So, there's no Djimon Hounsou in my job, but! My boss is super-busy today and out tomorrow, so I feel a little better about not taking these two days off. "Better" in that I don't have to fake working all that hard...
There's more than one way to skin a cat. And I happen to know that's factually true.
Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
Jesse - Mar 14, 2013 4:45:50 am PDT #14763 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Cashmere - Mar 14, 2013 5:21:00 am PDT #14764 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
My husband is hanging out with Djimon Hounsou today. I don't think he will appreciate the pretty as much as I would, so I'm calling it UNFAIR.
Oh, that's not fair AT ALL.
My cousin started in on me on Facebook about school vouchers in Indiana and how "non of his kids will attend public school"--meaning his three year old. He conveniently left out of the equation the grown daughter he had when he was 17 and got a 15 year old girl pregnant. A 15 year old daughter of Mexican immigrants who had his child on Medicaid and sent her to Head State and free public schools. But he HATES the Federal Government and all the TAXES.
I hate my extended family.
le nubian - Mar 14, 2013 5:24:01 am PDT #14765 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
§ ita § - Mar 14, 2013 5:31:56 am PDT #14766 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Even if I looked at the picture again I probably wouldn't (which seems NOT synesthesic if that's a word).
That's pretty key to my suggestion. Memories don't get triggered the same way every time, even when you repeat the stimuli.
If you were smelling something other than the subject of the picture, I could see the synaesthesia argument, but as things stand it seems to be a really straightforward trigger that's sometimes more effective than others.
There's nothing in any description of synaesthesia I've ever read (including just doublechecking the wikipedia entry to see if I was totally off base) includes something so textbook evocative. Those experiences are crosswiring and not as initially clearly linked (although there are similarities between experiences from synaesthete to synaesthete).
Cashmere - Mar 14, 2013 5:44:49 am PDT #14767 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Memories don't get triggered the same way every time, even when you repeat the stimuli.
Isn't this the problem with eyewitnesses to crimes?
Burrell - Mar 14, 2013 5:51:10 am PDT #14768 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
My favorite synaesthesia example was the guy I knew who wouldn't eat mushroom pizza because it was so noisy.
erikaj - Mar 14, 2013 5:57:17 am PDT #14769 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
We should start a club, Cashmere. I'm considering dropping Facebook over hearing from mine.
sarameg - Mar 14, 2013 5:58:40 am PDT #14770 of 30001
I think I left my brain at home. I've been wondering all morning why so many people brought in baked goods today. I just processed that they are PIES.
Sparky1 - Mar 14, 2013 6:16:09 am PDT #14771 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
I have no Djimon Hounsou and no pie!
I have passed from unfair into WOE.
Maria - Mar 14, 2013 6:19:41 am PDT #14772 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Sparky, that is not just WOE, but WOAH! How could anyone not give you Djimon Hounsou OR pie?