Here’s the view from under the boom. Because of everyone’s school/work schedule, I’ve become the errand monkey when it comes to repairing our boat. We’re missing parts for the runners.
29 May, 2012
Reblogged from uctdgirl
This is one reason why most men can never understand what it’s like to be a woman. A lot of them think we like it, but every woman I’ve ever met has told me they felt threatened and disgusted by it. I’ve been catcalled while walking a dog, putting gas in my car, walking to class, standing outside by my car and putting groceries in the car.
I shouldn’t have to feel uncomfortable when I’m just doing normal activities.
Whoa… too many blockquotes. I only left uctdgirl’s post up there. You can click her name to see everyone’s responses.
Anyway, is it just me or is anyone else thinking, “there must be some sort of disability version of this comic somewhere”? Like one of the guys is asking a lady on crutches “what happened to your legs?”
LOLOLOLOLOL Overdose on disability reading material much?
I need a second pair of these. I’m practically wearing them every day and they stink really fast. All the foot powder in the world isn’t helping.
Reporting to… the federal government???
So uhh… I don’t know if I’ve already told you this, but I accepted the job to coach disabled sailing for the summer. (I told my employer from last year that I’ll always be available as a paid backup coach for daytime and have no problem with volunteering evenings either.)
What I didn’t realize about this job was how heavily involved with the government it was going to be. We had a meeting with my supervisor and a few co-workers-to-be about all the stuff we need to document and organize. Apparently, we had to take minutes for every single meeting we have about changes we want to make to the program. Wow… I had not expected any of this.
I’m still very much a newbie coach and I’ll be teaching teens instead of the Opti kids that everyone seems to think I’m a natural with. What if I screw up? How many mistakes am I allowed to make? Is some intimidating government official person going to give us a surprise visit at some point? This is turning me into a nervous wreck.
On the bright side:
- For my Canadian readers, at least now you know a portion of your taxes go to a good cause of bringing inclusion in sailing!
- I’ll be working with people I know better and feel more comfortable with.
- Mr. will be around. WHEEE!
- All I have to do is transfer my Opti lesson plans into something useable for an older population, since it’s just an intro program.
- It’ll look damn amazing on my resume.
27 May, 2012
Reblogged from kavitya
Lack of motivation” is a generally misunderstood symptom of depression. It does not mean that I sit around thinking, “Oh, I’m so depressed; why bother to do shit I don’t want to do anyway.” It means not that I lack discipline, but that there is a mental disconnect between my conscious mind, which says I want or need to do X, and the part of my brain which actually initiates activity. It prevents me from doing things I would very much like to do, as well as things I need to do, rather than indicating simply a lack of interest in doing things which are not immediately rewarding.
If you want or need to go somewhere, whether somewhere you’re eagerly looking forward to going, or somewhere routine, or to the dentist for a root canal which you may be much averse to but have nevertheless decided will leave you better off in the long run, and you get in your car, turn the key in the ignition repeatedly, yet the engine sputters but does not engage, this is not an indication that you don’t really want to go anywhere. It’s an indication that something is wrong with the equipment you need to transport you there.
I am fully capable of sitting for hours, thinking periodically, “I need to pee,” then, “I really need to pee,” and eventually, “Damn, I need to pee,” before being able to jump start the part of my brain which engages with the task of getting up and walking the ten feet to the bathroom, and initiates the movement which allows me to do that.
The more complex the task, the harder it can be, because a more complex sequence of actions must be, in some sense, imagined and targeted before the actions necessary to bring them about can be initiated. Most people are unaware that this process even takes place, because in a healthy brain, it occurs swiftly and automatically. In my brain, it does not.
If you want or need to go somewhere, whether somewhere you’re eagerly looking forward to going, or somewhere routine, or to the dentist for a root canal which you may be much averse to but have nevertheless decided will leave you better off in the long run, and you get in your car, turn the key in the ignition repeatedly, yet the engine sputters but does not engage, this is not an indication that you don’t really want to go anywhere. It’s an indication that something is wrong with the equipment you need to transport you there.
I am fully capable of sitting for hours, thinking periodically, “I need to pee,” then, “I really need to pee,” and eventually, “Damn, I need to pee,” before being able to jump start the part of my brain which engages with the task of getting up and walking the ten feet to the bathroom, and initiates the movement which allows me to do that.
The more complex the task, the harder it can be, because a more complex sequence of actions must be, in some sense, imagined and targeted before the actions necessary to bring them about can be initiated. Most people are unaware that this process even takes place, because in a healthy brain, it occurs swiftly and automatically. In my brain, it does not.
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Maud, There’s Good News and Bad News.
Yes.
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this. this. this. a thousand times this.
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I remember when my ex-girlfriend L linked me to this post and how much it resonated with me. So important. I feel this so much and I experience this so much.
I don’t think that it’s necessarily true that in healthy brains (by the ableist standard of what “health” is) the process is automatic; but it is true that brains that cannot do this are pathologized and stigmatized and called unhealthy. But then that’s the way health is defined, so… yeah. I don’t know. Maybe this is just a weird comment, sorry.
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Don’t apologize for your comment. The generally accepted definition of “health” is incorrect. Figuring out what is correct is going to be in the works for a while.
Also, occasional GPOY.
27 May, 2012
Reblogged from reaktorplayer
I completely forgot I took this picture after the CN Tower climb last month. World Wildlife Fund gave me this bear. It took me 16 minutes 48 seconds to climb it. Not bad, but I was hoping it to be around 15 minutes. Still an improvement from 19:01 a couple years before.
26 May, 2012
Reblogged from notyourinspiration
{Image: Two murderball players- one on Japan’s team, one on the USA’s- look up in shock as a Japanese player flies through the air in their wheelchair to dunk a ball in the net.}
LOLWTFOMG AWESOME
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More swooning over Thomas Quastoff. I NEED his CD “Tell it like it is”. NEED IT.
25 May, 2012
Reblogged from uctdgirl
Some of our people were detained. Some doctors are well known who have been in detention for months. [We have seen] different forms of injuries [including] bruises due to beating, electric shock, which led to the death. One case was electrocuted in the mouth and they kept electrocuting him until he died. I saw this…
A doctor now is considered more dangerous than those fighting with the [Syrian rebel group] Free Army, and anyone caught with drugs in his possession, the charges against him are more grave than being accused with possession of weapons. The average person is normally taken for days or up to a week, but doctors are detained for months.
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A Syrian doctor
While Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been unable to work directly in Syria, we have collected testimonies from wounded patients treated outside the country and from doctors inside Syria.
The testimonies, which come from people hailing from various parts of the country, point to a coordinated crackdown on the provision of urgent medical care for people wounded in the ongoing violence.
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This is so terrifying, it sounds like it’s from a novel.
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