Good afternoon to you all

[cleolinda]

Peoples of the internet! So I have read over your de-stressing suggestions--a lot of them were what I expected, but I was curious as to what people would recommend most often, and also the more unusual suggestions. (This is related, but I'll go ahead and ask up front where people will see it: does anyone have BPAL/TAL imps of Milk & Honey and/or

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[wolfshark]

So I tried to go to Aromaleigh's site - and it's asking for a name and password. Do you know how to get past it?

[wolfshark]

Never mind - I just found a blog saying the site is down for a few days!

[cleolinda]

Yeah, she's doing stuff to it, so the public's locked out while she refurbishes. That's why I didn't put in any links to it.

[gfrancie]

This may sound hokey but I am a big fan of acupuncture. I know "being poked with needles" doesn't sound relaxing but my people (yes I have people hah) have done a lot to help with some things like my body going haywire and the chronic insomnia. I wish I could fly you here to experience their good work.

[franklanguage]

I also recommended acupuncture, but it didn't make the list. I've been going for several years, and currently go to two clinics, which makes me feel a little spoiled-not necessarily a bad thing.

This site recommends one practitioner in Birmingham. (You did say you're in Birmingham, didn't you?) Actually, of the two clinics I go to, one is a student clinic (and therefore the students are supervised by their instructors) and the other is a branch of City Acupuncture. There may be an acupuncture school near you that offers student treatments.

[mallmouse]

not giving Twilight fanfiction a chance?? brb, Voltera

I swear, I was like that too, thinking fanfiction of a badly written book would be horrendous, but then I gave Angstgoddess' stories a try, and, omg, that chick can write

[cleolinda]

I really just don't read fanfiction, like narrative type things (as opposed to quick humor pieces or parodies). It's a time management thing, mostly. Only so many hours in a day, and I'm already behind on my own work, plus a stack of books that's about three feet high.

[mallmouse]

Well, just so you know, we talk behind your back very often on several Twilight fanfiction communities (e.g. Edwardville and Wide Awake Rehab). We worship you and many of us would give our Twilight DVDs to get you not only to read *certain* fics, but also to do recaps lol

Btw, are you plannng on doing an Avatar in 15 minutes?

P.S. Sorry for my English, it's not my first language (and that's a great excuse ;)

[cleolinda]

Oh dear. Well, I never know if I can write a 15M until I try, and even then sometimes I'm not able to finish, because it just doesn't "happen," if that makes any sense. Given that I saw Avatar a couple of weeks ago... it probably won't happen. I've already written three this year, and that's about normal for me. And with two of them in one month, I'm a bit burnt out at the moment.

[robinmc]

I hate cleaning, but I love organizing. This is why I never get very far with cleaning, because I get hung up on arranging the books on that one shelf by some weird subject-related criteria known only to myself.

I am the same way. I don't clean often, but when I do, it turns into a giant production of organization and arranging things in "keep" and "purge" piles and trying to remember why I held onto a stack of InStyle and Entertainment Weekly magazines from 2003 (damned if I know). A lot of times I end up crying, and it's very cathartic.

[lyrainverse]

I do this too! Sometimes I even keep things I know I don't want just so I can have the satisfaction of recycling them later all at once.

[beag_beran]

Me too (except for the crying - when I need a cathartic cry I watch
Titanic/Gladiator/Buffy/The West Wing/The Wrath of Khan etc etc etc). I've just finished studying and become unemployed, but spent I don't know how much on jewellery stands and shoe racks and filing cabinets and things out of a desperate need to organise...

[robinmc]

I think the crying usually happens if I find a bunch of stuff that was important at the time, and I remember why, but it's no longer important, just due to my life going in a different direction or whatever. One day it was just looking at some pictures from high school and thinking about my relationship with my mom. A lot of times I just laugh and shake my head, though.

[r_a_black]

Start knitting, try something small and simple, that's how I went. I used to use it as an excuse to keep people from bothering me as well as a way to get myself focused and relaxed.