Thorn Wilde

Huh... I never thought about the word 'creamy' like that, @CassieQ. I'm guilty of using it to describe skin colour... But what about the term 'cream coloured'? I mean, that's a thing with paint, as well as cats.

It's very possible that you are.

So, so far, we are all resoundingly of the opinion that public domain is of the good. Nice to know I'm not the crazy one. EDIT: I mean, I am. Just not in this particular case.

Right? That's what I think. For all I care, it could pass into the public domain the minute I die.

So, I just had a very odd conversation with my flatmate. I was reading Pride and Prejudice online at Project Gutenberg, and happened to mention to her that it's all out there cause it's public domain. I'm sure everyone knows this, but just in case: A set amount of time after the creator of a work dies (70 years in most cases) their work passes into the public domain, which means it's no longer subject to copyright and can be freely reproduced and used by anyone, without having to pay royalties. My flatmate argued that this is unfair, because why should anyone get to just have what you've created just cause you're dead? I argued that that would mean that an artist's descendants could earn money off of their work for all eternity, which would just be weird, and kind of amounts to the same thing; why should I make money from something my great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparent made? I don't even know them. Plus, you know, I think art is a dialogue. Once it's out there it's not really just yours anymore. I find this rule perfectly fair, and as a writer and musician, the idea that people can enjoy what I've created for free or play with it any way they like 150 years from now, actually makes me really happy, and I think it's wonderful that we are free to do so with other people's work now. Plagiarism won't hurt me if I'm dead. So, what do you think? Does it bother you that what you create will one day become part of the public domain?

If you haven't watched Doctor Who before, it will seem a little out of context, probably.

I personally loved him as The War Doctor in the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special, The Day of the Doctor... But also as Quentin Crisp, omg!

My aunt likely has an autism spectrum disorder (a fairly severe one), but she never got any help as a kid, because her mother refused to accept the idea that there was something wrong with her precious baby girl (youngest of four, and only girl). So they just kept changing schools whenever anything was brought up. This would have been at some point in the late 50s, early 60s, I believe. She never developed empathy, never learned how to relate to other people. She went on to have four children, all of whom are some degree of screwed up because she couldn't actually take care of them properly. It's so sad when parents sabotage their own children by refusing diagnosis and treatment. It can have far reaching consequences. I'm glad you managed to help your stepson.

How about a Jason Momoa and Idris Elba sandwich? Cause I'll go for that. EDIT: Seriously, though, I love Idris Elba as an actor, and I do think he's hot, but Jason Momoa is just a new dimension of hotness that never existed before. It would be unfair to compare.

I know that I have been rescued by my friends at multiple times, both literally and figuratively.

Like picking up poop in a little baggie is so much more pleasant...

Can't say I disagree. Not my type at all. Damn good make-up, though, even without the retouch. Look at those eyebrows! What is it they say? "On fleek"?

It's actually very common for girls to have less of the hyperactivity thing and zone out more, while boys tend to act out. Whether that's due to biology or social conditioning is hard to say. So boys are more frequently diagnosed than girls, and a lot of ciswomen aren't diagnosed until well into adulthood. My mum has a coworker who's nearly fifty and was diagnosed last year. One of my best friends was diagnosed two years ago, at the age of 28, and while I'd never thought about it before, when she told me I was like, yeah, that makes perfect sense. I've known her for fourteen years, and she's always been like that. She has the hyperactive thing, too, super energetic and stuff, always has a million things going on. It's actually kind of crazy that she wasn't diagnosed until now.

Sounds a lot like internalised homophobia to me. Isn't the whole point of the LGBTQ+ to be ourselves? I am what I am, and all that? Sad when people criticise that in some attempt to conform. These are the same kinds of people who erase bisexuals and transpeople from the movement, like we don't belong as much as everyone else.

@Solivagant I see. I honestly don't quite see why that's such a big deal... I mean, he still looked fierce af, and every photo ever in any beauty magazine or make-up ad is seriously retouched anyway, so who cares? I'm more concerned about the racist ebola comment. Wtf? If people should be upset about about something, you'd think it would be that rather than some retouched photos, even if he did stretch the truth about them.

How did he lie?

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Why should the kids get all the fun? When I was a kid no one even celebrated Halloween in Norway. I never got to go trick or treating. My turn to be spooky, I say!

I like Julie’s mum. She’s a bit overbearing, but it’s because she really, really loves her kids.

Amy’s a lot more insightful than anyone gives her credit for.

Michael has a way of inspiring trust and showing love. Daniel, who is starved for affection and already has feelings for Michael, can’t possibly distrust him.

You’re not wrong. In the words of Sigmund Freud, Loz has issues.

We usually ask the neighbours to send the kids our way, but as I said, I wasn’t at home, and we hadn’t had time to prepare anything. I like dressing up and scaring the crap out of the kids before giving them treats, though. I’m good at scary make-up.

I wasn't home on Halloween this year, but there are a lot of kids in my neighbourhood, so some always come around. I rent the top floor of a house. The owners live downstairs, and have two kids. This year, they'd set up a jack-o-lantern outside, and lots of the neighbourhood kids came by, and when I got home from choir practice, I found a bloody handprint on the front door. They take Halloween very seriously. Also, their kids were adorable. The older one, a girl, was a zombie. Her little brother, who's 3, was a witch. He had the cutest purple hat.