Comments | lazysun: a little slow on the uptake

lazysun

a little slow on the uptake

Jan 16, 2006 11:44

even though most of youse seem to have already moved way beyond this meme, i feel the need to participate ( Read more... )

memey goodness

Comments 27

wonkodsane January 16 2006, 16:55:25 UTC

If you were stranded on a deserted island, tell us one thing and one person you would bring with you and why.

Also tell us the person you'd be least likely to bring with you and why.

lazysun January 16 2006, 17:44:42 UTC

wow, let's not start them out hard or nothing...

I would love to say that all i would need would be oh_chris and a knife, but i would wind up using one on the other at some point, I'm sure. We don't do well spending 24 hours a day together. Being ever the pragmatist at heart, I think maybe the guy who does Survivorman, but I definitely would still want some type of Leatherman/knife jobby. If it were purely for the entertainment value, and I could have anyone alive or dead, I would probably choose Dick Feynman, because I don't think I would EVER get bored talking to him, and I'd probably learn a little physics in the process ( ... )

? cobie January 16 2006, 17:56:19 UTC

how would you use chris on a knife?

Re: ? lazysun January 16 2006, 18:14:12 UTC

stick it in his hand?

Thread 8

graceness January 16 2006, 17:05:12 UTC

do you plan to have any more children? can you have any more?

lazysun January 16 2006, 17:52:45 UTC

Wow, I wish this question was easier to answer. Well, the short answer to the second one is "yes", with a month's notice. :)

As for whether or not we plan to, well, we've talked about it. I know Chris wants a girl, which is something we've discussed quite a bit. I don't care about gender; I just would love to actually be there for all the things we missed with John. I've missed WAY too much of his childhood, and I don't want to do that to another kid. At the same time, I fear greatly that I would alienate the son I already have by ... well, trying again. I fear that he will think that I didn't love him enough, or that I didn't want him. I don't know how he'd respond, and so I'm terrified of losing him that I don't want to even explore the option at this point (not to mention not being in a very good place financially or emotionally to be trying right now). So, maybe when he's older... which at least still gives me time, since I had him so early...

cobie January 16 2006, 17:58:35 UTC

i'm impressed with how much thought you've given this.

lazysun January 16 2006, 18:13:45 UTC

well, I've had seven years to think about it... :)

Thread 5

mkb_technologie January 16 2006, 17:24:28 UTC

how did you find e2?

lazysun January 16 2006, 18:12:59 UTC

sticky.

no... I don't know that I have a good story. The short form is that I was looking over Chris's shoulder one day at his former place of work, and he was exploring e2, and he tried to explain it to me, but I didn't get it. So I went, and I still didn't get it right away, and so I pushed it away at first.

I wound up playing around for a while, and when Chris really started to get into it, I started getting a little more interested. When I finally found something to say, I was a little let down at the response I didn't get. (I have a very large ego about some things, you see, and I seemed to think that a hidden writeup on a years-old topic would get noticed. I was obviously wrong, but at least it didn't get killed...) But I started reading more, and I started finding more things that needed to be written, and I started getting more into the community.

And then I met you guys for the first time. cobie, and m0xiee, and jennoa, and you. (Well, and about 60 others.) And that's when I was really sold. I was just thrilled to find a ( ... )

radlab0 January 16 2006, 18:24:53 UTC

What was it like, finding out you were pregnant and having a kid and all the associated stuff?

Also, how did your human sexuality class go?

lazysun January 16 2006, 19:14:51 UTC

I'm answering question 2 first. Last quarter was an astounding success. I had 16 A's. :) My group last quarter was interesting, and dynamic, and maybe a little TOO open. This quarter's going to be interesting, I think. It's going to take some work to get these guys out of their shells, but I think I'm up to the challenge ( ... )

lazysun January 16 2006, 19:15:39 UTC

And then, one night, my back started to hurt. A LOT. I felt like something was kicking me in the kidneys, OVER and OVER and OVER. I thought I was going to die. I thought my kidneys were exploding. I thought my spine was going to pop out of my body. I started bleeding ever so slightly -- it might've been because I kept trying to go to the bathroom, so I was a little raw, but I didn't know, and since I didn't think much of it, I didn't say anything ( ... )

mcmiller January 17 2006, 00:19:01 UTC

Wow, I'm really moved. I didn't know they'd officially adopted him. I guess that means him living with you is definately out?

Thread 5

sun_doth_burn January 17 2006, 01:34:37 UTC

Okay okay back up. As much as I love you, Jen, I've apparently missed something big. Your son was adopted by your mom and dad? What's the story there? Spill it, sistah!

wonkodsane January 17 2006, 02:59:35 UTC

She also worked in a dance revue in Vegas for six years, then spent two more years as a cruise director for Royal Caribbean.

Geesh. Don't you know anything about Jen?

lazysun January 17 2006, 03:21:25 UTC

Scott! You're not supposed to tell people that! I was an exposure-oriented performance artist!

Dancing, schmancing...

lazysun January 17 2006, 03:02:06 UTC

yeah. When I had John, I had just turned 18 two days before. I was TOTALLY not ready for a kid. Chris was still in school -- he didn't even know that John had been born for a few days. As soon as I saw him, like I said, my heart swelled and broke at the same time. I was totally in love with him, but I knew there was no way in hell I could care for him. I couldn't even care for myself. I was terrified of the outside world -- how the hell could I possibly show a child how it was supposed to work ( ... )