Couch 249: The Self Care Couch

Jersey 4 · Jul 13, 2024 at 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by stopdog

Dr. Ruth and Richard Simmons - both no more

Yes. I just saw that as well.

ArtieTheSequal · Jul 13, 2024 at 06:22 PM

I saw about Richard Simmons, sad. And not Dr Ruth too! I used to love listening to her radio show when I worked at the grand canyon, as we had no tv could just get radio stations at night.

atisketatasket · Jul 13, 2024 at 09:07 PM

This morning I finished the first draft of my "memoir" (scare quotes because I feel self-conscious, because why would a no-name college professor only about halfway through her expected lifespan write a memoir?). Now to print it out, read it through, decide what needs work, and get to that. Also finding an agent. Non-academic publishing is so very different from academic publishing, where you cold submit to presses and go right to working with an editor.

unaluna · Jul 13, 2024 at 09:20 PM

Congratulations! Finally some good news today!

WarmFuzzySocks · Jul 14, 2024 at 01:24 AM

Wow- hooray, @@! What an accomplishment! Can’t wait to read it someday!

LonesomeTonight · Jul 14, 2024 at 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

This morning I finished the first draft of my "memoir" (scare quotes because I feel self-conscious, because why would a no-name college professor only about halfway through her expected lifespan write a memoir?). Now to print it out, read it through, decide what needs work, and get to that. Also finding an agent. Non-academic publishing is so very different from academic publishing, where you cold submit to presses and go right to working with an editor.

Congrats--that's awesome! I mean...I'm also working on a memoir, so I'd like to think that people want to read stuff by those whose names aren't known, but who might have interesting stories. The instructor of my recent class fit that category and got published by a Big 5 house.

I think the first draft is the hardest part of any writing, really, so you've crossed that hurdle. As the saying goes, you can't edit a blank page. I hope the editing process goes well, along with the search for an agent.

The class I took had a section on getting published that included various resources. Let me know if you're interested in any of those, and I can PM you. (It's a few websites, nothing exclusive to the class, though you may already be aware of them.)

LonesomeTonight · Jul 14, 2024 at 08:47 AM

And now Shannen Doherty has passed.

ArtieTheSequal · Jul 14, 2024 at 08:51 AM

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And now Shannen Doherty has passed.

omgosh! i loved her. I was always "team Brenda".

ScarletPimpernel · Jul 14, 2024 at 09:08 AM

My great grandma always said things happen in 3s.

unaluna · Jul 14, 2024 at 09:09 AM

Boy, this was a weird rule of 3 (almost 4) - you either loved them or... not.

atisketatasket · Jul 14, 2024 at 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Boy, this was a weird rule of 3 (almost 4) - you either loved them or... not.

If you count Shelley Duvall on Friday, it’s 4.

comrademoomoo · Jul 14, 2024 at 10:06 AM

4.5 if you count the near miss.

ArtieTheSequal · Jul 14, 2024 at 10:13 AM

it's been a weird week for sure.

unaluna · Jul 14, 2024 at 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

If you count Shelley Duvall on Friday, it’s 4.

I loved her since Annie Hall. My ex very rudely elbowed me during her scene. AH.

stopdog · Jul 14, 2024 at 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

If you count Shelley Duvall on Friday, it’s 4.

I remember her mostly from when she played Olive Oyl in Popeye -because she looked exactly like the comic was drawn. Disappointing movie though - could have been a lot funnier.

I know the name Shannon Doherty but I don't recall watching that tv show she was in.

unaluna · Jul 14, 2024 at 02:57 PM

Yeah we were way too old for beverly hills 90210! Heck i was a generation too old for melrose place, which was supposed to be an "adult" 90210!

We went straight from Leave it to beaver to Murder she wrote.

ArtieTheSequal · Jul 14, 2024 at 04:53 PM

I dunno about being too old, I used to watch both 90210 and Melrose Place.

unaluna · Jul 14, 2024 at 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtieTheSequal

I dunno about being too old, I used to watch both 90210 and Melrose Place.

Maybe you identify more with gen x than baby boomers? You were almost on the cusp there.

ArtieTheSequal · Jul 14, 2024 at 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Maybe you identify more with gen x than baby boomers? You were almost on the cusp there.

That makes sense because my sisters and brother are all gen x. (I think gen x started in 1965? and i was born in 1962, and my brother in 1965, sisters 1967. so it was 3 to 1 haha)

ArtieTheSequal · Jul 14, 2024 at 07:19 PM

I'm working on a poem this rainy afternoon and H keeps coming in my office wanting to show me all these conspiracy-theory videos that are already popping up about the attempt on Trump. No, i haven't gotten my real door yet. I so need to do that.

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ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert of my soul Posts: 7,476 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,909 hugs given	Jul 13, 2024 at 06:22 PM #382 I saw about Richard Simmons, sad. And not Dr Ruth too! I used to love listening to her radio show when I worked at the grand canyon, as we had no tv could just get radio stations at night.

unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 40,453 (SuperPoster!) 13 67.7k hugs given	Jul 13, 2024 at 09:20 PM #384 Congratulations! Finally some good news today!

WarmFuzzySocks Magnet Member Since Jun 2017 Location: in the garden Posts: 2,334 7 15.6k hugs given	Jul 14, 2024 at 01:24 AM #385 Wow- hooray, @@! What an accomplishment! Can’t wait to read it someday! __________________ Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by accidents of time, or place, or circumstance, are brought into closer connection with you. (St. Augustine)

LonesomeTonight Always in This Twilight Member Since Feb 2015 Location: US Posts: 21,328 (SuperPoster!) 9 75.6k hugs given	Jul 14, 2024 at 08:47 AM #387 And now Shannen Doherty has passed.

ScarletPimpernel Wise Elder Member Since Nov 2013 Location: US Posts: 8,526 (SuperPoster!) 10 6,825 hugs given	Jul 14, 2024 at 09:08 AM #389 My great grandma always said things happen in 3s. __________________ "Odium became your opium..." ~Epica

unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 40,453 (SuperPoster!) 13 67.7k hugs given	Jul 14, 2024 at 09:09 AM #390 Boy, this was a weird rule of 3 (almost 4) - you either loved them or... not.

comrademoomoo Grand Poohbah Member Since Feb 2019 Location: Toodlepip Posts: 1,780 5	Jul 14, 2024 at 10:06 AM #392 4.5 if you count the near miss.

ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert of my soul Posts: 7,476 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,909 hugs given	Jul 14, 2024 at 10:13 AM #393 it's been a weird week for sure.

unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 40,453 (SuperPoster!) 13 67.7k hugs given	Jul 14, 2024 at 02:57 PM #396 Yeah we were way too old for beverly hills 90210! Heck i was a generation too old for melrose place, which was supposed to be an "adult" 90210! We went straight from Leave it to beaver to Murder she wrote.

ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert of my soul Posts: 7,476 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,909 hugs given	Jul 14, 2024 at 04:53 PM #397 I dunno about being too old, I used to watch both 90210 and Melrose Place.

ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert of my soul Posts: 7,476 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,909 hugs given	Jul 14, 2024 at 07:19 PM #400 I'm working on a poem this rainy afternoon and H keeps coming in my office wanting to show me all these conspiracy-theory videos that are already popping up about the attempt on Trump. No, i haven't gotten my real door yet. I so need to do that.