It wasn't Xanax-levels of relaxation, but you know... sometimes a little relaxation is enough.
That's good to know, Zen. I think I'll try it.
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
Burrell - Feb 25, 2012 7:18:30 pm PST #23740 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Scrappy - Feb 25, 2012 8:39:15 pm PST #23741 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
What is this GABA of which you speak?
Steph L. - Feb 25, 2012 8:43:29 pm PST #23742 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I am considering adding GABA to my night routine on those nights when I can't stop perseverating on something, but not sure. The best article I read on the subject said GABA probably doesn't pass the brain-blood barrier and so any relaxing effect is mostly placebo.
GABA reduces levels of norepinephrine, which is the neurotransmitter responsible for vigilance and arousal (not sexual -- just, as in, being alert and so forth). So, too much norepinephrine, and you're wired and kind of like the dog in "Up," constantly going "squirrel!" GABA reduces norepinephrine, although right now I don't remember how, and I'm a little too tired to find links.
But then, like you said, I'm not sure it crosses the blood-brain barrier. But maybe it doesn't need to. Now I'm intrigued and want to google.
meara - Feb 25, 2012 8:43:50 pm PST #23743 of 30001
OK, I leave super early tomorrow--what am I forgetting to pack?? I know there's something.
Steph L. - Feb 25, 2012 8:44:48 pm PST #23744 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
GABA. (GABA, hey.)
bon bon - Feb 25, 2012 9:24:54 pm PST #23745 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Meats, given your job, you might want to give the bihn bags a look. They're fantastic.
Eta: damn iPhone. This is the second time meara has been reduced to meats!
meara - Feb 25, 2012 10:26:12 pm PST #23746 of 30001
Reduced to meats, hah! I keep thinking I'll look at them, but I finally got a tiny rolling suitcase I love because I can put my laptop in it! I'm hoping new company will give a lighter one but the old one was super heavy. And I'm usually only gone a day or two so it fits all I need. But one of these days...
Connie Neil - Feb 26, 2012 2:47:36 am PST #23747 of 30001
brillig
talky meat
sarameg - Feb 26, 2012 3:08:10 am PST #23748 of 30001
"Sleeping in"= woke up at 7. When did I become this person?
Oh yeah, I need to get a laptop bag. But will probably do that through work.
Apparently, starling tv drama is happening outside my kitchen window. There are two fascinated cats meeping on the windowsill.
flea - Feb 26, 2012 3:31:37 am PST #23749 of 30001
information libertarian
I am looking at houses for sale and thinking about various ways to make school work here and getting depressed. It just doesn't feel like there's a niche for us in Cincinnati. I never would have thought I'd feel more at home in Georgia than in the place where I was born.
In Facebook WHOA news, a girl I was good friends with in 5th-7th grade now lives in Israel and has 8 children (ages 3-14 or so). Her family was so secular when I knew her that I didn't even realize she was Jewish (and we did have a lot of Jewish classmates, so it's not like I was unfamiliar with the concept).