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mangofandangoI've seen this posted all over the place, but I'm linking to [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]'s posting of it here for all of you who might want to have children eventually and don't frequent women's health communities and such. :)
Just Say No to Episiotomies: a new study confirms that routine episiotomies are dumb!
Also, I put up a couple of Boston photoes in [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com], here.
I am enjoying reading everyone's Veronica Mars commentary after last night's reveal-after-reveal episode! But now I really want to know what happens. Is it Tuesday yet?
I think maybe it will turn out (eventually, probably not this year since there's only one episode left) that Duncan isn't really Veronica's brother. I think his mother might have told him that to keep him away from Veronica. But I do think it's a useful device for making him feel extra conflict over what happened the night of the party. I also think I like that they played around with the gray areas about whether the sex that night was consensual or not. I mean, clearly, it wasn't consensual since both of them were legally and ethically unable to consent - and I really hope viewers understand that. But it's different for Veronica because there isn't one person to blame - not even Duncan, really - and that's what she expected and probably wanted. I also that a lot of people were implicated in small ways - the kids who saw her and didn't help her, the boys who left her alone in the bedroom unconcious, Logan for having the drugs and slipping some in Duncan's drink, that girl there (I forget her name) for giving Veronica the "trip to the dentist" and inadvertently drugging her. It makes everything much more complicated than if one person had purposefully drugged and raped her. Not necessarily better or worse, but more complicated. Either way, it was definitely disturbing. (And because of all that, I think Veronica (and not Meg, as Veronica suggested) might be the only good person left at her school. :P)
I liked that she went to Wallace and actually let him in, because poor Wallace really gets the short end of the stick with her. And I really like the whole best friend dynamic, with no sexual tension - it's fairly rare to see that on TV.
My guess for Lily's murderer? Aaron Echolls. I'm thinking he was her other Big Secret, and that maybe the video tapes from the pool house room there will prove it. Maybe Logan's mother even knew, or suspected, and that played a role in her suicide. But it could be anyone else, too - again I ask, is it Tuesday yet? :)
Just Say No to Episiotomies: a new study confirms that routine episiotomies are dumb!
Also, I put up a couple of Boston photoes in [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com], here.
I am enjoying reading everyone's Veronica Mars commentary after last night's reveal-after-reveal episode! But now I really want to know what happens. Is it Tuesday yet?
I think maybe it will turn out (eventually, probably not this year since there's only one episode left) that Duncan isn't really Veronica's brother. I think his mother might have told him that to keep him away from Veronica. But I do think it's a useful device for making him feel extra conflict over what happened the night of the party. I also think I like that they played around with the gray areas about whether the sex that night was consensual or not. I mean, clearly, it wasn't consensual since both of them were legally and ethically unable to consent - and I really hope viewers understand that. But it's different for Veronica because there isn't one person to blame - not even Duncan, really - and that's what she expected and probably wanted. I also that a lot of people were implicated in small ways - the kids who saw her and didn't help her, the boys who left her alone in the bedroom unconcious, Logan for having the drugs and slipping some in Duncan's drink, that girl there (I forget her name) for giving Veronica the "trip to the dentist" and inadvertently drugging her. It makes everything much more complicated than if one person had purposefully drugged and raped her. Not necessarily better or worse, but more complicated. Either way, it was definitely disturbing. (And because of all that, I think Veronica (and not Meg, as Veronica suggested) might be the only good person left at her school. :P)
I liked that she went to Wallace and actually let him in, because poor Wallace really gets the short end of the stick with her. And I really like the whole best friend dynamic, with no sexual tension - it's fairly rare to see that on TV.
My guess for Lily's murderer? Aaron Echolls. I'm thinking he was her other Big Secret, and that maybe the video tapes from the pool house room there will prove it. Maybe Logan's mother even knew, or suspected, and that played a role in her suicide. But it could be anyone else, too - again I ask, is it Tuesday yet? :)
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Date: 2005-05-04 01:23 pm (UTC)who is aaron echolls again?
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Date: 2005-05-04 01:45 pm (UTC)You totally have to see this episode - it's the second to last and has a whole bunch of big ol' reveals. Which I guess you just read about, but you know, you should see it. I know there's an LJ community for downloading episodes of VM, if that helps at all - I think it's [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com].
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Date: 2005-05-04 01:54 pm (UTC)i can download episodes? lovely! i will do that tonight on ben's fancy computer. because really, i have to see it.
what a good freaking show.
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Date: 2005-05-04 05:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-09 06:19 pm (UTC)If you have any questions about the whole librarian thing, feel free to ask. I just finished my first full year of my MLIS program, which is the halfway point, so I'm probably useful for questions and stuff only about 50% of the time - but it's worth a shot, right? :)
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Date: 2005-05-10 01:58 pm (UTC)I don't think I've got any concrete questions just yet, but I'd love to take advantage of your "50%-ness" and ask you about your general opinion of the program, favorite aspect, lease favorite aspect, what your expectations were, and what they are now, if that all makes sense. Thanks!
I'm quitewrite [at] gmail dot com, if that's easier.
meditation
Date: 2005-05-09 05:58 pm (UTC)my browser kept saying i didn't have access to courtney's journal so i'm leaving you this here. memorize the whole thing before you try it. it isn't that hard, and after a while it all comes automatically. i don't even think about what step i'm on when i do meditate anymore. if you have any questions please feel free to ask.
the official website is http://www.crystalinks.com/merkaba.html
for a complete history and understanding, there are two books i really suggest reading, three actually;
the ancient secret of the flower of life 1 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1891824171/qid=1115686378/sr=8-2/ref=pd_csp_2/002-4344784-7197607?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)
the ancient secret of the flower of life 2 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/189182421X/qid=1115686378/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-4344784-7197607?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)
and
nothing in this book is true... (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1583940677/qid=1115686422/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/002-4344784-7197607?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)
it might be best to read this last book first, because it seems less "crazy" and covers all the basics very generally. the first two go into great detail sometimes.
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Date: 2005-05-15 12:37 pm (UTC)All this baby/birthing info that keeps surfacing as I get older leaves me eager to adopt.
Re: epi
Date: 2005-05-15 04:06 pm (UTC)I know what you mean about all the birthing info. It's almost overwhelming how many variables there are, and how many decisions there are to make! In Kelly's doula info, there was an article that was a few pages long that was just a list of every step/decision in the birth plan, and what the options were. When I'm planning this stuff, I think a list like that could help a lot, because it makes it seem a lot less huge and complicated and gives you easy places to start researching. But yes, adoption is also a good plan, and one I will definitely use if we decide we want more than one child. :)