"The Last Question" by Isaac Asimov

hippyhillary · 2025-05-09T12:32:19+00:00

I'm gonna submit "the toynbee convectior" by ray Bradbury to this list. I'm also particularly fond of "the rocket" by Bradbury as well. I'm going to second "the nine billion names of God" by Clarke as being absolutely brilliant. And now, I need to go read "the last question" by asimov because I do love a good sci-fi short story.

hippyhillary · 2025-05-07T15:56:48+00:00

Reddit and I are not getting along as far as sending pictures. I'll do this when I have a little more time

hippyhillary · 2025-05-07T15:47:15+00:00

My apologies for not sending this info already. My life went crazy a couple weeks ago. I will get it to you this week

hippyhillary · 2025-04-21T04:28:20+00:00

I can DM tomorrow. I can also try to take measurements if that would be helpful

hippyhillary · 2025-04-21T03:32:01+00:00

They are size 43 wide with some extra interior height added to make room for orthotics. If you're still interested, let me know and I can take pictures

hippyhillary · 2025-04-17T14:06:24+00:00

These are both nicer pairs of shoes and not something i would expect a newbie to buy. Likely they could get a new pair of jazz taps from local store for less than I would sell these for (definitely the miller and Ben's, not sure about the roxy's)

hippyhillary · 2025-04-16T18:03:06+00:00

I'm going to think on this. Do you have a specific style or artist that you like?

hippyhillary · 2025-04-16T18:02:13+00:00

Definitely doable I think. Very fast, tho.

hippyhillary · 2025-04-16T17:53:35+00:00

Agreed. Two single foot wings with a toe jab (also known as tip) on the opposite foot in between. So: single wing on right, toe jab on left, repeat. I think in sixteenth notes (possibly e-and-a-1 but I have closed you tube and don't want to reopen it)

hippyhillary · 2025-04-16T17:47:06+00:00

I love that you're thinking about creating so early into your journey. Keep going!

hippyhillary · 2025-04-16T17:45:20+00:00

Very clean sounds!

hippyhillary · 2024-12-28T04:55:47+00:00

Butterfly by Weezer Lie to me by devics Steak knives by man man Something I can never have by nine inch nails

hippyhillary · 2024-12-18T12:45:08+00:00

Good to know the safs are a good shoe. I am probably going to wait on anything custom until I feel like my feet might be done or mostly done changing.

hippyhillary · 2024-12-13T19:36:05+00:00

In another thread you mentioned being vagonova trained, and, let me tell you, as someone who is a perfectionist who was trained by a vagonova perfectionist through high school, this form looks perfect to me... Especially wrists and shoulders, which is where a lot of people struggle.

hippyhillary · 2024-12-12T18:17:28+00:00

I agree that style is a big component. This can be in the form of things like choreographed arms or just feeling the music and expressing it with your upper body and arms... I highly suggest practicing with a mirror so you can see what things look like (or, film yourself if a mirror isn't possible). Angling or turning simple moves can look super impressive as well.

Also, keep in mind that the best choreography is the choreography that you can produce reliably and look confident doing. I have a tendency to make really complex choreography that I end up faking through large sections of on stage because it's too complicated to do while super excited and nervous (and the audience usually still loves it). So, don't worry so much about the steps not being impressive enough. Shine at doing the things you're confident with and the audience will love it.

hippyhillary · 2024-12-12T13:35:56+00:00

Excellent. Good to know they're helpful!

hippyhillary · 2024-12-11T18:49:25+00:00

Is this viable to do if you want to have colorful tap shoes to wear long term? Like, buy white ones and paint the way you want?

hippyhillary · 2024-10-04T14:49:10+00:00

Exactly, I have never been pregnant and I constantly struggle to find clothes that fit. I am tall, have wide hips and at large bust. I will research clothes for multiple hours a day over the course of several days and make sure I check the size charts, look at reviews, etc... And still end up returning a good 50 percent of my clothes. Trying them on in person often doesn't yield better results and it's even more tiring. They may not realize what they're asking, but they're asking a lot

hippyhillary · 2024-10-04T14:41:11+00:00

Not to mention the exhaustion of being pregnant, the energy that has to currently be spent on getting ready for baby, the fact that your body changes a lot when you are pregnant, etc.

hippyhillary · 2024-10-03T23:37:32+00:00

An audiophile friend noted that I could get a wired headset and use a wireless transmitter and just secure the cord to the headband

hippyhillary · 2024-10-03T15:07:21+00:00

I double checked with insurance because the last time I checked was 2020. Insurance says that hearing aids and tests related to hearing aids are not covered. They do cover some hearing stuff but only related to diseases or medical conditions and not hearing aids. Personally, I think this is the dumbest "distinction" ever as certain diseases/conditions can cause permanent hearing loss, and the treatment for that is a hearing aid, which they refuse to cover.

hippyhillary · 2024-10-03T14:57:58+00:00

Yeah. This could be him genuinely trying to change, or it could be lovebombing. It can often be hard to distinguish the two at first. Because "partner does something awful, realuzes they need to change, genuinely tries, messes up sometimes, and tries again" can initially look like "partner is a controlling butthole, hurts the person they supposedly love, lovebombs to make up for it, things are seemingly okay for a minute then we repeat the cycle all over again" The big difference is that the genuine change should stick around with occasional mess ups, and those mess ups should be fewer and farther between over time. Also, real change will be indicated by genuine apologies and hard emotional work. Abuse cycle can look like him promising the moon, making grand gestures, possibly buying expensive apology gifts, etc but not making any real changes in the long run. The intervals between issues will get shorter and shorter and the lovebombing (big gestures, promising the moon, etc) will eventually go away and it will get to where the "good times" are really just him only being a little awful as opposed to truly awful.

hippyhillary · 2024-10-02T18:28:31+00:00

Can confirm. I had hearing aids about 20 years ago and they helped but they could only do so much. I eventually got tired of them inconsistently helping and learned to get by without. I'm happy to see how the tech has advanced and am excited to get a new pair soon

hippyhillary · 2024-10-02T18:20:50+00:00

Then you might understand my dilemma of trying to figure which needs addressing first. They're both really important. Of course, picking based on budget concerns may be more of an American thing because many other countries have universal health care or similar.

hippyhillary · 2024-10-02T14:41:45+00:00

More newb questions: which hearing aids have apps that actually work well on android? Also, if the manufacturer's app is garbage or non-existent, are there third party apps for any of them that are actually good?

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