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x_multiplemanI think I sprained something. In my head.
New rule. God needs to take a memo or something: Nobody who looks like that should be allowed to read minds. It's entirely not fair. And then the whole class was about mental focus and meditation and things--I'm probably the poster child for lack of focus. Not being focused is sort of how I do the whole multiple dupes thing. So right now I guess I'm an open book to telepaths (and there's whole chapters in there I think I probably did the mental equivalent of putting up billboards about and I'm just gonna go crawl off and die, now.) Maybe it'll work better if I don't have any dupes running around during that class, I dunno. In short, ow.
And then there was the hand-to-hand self-defense class, which was a whole 'nother world of no fun. The whole chrome basement deal was pretty nifty, but I started to get really nervous when I saw how many pads we had to put on, and then class started, and . . .
OK, somebody tell me how when it's everybody else's turn it just looks like they're getting a couple of practice punches to try and duck, but when it's my turn it feels like getting locked in a small room with a pissed-off Samurai Jack for an hour? Needless to say I suck at not getting hit. At least between the padding and the . . . forcefield, or something, Mr. Logan said they'd set up . . . I didn't dupe. Small mercies.
And then he said I was supposed to try and attack him. Man, the last time I threw a punch at somebody I was six, and Dad grounded me for a week. And I can't punch people now, it causes embarrassing public incidents. So that's why I wasn't hitting hard enough or trying hard enough to connect or whatever the heck else I was doing wrong that I didn't catch the guy telling me about because I already know I suck at fighting, I don't see what getting told I do is gonna help. And I guess I don't think being bad at fighting is a bad thing. Dad always says the smart man figures out another way to solve his problems.
So I guess I pretty much suck at the mutant classes, like I figured I was going to. Sorry, Kitty. Maybe things'll be better tomorrow.
Now, where's that ice cream . . .
New rule. God needs to take a memo or something: Nobody who looks like that should be allowed to read minds. It's entirely not fair. And then the whole class was about mental focus and meditation and things--I'm probably the poster child for lack of focus. Not being focused is sort of how I do the whole multiple dupes thing. So right now I guess I'm an open book to telepaths (and there's whole chapters in there I think I probably did the mental equivalent of putting up billboards about and I'm just gonna go crawl off and die, now.) Maybe it'll work better if I don't have any dupes running around during that class, I dunno. In short, ow.
And then there was the hand-to-hand self-defense class, which was a whole 'nother world of no fun. The whole chrome basement deal was pretty nifty, but I started to get really nervous when I saw how many pads we had to put on, and then class started, and . . .
OK, somebody tell me how when it's everybody else's turn it just looks like they're getting a couple of practice punches to try and duck, but when it's my turn it feels like getting locked in a small room with a pissed-off Samurai Jack for an hour? Needless to say I suck at not getting hit. At least between the padding and the . . . forcefield, or something, Mr. Logan said they'd set up . . . I didn't dupe. Small mercies.
And then he said I was supposed to try and attack him. Man, the last time I threw a punch at somebody I was six, and Dad grounded me for a week. And I can't punch people now, it causes embarrassing public incidents. So that's why I wasn't hitting hard enough or trying hard enough to connect or whatever the heck else I was doing wrong that I didn't catch the guy telling me about because I already know I suck at fighting, I don't see what getting told I do is gonna help. And I guess I don't think being bad at fighting is a bad thing. Dad always says the smart man figures out another way to solve his problems.
So I guess I pretty much suck at the mutant classes, like I figured I was going to. Sorry, Kitty. Maybe things'll be better tomorrow.
Now, where's that ice cream . . .
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Date: 2017-12-27 05:39 pm (UTC)May 26 2003, 19:32:55 UTC
My head hurts pretty badly, but I didn't think Professor Frost's class was near as bad -- I don't mind saying I'm afraid of her, and letting somebody in my mind.... *shivers* But the idea of being possessed is worse.
I started to change once, though, and she yanked me back.
I think she was laughing at me.
What d'you mean about how she looks, though?
You were no worse at combat than I was, though, I'm sure. I don't want to have to fight either. It's bad. I don't want to hurt people. Even Professor Logan....
The bruises are going away faster than I thought, though. That's nice.
Ice cream? *looks hopeful*
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x_crowdofone
May 26 2003, 19:54:28 UTC
What d'you mean about how she looks, though?
Well, um . . . she's very nice-looking. And that can sometimes be distracting.
You were no worse at combat than I was, though, I'm sure. I don't want to have to fight either. It's bad. I don't want to hurt people. Even Professor Logan....
I don't think I could hurt him. Especially not after seeing that demonstration he did with Ms. Munroe. But you'd think there would be a way to learn this stuff where all you learn is the blocking part.
The bruises are going away faster than I thought, though. That's nice.
You're lucky. :) I'm not looking forward to tomorrow morning, that's for sure. Argh, and then more of this. Maybe I'll get used to it.
Ice cream? *looks hopeful*
I'm going to go see if there's any of Bobby's mint chocolate chip left over from the barbecue. Wanna come?
x_rahne
May 26 2003, 20:28:52 UTC
I don't think "nice" was quite what came to my mind. Which probably wasn't very good.
I suppose you have a point about it being difficult to hurt Professor Logan. I couldn't help feeling he wanted me to want to, though. It's very strange.
I'm going to go see if there's any of Bobby's mint chocolate chip left over from the barbecue. Wanna come?
Yum! Er... want oatmeal afterwards or if there's no ice cream? (Or with. Hmm. That could be interesting.)
x_crowdofone
May 26 2003, 20:36:49 UTC
It did look like he spent more time with you than some people. Maybe he just thinks you have a longer way to go to wherever he wants us to end up?
Oatmeal as replacement or side dish sounds really good. :) I usually dump cinnamon and honey in mine, what about you?
x_rahne
May 26 2003, 20:48:38 UTC
Th' oatmeal of milk and honey! *firm nod* And cinnamon, and any or all fruit available.
I wonder if I could write Professor Braddock's poem on oatmeal and Professor Frost's class. I feel as if she stirred in my brains.
With a spoon with edges.
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x_crowdofone
May 26 2003, 20:51:43 UTC
Oog. Yeah. That's a really good . . . is that a metaphor, or a simile? I keep forgetting. It's a good whatever it is.
I haven't even started on that and I dunno if I want to. I'm not much good at really rigid poetry like that. Or any other kind, really, but especially the rigid ones.
x_rahne
May 26 2003, 21:03:48 UTC
Er... I said it felt like that, but I might have more implied her telepathy was the spoon.... I'm not quite certain.
It's definitely an image, though.
But the one Professor Braddock had to start the example poem was actually a simile.
x_kitten
May 27 2003, 09:37:14 UTC
I sort of half started on the poem. Didn't get very far. Am much more of a reader than a writer, I think... *sigh*
The class sounded really interesting, but I'm beginning to think I wouldn't be able to cut it.
x_rahne
May 27 2003, 12:20:39 UTC
Reading's much less stressful, really. I was so embarrassed when I realized I'd misunderstood the instructions to start....
I'm not sure if she means it to be as hard as it sounds. I tried to follow all of the instructions, even though trying to come up with things that "sound convincing but don't make sense" or the like was confusing, but she did say....
Well, she said the format was only a guide to inspire, but then she said it was important to do them in order, so maybe I don't understand all that well at all.
*looks at both of you* Perhaps we could talk about it a bit, if you wanted? It was talking to Jamie that gave me an idea, as I said, and perhaps we'd think of things better that way. I'm not certain how to go about changing mine, now that I've got it, for instance. And perhaps we could help each other come up with suitable images.
But then, I don't know if that's all right with Professor Braddock. *looks worried*
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x_crowdofone
May 27 2003, 12:28:15 UTC
I think that would really, really help. Some of the stuff we're supposed to put in is giving me fits.
And I'll probably need the distraction after class today. Although I bet trying to write a poem when you've got a headache isn't the best idea. :)
x_rahne
May 27 2003, 12:53:56 UTC
Oh, I don't know -- some of this might be easier to invent if we're feeling a bit off.
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x_kitten
May 27 2003, 13:13:57 UTC
I don't know, you two would probably be better off without me. I haven't even got any coherent ideas for the theme, and while I might be able to string together something just following all the rules it wouldn't be very sensible, but it probably wouldn't even be nonsensical enough to be Dada or something...
*sigh*
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x_crowdofone
May 27 2003, 13:18:36 UTC
So pretty much you're exactly where I was last night. :) Come on, we'll get ice cream after class and spoil our dinners and try and jog loose the old creative brain cells, I'm sure you're not that hopeless.
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x_kitten
May 27 2003, 13:22:08 UTC
*smile*
Not so sure about me not being that hopeless, but the ice cream and chat session sounds like a good idea anyways.
x_rahne
May 28 2003, 13:09:30 UTC
But not making sense is good. I think. It's in the instructions! *points*
You seem not to have needed it for ideas, though. Either of you. :)
x_coldhands
May 27 2003, 15:22:42 UTC
Hmm. There's an idea for an ice cream flavor. Oatmeal, cinnamon, honey...and maybe raisin? Want to join me in the kitchen? There's only so much that one guy can read about Milton's concepts of Original Sin from the feminist context viewpoint.
x_crowdofone
May 27 2003, 15:32:54 UTC
Hm. It works on cookies, so why not? And I'm always ready to field-test a new ice cream flavor.
Milton, huh? Dad got me to read that one by telling me it was an adventure story and conveniently forgetting the part about it being in verse. And then the imagery got me.
But I never really figured out Satan's deal. It's like he didn't think he was actually making a choice unless he was saying "No." Weird guy.
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x_coldhands
May 27 2003, 15:39:35 UTC
Meet you in the kitchen? We can discuss imagery/language dichotomies and Satan as a sociocultural construction if you like. I read a bunch of stuff about that.
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x_crowdofone
May 27 2003, 15:45:26 UTC
Sure.
Yipe, though, I dunno if I'll follow all that. Dad was more concentrating on "what do you think the author was trying to say here" and "okay, can you support that interpretation with the text." We never really got as far as sociocultural constructions.