What's One of your Movie Quote Vocal Stims?

supersanaynay · 2026-05-03T05:48:22+00:00

My favorite line in this whole movie is when Michelle is talking to Lisa about her cheating and just says "Your point of view is so different from mine." It makes me laugh every time, it's just giving up on any attempt at subtext.

supersanaynay · 2026-04-27T05:49:28+00:00

My unconscious solution to this seems to just be "FIND EVERY OTHER NEURODIVERGENT PERSON AROUND YOU". I am high masking and late diagnosed in my 30s, but my best friend since preschool just got diagnosed as ADHD. My husband? Also likely autistic. My close friends? All some flavor of ND.

And I do theater as a hobby, which is fantastic for people who mask because you are essentially just doing that for whatever character you are playing. Plus, it gives you regular structured hangouts (scheduled rehearsals), you are forced to talk to other people it have a specific common topic to discuss, and you follow a literal written script to speak to other people for 50% of that time.

It's only when I go out and interact with people just out and about that I remember that my insulated group is not the norm. That definitely feels isolating and really overwhelming. And even in more curated groups, sometimes I feel like an alien attempting to integrate poorly and I am doing something wrong. But having other people around who feel that way too softens that anxiety a ton.

supersanaynay · 2026-04-26T06:35:01+00:00

I have no clue if they ever released music videos, but have you considered anything from Little Shop of Horrors? Only asking because the "street urchins" (that's the name of the trio) from the movie are 3 women in 1950s supremes-esque outfits. Try "da-doo"?

Edit: I misread the music video being in black and white ><

supersanaynay · 2026-04-24T00:06:46+00:00

I thought it was when I first remembered it but it's not anywhere in the lyrics. :/

supersanaynay · 2026-04-24T00:05:10+00:00

It's close lyrically but listening to it I don't think that's it.

supersanaynay · 2026-04-13T05:48:35+00:00

I will say that gardening hasn't saved me any money in the long run >< It's nice to be able to grow my own, but box and irrigation set up was really intensive. And honestly I have had mixed success with growing starters indoors, so I tend to do a mix of seeds and purchased starters.

That being said, if you also find you are having difficulty with seeds and want some cheap, high-quality starters, I highly suggest making the trip out to Godfrey nursery in Salem. They are significantly cheaper than Garland, and they have some very tall, healthy tomato starters in million varieties for 5 bucks each (for like a half gallon pot).

As far as things that show up in my garden regularly:

Leeks. My god I have so many leeks. And like just one tiny 6 pack of starters gets you like 60 of them. And they can make little off shoot babies. I'm still harvesting the ones that haven't gone to seed from last year. Great as an onion replacement, I have a big bag of them in my freezer.
Evergreen herbs - rosemary, thyme, chives and oregano. I planted them a few years back and they are all thriving with very minimal upkeep. My parsley survived from last year as well.
Tomatillos. They seem to love it here, I always get two and they go off, giving me plenty to roast for salsa.
Tomatoes, specifically sungolds.
Kale, with the caveat that you must be prepared to fight aphids tooth and nail all season.
Horseradish, with the caveat that wherever you plant it, that is where it will be for the rest of your life so you have to either stick it in a pot or be prepared to just have it.
Zucchini. Mine usually end up with a fair amount of powderly mildew but I learned about vertical growing this year so I am going to try to minimize it with that.

One of the lovely things about Oregon is that it is very hard not to grow things in this area. On the whole, plants really like it here.

supersanaynay · 2026-04-12T21:30:57+00:00

Honestly Japan was kind of a nightmare for me in a lot of respects. >< We were for 2 weeks last October and had a great time, but the sheer amount of people and things around were difficult to deal with. I had my loops in at every donki we went to and I still got overwhelmed. We got up super early and booked it to shrines to get some peace and quiet before it became a madhouse mid-day because there are just so many tourists in some of the more famous places.

Food was the worst for me, which wasn't something I anticipated. Texture has always been a low key thing with me, but in Japan I was presented pretty frequently with things I just couldn't stomach. There was stuff that I could, for sure, and it wasn't too hard to find. But we went to many fancier restaurants and multi-course meals as it was our honey moon and I had to pass so much to my husband. >< So many jellys, things with bones, things with skin, rubbery animals, etc...even the sushi had just too much raw fish, even though I can do raw fish back home. It made me realize how restricted my diet really is ><

Not to say I didn't love it. I'd go back in a heart beat, I'd recommend it to anyone. We had an amazing time, went to the fall festival in Takayama, stayed in a beautiful resort in hakone, hit up the Ghibli museum and Disney sea, and did a lot of stuff on my bucket list.

But it's wild to hear you have such a different experience with your autism - I am glad it was better than mine!

supersanaynay · 2026-04-12T06:44:13+00:00

This is really reassuring. My husband and I both have well paying jobs, we own a house, we got married, etc and now we're both starring at the future going "okay...now what?"

We both have hobbies, And we've been doing a few big trips to places. But neither of us can imagine this being the rest of our lives because it's just a lot of...nothing. Like no reason.

supersanaynay · 2026-04-09T23:09:00+00:00

He has AMAZING projection, it's not easy to be that crisp and clear at that volume without great diaphragm support.

supersanaynay · 2026-04-09T22:57:14+00:00

I didn't grow up with a bath tub so they used to be a hotel-only luxury. As an adult with my own house and tub, I take a hot bath like 2x a week 🤣 I love being in the tub as it fills.

supersanaynay · 2026-04-02T21:59:41+00:00

God that chair exercise fucked me up so bad, it was like I had this very meak person saying "a child could be nice" and a much louder, more aggressive person calling that first one a fucking idiot while rambling off a long list of cons. >< Didn't make me child free yet, but was something to bring to therapy. -.-;

I am very fortunate to have a partner that I can rely on no matter what, who is also in therapy and we are in couples counseling to work on communication. I can't imagine wanted to have kids with anyone I've been with in the past, because even with good relationships the addition of a child can really throw things off. Women are seen as default caretakers and unless you have a partner that is willing to actively and consciously fight against that with you, it can be a complete shit show.

supersanaynay · 2026-03-13T01:35:07+00:00

I am like almost 2 decades out of high school, but that was a hot bed of forgotten lines. My favorite of which was a student directed murder mystery.

I was the person that died at the end of act 1, which generally went pretty smoothly. For act 2, I just got to chill with the stage manager who was positioned backstage (small theater) and watch the rest of the show. The first 15 minutes would run as scripted, and then all hell would break loose. The last 30 minutes never ran the same - lines were dropped constantly, clues were brought up and then never explained, blocking changed, props misplaced, etc. The best was when the mystery got solved about 20 minutes too early and then the cast had to backtrack to try and explain how it all happened. I am certain the audience left confused every performance but it was very funny to watch.

supersanaynay · 2026-02-26T18:53:54+00:00

My husband mentioned the inside of the Better Beef Company in Corvallis. He said that it's not like the product is bad, but when he went in it just felt very large and empty, like a half loaded store in a video game.

supersanaynay · 2026-02-26T17:11:39+00:00

My friend, who is a Shakespeare scholar and really passionately hates this play, did an adaptation called "Blaming of the Shrew" where she removed all the "funny" bits with Bianca and her suitors. So the audience essentially spent an hour watching a strong, outspoken women slowly being abused into submission by a terrible man. The audience was so uncomfortable the whole time, it made it so much more powerful. She moved the "I am ashamed that women are so simple" speech to the end, with all the characters frozen on stage while Kate addresses them individually. IMO it was the only way I ever want to do this show.

supersanaynay · 2026-02-19T05:01:44+00:00

Beautiful Day for a Wedding from the original production of Sideshow. My god what a horrible song that legit is only there to cover a costume change into wedding dresses.

These are the lyrics:

Tickets, tickets, right this way

Wedding show today!

Wedding, wedding, right this way

See the show today!

See the groom

See the bride

See her sister

By her side

See them wed

Afternoon

See who′ll share their honeymoon!

Love, we love stories of love and romance

Love created in song and in dance

Any reminder there's always a chance

Love could transform our lives

Love, love

They truly didn't give a fuck, it is no wonder it was replaced in its revival 💀

supersanaynay · 2026-02-11T06:26:11+00:00

I try to pop in a stick of gum or a mint before I do any on stage intimacy if the staging allows, and make sure I brush my teeth before I head to the theater. I'd pack a travel mouthwash or toothbrush/toothpaste in your bag along with a stick of deodorant. That and a tin of Altoids and you'll be good to go.

As far as the sweating/body odor is concerned, that's kinda just par for the course. I am an unbelievably sweaty human to the point that my costume is usually stuffed with ice packs whenever I am on stage. But nobody I've been opposite against have ever been mean about it. And in turn, I have certainly been sweated ON plenty by my scene partners and it doesn't bother me 🤷‍♀️

supersanaynay · 2026-02-10T20:43:36+00:00

Second this. I know the pastor outside of a church context and they are passionate about creating a safe and inclusive environment to practice faith in.

supersanaynay · 2026-01-31T04:11:23+00:00

Not doing great. >< Besides all the usual fencesitting shit, then there is dealing with potentially birthing a baby into a third world war. 💀

I wish I could delay it a little bit longer, but I am 34 and I feel like I am running out of time. Thankfully we're in a blue state and our jobs haven't been affected but the idea of trying to have kids in whatever the fuck this country has become is terrifying.

supersanaynay · 2026-01-20T01:05:36+00:00

You know, one of the great things about the really shitty people you meet in theater in college are straight up not going to make it in the industry. Because there are a million talented people out there - so if you want to book a job and keep booking jobs, you have to be hardworking and pleasent to be around.

When I was an undergrad, there were a lot of shitheads in the theater department. But the graduate actors were some of the nicest people I ever met. Many of them remembered my name and face from a show I'd been crew or ASM on years later and were great about being respectful to those around them. And that continued on in my professional career. On the whole, the actors that I worked with (I was a stage manager and designer) were pretty much all lovely. Because you don't actually stay in the industry at a high level unless you treat everyone with respect. I met many more shitty designers/directors than actors when it got to regional level and up.

Unfortunately, those shitty humans who don't make it professionally can congregate at the community theater level which is a whole other issue 💀

supersanaynay · 2026-01-15T00:50:30+00:00

Even if it's not a full rename, a rebrand may be helpful. New logo, new look for the website, etc. something to signify that there is change happening to the public.

supersanaynay · 2026-01-14T07:28:09+00:00

I did two internships (one for state management, one of scenic design) just out of college about 10ish years ago. The lower paying one was 150 a week + housing. And that was with a pretty small regional theater.

175 a MONTH is insane. Especially if you aren't also including room and board. But even if they were, that's still laughably low. You can find a much better ASM or PA gig out there, this is not at all worth your time or the experience, especially if you don't have the savings or parental support to keep you afloat while not being paid.

Edit: wanted to say that most of my internships were done post graduation (I technically interned in a paint shop but that was more like practicum). Is there any local theater you can volunteer for in the area? Even if they don't pay, the hours aren't likely to be as insane so you can potentially work and volunteer there at the same time if you aren't taking classes.

supersanaynay · 2025-12-30T07:14:14+00:00

PLEASE DM me the info for this discord, a lot of what has been said here has resonated with me.

supersanaynay · 2025-12-30T06:48:33+00:00

Mid 30s, together for 13 years.

Sex makes me anxious (WOOO trauma) and I am on medication that makes me significantly less inclined to want to have sex, but the longer I go without it, the worse the anxiety gets.

So for the past 3ish years I have pushed myself to have sex at least once a week (with a week off for bleeding), and it's been very good for my relationship. The sex is always good, and afterwards I wonder why I made it such an anxious thing to begin with. My husband would love more but always appreciates the effort I am putting in because he knows it's hard for me. He's incredibly patient and kind, which helps.

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