Long time between updates *Long rant ahead*

[biophys_kim]

However, I do actually have a decent, completely rational reason. Well, two reasons actually. The first weekend of December I went home. And what fun that was. Jokes, good cheer, fun galore... oh wait, that was a silly Christmas movie wasn't it. My weekend was nothing but pure running all the way. My mom is laid up after having a knee

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[anonymous]

Wow! Really sorry about your week!! I don't know how you do it. I have one exam on Thursday and *only* that to worry about and I'm still so so stressed. I'm glad you got the present. =) I wanted to send something else, too, but I haven't yet... I'm behind in Christmas shopping, too. I haven't sent anything to my parents yet.

Hope you are more relaxed now and feeling better.

The story about your cat made me laugh!

Love, Cat

Momentary

[anonymous]

>And then the room started spinning. Literally.

Not to make light of your affliction, but for the room to have literally started spinning, you'd need an earthquake or a tornado, or something similar. I was suddenly worried that you were about to say that your roof and/or floor collapsed or something. While room-spinning caused by diziness is bad, it's still figurative, not literal.

Hope you (and your family) will be feeling better for Christmas.
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Jordan

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[anonymous]

Er, that subject line was supposed to read "Momentary Respite From Tedium". I must have hit the enter key by mistake.

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[biophys_kim]

That brings up an interesting point. Figuratively means to use a figure of speech. And to me, I wasn't using metaphors or any other figures of speech to 'pretty it up' or speak symbolically. The room didn't remind me of spinning. As far as the signals that my brain were receiving, it thought that the room was spinning. So while from the room's frame of reference it wasn't spinning, from mine it was.

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[anonymous]

The definition of the word 'literal' might help. From the listing on dictionary.com, I see that literal can mean factual, and "without interpretation or embellishment". Your brain was interpreting the room as spinning, when, in fact, it was not.

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Jordan

[cavernio]

Everything we experience is interpreted. Seems like a bad definition to me.

In any case, Kim, omg, how do you DO it? You're sick and hardly sleeping yet managing to get all your work DONE. I can't even get all my work done when everything's 'normal'. You deserve some kind of medal or something.

Hopefully your cat won't chew through a wire while eating the tree.