Ask Azul: The Next Generation

[Azuldrgon]

No question today Azul...just dropped in to leave you a (hug). Good luck with the thread sweetie.

*hugs* sweetie.

 

[Azuldrgon]

Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near?

It depends on where you are.
I've never had that happen to me.

Is it your cologne, birthday boy? lol

 

[Azuldrgon]

*bumping just in case*

When you get dressed today, remember to wear blue for Autism Awareness.

 

[starrynightin64]

*bumping just in case*

When you get dressed today, remember to wear blue for Autism Awareness.

the sling is black but the cami is navy blue
does that count?

 

[Azuldrgon]

the sling is black but the cami is navy blue
does that count?

It does.

 

[UrbanBohemian]

I have exchanged several recipes here . There are great cooking threads in BDSM cafe and on the General Board too. .

I am not here for PM flirting or play, ( it's out with the terms of my relationship and usage of this board) but a good recipe swap....

Oh yeah? What kind of recipes do you have to offer? I've got some Italian dishes I like to make. I have a linguini arrabbiata with shrimp and sweet sausages. Or I could hook you up with a pasta in a garlic cream sauce with scallops, spinach, and pearl onions. I also have a spicy meatball recipe you might like.

If we exchange a few I might be willing to share my chocolate chip pumpkin pie cookie recipe. That's on the condition that you don't spread it around though. I had to go through a lot of trial and error to get that right and I don't want too many others to know how to make them. I like it being MY special recipe, you know?

 

[Azuldrgon]

Oh yeah? What kind of recipes do you have to offer? I've got some Italian dishes I like to make. I have a linguini arrabbiata with shrimp and sweet sausages. Or I could hook you up with a pasta in a garlic cream sauce with scallops, spinach, and pearl onions. I also have a spicy meatball recipe you might like.

If we exchange a few I might be willing to share my chocolate chip pumpkin pie cookie recipe. That's on the condition that you don't spread it around though. I had to go through a lot of trial and error to get that right and I don't want too many others to know how to make them. I like it being MY special recipe, you know?

Wasn't sure if there were real questions here. But welcome to Lit.

 

[UrbanBohemian]

Wasn't sure if there were real questions here. But welcome to Lit.

Thanks! And yeah, I'm actually serious. I like to cook. I might start a recipe thread or something. Food is my vice, if I'm being honest. I do love to eat.

 

[Lunation]

Would you rather live one 1,000 life or ten 100 year lives?

Ok, this question actually raises some serious issues for me.

In the ten 100 year lives option, is there any sort of continuity between the lives? In other words, would I remember the previous lives? If so, isn't that just a single 1000 year life where I become a baby randomly? If not, and I have no memory of the previous lives, is it even really me? Wouldn't I effectively be dying at the end of the first life, and an entirely new child born?

What are we if not a collection of memories and experiences wrapped in our own unique genetic hardware? What is identity without memory? Is there some quintessential human essence that transcends the physical, a soul? What is it to be human?





...I'm waiting for answers, Azul.

 

[papadoc19]

When an article of clothing disappears in the laundry, where does it go?

 

[Azuldrgon]

Ok, this question actually raises some serious issues for me.

In the ten 100 year lives option, is there any sort of continuity between the lives? In other words, would I remember the previous lives? If so, isn't that just a single 1000 year life where I become a baby randomly? If not, and I have no memory of the previous lives, is it even really me? Wouldn't I effectively be dying at the end of the first life, and an entirely new child born?

What are we if not a collection of memories and experiences wrapped in our own unique genetic hardware? What is identity without memory? Is there some quintessential human essence that transcends the physical, a soul? What is it to be human?
...I'm waiting for answers, Azul.

*deep breath*
When I said one life, my reasoning albeit comical had a serious undertone. When you live for 1000 years, it's one life. There is only one baby period, one child period, one adolescent period, etc. To be able to live 1000 years means you have to be in excellent shape because the body is not designed for life beyond a certain time. When i initially read the question, I saw 10 lives of 100 years each. This means 10 baby periods, 10 child periods, 10 adolescent periods, etc. You asked the question correctly because to have ten lives means being ten different people. We become who we are based on not only our genetics, but our environment as well. 10 lives means ten different sets of parents. This means ten different ways of growing up which means the "me" from the first life would be different than the "me" from life 5.
As much as I would love the Doctor Who scenario, I would hate for there to be that break in the action. Perhaps Regeneration would be an option, but as we saw in the series the process deletes some things so life isn't all "fluid." Yet, one life would be as rough just because of all the experiences I wouldn't be able to do from year 75-1000. The body would be too frail for much unless given the means to keep a youthful body for that long. I can see I didn't give this question as much thought as I did initially.

I hope this helps.

 

[Azuldrgon]

When an article of clothing disappears in the laundry, where does it go?

Hey, PD.

It depends on the article.

Socks when they disappear could be in the lint screen. There is, in some models, a secondary one located in the rear of the drier where the exhaust hose meets the machine.
Also, because of the loads we sometimes try to process, the items lost were more misplaced than actually lost.
Hope that helps.

 

[Iceprincess12]

Why are people so concerned about social hierarchy and what others think of them when anonymity is supposed to let you be who you "truly" are?

 

[Azuldrgon]

Why are people so concerned about social hierarchy and what others think of them when anonymity is supposed to let you be who you "truly" are?

As cool as anonymity is in theory, many want to be liked, loved, worshiped, etc.
I like to remain as anonymous as I can, but there comes a time when I am forced to come out, to reveal myself for whatever reasons.
I have made many friends that way, but I see the walls I have built start crumbling.

 

[Iceprincess12]

As cool as anonymity is in theory, many want to be liked, loved, worshiped, etc.
I like to remain as anonymous as I can, but there comes a time when I am forced to come out, to reveal myself for whatever reasons.
I have made many friends that way, but I see the walls I have built start crumbling.

I don't know you so I am not sure if you are talking about "closets" or alts. Which one?

 

[starrynightin64]

Dear Azul,

This has been the hardest surgery yet. Not just from what the ortho team had to fix this time and the horrible pain levels but also meds that didn't work. Worst has been the people in real life. OMG I don't have a lot of close friends in the real world but I've had to be a real bitch to be able to even just turn off my cell to sleep. Beyond support team members refusing to talk to my other 2 leads and repeatedly asking things on Facebook that are none of their business. I had to kick out a friend from my house who thought she'd haul over one of her kids and "take care of me" before I even had the stink from the hospital off me. It seems she had planned to use me as a distraction to avoid dealing with her partner. She even had tried to pressure me to come stay at their house while recovering. A noisy loud circus of 2 dogs, 2 puppies, 2 cats, add in chickens, 2 boys ages 11 & 12, her and her partner both yelling at each other and the boys, no spare room for me not to directly in the middle of all that. Thank God I avoided that whole mess.

We all knew would be the hardest surgery yet. I explained that, discussed it, even posted it on Facebook so the support teams would be aware I'd be accessible by PM, text, email ONLY around sleeping. I expected 4 months in the sling like last time. I cleaned & organized, hauled in food & supplies, even got rope for the bed to be able to sit up & shut the SUV door to drive. I planned for no home Healthcare just to be able to have real access to real PTs at the ortho teams mini-battlestar.

The question is Why? Why are so many good hearted people so rude and seriously thoughtless. I'm still catching it for not answering my phone and at this point I don't care. The world doesn't revolve around me.

 

[sunbunny3]

Why did I have to get up and out of bed this morning?

 

[Azuldrgon]

I don't know you so I am not sure if you are talking about "closets" or alts. Which one?

Neither.

I am more of a lurker sometimes.
Just my nature.

 

[Azuldrgon]

Dear Azul,

This has been the hardest surgery yet. Not just from what the ortho team had to fix this time and the horrible pain levels but also meds that didn't work. Worst has been the people in real life. OMG I don't have a lot of close friends in the real world but I've had to be a real bitch to be able to even just turn off my cell to sleep. Beyond support team members refusing to talk to my other 2 leads and repeatedly asking things on Facebook that are none of their business. I had to kick out a friend from my house who thought she'd haul over one of her kids and "take care of me" before I even had the stink from the hospital off me. It seems she had planned to use me as a distraction to avoid dealing with her partner. She even had tried to pressure me to come stay at their house while recovering. A noisy loud circus of 2 dogs, 2 puppies, 2 cats, add in chickens, 2 boys ages 11 & 12, her and her partner both yelling at each other and the boys, no spare room for me not to directly in the middle of all that. Thank God I avoided that whole mess.

We all knew would be the hardest surgery yet. I explained that, discussed it, even posted it on Facebook so the support teams would be aware I'd be accessible by PM, text, email ONLY around sleeping. I expected 4 months in the sling like last time. I cleaned & organized, hauled in food & supplies, even got rope for the bed to be able to sit up & shut the SUV door to drive. I planned for no home Healthcare just to be able to have real access to real PTs at the ortho teams mini-battlestar.

The question is Why? Why are so many good hearted people so rude and seriously thoughtless. I'm still catching it for not answering my phone and at this point I don't care. The world doesn't revolve around me.

1. Some people seem to forget the world doesn't revolve around them.
2. Some people also do not understand that we (you know what I mean by we) never want ourselves to be seen as vulnerable and helpless and that we don't need them to pity us or to feel sorry for us. Some do not understand that we were trained, programmed if you will to be that way.
3. Others do not realize that they are not in the best situations. They do not understand the pain we go through nor do they understand that we need different from what they offer.

You do what you need to do to heal.
There are good people who are praying for you during this time.
The real good people will understand while the flakes will fall out.
*careful hugs*

 

[Azuldrgon]

Why did I have to get up and out of bed this morning?

There's a reason you were allowed to wake up this morning.
If there wasn't, I wouldn't be able to kiss you.

 

[sunbunny3]

There's a reason you were allowed to wake up this morning.
If there wasn't, I wouldn't be able to kiss you.

A worthy reason to get out of bed.

 

[Iceprincess12]

Why is being good relative?

 

[Azuldrgon]

Why is being good relative?

It's not good.

It's being decent.
Good indicates you are innocent, always have the best intentions, etc.

People don't want good.
They want respectful, to be treated like they want to be treated.
That's being decent.

I try to treat everyone I come in contact well. If I tolerate the person, i respect them enough so there's no issue. If I like them, i want them to be treated well. If I really like them, I'll be a saint to them. Decency should be the standard, yet in this present time the anonymous nature of the Internet affords those with mean streaks to run rampant.

I don't want people to say I was good. I want people to say i was respectful and that I was a decent person.
*hugs*

 

[Azuldrgon]

A worthy reason to get out of bed.

My desire for a kiss overrode my message.

What I wanted to say was when you wake up, there's a purpose for you that day. Eve if you wake up and decide to stay in bed, it's a purpose for you to open your eyes.

 

[Iceprincess12]

It's not good.

It's being decent.
Good indicates you are innocent, always have the best intentions, etc.

People don't want good.
They want respectful, to be treated like they want to be treated.
That's being decent.

I try to treat everyone I come in contact well. If I tolerate the person, i respect them enough so there's no issue. If I like them, i want them to be treated well. If I really like them, I'll be a saint to them. Decency should be the standard, yet in this present time the anonymous nature of the Internet affords those with mean streaks to run rampant.

I don't want people to say I was good. I want people to say i was respectful and that I was a decent person.
*hugs*

Hmmm. I want to be good . Respect is earned, but I give it until I am given a reason not to. Once that happens I feel no obligation to be decent. I want people to act human, don't pretend to be something you are not. I'll take a jerk over a fake any day.

Mother Theresa was decent, not good? (I don't know if you want follow up or just standalone q&a)