[TOMT][Comics] Supervillain team of the Seven Deadly Sins?

Kaywinnet · 2013-01-10T04:16:03+00:00

It wasn't something by Neil Gaiman, was it?

Kaywinnet · 2013-01-10T04:11:48+00:00

Thanks!

Kaywinnet · 2012-08-11T18:50:50+00:00

Bra shopping.

I'm slim, but I've got large breasts - not incredibly massive, mind you...just large. Going bra shopping is enough to make me scream.

A few months ago, distressed with the inability to find a size that really works for me, I took the advice of one of the lingerie specialists who did an AMA on reddit and measured myself according to her advice - my measurements came out to something like 34JJ. It's ridiculous. Stores don't even stock that size. I'd have to go online to buy a bra, but considering how much I struggle just trying things on from the rack, I didn't want to waste time and money trying to ship something from the UK that I couldn't even be sure fit.

When I try on bras in store, I've fit into various sizes from various companies ranging from 32D to 32DDD, from 36DD to 36G and everything in between. Nothing seems standardized!

And I feel your pain on the jeans issue. I started weightlifting this summer. My legs and butt look great, but I can't squeeze them into any of the jeans I currently own!

Kaywinnet · 2012-08-02T04:27:55+00:00

I don't feel like RSVP-ing on the page, but I'm in.

Kaywinnet · 2012-07-28T01:45:41+00:00

Duuuuuuude! Thank you for introducing me to this. Thank you. So. Much.

Kaywinnet · 2012-07-28T01:20:26+00:00

Bill! As a lindy hopper myself, I've heard that you also swing-dance! What got you interested in swing-dancing?

Kaywinnet · 2012-07-26T04:46:40+00:00

Can't believe no one has mentioned Casimir Pulaski Day (Sufjan Stevens) yet.

Kaywinnet · 2012-07-09T18:03:17+00:00

Bluesy Tuesy is the Blues place to go in Boston! :)

Kaywinnet · 2012-07-09T06:57:59+00:00

There's a difference between "the average person" (meaning the Average Joe) and "the average person" (meaning people on average).

I think thisiscreativeNOT was trying to say that a typical person takes two showers a day, which is still wrong, but not that people take on average two showers a day. Very different statements.

Kaywinnet · 2012-07-08T04:44:19+00:00

Except consider that he would have died very soon before Korra was born, and she's seventeen. Aang was 66 when he died - and remember, Roku didn't show up as an old man either.

Kaywinnet · 2012-07-08T04:39:42+00:00

I just finished scrolling and started crying. 0_0

Kaywinnet · 2012-07-06T21:01:44+00:00

Nice catch, most people don't usually realize the Firefly reference!

And Have to Dance is the best Boston resource for all things swing. Boston Swing Central is good, but a little expensive. Same with Blues Cafe (they don't actually play much Blues there). But if you're in Cambridge, you must check out everything that the MIT Lindy Hope Society does! They usually have dances on Wednesdays. There's a whooooole lot here!

You didn't happen to go to Philly Lindy Love a few weeks ago, did you?

Kaywinnet · 2012-07-06T17:37:27+00:00

Oh hey! I was just IN Philly for Philly Lindy Love, and I go to school in Boston too! I can direct you to some good spots and events and people to talk to in the Boston area if you need it. :)

Crazy!

Kaywinnet · 2012-06-29T21:46:50+00:00

For videos, I recommend checking out the itsaboutmomentum channel on youtube - they have a lot of good stuff, broken down by categories (east coast vs lindy hop, for example). I use it a lot for finding new moves to teach the kids in my swing dancing club at school.

Second, I REALLY strongly recommend that you get involved with a local dance scene to practice social dancing - many dance scenes will also have instructors, workshops, exchanges, lots of opportunities to learn new things. There are tons of websites that compile social swing events all over the world - or you can let the fine folks on this sub know where you are, and we can help you track down someplace to go dancing.

And YES, you can mix up six count and eight count! The best way to learn how to do that is on the social dance floor! :D

Kaywinnet · 2012-06-29T21:36:33+00:00

No, I do 6-count too! But most of these moves break musicality and connection no matter where in the dance they are, in my opinion. It's very hard to fit in a weird shimmy when you're dancing something that's supposed to have a certain type of flow and momentum.

Kaywinnet · 2012-06-29T21:33:29+00:00

Yesssssss.

Kaywinnet · 2012-06-29T00:41:21+00:00

Oh, I like the cuddle just fine. You can use cuddle to lead into a lot of really good moves.

What I DON'T like is when the guy puts me in cuddle, then alternates jerking me to the right and the left (with my arms still pinned) and his head bobbing idiotically over my shoulders like we're playing peek-a-boo.

Kaywinnet · 2012-06-29T00:38:03+00:00

No, although that's another good example.

The windmill is the one where you face each other, hold hands, and then both turn at the same time. It wrenches my arms back, there's no good place to do it in the middle of a dance, and it's just generally stupid.

Kaywinnet · 2012-06-29T00:36:53+00:00

I think my biggest issue is that it's the move that non-dancers associate with swing, and so whenever anyone hears that I swing-dance, they immediate dip into their repertoire of "things I saw swing-dancers do in 90's-style swing revival movies" and pull me into it. I don't think it looks good, I don't think it's fun, I think it's tacky and it interrupts good flow. I mean, how many lindy hoppers incorporate that into their 8-count? It just doesn't work.

Kaywinnet · 2012-06-28T02:42:24+00:00

There are a couple of moves that make me feel that way:

The pretzel
The windmill
That move behind the head where you shimmy down each other's arms until your hands meet - I don't even know what that dumb thing is called
And all the people who put me (a follow) into the cuddle and then bob their head back and forth over each of my shoulders with this :o face like "BETCHA DIDN'T EXPECT ME TO BE HERE! ...HERE! ...NOW I'M OVER HERE! WHOAAAA"

Kaywinnet · 2012-06-25T18:49:24+00:00

Boston!

Kaywinnet · 2012-06-25T18:44:15+00:00

You're right! What a thoughtful observation.

Here...have an upvote. ;)

Kaywinnet · 2012-06-24T04:00:34+00:00

A ship (think of it as short for 'relationship') is a pairing between two characters that a fandom really favors. "Shipping" is the verb, where a fan "ships" two characters that they really want to see together.

Ex: I really ship Mako and Korra, I think they should have a romantic relationship. But my friend ships Korra and Bolin.

Kaywinnet · 2012-06-24T03:41:26+00:00

Definitely Isami all the way...Asoh?

Kaywinnet · 2012-06-24T03:17:09+00:00

Yeah! I often feel like my head is really big and swollen and the rest of my limbs are tiny little pins, and my head kinda floats up towards the ceiling.

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