Thread Drift

[chickwhorips]

i've been bringing my lunch to work bc its hard to go home for lunch. well there was some veggies and fruits left from some people that were out here working in the fridge. score! well i just went to get my lunch out of that same fridge and someone decided to organize everything that was in there.

well my lunch is gone. the diet coke is there, but my tupperware container with a fork (not a spork a real fork) is gone. poof! vanished! gone. hello?! where are our brains?

[Kitsune06]

For some bizarre reason, your post on tupperware and brains reminded me of a friend of mine who had this neat bowl that was a really, really realistic cast of a skull, with the braincase that opened. It was gross when he ate soup etc out of it.

[chickwhorips]

thankfully my co-worker ken saved the day and brought me a pb&j sandwich. how kind of him.

[Xrayted]

Yeah. We medical people have the coolest toys... http://www.allheart.com/acc-21013.ht...n=SMX&ovtac=PI

[Wahine]

There are "Medical toys" and then there are Medical toys

Ummmmm. What are ball weights for?

[kelownagirl]

All that stuff is weird in my book, but then I'm old.

[Bad JuJu]

Yikes--that mouth gag looks scary! This is a whole other world of which I was unaware. Imagine that--something the great Bad JuJu didn't know--don't tell my students!

[Bikingmomof3]

Add me to the did-not-know-looks-weird/scary list.

[Kitsune06]

Wahine- Ball weights are likely for weighting balls. I might've missed the memo on that, though.

Bad JuJu- You have no idea how far down that rabbit hole goes.

The pinwheel is actually a *lot* of fun to play with. little prickles as light or sharp as you care for that all build into an overwhelming sensation after a little bit. Spine-tingling and hair raising! Originally used to test nervous sensation? Much more variable than a feather.

I admit I don't "play doctor" and have no real urge to start, but gosh darnit that pinwheel is a lotta fun. Makes me wish I had my own...

[Kitsune06]

*bursts into flames*

The pinwheel's fun if you like to prickle when you tickle.

[chickwhorips]

is it me? or is it getting hot in here?

[Kitsune06]

I dunno. I know, and <mumble, mumble mumble mumble mumble>*AHEM* My gosh. must be the weather. *fans self*

I love those sites and those supplies. When Dad OL did a ritual and channeled Hermes, he had 50 play piercing needles over his chest and arms. 20g. Said the euphoria of the endorphin rush was amazing. I don't doubt it. No emla or other topical anesthetic, either; would defeat the purpose. He's my hero.

Salvador Dali said "I don't need drugs, I AM drugs"
How right he was- the sheer amount of natural opiate your body can pump out given the right circumstances is amazing. Amazing things are possible, just keep your blood sugar up and be careful. Then again, I doubt there are any heavy modders on this board.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Well that's the thing about the internet- everything is right out there if you want to look at it. Everything. Just punch up a subject or word and there you go, thousands of sites devoted to it, no matter what the fetish or interest, or how extreme. Why post kinky sites here, as though they were hard to find or unusual?...they're all right at all our fingertips with a mere couple of clicks! (still trying to figure out what "When Dad OL did a ritual and channeled Hermes" means WITHOUT having to peruse a bunch of sites to find out!...sounds like an enema or something)
I'm not judging people (i have tattoos myself, and I used to do some pretty self destructive things when I was an angry young rebel), but I have occasionally seriously wondered when (or if) body modification crosses the line from "art" to just plain sad self mutilation. First there are society-accepted forms of body modification- such as pierced earrings, artificial nails, liposuction, dental braces, breast implants, plastic surgery, girdles, waxing and electrolysis, cosmetic dental procedures, hair implants, etc. (Oh the things we'll do for vanity!) Then, there's "alternative" piercing and tattooing and scarring and branding, seeking pain as ecstasy, etc....so then what about setting yourself on fire, running a knife through your hand, or lopping OFF your ear instead of just having 20 holes pierced in it? Is it ALL "art" and "self expression", even to the point of killing yourself (an extreme example, for sure!). That brings up weird similarities to suicide bombers and them feeling their act brings them spiritual perfection and automatic ascendence to Heaven. Just ponderings I turn over in my mind sometimes.
Then that makes me think about people who have been through awful accidents and been burned and scarred and amputated...they would give anything to have their bodies be the way they were. It reminds of when I feel really sick and I see well people around me and I think "They don't even know how lucky they are- they take their good health for granted and squander it" or some such typical sick-person thoughts. Then I get well again and stop having those thoughts.

(good thing this thread is called Thread Drift, because this would be serious thread hijack!)

P.S. an interesting note about Salvador Dali is that his wife Gala used to insist that he shave off ALL his body hair- legs, underarms, privates, etc- she wanted him to be totally smooth like a baby for some reason, and apparently he complied at least sometimes.

[chickwhorips]

hmmm i never knew that about salvador dali.

[crazycanuck]

Who needs school when there's Thread Drift..

I never knew...Thanks for de edumication

C