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Re: Southern Discomfort / Another Olympia queer history fragment, this time from the bottom of a box of files

DaisyDeadhead — Sat, 16 May 2009 22:56:59 -0000

I'm thrilled to see this! I was fussing on my blog some time ago about the disappearance of radical history... I just posted some of my own a few days ago! I'm hoping more progressives will dig up cool stuff from their pasts and post it too. :)

Re: Oral fixation (not that kind, pervs)

Sarah — Sun, 03 May 2009 13:38:48 -0000

You are right on with the baby carrots. My thesis is due tomorrow (i.e. stress!) so I went to the grocery store and bought some. I'm already half way through the bag.

If your oral fixation picks up with stress, eating feels good but it can be terrible for your health! Cucumber slices are good and taste slightly better than celery. Rice cakes work well, especially the little chocolate ones, which are only 60 calories per serving. Carrots are only 35.

Chewing gum is a must. I've consumed so many packs of Extra Spearmint that Wrigley's should be paying me a stipend. Gum is great if you are at a computer, because you can chew to busy your mouth and type to busy your hands. Plus, chewing gum after eating is supposed to stimulate saliva flow, which in turn stimulates digestion.

Chewing on plastic is also strangely satisfying ... pen tops are ok, but you have to make sure the pen doesn't bust. I was chewing on a push pin the other day (the plastic side) and was surprised by how freaked out everyone in the office was. Apparently, this is an instant way to make yourself look b.a.

I also recommend getting a water bottle with a flip-top mechanism on it to suck on. Seriously.

Now that you're armed, get to work!

Re: Oral fixation (not that kind, pervs)

Laura — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:46:51 -0000

Drink squash. It's low cal and yummy. You can make ice-cubes, ice-lollies, and drink it in great quantities. You will pee a lot (boo) and feel about ten years old (yay)!

Some snacks you can have unlimited amounts of, such as cucumber and salsa, carrots, mustard, sugar-free jelly/jello, and salad. Anything low calorie is great. How about air-popped popcorn? Invest in a machine and you lots & lots of munch on hand. You can also find an enjoyable way to cut your food into very small pieces and take a little piece whenever the need for a fix arises. Just hand to mouth and a satisfying sensation to follow tends to be what is needed. Grapes are my favourite because you can suck them for a long time after you break the skin and they're sweet & juicy and good for you too.

Re: Southern Discomfort / Update!

Robguy — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 06:39:41 -0000

Even though I follow you on twitter (2 of your twitters), sometimes I sleep alot :p
I'm very happy for you and you family. I hope it's a job that he can enjoy as well as earn a living from.

Re: Southern Discomfort / Update!

Chris L — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:58:31 -0000

Good news! I'm so glad to hear this...

For the record, I wish you'd blog more. Twitter is OK, but weightless.

Re: Southern Discomfort / A gentle word for the haters of the Oatmeal Cookie

@tj — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:23:20 -0000

As the aforementioned zealot, I would like to say that I'm actually not anti-oatmeal raisin, as much as I was disappointed to have gotten a cookie after church and bitten into it to realize I had NOT gotten what I expected (chocolate chip).

Having gone through a time when we lived largely on make-your-own-Boboli pizza, I can relate. Here's hoping something good is just around the corner.

Re: Southern Discomfort / Seven things about two brands of whiskey I’d just as soon never drink, and why

AJinNashville — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:20:38 -0000

well snap. I'd bet that you wouldn't be interested in the 7 Things You Never knew about me meme I was just gonna tag you with then, huh?

But just in case... http://allurblogs.blogspot.com/2009/01/seven-th...

:)

Re: Southern Discomfort / Seven things about two brands of whiskey I’d just as soon never drink, and why

DaisyDeadhead — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:32:39 -0000

Southern Comfort is strong alright, but waaaay too sweet. Me and Merle Haggard preferred GEORGE DICKEL. (Which of course, proved to be my undoing!)

Love your writing, as always. :)

Re: These are a few of their favorite things

S. Preston Duncan — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:18:32 -0000

Not too bad, just got into the whole blogsphere addiction thing, not like I needed another addiction in my life. Motivation to write is always nice though. I'm living with my girlfriend, our two cats and a dog in the southside, in what developers would like to call the "Manchester Arts District", but it's just not there yet. I'm writing for RVA Magazine and working part time at a veterinary hospital, looking for a job with less stress and more hours. Check out my blog when you get a chance.

Re: Southern Discomfort / Seven things about two brands of whiskey I’d just as soon never drink, and why

Burrow — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:06:54 -0000

Ugh. I consider neither of those whiskey.

Re: These are a few of their favorite things

vmarinelli — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:31:39 -0000

Hey you! I've been a total hermit. Well, except when I'm with my husband, in which case we sometimes appear at parties and metal shows, make complete jackasses of ourselves, then scurry back home to the kids. How the hell are you?

Re: These are a few of their favorite things

S. Preston Duncan — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:12:38 -0000

hey stranger. What's cooking? or should I ask, where?

Re: Why I laughed when I looked in the mirror on my 38th birthday

Xytrex — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:15:21 -0000

That's cool!! Yea, I'm way late with this.

Re: These are a few of their favorite things

vmarinelli — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:46:44 -0000

Yes. That's exactly what I mean. :)

Re: These are a few of their favorite things

mogrify — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:37:40 -0000

Don't you mean, snapping these pictures *and then blogging them* was obnoxious enough? ;)

Re: Who would like to use me as an illustration for their ADD textbook?

vmarinelli — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:33:20 -0000

Ha! Incidentally, this post was almost titled I've Got 52 Stories And Then Some in honor of this Ani Difranco song, but I'm too delicate today to endure the eye-rolling that would surely result. (Can I still love Ani - and for that matter, Dave Matthews - if I say I'm doing so ironically?)

Oh God I'm such a douche.

Re: Who would like to use me as an illustration for their ADD textbook?

Toni — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:14:46 -0000

While I am completely fine with you having already blown through your 52 stories for '09 right here, I do hope you return. Thank you for opening up and sharing part of your world.

Re: Who would like to use me as an illustration for their ADD textbook?

vmarinelli — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:21:59 -0000

Heh. You know, we recently got some forms from my daughter's doctor - questionnaires for her teacher as well as for us to fill out about her own ADHD propensities (she's never been formally diagnosed, but every doctor she's seen and every teacher she's had has noted the issue). And immediately lost them. Then went back and got two more, which I still haven't lost, although I have lost the appointment reminder card (we're supposed to bring the kid in along with the forms for an in-depth consultation), and I'm panicking that maybe we missed the appointment. Hopefully will remember on Monday to call the front office and ask. (As I always do with the kids' appointments.)

Eldest daughter isn't nearly as prone to the same stuff, which is interesting since her first few years were extremely chaotic (I had to move with her constantly) - but then, she is not her dad's biological offspring, and he's as ADD as me. So when her sister came along, she got his genes in addition to mine, and thus has the personality of a pogo stick. If I hadn't gone through that particular sequence of experiences (by all rights, if there were no biological component, it should be my first child who has more of these issues, and not my second child, whose earliest years were comparatively calm) - I might still think all this was entirely a socially constructed delusion for the benefit of Big Pharma. Alas, I now know otherwise. (Which is not to say that Big Pharma doesn't over-inflate any number of medical issues in the interests of profit; of course they do.)

Re: Southern Discomfort / Something I may or may not do during 2009

vmarinelli — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:10:25 -0000

That's a hilarious snippet, and one I totally botched when I tried to relay it to my husband. Yeah, I'm going to need some practice! (And, very much understood re: your earlier comment pertaining to inebriation.)

Thanks for being so sweet!

Re: Who would like to use me as an illustration for their ADD textbook?

Karoli — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:44:05 -0000

I'm laughing at this because it is characteristic of my own clearly diagnosed ADHD. I have been at the garage/office reorganization for over a month now. The trash is gone, because they charge for the dumpster so I was on a deadline. What isn't trash, however, is halfway put away and halfway not. In the meantime, ADHD #2 son has moved a desk, chair, iMac and other bits into one of the prime storage areas there, staking it out as his own with his two drumsets back-to-back, as if they are guarding the sacred musician-space in what is left of my garage storage.

I think I just have to accept that I will never, ever be organized or otherwise efficient in these areas..

Re: Southern Discomfort / Something I may or may not do during 2009

DaisyDeadhead — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:33:11 -0000

I tend to like the balls-out Sam Kinison type of stand-up, minus the sexism. Still, lots of that cartoon sexism was part of the act. (Full disclosure: we were distantly related.)

I still quote him about why Jesus couldn't have been married--

Wife: But you've been gone for three days!

Jesus: EXCUSE ME, but I was DEAD!!!!!

I also quote his line, imagining what Joseph might have said to Jesus growing up:

"Well, you'd BETTER be God, little mister!!!!!"

He just slayed me with that shit. :D

Re: Southern Discomfort / Something I may or may not do during 2009

DaisyDeadhead — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:32:39 -0000

My first comment disappeared, in which I said GOOD LUCK!

Re: Southern Discomfort / Something I may or may not do during 2009

DaisyDeadhead — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:27:13 -0000

Just remember the rule: no booze other than a *very* light loosening-up, no smoke, no drugs. People think they are lots funnier than they are when they do too much of that stuff. If you ain't Richard Pryor, Chevy Chase, et al.--abstain!

Unsolicited advice from grandma!

That said, I think you'd be great--and don't forget to record it for us. If you don't like it, you have the option to yank it or not show it! But I wanna see! :)

I imagine you as a Paula Poundstone, more mellow type. (((kisses)))

Re: Southern Discomfort / Something I may or may not do during 2009

vmarinelli — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:02:36 -0000

Honey, you'd be great. If you're willing to make the foray, I'll happily be in the audience (or not, if that'd make you nervous).

Lately, I've been digging on Andy Kaufman. He didn't mind bombing spectacularly in between his unequivocally brilliant and engaging performances. He didn't give a shit how he was received (at least, that appeared to be true, unless that illusion was just another of his tricks), so he could effectively get to the unhinged heart of everything. I love the hell out of that.

Re: Southern Discomfort / Something I may or may not do during 2009

j. — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:20:04 -0000

I have always wanted to try standup, just once. I figure I am about 44% as funny as Kathy Griffin, and 44% of her audience would be enough for me. Then again, I am 162% funnier than Rosie O'Donnell and she did standup for years. Yes, yes, this could work out just fine.