and so

[aphrodite_mine]

Parks Talk: Decided I'm going to keep watching Parks, with incredibly low expectations and a little emotional distance. Going to experiment with selective memory -- that scene where Leslie calls Ann beautiful? Totally happened! Anything with Ben or Tom? Totally didn't! In other parts of my Parks-fandom brain, I've decided that the only way for Ann to be happy is for Leslie to either realize what a fuckhead she's being and apologize or for Ann to meet an amazing woman (Lucy? C'mon!) who won't give her shit. Or just, season 1 and 2 Leslie. /Parks Talk

There's one day left to sign up for rarewomen @ LJ. So, if you haven't already and you're interested... GET ON THAT.

Things I'm working on:
-- random fpreg fic
-- trying to get better at tomahawk stops
-- trying to find a less appropriating name for tomahawk stops
-- recast big bang, slowly
-- fivetimesbb. Need to start rewatching The Inside asap
-- reading Highly Sensitive People and getting my mind blown
-- willing my apartment to clean itself
-- fatpost... it will happen eventually!

Oh, and Galentine's Day fic is up... ::squishes everyong::

Comments

[gloss]

I'm so glad you've found a compromise with the show.

...okay, I googled Highly Sensitive People (it sounded like a David Foster Wallace title!) and even the author's webpage is blowing *my* mind.

[aphrodite_mine]

I spent last night reading the first two chapters intermittently sobbing and shaking my head in wonder.

And LOL I'll let you know how the approach works. I have a feeling I'll still be dramatically upset after each episode, but maybe it's just a mindset thing.

[majesdane]

Oh, yes, the selective memory route. I go down that a lot. It's the only way I can watch the Saw movies without wanting to punch someone in the throat.

It's probably also why I get confused when people mention a Palex breakup, S7 of Buffy, Olivia/Peter, the fuck up that Runaways became, etc, etc. I mean, those things like, never happened.

What is Highly Sensitive People?

I keep forgetting I actually need to write something for recastbigbang, even though I've pretty much already written the whole thing in my head. Oops.

[aphrodite_mine]

I've always sort of prided myself on the fact that I don't selectively watch, so this is a new thing for me. I guess this is the first thing I've loved enough.

"The Highly Sensitive Person" (my poor memory mis-related the title) is a self-help book about folks who commonly are diagnosed as shy, introverted, anxious, neurotic but who are really... highly sensitive.

[majesdane]

Ah, yes, love makes us do strange things.

And oh, interesting. I'll check it out.

[prunesquallormd]

Erm, on the plus side, season 1 and what I've seen of season 2 of Parks is very, very good. It's such a shame that it went wrong so quickly :(

If you figure out a way to clean your apartment by force of will alone, you should totally share! That would be awesome XD

I have no idea what a tomahawk stop is. I'm assuming it's something from derby? It sounds painful!

[prunesquallormd]

Also, I'm intrigued by 'The Highly Sensitive Person' from what you say of it above. Must check that out some time.

[aphrodite_mine]

It's not that it goes wrong per se, so much as... goes mainstream. The show seems to lose faith in (some aspects of) feminism and (admittedly, it takes almost three seasons) pairs Leslie off into... what starts off as a -- at least -- functional relationship but quickly turns weird. The show's never been all that kind to Ann, giving her dates and men problems as punchlines.

I will TOTALLY share if I figure it out. I imagine it has something to do with midichlorians.

Tomahawk stop is one of three (four if you count taking a knee or falling) ways of falling. During the first few weeks, we learn the T-stop, where the feet make a T, and the cross bar foot drags the wheels, creating friction. Once we're more steady, we learn the plow stop or V-stop, where the feet are spread and using friction from in-turned toes and thigh muscles, you stop. The more advanced (and probably most effective) is the tomahawk. Skating forward at full speed, then jump-turn-around and land on toe stops. I'm pretty terrible at them. Any time I get any speed I end up falling on my ass. [I'm sure there are videos online, but I'm not sure what you'd have access to, being a non-USian... or if you're even interested lol]

[prunesquallormd]

Ah, that's going to be a problem. I appear to have mislaid all my midichlirans :/

I'm trying to picture the tomahawk and all I can figure is: you're going forwards fast, right? Then you do a 180, so you're go backwards, just as fast. Then you take the weight off your wheels and put it on your stops.
Result: your head is going a lot faster than your feet. How are you not always going to fall flat on your ass? It's physics! XD
I'll definitely have to look up some videos! I'm intrigued!

[aphrodite_mine]

That is... exactly how the stop works! I have NO idea how it's ever performed correctly, except for a lot of bent knees and knowledge of how one's body moves.