Well, this bites.

[sarea]

This is SO going to happen to me. :-l

We regret to announce the untimely demise of Sarea Okelani, who on the 5th of May of this year was randomly completely consumed by passing aliens. This unfortunate incident occurred in a small, unmarked sedan in Seattle, WA. The deceased was reported to have shouted "Well, there goes the rest of my day..." just before expiring. Sarea Okelani is survived by some thankless family members, who are even now looting the personal effects of the departed. Funeral services will be held the 4th of next month.

Get your own crazy obit.

When I met ropo's minister dad when I was in LA, he said, "Robbie didn't tell me you were handicapped," with a twinkle in his eye. And I was like, what? How dare she talk about my mental instability to her father? But then I realized he was talking about the fact that I'm left handed. :-l

Today I saw this quote, and I wish I'd had this ready as a response: "Everyone is born right-handed, but only the greatest overcome it." HaHA, so take that, Mr. G! Yes, this is one of those 'this is what I should have said' two months late.

Edit: I absolutely had to do one for Jade. *falls over laughing*

We regret to announce the unpleasant death of Jade Okelani, who on the 4th of December of this year was meticulously buried alive by a large rabid squirrel. This unfortunate incident occurred in an adult bookstore in Las Calamas, CA. The deceased was reported to have shouted "Stand back! I'm a professional!" just before expiring. Jade Okelani is survived by fifty or so gerbils. Funeral services will be held the 19th of next month.

Edit #2: Someone asked me if I knew where to find Tikal's story, which I quote on my sidebar. I'm sorry, I don't. :( I read that story at FF.net. If I recall correctly, this particular author had said something about being a big canon supporter, and since OotP made D/G impossible, they would eventually take down all their stories that didn't fall within JKR's universe. Er ... okay. Don't ask me how OotP made D/G impossible -- as if it was so likely in the first place. What happened in the previous books that made it canonically acceptable, that was then nixed in OotP? Have no clue.

Edit #3: This is so incredibly wrong, but ... I've purchased this. Xbox Karaoke, what will they think of next? The coolest part is this: Insert your favorite CD and sing along when Mixer strips out the vocals. Lalala!!!

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[seldon.livejournal.com]

Xbox is made by the devil. That and its incredibly bulky size keep Microsoft from gaining a foothold in my entertainment center. But I'm weak and I know that I will fall prey to Gates' evil ways in home entertainment as soon as I can get a new one for less than $99 in one year or so.

They have large rabid squirrels in adult bookstores in California? Best state ever!

About the D/G... TheirlovewassocanonbeforeOotP But I've seen quite a few people that have finally realized that, after 5 books, Draco is still a bully and a selfish brat and that he might not be redeemed by JKR at all. And well, some people have problems keeping fanon!Draco and canon!Draco apart. *shrug* I understand where the author is coming from, wanting to keep his fiction within canonical parameters, but Canon!D/G? Seriously?

And last, about left handed people, here's a true story. I was born left-handed. At least I used to grab everything with my left hand when I was a baby. My mother - because left-handed children had problems growing up in a right handed environment and as a result, I'm sure, of a little prodding from my grandmother - made me right-handed. Whenever I grabbed something with my left hand she would switch it to my right, until I was about 4. I remember being reasonably ambidextrous during my early years of elementary school, but my left hand is now pretty much useless now. Funny thing is that, when writing, I still grab the pencil funny because of the hand switch, so my penmanship sucks :p

I wonder if I switched hands because of my mother's insistence or if I was a rightie (or ambidextrous) all along and I was just going though a phase. I mean, can you really make somebody switch hands when they are young? I also wonder if that affected the way my brain developed. I am very practical and logic minded... would I have been more creative if I had been raised as a left-handed? Maybe this is part of the reason why in my psychological evaluations I'm a perfect zero: usually my emotional/creative and rational/logic scores cancel each other. If you are even in need of a cynical hopeless romantic, I'm the man :p

Oh, and my mother has apologized for ruining me :p

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

You're a natural lefty!!! This explains so much. :D

Re: Draco -- I guess I just don't approach D/G w/ any kind of real hope or expectation that they would actually get together in canon, so the idea of OotP blowing it out of the water is bizarre to me. I mean, in no way, shape, or form was it hinted at, so how can more of the same suddenly make it an impossibility? It's no more an impossibility than it was before!

And yeah, I'm one of those people who was disappointed w/ OotP because I figured that if Draco didn't get a hint of being "redeemed" by then, there was no hope. But as far as fanfic and D/G goes ... I'm still in the same place I was at after GoF and the other books. Fanon!Draco is still fanon!Draco.

I'm totally curious about lefties who were forced to be righties (or vice versa, but I don't think there's much of that going around), and whether or not that did affect brain development. And the fact that now, you can't use your left hand to do stuff. I mean ... why are we inclined toward one way or another, anyway? Why can't it be both? When you started using your right hand, why did the left feel like it had to fade into the background? These are the kinds of studies I'd love to conduct. <g>

[seldon.livejournal.com]

It's no more an impossibility than it was before!

I agree. Unfortunately "common sense" and "fandom" are words that don't always go together :p

I'm totally curious about lefties who were forced to be righties (or vice versa, but I don't think there's much of that going around), and whether or not that did affect brain development.

Me too. I've always wanted to pick up an study abut the subject, but I haven't found one yet that delves deep into the issue. As I understand it, though, using one hand over the other should affect your brain development, since it means that one side of the brain will be used more often than another and, as a result, will form more neuronal paths. If you switch hands then the development of the brain should switch lobes, too. Problem is that switching hands is no easy task, since it involves a good amount of neural "rewiring" until the less favored hand adquires an equal status to the favored hand - and the more you grow up, the harder it is for your brain to rewire itself.

And as for why we are right-handed, nobody knows for sure. It is not an entirely human thing, either, since most animals prefer one side over the other (IIRC, cats tend to be righties, parrots tend to be lefties). One theory I've heard is that if you keep doing things with one hand only you learn faster than if you used two indistinctly so evolution prefers those who can use only one hand over the ambidextrous. But as for why humans tend to be right handed... well, no idea. Some argue that it is a mere random thing that is reinforced by cultural and social rules, while other maintain that it is coded somewhere inside us.

Brain development in children is one of my favorite subjects, but it is not exactly the easiest of fields to research. But if I ever get enough will force and dough to study that education doctorate I'll try to dig as much in this topic as I can and I'll send you a copy of my doctorate thesis ;)

[absolut-jmo.livejournal.com]

In my obit I was perforated. WTF? Although I think buried by a rabid squirrel beats that one out.

I've purchased this. Xbox Karaoke
Makes me somewhat glad I live far far away!

X-Box Karaoke!!!

[no1-antielitist.livejournal.com]

I must have it! I also must say that I've been a lurker on your mailing list for quite some time, and I love your fanfics. I'm hella thrilled for the next installments of If You Only Knew and The Slow Autumn.

Re: X-Box Karaoke!!!

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

Thank you! : )