and this is striking me as extremely funny, so am sharing.]
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I love Terry Pratchett too!!
I really do love all these things, I sound like one big love machine, but it's true!!
I have all his books and have met him at book signings about 10 times! He is great. I have signed copies of lots of his books, but my all time favourite is the Carpet People (even if it's not Discworld!). Closely followed by Mort. Wow! I could have such a good time with you all if we had a big "forum party" !!
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I have signed copies of lots of his books,
I mean I own copies of books he has signed. I don't mean I have signed them! Sorry. Inane sense of humour is attacking me from all sides!
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I got to see him in DC a little more than a year ago. Hysterical. Marvelous. (And I never, but never, go to these things... I hate crowds... )
Have almost all his books - there are two in the "Johnny and" series I'm missing, and I don't have his children's books.
Great to meet a fellow Pratchett enthusiast!!! When I grow up, hah, I hope I end up more or less like Esmerelda Weatherwax... :D
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I am not familiar with Terry Pratchett. But one of the things on my list could be: reading anything by David Sedaris. He is funny and brilliant.
"Me Talk Pretty One Day" is his best, I think.
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Since we're talking books now and not pregnancy or sex using marmite, I feel a little more in my element.
Does anyone here read P.G. Wodehouse? I think any Bertie and Jeeves novel is the pinnacle of the English language since ol' Willie Shakespeare. His use of the language is perfect and unique. They are completely silly and I don't know too many women who are fans, but I have reread several many times over. 'The Code of the Woosters' is one of the great English novels.
Give me a hammock, a lemonade, a breezy spring day and Bertie and Jeeves and its almost perfect. :wink: :)
mudpup
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thanks mum & mudpup... I've been looking for some good new reads... just about memorized my old reliable favorites, and been wondering what on earth to try next. :D :D
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mudpup,
I have a P.G. Wodehouse book by my bedside right now. :)
If you like PGW you would love E.F. Benson. His books are even better! He only wrote 5 humorous novels, which I read over and over.
bunny
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Thanks bunny,
I'll give Benson a try, although I am highly skeptical that he can match old PG.
One way to end a day of reading Wodehouse is to top it off with an episode or two of Fawlty Towers with John Cleese as Basil. :lol: :lol: I'm laughing just thinking about it. The Brits may have strange tastes in condiments but they know how to crack wise. No offense October, et al. :)
mud
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Does anyone here read P.G. Wodehouse? I think any Bertie and Jeeves novel is the pinnacle of the English language
mudpup
I haven't bought the books (yet) but we have the video series with Stephen Fry as Jeeves and Hugh Laurie as Bertie. Very fine acting. My daughter loves them. Very easy way to have a history lesson. :lol:
As for the Marmite comments, have you actually tried it, Mudpup? If not, how do you know you wouldn't like it? :twisted:
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Ooohh, I'd almost forgotten about P.G. Woodehouse... Love him to bits! I have missed Terry Pratchett, although people who know me keep telling me I should read him, and I loved that decadent thing :D . Has anyone read Douglas Adams? Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy is absolutely hilarious! I even have the TV version on video, very naff-looking, but it suits it! However, I don't think I will try marmite with sex though, waaayy too sticky!
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:) Just popping in after a few months to see how it's all going...
Sleepyhead, you may be interested in this...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/game.shtml
It's the online game of the series....Have fun!
I hear Hollywood is making a film version........ :?
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Thanks, it looks great! Another reason to spend all my days on the computer! :shock: :lol: :lol: I heard about the Hollywood version and am also worried and concerned... Somehow expensive stagesettings and realistic special effects just seem so wrong when it comes to Hitchhiker's!
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Dec-a-dent - haha! :D Thanks Stormchild. I won’t forget that. Ever!
For Hitch-Hiker’s fans: definition of lovable narcissism (yes): Zaphod Beeblebrox as he enjoys being in the Total Perspective Vortex.
“The man who invented the Total Perspective Vortex did so basically in order to annoy his wife.” http://www.boosman.com/blog/archives/2002/09/the_total_persp.html
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Oh Lord, I knew a Zaphod Beeblebrox when I was in grad school and his name really WAS Phil. :lol: :lol:
joke about the ten teeth not mine - Terry Pratchett's - credit where due - and of course one of his characters is unident, and another one has DIAMOND DENTURES but it didn't happen the way you'd think.
I really have to go, this board is so addictive, but in the nicest way possible.
How do we know the toothbrush was invented in (backwards U.S. state name here)? Because otherwise it'd have been called the teethbrush.
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Good morning everyone,
October wrote,
I haven't bought the books (yet) but we have the video series with Stephen Fry as Jeeves and Hugh Laurie as Bertie. Very fine acting. My daughter loves them. Very easy way to have a history lesson.
As for the Marmite comments, have you actually tried it, Mudpup? If not, how do you know you wouldn't like it?
Glad to see you out and about October. We miss you when you need to lower your profile, but we understand.
I couldn't watch much of the TV series. I didn't want to interfere with the images the books had left. The genius of Wodehouse is his magical use of the language. Very difficult to translate to TV.
Marmite; I'm just teasing you about your taste in condiments. I actually, despite the descriptions, can't get a grasp of what it would taste like, (sticky, salty, vegey, beery, malty :? ) so maybe I would like it.
Sleepyhead wrote,
Has anyone read Douglas Adams? Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy is absolutely hilarious!
I never read it but I used to listen to the radio version years ago. I was often on the floor. :lol: :lol:
mudpuppy
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Wow, I thought only geeky guys like me like Terry Pratchett and HitchHiker's Guide and similar. Its good to know some geeky girls like it too! :wink: I'm not sure about that Marmoset stuff. Sounds too dark and gooey for me. Besides, fermented foods seem to disagree with me. Anyone else have that? Cheese, alcohol, nuts (mold), black beans, hoisin, soy suace?
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Longtire wrote,
I'm not sure about that Marmoset stuff.
If its made out of monkeys I DEFINITELY am not in the market! :shock: :shock: :shock:
mudpup
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Wow, I thought only geeky guys like me like Terry Pratchett and HitchHiker's Guide and similar. Its good to know some geeky girls like it too! :wink: I'm not sure about that Marmoset stuff. Sounds too dark and gooey for me. Besides, fermented foods seem to disagree with me. Anyone else have that? Cheese, alcohol, nuts (mold), black beans, hoisin, soy suace?
Hey Longtire -- You think Marmite's dark and gooey? Ever read Mervyn Peake? :D :D or H.P. Lovecraft? :D :D :D
Gormenghastly, :wink:
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oh foo, that was me about the Peake & Lovecraft, I forgot to sign in.
Stormchild
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Hi Stormchild! I've read a lot of H.P. Lovecraft. I love the way he can take something mundane and make it spooky. I've never read any Peake.
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Hi Stormchild! I've read a lot of H.P. Lovecraft. I love the way he can take something mundane and make it spooky. I've never read any Peake.
My all time favorite Lovecraft quote: from "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath"
"Carter was there to greet them, and the sight of shapely, wholesome cats was indeed good for his eyes after the things he had seen and walked with in the abyss."
Amen, amen, amen. And shapely, wholesome dogs, too.
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not, too fond of Lovecraft myself, like some of his stories, find others boooriiing. Love Peter Straub though, and Stephen King. Guess I like horror so much, 'cause it helps me deal with the horror of my life. The pain and fear are expressed somehow. I have always been a book junkie and believe that is what saved me. I saw how people could be when they were not Ns, learned that there was another way of life. Anyone have the same experience?
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I saw how people could be when they were not Ns, learned that there was another way of life. Anyone have the same experience?
Oh yes oh yes oh yes
Exactly what I love about Pratchett - he sees people as they are, warts and all, and loves them anyway. Easy to do when you're rich as Paul McCartney and can love from a distance without fear of damage I suppose.
Reading Peake is a real slog for me... I started on Lovecraft at the same age that I discovered E.A. Poe, so it was a natural fit and I still enjoy him. My dad had the Gormenghast trilogy around at the same time as the Ring trilogy. I loved Tolkien, kept getting mired in Peake, try after try.
Second thought: Forget loving from a distance without fear of damage. I care a lot about you guys, and that does give you power to hurt me. Even just on a screen, with pixels. I guess without vulnerability it isn't love of any kind.
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Okay this is just for me. Sometimes even though the sun shines and the birds sing, it does seem pointless. Is that depression or just sadness or just seeing things as they really are? Anyway I don’t want to hurt anyone and yes, Stormchild, we can feel hurt through pixels, just as we can feel compassion and love through pixels. It’s odd.
I haven’t felt hurt through anything I’ve read today and I hope I haven’t hurt. And tomorrow will be different again. Hope you’re okay Stormchild and if you are hurt in any way (are you?), well, maybe a different interpretation or something will help. I don’t know! Today I have little interpretation at my disposal so I’m going to ‘do’ harmless stuff and not think. Not thinking can be good too I guess! I’m starting to feel ‘better’ already….
In a nod to Sleepyhead, “when I grow up I’ll be stable” 8)
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Hi Portia
Sometimes it just means you need a bit of a change. Sit in the sun and have cheese toast with Marmite :D; be with the creatures living around you. Sun, good warm tastes, life, peace. You like spiders I think? If so, I hope you see big gorgeous orb webs shining in the sun today, and technicolor weavers displayed like jewels at the center of them. [If it's warm enough where you are yet.] Beautiful things!
Not hurt by any pixels on this board anywhere, ma'am :D :D
Did see some nasty bullying of a newbie on another board recently, and had a devil of a time figuring out if I should do anything about it and if so what. Was it just that I have bad boundaries? I finally decided no, not just that, also that I want to be in a civil environment, so I PM'd the newbie with words of encouragement. I'm still working on the right words for the bully. There will be some.
Sleepy, I am SO sorry you got a troll attack on THIS board! Ugh!
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Portia: Put on some Garbage, crank the volume up really loud and dance your legs off. Works for me. 8)
Stormchild: I wasn't the one getting attacked, but it was still pretty scary. Made me find the courage to post though, so every cloud and so on...
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Hey, had a happy thought to share... just sent Sleepy a thank you note for something... realized how neat it is that we are all over the world and yet in each other's kitchens at the same time :) :) :)
Anyone read Ursula leGuin? Remember the 'ansible' - a device for communicating instantly across light years?
We have one of those. This is it. Is that cool, or what?
Yeah, I'm happy today. You guys help. A lot. God bless you,
Storm
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Hey Stormy,
Ever read any Jack Vance? The Demon Princes for instance. He wrote a short story called "Lifeboat" that I have reread about ten times. A master of the language.
God bless
mudpuppy
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Oh, my favorite Vance is a real oldie... "The Moon Moth"! But I haven't read him as extensively as I'd like. Thanks mudpup, now I have a good reason to hit the used bookstores over the weekend! Never read "Lifeboat". Gonna go looking for it. :D :D :D It'll cheer me up between rounds of Trapped in the Mirror.
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Stormy,
You are a woman of infinite wit and sagacity, as Jeeves would say.
I love "The Moon Moth." I used to have it in an anthology, don't know where it went. :cry:
The only place I ever saw 'lifeboat' was an old anthology from the seventies. Good luck.
mud
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Portia: (haven't figured out the quote thing):
"When the sun is shining and the birds are singing....seems pointless."
I don't think it's depression or sadness but as you said...the way things are. You aren't saying it's awful. You aren't saying it feels bad. You are just wondering about the point of it all, right?
What you said made me think of things my favorite teacher, Pema Chodron has to say. It's about "groundlessness", and when I read it, I was reminded of days as a child contemplating the universe, people, nature, time (boy, I did that a lot), this state of "being" and sometimes (not depressingly, mind you) coming to the conclusion that it could very well be pointless, but it's ok even if it is.
"Impermanence becomes vivid in the present moment; so do compassion and wonder and courage. And so does fear. In fact, anyone who stands on the edge of the unknown, fully in the present without reference point, experiences groundlessness. That's when our understanding goes deeper, when we find that the present moment is a pretty vulnerable place and that this can be completely unnerving and completely tender at the same time." (from the book "When Things Fall Apart")
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Great thread. :) If you guys like Jack Vance and Ursula Le Guin you might want to try Robin Hobb/Megan Lindholm (same author/different names/styles.)
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Thanks 2cents! Will look these folks up too. :D
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Oops, I mean this person. :oops: :oops:
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Yes! Ursula le Guin! Got me into sci-fi. (Yes Muddy, I'm a female, but I'm a geek and I'm proud!) Ray Bradbury is wonderful, sci-fi, but really all about human relationships. Has anyone read Madeleine L'Engle? Canadian, writes sci-fi/children's book, but well worth a read even for grown-ups (if that's what we are), "A Wrinkle in Time" is a book I keep reading over and over. Anyone else find that children's books are helpful? I don't mean books for five year olds, but for older kids. I have favourites that I keep coming back to because I guess they help me with feelings I had trouble processing as a kid. Anyone read "A solitary blue" by Cynthia Voigt? Very interesting for children of N's.
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Sleepyhead: is that book "A Solitary Blue" one of the ones you'd recommend for a 13 year old girl? My daughter reads voraciously and is definately the child of an N. She does enjoy the "Sisterhood of the Pants" series. (there are three now). I tend to read some of her choices as well. I think a lot of it is well written and more honest than some of the usual novels out there. Lots have to deal with emotions, growing up and the raw stuff that figuring life out is all about.
She wants to read "A Child Called IT" and I am hesitating...haven't read it but I understand it is pretty explicit about this man's true childhood abuse.
Are you familiar with it?
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Sleepy,
Yes Muddy, I'm a female, but I'm a geek and I'm proud!)
I never thought of SF as male/female. Is it? I never really cared whether it was geeky or not either, is it? I know guys who do the Vulcan greeting thing and wear pointy ears are geeky, but is 'real' SF?
Anyway, Sleepy, I'm sure you are one cool geek. 8)
Ray Bradbury is wonderful, sci-fi, but really all about human relationships.
Thats whats great about Jack Vance. Its all language, alien cultures and character. Very little "Star Wars" gimcrackery.
Anyone else find that children's books are helpful?
I must confess to reading a few of my daughters "Baby Sitters Club" books. They're pretty entertaining. And we just read the "Secret Garden" together. I even read a couple of Hardy Boys mysteries that my nephew gave me as a White Elephant gift for Christmas. Not bad. Those guys are real sleuths. And so clean cut. :)
I'm afraid those probably aren't what you had in mind. :?
mudpup
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Sorry mudpup, got you confused with Longtire who wrote
Wow, I thought only geeky guys like me like Terry Pratchett and HitchHiker's Guide and similar. Its good to know some geeky girls like it too!
There are so many men on this board that I'm having trouble telling them apart. :wink: It's a problem that you can't scroll back through the whole thread when you're posting (or is that a blessing?). Not sure about the books you mentioned, except for Secret Garden, that is an excellent book for children with a less than perfect family.
mum: Yes, I would definitely recommend A Solitary Blue for your 13 year old, in fact it is part of a series and all the books are good for children with a lot of questions about human behaviour, but that one deals specifically with having an N parent (and you don't have to read the other books to enjoy it).I have read A Child Called IT, and I would not let a thirteen year old read it, very scary and violent, plus it may make her fall into that old trap of "this is having a bad parent, I guess I am not allowed to complain about mine".
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Mum:
I haven’t read "A Child Called IT" yet, not sure I will. I read Dave’s follow-up book, ‘Help Yourself’ I think and that was enough. Too much graphic detail I would fear: I know bad things happen, I don’t need to know all the details all the time, I don’t need to see pictures of more bodies, I know what dead bodies look like, sort of thing. Show me something that instructs and helps…..
“the present moment is a pretty vulnerable place and that this can be completely unnerving and completely tender at the same time."
This is a feeling I’ve struggled so hard to describe since my teens! Especially the tenderness. Amazing. I think of it as a moment when I was about 22, with a soft night wind blowing on my cheek and a sense of ‘now’ and nothing else, except the utter melancholy and beauty and yes pointlessness of the ‘now’.
Hey, I still struggle with time. :D And space. Memory is an interesting function that makes me nuts sometimes (memory or premonition?) Thank you lots for that quote. I shall look for the book.
Thanks for the kind words Stormchild and Sleepyhead. Music and marmite do help 8) ! P
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I would not let a child or even young adult read "A Child Called It". While I was glad for the author"s eventual recovery from what happened to him, The story is itself is overwhelming and I found myself depressed and even less energized to get beyond my own conflicts. And I was in my 40's when I read it. My recollection is that the story was mostly about the horrific episodes his Mother inflicted on him but how he survived in spite of her. I think he kept going back to make things "right" with her but never succeeded. I think my goal is to make things right with me and just leave the past behind. It was not his fault but I don't think the author was assured of that when he wrote the book. Maybe I am wrong. I didn't find it uplifting.
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Another one sci-fi types might enjoy is "Imajica" by Clive Barker. :wink:
Happy Easter,
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