NOT QUITE DEAD YET

[thenakedcat]

So, maybe I should actually use this thing the way it was intended and post, like real posts with words that don't come from memes, from time to time, ya think? Maybe before the Russians come in and go all Iron Curtain on our asses

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[thenakedcat]

* sigh * I really don't know WHAT I'm going to do if LJ gets inhospitable. I DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOU ALL! EVEN IF MY VIRGINITY MAKES MY NOSE RUN!

[laurabryannan]

It sounds like you enjoy your visits home just about as much as I do. :P

I'm fascinated by Indo-European root words. Did you come away from your class with a good textbook you could recommend?

[thenakedcat]

Yeaaaaaaah, family's kind of the ties that gag for me too.

My textbook isn't specifically about Indo-European, but it gives a lot of examples from Indo-European linguistics as well as other language families, and it's a very good explanation of the techniques used to reconstruct Indo-European in the first place. Historical Linguistics: An Introduction (2nd ed.) by Lyle Campbell.

[onthefloor]

A head cold? Yeah, I could see that.

Or I could say something creepy, like "Baby, I'm your antihistamine. Let's get together and sleep it off."

Glad to see that you're alive, though! <3

[thenakedcat]

Oh god. My virginity BETTER not be my antihistamine, or else it's responsible for a lot of nightmares!

That goes for you as well, stranger...wish I could come down to Florida and be your new roommate D:

[gallo_de_pelea]

They make reusable cloth pads??

[thenakedcat]

Yup, cloth pads are one of a range of little-known alternatives to disposable pads and tampons. Others include cups that are inserted into the vagina to catch menstrual blood (there are a couple of different models, names include the Keeper and the Luna Cup) and sea sponges that are inserted like tampons.

There are sites online that describe how to sew your own cloth pads and also sites that will sell you ready-made reusable pads. You just soak the pads in cold water after using them and then toss them in the washing machine, same as you would a pair of panties that got bled on. Most cloth pads are designed to last about as long as disposable pads, so you buy enough to get you through one full cycle and then they last you for YEARS, and nothing goes into a landfill!

(I apologize if that is way, way TMI. Had an eggnog latte this afternoon and it still hasn't fully worn off.)

[quakey]

"Hey baby. Is that a bottle of cold-and-flu medicine in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?"

As I said before, let me know how the cloth pads thing goes. If good ... maybe I'll get even more hippy than I already am.

[thenakedcat]

You know, there was a LOOOOONG rant in the FAQ section of the reusable pads website about how this wasn't just for hippies in hemp overalls XD

[quakey]

Hemp overalls? Ew. XD Actually, I suppose I'm more a greenish yuppie than a hippie, truth be told. >_<