Haymitch's introduction is him being so drunk that he tries to hug Effie on stage during the Reaping. Katniss thinks Effie is disgusted by him and would love to avoid him but let's not forget that she also thought Peeta was scheming to kill her (even before the arena and his alliance with the careers) when he had been in love with her for years. Katniss is notoriously bad at reading people. So much so that it's pretty much a guarantee that whatever she assumes is happening is incorrect.
Haymitch says in SotR that Effie is the only one who can stand to be around him so she wasn't trying to avoid him because she was disgusted by him. What was going on was Haymitch being so drunk that he forgot he wasn't supposed to show affection publicly and Effie trying to escape from him because all the eyes of Panem were on them at the moment. She had to make it look like she was repulsed or she could be in danger. In this their relationship parallels Katniss and Peeta's. Katniss has to convince Snow that she's in love with Peeta to save him and everyone else she loves. Haymitch and Effie have to convince everyone that they hate each other in order to protect themselves.
I'm sorry to all the Hayffie shippers in the world but this women was not playing so 3-d chess game. She calls the previous years tributes "savages". She is capital through and through.
Have you seen the new movie? It's on library. It's literally on the library. It's on library without ads. It's literally on your local public library. You can probably ask for it on your library. Dude it's on your library. It's in the original case too. It's on library. You can watch it at the library. You can go to your local library and watch it. Register onto your local library right now. Go to your library. Dive into your library. You can watch it. It's on there. Your library has it for you. Your library has it for you.
i just finished reading catch-22 and WOW!!!! i feel like i just got out of a centrifuge!!! absolutely relentless book, spins you in tighter and tighter loops and bites you harder and harder on every pass. crazy gory filthy and absolutely INFURIATING reading and i'm gonna be thinking about it for a while!!!!
started reading catch 22 after it was heavily referenced in a fic i was reading and dang... i get it.
catch-22 is so insanely eye-wateringly side-splittingly funny for a book that will make you catatonic with an equal mix of fury, grief, and nausea. and i need absolutely everybody to read it. catch-22 will change your fuckin life.
really enjoying all the discussion of the rogers-pierce-yossarian trifecta polls... thank you to @eddie-redcliff for leaving particularly hilarious tags on one of my related posts
We need more characters with imperfect teeth! In rhe hunger games specifically, they are characters who don't have access to a doctor, let alone a dentist. You knock a tooth out? Oh well! You have one less tooth.
Take it from me, a gal who's missing a front tooth, they are surprisingly easy to knock out.
i should add more to that "living under the healthy abled gaze" essay like i'm sure a bonafide disability studies writer has written about this concept in a better way than me but i really need to hammer home the daily experience of "push your knees forward so you don't get worse, pull your shoulders so you don't get worse, pull your head in so you don't get worse, push your pelvis forward and stack your ribs or you'll get worse, sit up straight so you don't get worse" so on and so forth being this oppressive presence in your head at all times - not just being a result of ocd but a mottled mix of medical neglect, prevailing cultural healthism, things that healthcare providers have said/done to you, etc.
"What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again."
On April 17, I will be having a partial knee replacement. This will be my 7th knee surgery, so in some ways, I am thoroughly prepared. In other ways, I am completely lost.
My other surgeries were by no means common, but I was able to find informational resources and other people who have shared my experiences. All of my efforts to find similar things this time around have proved relatively fruitless. What little info I have been provided and able to find is geared towards the elderly. This is rather frustrating since, at least at this point in my life, I am not elderly. I understand why this is the case, not many 22 year olds are getting their joints replaced.
But being one of the few 22 year olds in this situation is profoundly isolating.
Plenty of young people have or have had knee surgery. The difference is, my surgeries have been the result of congenital abnormalities. There is no moment I can point to where I twisted it wrong and felt something pop. Knee pain and instability are just things that have been a part of my life since at least preschool.
There are also plenty of people who have had a partial knee replacement. The difference in this case is that my cartilage damage was not caused by decades of use. My arthritis progressed to bone on bone in less than a year from being “installed”. I use that term because my last major surgery was essentially a partial knee replacement with cadaver tissue. The way my tissue was removed and replaced was pretty straight forward and more reminiscent of carpentry than surgery.
No one is really sure why my arthritis progressed so quickly but the multitude of previous boney realignment procedures are likely to blame. For whatever reason, my right knee which has had the exact same procedures, is doing fine. Needless to say, my knees continue to baffle and stump both myself and experts in the field of medicine.
I am used to the uncertainty of my knees at this point, but that doesn’t make it suck less.
I used to try to deny that it sucked. At the time, it felt like ignoring the loneliness, anxiety, fear, and pain would make it all go away. I would rarely if ever admit my true feelings to anyone. Not doctors, physical therapists, teachers, my parents, or even my friends. It was easier to just brush it off as no big deal or find a way to turn it into a joke. This time around, I am trying my best to embrace the wide range of emotions and allow myself to feel all of them as they come.
I know it will not be easy, but I also know that I will make it through.
Right now, I am trying my best to acknowledge how much it sucks but also find the positives. I am shopping for a pretty cane, making a mental list of shows to binge watch while stuck on the couch, and using this as an excuse to treat myself to a new heatable stuffed animal.
These things will not fix all my problems, but for now, I am happy for anything that can make the lead up to the big day more bearable.
Some tips and tricks for oral surgery for a gal who has 9 teeth pulled, 3 root canals, an abscess drained, and a bone graft.
Get a children tooth brush - not only are they softer (good for sore mouths), they are also smaller than adult tooth brushes. This is helpful because you are going to want to avoid brushing the surgery site. A smaller brush makes that easier.
Use heat! - First and foremost, ask your dentist if it is okay. For my last extraction, I was told to use ice for the first day and a half and then switch to heat. Nothing feels better than a warm compress when your mouth is aching.
Plastic spoons are your friend - this may be a personal preference, but I hate using metal utensils while recovering. Your mouth is going to feel weird and it is difficult to navigate eating. Meal times just go a lot smoother when you don't also have to worry about hitting fresh stitches with a metal spoon.
On the day of surgery, wear a shirt that you are okay with getting blood on - it is not a certainty that you will drool on yourself, but it is highly probable. That drool will most likely have blood in it so come prepared clothing-wise.
