Comments on: The Wedding: A Parable.

By: sketch42

sketch42 — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 04:50:18 +0000

I love this. Love the idea of flipping the switch on your perspective. Perfect.

Haven’t been here in a while, miss you and your blog.

By: Hammie

Hammie — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 21:46:15 +0000

I had to comb my younger sisters long blonde hair when she got nits as a kid. She had made friends with some pikey kids who were never treated and caught them. My mum was too pissweak to take care of it so I stepped in. I remember other pikey kids (Gingers!) who always had crew cuts because of head lice now – it was a class thing! posh people had to comb through. Xx

By: Sista Coyote

Sista Coyote — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:37:37 +0000

Not uncommon in my neck of the woods. Every summer a bale of kids goes bald due to head lice. *shrug*

By: Andra

Andra — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 06:42:04 +0000

Sister
Hendra virus is something that bats carry. They roost in trees and their droppings can fall into water and the water is drunk by horses and the horses contaminate humans and the humans (and the horses) can die.
There is a lot of it going on in Australia at the moment.
Very worrying.
We have millions of flying foxes (bats) and they are protected as they are essential to pollenation of rainforest plants apparently.
Actually we have TOO many bats and they should be culled a lot and soon.
Horses and people are dying.

By: Kimberley

Kimberley — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:41:04 +0000

I would have thought cancer, too.
My (now 21-year old) daughter had head lice as a wee school kid- I used tea tree oil amd a shower cap to get rid of them. Then I used a few drops every morning on her dear head as a repellent- worked very well.
I must admit a sick pleasure at picking the nits out.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:14:05 +0000

I thought head lice immediately, as my sister, mother to 3 young boys, told me recently that if Hazel gets lice, just shave the head. She also says money paid to nitpickers is the best $85/head she ever spent.

By: annemarie

annemarie — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:36:22 +0000

Jaimi (and my beloved Sister Wolf): Thank you so much for those kind comments! In Real Life I struggle with the fact of being visible (a shy alien), so this was so very lovely and unexpected and very greatly appreciated!!

By: brunehilda

brunehilda — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:07:20 +0000

man, I had head lice when I was a kid and I sincerely think a head shave (along with burning everything I’d ever touched) would have been 10x easier than the repeated shampooings and nitpicking

By: Sister Wolf

Sister Wolf — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:32:40 +0000

annemarie – God, your mom could even give my mom a few lessons in being crazy! Max got headlice plenty of times when he was a kid, because he went to a swanky private school. None of the parents shaved any heads. At some point, I paid Max one penny for each nit I could find. This got him to sit patiently for as long as it took.

mimi – Me too! I’m very suggestible. My whole scalp becomes alive when I hear the words head-lice.

jaimi – Annemarie is a genius. I’m glad you love her too.

Andra – what the fuck is Hendra virus? It sounds like a Greek myth and I don’t want it!

By: Jaimi

Jaimi — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:17:56 +0000

I would assume cancer, as well. Or Hare Krishnas. Heh. I feel fortunate that I never picked up those afflictions as a child, nor did I catch the dreaded head lice.

Cancer would be my default assumption, too. I don’t have any wisdom there, Sis, but the actual outcome is beautifully alright in a way I can’t phrase in a parable. Nothing particularly horrible has befallen me, but I can’t shake those negative vibes so I’m just going to embrace ’em.

I don’t comment all too often & I hope she sees this, but annemarie’s comments often make me smile!

Unrelated: I was perusing HelloGiggles earlier, born of some masochistic impulse, but dear gawd do I wish Bitter Intellectuals existed!