The Isolated Blurt BDSM Thread

[TarevaChine]

Never underestimate the renewing power of shirking all responsibility, finding a peaceful nook, queueing up a super playlist, and just breathing, listening, & coloring for a few hours. Everything else I have on my to do list is now feeling just a little more possible.

Quiet & deep breathing coupled with a creative outlet are so very good for you, critical really. It is something I need and plan to do more of.

I LOVE THIS!!!!

My 5-year-old niece loves to receive mail, so I colored a picture to send to her. Not only did I make her happy, but it helped to relax my mind. I now have a coloring book and a box of crayons on my desk at work.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

I LOVE THIS!!!!

My 5-year-old niece loves to receive mail, so I colored a picture to send to her. Not only did I make her happy, but it helped to relax my mind. I now have a coloring book and a box of crayons on my desk at work.

You just reminded me of the year our school system transitioned from the elementary-junior-high school model (K-6, 7-9, 10-12) to elementary-middle-high schools (K-3, 4-5, 6-8, 9-12). We were warned that many of the kids might have a little trouble adjusting to the change, especially the new ninth-graders.

I picked up a *bunch* of coloring sheets and crayons from a restaurant that had gone out of business, and put them in my classroom for my new freshmen, who had gone from being in the transition stage in junior high school (8th in 7-9) to babies in high school without ever getting to be top dogs in middle school (6-8).

Once a week or so for the first semester, and less frequently the second, my new 9th-graders would come to class and find a coloring sheet and crayons ready on their desk (I had an open class before theirs). They found it soothing to get to retreat for that five or six minutes to their childhood before having to resume their "adult" responsibilities as high school students. I did, too, because while they were coloring, so was I.

I don't recall why I didn't do the same thing in subsequent years... maybe because the new freshmen had gone through the middle school experience and I didn't feel they needed it as much as the previous class, or maybe I just ran out of coloring sheets and/or crayons. That was a good year, though....

 

[bhndblueyes88]

Ace! Are you an author then? That's proper fascinating. What do you write? Can we read what you writ about the island?

I have to ask...do you intentionally sound as british as possible without venturing into the realm of satire and parody? I'm just asking because most of the other brits I know don't sound quite so...british

 

[cfuhrer]

You just reminded me of the year our school system transitioned from the elementary-junior-high school model (K-6, 7-9, 10-12) to elementary-middle-high schools (K-3, 4-5, 6-8, 9-12). We were warned that many of the kids might have a little trouble adjusting to the change, especially the new ninth-graders.

I picked up a *bunch* of coloring sheets and crayons from a restaurant that had gone out of business, and put them in my classroom for my new freshmen, who had gone from being in the transition stage in junior high school (8th in 7-9) to babies in high school without ever getting to be top dogs in middle school (6-8).

Once a week or so for the first semester, and less frequently the second, my new 9th-graders would come to class and find a coloring sheet and crayons ready on their desk (I had an open class before theirs). They found it soothing to get to retreat for that five or six minutes to their childhood before having to resume their "adult" responsibilities as high school students. I did, too, because while they were coloring, so was I.

I don't recall why I didn't do the same thing in subsequent years... maybe because the new freshmen had gone through the middle school experience and I didn't feel they needed it as much as the previous class, or maybe I just ran out of coloring sheets and/or crayons. That was a good year, though....

Just when I think Sir W is as awesome as could be, ho goes and out does himself. Again.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Just when I think Sir W is as awesome as could be, he goes and out does himself. Again.

I was extremely fortunate to have had some wonderful mentors in my College of Education time, and in my early years teaching, who gave me much good advice about making students as comfortable as possible in the process of learning. I didn't always succeed in following that advice - I have a tendency to be impatient with the recalcitrant and those reluctant to use the intelligence and talents they have been given - but I did try most of the time.

Somehow, despite my faults, the students I had the privilege to teach managed to graduate at a noticeably higher rate than the school and even the district as a whole, despite the fact that our school (and my classes) was considered inner-city and had the second-highest rate of poverty, measured by free/reduced school lunches/breakfasts, in the district. I don't at all consider that was all or even mostly my doing, but I think I probably helped with some, and I do hope that I contributed to their success.

Sadly, though, many of the students I remember best were those who had the ability to succeed in high school and go further - in some cases, MUCH further - but found themselves psychologically limited by their upbringing and the "expectations" of both society and, in some cases, prior teachers, and gave up. More than once, I suffered sleepless nights after learning that one of "my kids" had surrendered to the despair inculcated in them by those outside forces and quit on education and themselves.

The three worst days in my teacher life were those when I took a half day of personal leave to attend the funerals of former students who were killed in drug-related violence. Kids shouldn't die that young, and for no good reason.

 

[Edith_UK]

I have to ask...do you intentionally sound as british as possible without venturing into the realm of satire and parody? I'm just asking because most of the other brits I know don't sound quite so...british

It's intentional in that if I made an effort I could write more formally. And I do when I'm trying to construct an argument. But when I'm chatting I prefer to write as I speak cos it comes more easily and it sounds more like 'me' if that makes sense.

Also, I think it's probably noticeable to you cos your American surrounded by other Americans (on the whole). You may not not realise how American you all sound, in your choice of words, phrases and attitudes. That's fine, I like that, it's interesting to me to hear it. But it'd be fake of me to imitate it

That make sense?

 

[Edith_UK]

Oh an yer, sometimes I take the piss a little

 

[Keroin]

Ace! Are you an author then?

Among many other things, lol. But, yes, I am a published writer (for money and everything!) and working toward a career as a novelist.

What do you write? Can we read what you writ about the island?

In "real life", I write speculative fiction (sci fi, fantasy, magical realism, etc), but I've also been blogging since 2003 about my travels around the globe, and life in general. (Well, technically it was a newsletter until 2005, when it became a blog). My blog is where you'll find stories about life on the island. Unfortunately, I won't share the link to my blog here because...anonymity.

However, I have written a bit of smut for Lit and one of the stories, (a three part series), is set in a slightly-fictionalized version of Aitutaki. (The characters and all of their adventures are completely fictional, FYI). So you can get a taste of the island here if you like...

Sommer Storms

(These were written a few years ago and without the assistance of an editor, so please excuse any gaffes or grammatical errors!)

And for a slightly different flavour (pun intended):

Vice Cream



Also, the reading last night went amazingly well. Lots of laughs and "ooohs" and "aaahs'...and I didn't even tell them about the bendy carrots!

 

[Cattypuss]

Also, I think it's probably noticeable to you cos your American surrounded by other Americans (on the whole).

To be fair you sound incredibly British to me, and I'm English, living in England.

What I have yet to decide is whether I should be reading your posts in a Cockney accent or a Mancunian accent, but it feels like it should be one or the other

 

[bhndblueyes88]

Also, I think it's probably noticeable to you cos your American surrounded by other Americans (on the whole). You may not not realise how American you all sound, in your choice of words, phrases and attitudes. That's fine, I like that, it's interesting to me to hear it. But it'd be fake of me to imitate it

That make sense?

I realize that, which is why I ran that particular post by a British friend of mine. She had the same impression. Maybe it's a regional thing. I would never ask you to "fake" sounding American, but that doesn't mean one must sound particularly British to not sound American. That's why I asked. It's not like American English and British English are night and day

 

[Sir_Winston54]

I realize that, which is why I ran that particular post by a British friend of mine. She had the same impression. Maybe it's a regional thing. I would never ask you to "fake" sounding American, but that doesn't mean one must sound particularly British to not sound American. That's why I asked. It's not like American English and British English are night and day

"England and America, two countries divided by a common language."​

-- G.B. Shaw

 

[Velvet Bubbles]

Isn't that the truth?! And I get stuck trying to figure it out every day. Some days it's fun, other days it makes me want to cry.

 

[Kurokami]

Also, I think it's probably noticeable to you cos your American surrounded by other Americans (on the whole). You may not not realise how American you all sound, in your choice of words, phrases and attitudes. That's fine, I like that, it's interesting to me to hear it. But it'd be fake of me to imitate it

That make sense?

My wife is British, and I've spent the past nearly five years now being exposed to that and her family, and you still sound well British to me.

 

[cfuhrer]

Okay folks, I need some help.
No, not that kind of help; well that too, but not tonight.

I'm entering a logo contest.
It's for a local arts council.

Their acronym is four characters long and I was going to do each letter as a type of art. For instance the upright in the R is a musical note (music). The A is in a top hat and mustache (acting/performance arts). And the C is going to be in brush strokes (paint/visual arts).

I don't know what to do for the fourth "art". The letter is a G. I thought maybe pottery or on the cover of a book representing the written arts. Or perhaps put it under spotlights, I'd really like to stick with an art form though.

If anyone has any ideas I would really appreciate it. Post; or a PM is fine if you don't want to muck up the thread any more than I already have.

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

Okay folks, I need some help.
No, not that kind of help; well that too, but not tonight.

I'm entering a logo contest.
It's for a local arts council.

Their acronym is four characters long and I was going to do each letter as a type of art. For instance the upright in the R is a musical note (music). The A is in a top hat and mustache (acting/performance arts). And the C is going to be in brush strokes (paint/visual arts).

I don't know what to do for the fourth "art". The letter is a G. I thought maybe pottery or on the cover of a book representing the written arts. Or perhaps put it under spotlights, I'd really like to stick with an art form though.

If anyone has any ideas I would really appreciate it. Post; or a PM is fine if you don't want to muck up the thread any more than I already have.

Is writing a big part of the group's emphasis? You could make the G a typewritten font on a small, ripped background of lined paper.

The negative space inside the G also reads a bit as a right arm, curving around with an elbow, as if someone were sitting down to write. You could stick a hand with a pencil at the end of the "arm," to represent writing or drawing, although that might not read great when printed small.

Good luck...

 

[cfuhrer]

Is writing a big part of the group's emphasis? You could make the G a typewritten font on a small, ripped background of lined paper.

The negative space inside the G also reads a bit as a right arm, curving around with an elbow, as if someone were sitting down to write. You could stick a hand with a pencil at the end of the "arm," to represent writing or drawing, although that might not read great when printed small.

Good luck...

Hmmmmm, an arm with a hand and pencil. That's a good one. I'd have to brush up on drawing hands... I don't think a "mickey mouse gloved hand" would be classy enough. Lol. Though it would be a wink,wink,nudge,nudge to cartoonists, and the like.

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

Hmmmmm, an arm with a hand and pencil. That's a good one. I'd have to brush up on drawing hands... I don't think a "mickey mouse gloved hand" would be classy enough. Lol. Though it would be a wink,wink,nudge,nudge to cartoonists, and the like.

Well, it could be simple, illustrative and stylized without being Mickeyesque...

Although those gloves are cool.

 

[Edith_UK]

To be fair you sound incredibly British to me, and I'm English, living in England.

What I have yet to decide is whether I should be reading your posts in a Cockney accent or a Mancunian accent, but it feels like it should be one or the other

well I'm born n bred London but lived in the North all my adult life. So pretty much bang on

 

[Cattypuss]

well I'm born n bred London but lived in the North all my adult life. So pretty much bang on

heh heh - just call me Henry Higgins

 

[Edith_UK]

heh heh - just call me Henry Higgins

Lol. Tbh I just love the words summat, owt n nowt even tho Ive got a London accent. My kids are proper Northern monkeys mind, it's all 'Moooooom, our kids turnt' tele over'. Makes me laugh!

Hey when's your last day of work?!

 

[Cattypuss]

10th Aug (I'm on 3 months' notice)

 

[Edith_UK]

10th Aug (I'm on 3 months' notice)

Let's hope summer has actually bothered to make an appearance by then!

 

[the captians wench]

I don't think I slipped into an Irish-ish accent as often while I was over last. I think I was paying more attention this time as I noticed how different every one's accent was from one family to the next.

I was also quite embarrassed when I slipped into Irish vanacular when his mom asked if I'd like a cup of tea the first time I met her. Well, not quite then, just after I noticed the look on her face and then his.

My mom was also surprized I didn't come home with an accent this time. She says last time I sounded like I was just off the boat for a week. That could be attributed to the rude ass rugby team that was on the flight with me. Just about killed my love of the Irish that lot did.

 

[catalina_francisco]

Isn't that the truth?! And I get stuck trying to figure it out every day. Some days it's fun, other days it makes me want to cry.

Catalina

 

[catalina_francisco]

I LOVE THIS!!!!

My 5-year-old niece loves to receive mail, so I colored a picture to send to her. Not only did I make her happy, but it helped to relax my mind. I now have a coloring book and a box of crayons on my desk at work.

LOL, it is good relaxing therapy...I guess that is why children nearly always seem to have such fun doing it. I too find it therapeutic at times....and also recently have had the urge to read comics from my youth again so extended that to buying 2 here to help me with my language lessons.

Catalina