1) Apparently, pain in childbirth is a good thing, because, as far as I can tell, it shows women what's what. WTF? Who the hell would suggest that?

Wait, hang on:

Dr Denis Walsh, associate professor in midwifery at Nottingham University, said pain was a "rite of passage" which often helped regulate childbirth.

He said it helped strengthen a ( Read more... )

As some of you may know, I work in a psychology department, and as such, from time to time I take part in experiments. Yesterday, for example, I got to wear a net of electrodes on my head and push buttons while having salt water dripped on me from a pipette for half an hour. I got six quid and some delicious caek for my trouble ( Read more... )

I have a confession to make; a terrible thing I've done, something that's been eating me up from inside.

I've read Twilight.

( A review of sorts. )

I finally got around to mirroring my whole journal over at IJ. And from now on I am going to try my very best to mirror every post I make, just in case. If you have an account there, feel free to friend. :P ( Read more... )

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Quick general life update: I just got a new job! I was convinced that I had utterly fucked up the interview, so this is good news. At one point I almost walked out, I felt so bad about the way (I thought) it was going. Goes to show, huh ( Read more... )