I am terrified that I am constantly letting everyone down. Irrational, yes.
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
One day Jeanie, I'm going to buy you a drink. Mark my words. I'm going to deliver it to you in person, with a smile, and you're going to have to fucking deal with it.
Or should I bring my crutches that day?
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
One day Jeanie, I'm going to buy you a drink. Mark my words. I'm going to deliver it to you in person, with a smile, and you're going to have to fucking deal with it.
Or should I bring my crutches that day?
Honey. It's not the people in the wheelchairs, it's the wheelchairs. I would most definitely love to have a drink with you, AND I'd even be brave and cope with the wheelchair. I'd probably be distracted from my irrational fear on account you were in it!
Honey. Read what I said. It's not the people in the wheelchairs, it's the wheelchairs. I would most definitely love to have a drink with you, AND I'd even be brave and cope with the wheelchair. I'd probably be distracted from my irrational fear on account you were in it!
Distracted? You're not wrong darlin'.
Didn't mean to be reactionary; it's all the disabled propaganda brainwashing classes wot did it: "BE the chair! BE the chair! BE the chair!"
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
Didn't mean to be reactionary; it's all the disabled propaganda brainwashing classes wot did it: "BE the chair! BE the chair! BE the chair!"
no problem. I was worried when I posted that I might have put it the wrong way.
I have one, occassionally I have to use it, possibly I'll have to use it more in the future. I hate it because of what it represents.
And I kinda got a taste for how people treat you differently when you're in one and I REALLY don't like it AT ALL!
Anyway if it turns out I gotta use it more, I know where I can come for wheelie lessons right?
Seriously I doubt VERY MUCH I'd even see the chair if you were in it!
Especially if you had a drink in your hand!
no problem. I was worried when I posted that I might have put it the wrong way.
I have one, occassionally I have to use it, possibly I'll have to use it more in the future. I hate it because of what it represents.
And I kinda got a taste for how people treat you differently when you're in one and I REALLY don't like it AT ALL!
Anyway if it turns out I gotta use it more, I know where I can come for wheelie lessons right?
Seriously I doubt VERY MUCH I'd even see the chair if you were in it!
Especially if you had a drink in your hand!
No, if we were drinking you could also see my.... :eek:
Seriously though, I was only half-joking about the disabled propaganda stuff. I've got some books on disabled philosophy and politics. Looking into the way people have thought about disability really makes you start to think differently about things; you can turn the negative associations into positive ones. It's society which tells us what to think about what is 'wrong' with us (it's medicalisation and the care establishment which decides there is even anything 'wrong' with us). Disabled people didn't invent that category and people needn't see it that way. Yeah, crap gets me down but most of the time I wear it as a badge of pride.
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
Seriously though, I was only half-joking about the disabled propaganda stuff. I've got some books on disabled philosophy and politics. Looking into the way people have thought about disability really makes you start to think differently about things; you can turn the negative associations into positive ones. It's society which tells us what to think about what is 'wrong' with us (it's medicalisation and the care establishment which decides there is even anything 'wrong' with us). Disabled people didn't invent that category and people needn't see it that way. Yeah, crap gets me down but most of the time I wear it as a badge of pride.
As you should. And it's great that you're well read and involved in the politics and philosophy of disability. Expanding ones perspective is a good thing.
I did mention that this wheelchair business is an "irrational fear" of mine?
Bit like my fear of spiders or asylums or small confined spaces. Nothing wrong with any of those things, I just have a problem with them and I know it's irrational.
damn the Wizard of Oz. even when I'd watch it with my kids when they were growing up i'd hide my eyes and ask them to tell when the flying monkeys part was over so that i could open them again.
ever since I can remember those flying monkey bastards would sometimes appear in my nightmares too
Centipedes and Millipedes. They make me scream like a little girl.
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I'm scared of people who have no fear, because to have no fear is irrational. Except, that might be a perfectly rational fear in itself. Now I'm worried about that, so, I guess my irrational fear is, I'm scared of the fact I'm scared of people who have no fear because to have no fear is irrational (which might be a perfectly rational fear in itself). And a negative and a negative make a positive. So what's there to be worried about?
I'm scared of people who have no fear, because to have no fear is irrational. Except, that might be a perfectly rational fear in itself. Now I'm worried about that, so, I guess my irrational fear is, I'm scared of the fact I'm scared of people who have no fear because to have no fear is irrational. Except, that might be a perfectly rational fear in itself. Now I'm doubly worried about that, so, I guess my doubly irrational fear is, I'm doubly scared of people who have no fear, because to have no fear is irrational. Except, that might be a perfectly rational double fear in itself. And a negative and a negative make a positive. So what's there to be worried about?
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I'm sacred of people who have no fear, because to have no fear is irrational. Except, that might be a perfectly rational fear in itself. Now I'm worried about that, so, I guess my irrational fear is, I'm sacred of people who have no fear, because to have no fear is irrational. Except, that might be a perfectly rational fear in itself. Now I'm doubly worried about that, so, I guess my doubly irrational fear is, I'm doubly scared of people who have no fear, because to have no fear is irrational. Except, that might be a perfectly rational double fear in itself. And a negative and a negative make a positive. So what's there to be worried about?
you just gave me an f'ing headache. THANKS
i don't like large insects. and i'd be afraid to be somewhere desolate alone like with no gas or way to get help, but that's more rational really. i don't have some inordinate fear of clowns or chex mix. not yet anyway
the things i probably fear/dread the most are things that are inevitable, like death of loved ones, that sort of deal. nothing i can control. i can avoid big bugs though. and chex mix. if i develop a chex mix phobia.
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wheelchairs? really, wheelchairs?
what are these? i think we've had them in our apartment lately. they are pretty creepy.
my only real fear is alzheimer's. jesus that disease scares me.
Yup!!! I hate them suckers! Can't stand looking at em, can't stand to see people trapped in em!
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One day Jeanie, I'm going to buy you a drink. Mark my words.
Or should I bring my crutches that day?
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Distracted? You're not wrong darlin'.
Didn't mean to be reactionary; it's all the disabled propaganda brainwashing classes wot did it: "BE the chair! BE the chair! BE the chair!"
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
no problem.
I have one, occassionally I have to use it, possibly I'll have to use it more in the future. I hate it because of what it represents.
And I kinda got a taste for how people treat you differently when you're in one and I REALLY don't like it AT ALL!
Anyway if it turns out I gotta use it more, I know where I can come for wheelie lessons right?
Seriously I doubt VERY MUCH I'd even see the chair if you were in it!
Especially if you had a drink in your hand!
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No, if we were drinking you could also see my.... :eek:
Seriously though, I was only half-joking about the disabled propaganda stuff. I've got some books on disabled philosophy and politics. Looking into the way people have thought about disability really makes you start to think differently about things; you can turn the negative associations into positive ones. It's society which tells us what to think about what is 'wrong' with us (it's medicalisation and the care establishment which decides there is even anything 'wrong' with us). Disabled people didn't invent that category and people needn't see it that way. Yeah, crap gets me down but most of the time I wear it as a badge of pride.
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
If we were drinking I could also see...........your mouth open????
As you should.
I did mention that this wheelchair business is an "irrational fear" of mine?
Bit like my fear of spiders or asylums or small confined spaces. Nothing wrong with any of those things, I just have a problem with them and I know it's irrational.
Now you gonna teach me how to do wheelies or not?
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damn the Wizard of Oz. even when I'd watch it with my kids when they were growing up i'd hide my eyes and ask them to tell when the flying monkeys part was over so that i could open them again.
ever since I can remember those flying monkey bastards would sometimes appear in my nightmares too
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flying monkeys...........apparently.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
i don't like large insects. and i'd be afraid to be somewhere desolate alone like with no gas or way to get help, but that's more rational really. i don't have some inordinate fear of clowns or chex mix. not yet anyway
the things i probably fear/dread the most are things that are inevitable, like death of loved ones, that sort of deal. nothing i can control. i can avoid big bugs though. and chex mix. if i develop a chex mix phobia.
and that's a lot of X's right there
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Are you the one who saw those two midgets humping in the other thread?
that's right.....now hold me, cate!
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