But Not The Armadillo

Dear Fanfic Writers,

Anesthesia =/= anesthetic. Their definitions overlap, but in general usage, anesthesia involves a loss of consciousness, while anesthetic creates a loss of sensation. A person refusing anesthesia to treat a wound doesn't mean they have to white-knuckle it. There are lots and lots and lots of ways to numb an area that don't knock people out.*

This has been your tip of the whatever.

*Unless you are me and are stupidly resistant to anesthetic. Seriously, thirty injections to get a chronically inflamed sweat gland removed before I finally just told them to get it over with.

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Quick note to fanfic writers: "nonplussed" means "confused or surprised." I realize that sounds counterintuitive; "plussed" sounds like it should mean "confused," so the "non" makes it sounds like a person is calm and unsurprised. But no.

This vocab moment brought to you by avoiding grading.

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*Waves*

In ten days, I am going into the hospital in Chicago for inpatient migraine treatment, which usually lasts between ten days and two weeks. As always, I could use entertainment. So I am seeking book and movie recs. Horror is always a favorite (I've read pretty much aaaallll the Stephen King), especially a good haunted house yarn. In the non-fiction realm, I like true crime, especially of the historical variety. Documentaries are always welcome.

Thank you!

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Non-spoiler: I loved this episode. Please note the squee tag. Critical discussion of ideas is welcome. Just please no, "I hated it and here's why in great detail.

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Man, I really hope this show gets renewed. I haven't been quite as intensely into a show in a while.

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The small fanperson's school is doing Into the Woods Jr for the musical this year (a version which apparently involves doing only the first act, about which I have Feelings, but oh, well). The sfp has been cast as Cinderella's mother (the one in the tree). Not as big a part as she hoped, but she gets to sing a bit solo.

However, she has taken to saying things like, "Dead Mother entering the room!" or "Dead Mothers first!"

Ladies and gentlefans, my kid. She's such an adorable little weirdo.*

*She takes that as a compliment, btw, as she should.

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I have finally lived to see a fictional woman's male love interest stuffed in a refrigerator.

No, LITERALLY stuffed in a refrigerator.

(Not mentioning source b/c yeah, huge spoilers. Them what knows it will know it.)

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This has not been a good week. Not a good week at ALL. I need some aggression therapy. Help me out, here?

You are about to charge into battle. What battle and what for is more or less irrelevant. As you lift your weapon, you shout something inspirational (to yourself if no one else). What do you yell as you charge into the battle?

Note: maximum suspension of disbelief is at hand. The fact that I have never actually fired a gun is not going to stop me from leveling my ancestors' revolver at the forehead of the opposition's leader as I say in a cold, steely voice (get it? Cold, steely?), "I kill with my heart, motherfucker."

Your turn! You can be a vague or detailed as you want; assume spoilers in comments. Also, have some fun guessing other people's!

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I may have mentioned at some point that I generally enjoy the direct-to-streaming animated movies DC has been churning out for, well, a while, anyway. They're usually well-written, and definitely well-animated, with good voice actors (although I really miss Bruce Greenwood's Batman).

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Was I the last person to find out that Mira Grant, aka Seanan McGuire, wrote a Scooby-Doo novel?

(I mean, it's not literally Scooby-Doo, but it is Scooby-Doo.)

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