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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Calli - Dec 03, 2009 9:55:25 am PST #22689 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I was thinking of taking a tai chi class, and a search for it turned up something called Luohan Qigong. I haven't heard of it before, but the youtube videos that came up when I googled it seem similar to tai chi. Has anyone tried it?

I think my hair is possessed. By a demon of greyness.

I've been finding a few white hairs among the brown. Meh. It would be nice if it would just change over completely, so I could start dying bits of it cobalt blue or bright green without bleaching the lot first.


Polter-Cow - Dec 03, 2009 9:55:32 am PST #22690 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

If an ad you saw had a polar bear prominently going into an ice cave with "hibernate" on the label, what would you immediate thought be?

Deep sleep? Your drug causes EXTREME SOMNOLENCE?

Or it makes the Windows Hibernate function actually work properly?

He'd come out with a bottle of Coke? Assuming it was a cartoon polar bear.

To be honest, I would expect some Coke to be involved.


javachik - Dec 03, 2009 9:55:33 am PST #22691 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

Thanks, please, more (first reaction) comments? It's important and I'll explain soon.


Sue - Dec 03, 2009 9:55:49 am PST #22692 of 30001
hip deep in pie

My first thought was they don't hibernate.


Calli - Dec 03, 2009 9:57:37 am PST #22693 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

If an ad you saw had a polar bear prominently going into an ice cave with "hibernate" on the label, what would you immediate thought be?

If this was an ad in the work break room I'd think they were pushing some sort of "get your rest" wellness program. If it was an ad in the wider world I'd think someone was hawking comforters or fluffy blankets.


megan walker - Dec 03, 2009 9:58:06 am PST #22694 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

First reaction: Do polar bear hibernate?

This was my first reaction as well. That, and "maybe global warming's not so bad after all..." Given your industry, I guess sleep meds.


Scrappy - Dec 03, 2009 9:58:47 am PST #22695 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

My first thought was also that they don't hibernate. Second, it's cold and I don't associate cold with relaxation.


-t - Dec 03, 2009 9:59:02 am PST #22696 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Javachik: sleep, cold.

Calli, I don't know Luohan in particular, but Qigong is like the parts of a Tai Chi form isolated into discrete exercises to be performed on their own rather than flowing one into another. The underlying principal is the same.


flea - Dec 03, 2009 9:59:14 am PST #22697 of 30001
information libertarian

Ooh, I'd like a comforter or fluffy blanket.


javachik - Dec 03, 2009 9:59:32 am PST #22698 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

Y'all are being super helpful. Please keep it coming. Full disclosure that this is my personal bit of market research. I need to see if something that caught my attention would also catch someone else's, or if I am just kraxy.