Willow ,'First Date'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jumping in to agree with Liese - it's generally better to start playing on an acoustic instrument. There are a number of good instruments made for people with small hands and bodies from Samick, Strunal, Martin, Taylor and others (that is, low-end to high-end).
Try McCabe's (Pico Blvd in Santa Monica between 30th & 31st, across from TJs); they have a really good selection and are kid-friendly.
Yikes Liese. That is so not on.
Jumping in to agree with Liese - it's generally better to start playing on an acoustic instrument.
I'd recommend a classical guitar, which has nylon strings.
eta: Nylons strings are much easier on the fingers than steel strings.
I am a recent convert to support groups, but I am SO INTO MINE. Even when it's just awful stuff. So good to have a group of people in the same situation.
I recommend them for everyone!
I really wish my bank would quit trying to get me to add overdraft protection to my accounts whenever I do a teller transaction. I know what that really means, and you're NOT trying to do me any favors, so cut it out.
Scrappy, that's so fun!!
Cats Playing Patty-Cake, Translated (The One)
A video of some adorable cats playing patty-cake (but not very well) hit YouTube back in 2008, but it flew under the rader until recently. Earlier this month, someone named Justin C. Elliott posted his interpretation of what the cats are saying during the patty-cake fiasco, translated into English for your amusement.
Victorian Batwoman
Heh.
she is looking for a magical answer that does not include letting go of her blaming the son AND her ex, or being who they are. She keeps bringing the child to me, despite verbally suggesting she does not trust me. I think she's hoping I'll unlock something 'normal' in him and she won't have to grieve or process her own feelings.
There was an episode of the NPR program The World that was about parents of kids with ADD/ADHD who then discover -- due to their kid's diagnosis -- that they themselves have ADD/ADHD. There was a portion of the show where listeners could call in, and one dad called in and he was just a seething ball of barely repressed anger. The way he described his son's behavior patterns did, in fact, sound super frustrating (although it sounded like the kid had ODD, not ADHD [not that I'm a doctor]). I don't deny that. But this dad was just so angry that it made me sad for the kid.