This is why we need entities like the Polite Police and Stupid Police. At the first HARRUMPH they would have been taken out for an etiqutte lesson with one of those old fashioned rulers.
I saw a film based on her experience when I was about 8 and the scene of her falling out of the sky in her seat haunted my nightmares for ages. I didn't realise she was only 17 at the time.
I can see why they'd be dismayed in that situation, cos her book was definitely going to overshadow theirs, but please.
Noes, you poor thing D: The Italian one mentioned in the Wiki article? That's terrible. (The fact she was attached to a bank of seats is supposed to have saved her, though; she says they whirled round and round like a sycamore seed and that slowed her descent.)
Yes, it's not pleasant to be overshadowed but it should be endured graciously when it happens. Especially when the overshadowing is the result of a horrific experience.
It was the English remake with Susan Penhaligon, I believe. I credit that film with awakening my morbid fascination with air disasters.
I think all of them were there to talk about books that had to do with the death of a parent. Which is sad, but the next guy wanted to talk about how he'd got over his dad's death by playing golf. Golf. Not quite the same as falling two miles. *Growls a bit*
Oh, you too? I'm terrified of planes; haven't been in one since 1996. *Shivers at the thought*
My last plane trip was in 2006. I'm okay with the flying part but I'm terrified of surviving a disaster and waiting in vain for rescue -_- I'd rather be killed instantly. I went to London and Perth in 2006 and I agonized about the possibility of the plane going down in the ocean and me floating, clinging to wreckage until I drowned or was inhaled by a passing shark.
I think it might be a combination of anxiety, too much imagination and some triggering event. An odd set of circumstances had me terrified of a possible WWIII in my childhood.
Oh, me too! It was very aggravating because when I was a kid everyone was like "Children are imaginative, night fears, blah blah blah", and when I presented as an adult with exactly the same symptoms they gave me counselling and put me on antidepressants. *Shakes fist at the uncaring skies*
I think counselling and medication have their place and use but they seem to have become a "one size fits all" nowadays. I've had gut wrenching, cold hands anxiety for as long as I can remember and was diagnosed with Generalised Anxiety Disorder in my twenties. I believe in the diagnosis but medication just made me feel like the end of a horror film where you aren't sure if the main character has really escaped the evil or just thinks he has. I'd rather see my anxiety face to face than wonder if it's hiding in a closet like a freaky gremlin.
I like the idea that anxiety and fear may be evolutionary hold overs. At one time it was pretty damn practical to be afraid of strangers, loud noises, heights, many animals and a host of other things.
I saw a film based on her experience when I was about 8 and the scene of her falling out of the sky in her seat haunted my nightmares for ages. I didn't realise she was only 17 at the time.
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Noes, you poor thing D: The Italian one mentioned in the Wiki article? That's terrible. (The fact she was attached to a bank of seats is supposed to have saved her, though; she says they whirled round and round like a sycamore seed and that slowed her descent.)
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It was the English remake with Susan Penhaligon, I believe. I credit that film with awakening my morbid fascination with air disasters.
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Oh, you too? I'm terrified of planes; haven't been in one since 1996. *Shivers at the thought*
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I like the idea that anxiety and fear may be evolutionary hold overs. At one time it was pretty damn practical to be afraid of strangers, loud noises, heights, many animals and a host of other things.
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