Couch 249: The Self Care Couch

ArtieTheSequal · Jul 02, 2024 at 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Lemoncake

@ art what were you thinking of getting as a birthday present?

I'm thinking about ordering myself the series Mom on DVD. I love that show and can't find it in reruns anymore (on the channels I get, anyway).

Jersey 4 · Jul 02, 2024 at 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtieTheSequal

I'm thinking about ordering myself the series Mom on DVD. I love that show and can't find it in reruns anymore (on the channels I get, anyway).

I’m watching mom right now on CMT but I have that channel through Hulu Live.

Speaking of Mom, I’m currently watching the episode where she starts Law School and in the beginning the professor said something along the lines of “At the end some of you won’t be here” and he threw the book down on the desk.

I immediately thought of Stopdog during that scene. The professor on the show is not mean. He just doesn’t sugarcoat.

stopdog · Jul 02, 2024 at 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Jersey 4

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I immediately thought of Stopdog during that scene. The professor on the show is not mean. He just doesn’t sugarcoat.

This is how I was taught and, while not exactly fun, quite useful for the practice of law:

unaluna · Jul 02, 2024 at 10:13 PM

I cant believe i never saw that movie. I was certainly aware of it. I had these horrible blinders. Not for girls, not for italians, not for me.

ArtieTheSequal · Jul 03, 2024 at 12:50 PM

I would not have survived two minutes in that class

Jersey 4 · Jul 03, 2024 at 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by stopdog

This is how I was taught and, while not exactly fun, quite useful for the practice of law:

I feel like I’ve seen that movie. Maybe in bits and pieces but it looks familiar.

stopdog · Jul 03, 2024 at 02:02 PM

They made a tv show after the movie - I think houseman played kingsfield there too - "you come in with a mind full of mush and you leave thinking like a lawyer"

The character of Kingsfield was not warm and fuzzy but neither was he mean

unaluna · Jul 03, 2024 at 02:15 PM

Timothy Bottom(s), wasnt it? Boy that name would get cancelled in a hurry nowadays.

stopdog · Jul 03, 2024 at 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtieTheSequal

I would not have survived two minutes in that class

Probably telling about the difference in our personalities is that when I saw it -It made me want to go to Law School even more.
I guess kind of like people who watch war movies and want to go be soldiers. Or that one therapist I hired who despite being Jewish, said she wanted to be a nun after watching the nun's story because everyone had to love nuns and she wanted to be loved.

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Timothy Bottom(s), wasnt it? Boy that name would get cancelled in a hurry nowadays.

I think they're still putting on a Midsummer night's Dream

LostOnTheTrail · Jul 03, 2024 at 02:37 PM

I went to an online poetry reading tonight given by a poet whose classes I have really enjoyed.

Poetry can be heavy, but I didn't expect a foray into my most triggering topic.

Possible trigger:

'Here's a poem about taking an overdose of pills.'

LonesomeTonight · Jul 03, 2024 at 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by LostOnTheTrail

I went to an online poetry reading tonight given by a poet whose classes I have really enjoyed.

Poetry can be heavy, but I didn't expect a foray into my most triggering topic.

Possible trigger:

'Here's a poem about taking an overdose of pills.'

Hugs, Lost....

LonesomeTonight · Jul 03, 2024 at 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by stopdog

Probably telling about the difference in our personalities is that when I saw it -It made me want to go to Law School even more.
I guess kind of like people who watch war movies and want to go be soldiers. Or that one therapist I hired who despite being Jewish, said she wanted to be a nun after watching the nun's story because everyone had to love nuns and she wanted to be loved.

I think they're still putting on a Midsummer night's Dream

So, I was in an elementary school production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in 5th grade and played Titania. A guy I had a crush on was Bottom, and they had him in a papier mache donkey mask. So my 5th-grade self had to stroke the mask and proclaim my love for him. It was an experience.

LostOnTheTrail · Jul 03, 2024 at 03:19 PM

Yikes, LT!

What kind of age is 5th grade?

stopdog · Jul 03, 2024 at 03:26 PM

In the United States fifth grade is usually 10 years old or 10 to 11 depending on when birthdays fall. Good for having students do stuff like that – children are not nearly as incapable as people treat them – in the United States at least I think we infantilize children way too long

unaluna · Jul 03, 2024 at 03:31 PM

Well thats why my chilluns are homeschooled and we dont cotton to strokin bottoms unless its with a switch.

A preview of MSF 2025. Sorry im tryin not to freak out after the supreme court stuff yesterday. The older i get, the gladder i am.

stopdog · Jul 03, 2024 at 03:51 PM

Oh yeah I'm glad I'm old.Of Course I've always been glad I'm old so there is that. Right now I'm balancing out giving my old dogs a pill that makes them comfortable but is also able to destroy several of their organs – I want them comfortable and they're old so how much longer are they going to need to use their organs versus don't hurt your dog with dangerous western medicine

ArtieTheSequal · Jul 03, 2024 at 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Well thats why my chilluns are homeschooled and we dont cotton to strokin bottoms unless its with a switch.

A preview of MSF 2025. Sorry im tryin not to freak out after the supreme court stuff yesterday. The older i get, the gladder i am.

I don't look at the news, way too depressing these days. Can you give a capsulated version of what happened for dunces like me?

LonesomeTonight · Jul 03, 2024 at 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by LostOnTheTrail

Yikes, LT!

What kind of age is 5th grade?

I think I was...11? I mean, it was OK. Just sort of funny to think back on...

LonesomeTonight · Jul 03, 2024 at 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Well thats why my chilluns are homeschooled and we dont cotton to strokin bottoms unless its with a switch.

A preview of MSF 2025. Sorry im tryin not to freak out after the supreme court stuff yesterday. The older i get, the gladder i am.

Also trying to not freak out about the Supreme Court stuff...

Calla lily12 · Jul 03, 2024 at 04:34 PM

Thanks to the Supreme Court.....we're screwed.

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unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 40,896 (SuperPoster!) 13 68.7k hugs given	Jul 02, 2024 at 10:13 PM #84 I cant believe i never saw that movie. I was certainly aware of it. I had these horrible blinders. Not for girls, not for italians, not for me.

ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert of my soul Posts: 7,584 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,993 hugs given	Jul 03, 2024 at 12:50 PM #85 I would not have survived two minutes in that class

unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 40,896 (SuperPoster!) 13 68.7k hugs given	Jul 03, 2024 at 02:15 PM #88 Timothy Bottom(s), wasnt it? Boy that name would get cancelled in a hurry nowadays.

unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 40,896 (SuperPoster!) 13 68.7k hugs given	Jul 03, 2024 at 03:31 PM #95 Well thats why my chilluns are homeschooled and we dont cotton to strokin bottoms unless its with a switch. A preview of MSF 2025. Sorry im tryin not to freak out after the supreme court stuff yesterday. The older i get, the gladder i am.

Calla lily12 Grand Member Member Since Jul 2018 Location: a place far away Posts: 891 6 1,063 hugs given	Jul 03, 2024 at 04:34 PM #100 Thanks to the Supreme Court.....we're screwed. __________________ Once you are real, you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always....