It wouldn't have been as bad if they had informed me they were going to be leaving their child in my care, but even then I was not there to babysit
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It wouldn't have been as bad if they had informed me they were going to be leaving their child in my care, but even then I was not there to babysit
Tiamat? Really? How fantastic! The first published campaign for the new D&D system uses your name for the Queen of Dragons being summoned by cultists! Seems appropriate for a fire-angel sea dragon. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by MermaidMichelle
This is infuriating. As terrible as it sounds I am really starting to believe people should have to pass some kind of certification and have to pass a test and get a license to have a child. :( I'd have instantly taken her to the nearest lifeguard tower and phoned the police, especially once her drunken idiot parents showed back up laughing about it. How terrifying for that little girl. Arrrrgh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaila Mermaid
That Awkard moment when you are trying to practice your breath holding but you don't know how to practice Breath holding. So instead you just swim to the bottom of a crowded 10foot pool. You realize you need oxygen to live. Begin to swim up to surface, when panic strikes because you realize that there are 2 VERY large women treading water directly above you! :eyepop::eyepop::eyepop: AND YOU PRAY TO GOD THAT YOU DON'T ACCIDENTALLY SWIM INTO THEIR ASSES! But they kick you in the face and you are relieved and not mad.
yep that awkward moment.......
That akward moment after surfacing that you reevaluate your decision to swim in the very crowded pool and practice breath holding without doing research first. :headwall:
That akward moment when you realize you were a complete idiot to do that and resolve never to swim in that pool again!
That akward moment when you are writing about your akward moment and you choose to use the word "asses" instead of "butts" because you don't want the other mermaids to think you are a teen mer instead of a college age mer.:thinks:
TAMW
You have really long hair, like past your arse, and you get tired of it, so you get a beanie big enough to hold it all, and put your hair up in it. Only to go grocery shopping and people either say 1 of 2 things;
"Do you have cancer? "
(because it looks like i dont have any hair)
OR
"You look like Harry Styles!!!"
The good news is that even when it seems like you have no air and you start gagging in your throat, the truth is that you still have air. That gagging reflex is something you have to get used to when breath holding. Just be glad it was a 10 foot pool and not deep enough that you forgot to equalize your ears when shooting up and ended up with a killer headache!!!! (Been there, done that...)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mermaid Joie
That awkward moment when... You go SCUBA diving for the first time in a year and you are so used to holding your breath and freediving that you cannot force yourself to release enough air from your lungs to sink and have to wear 20 pounds of weight for the first ten dives before you get used to exhaling completely again.
well thats a really inappropriate question :\Quote:
Originally Posted by Shimmer Mermaid
That awkward moment when your swimming in your apt pool alone when nebiorhos come out with their dog..not a big deal but you turn too fast in the middle of a swim to see them and get water in your ear. Spend the next 10 minutes trying not too look like a weirdo while your try to get the water out..not a big deal except for you know the mermaid tail..
When you are talking to a hypnotist about a program to make you more comfortable in the water. Then you have to explain being a mermaid.
What about water makes you uncomfortable?Quote:
Originally Posted by telzey.amberdon
TAMW one surfaces in amidst of bubbles and snort, giggling like a crazy woman!
After 3 years still not liking any kind of audience. And my dolphin kick is still stiff. DidQuote:
Originally Posted by Seavanna
I mention dark water?
I think the first two problems are interrelated; your dolphin kick will improve once you are more relaxed and your muscles have loosened up as a result. I haven't had much experience mermaiding in front of people, but I imagine that focusing on your own thoughts will help.
Also, am I the only one who read "dark water" and immediately thought The Pirates of Dark Water? Or am I just Ancient? And on that subject....
More than you may realize. *Freediving deep breath*Quote:
Originally Posted by polyhymnia113
Tiamat has been the five-headed Queen/Mother of Dragons since the beginning of Dungeons & Dragons. If you look up the 1980s cartoon show of the same name, you shall find her as one of the major supporting/world-shaking characters, and it was this same character (show or not) which inspired every video game dragon to share her name. Ironic, as D&D creator Gary Gygax inserted her as a negative commentary on 2nd-wave Feminism (as found in his book World of Greyhawk, circa 1976).
I now pause to comment upon how cool it is to have another woman who plays/played D&D, and to give the warning that as much as I didn't want to believe it for the vast majority of my life, there are spiritual issues (even Satanic elements!) to the game.
Tiamat is actually the name of the Sumerian/Babylonian goddess who created mythological dragons and mermaids millennia ago, but I prefer the Hebrew version of my name, which refers to the Deep that was the universe before the Breath of God came upon it in Genesis 1:2. To combine it with my second name (Michelle), it means essentially "Without God I am nothing; for who is like God?"
^ that was deep. No pun intended.
I know. My dad has lung cancer. And lost all hair. He too thought i shaved my head for him. Then i showed him that i didn't, and he said "thank god, please dont shave your head for me. I love your hair."
Oh Shimmer, I am so sorry about that! I'll be thinking of you and your father :hug:
That Awkward Moment When one is not quite certain why this appeared out of the blue, but one's heart goes out regardless. :mermaid kiss: :hug:You are both in my prayer!Quote:
Originally Posted by Shimmer Mermaid
Thank you, and i dont know why its not bringing in what im replying to in my reply, but if you go back a couple of pages, im sure youd find it. :)
Yes, exactly. :sad eyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mermaid Isabel