Hottest of the Mohicans

Well, I'm reading Last of the Mohicans (sadly, i just read your posts on the brain book, so i missed that). Anyway, I thought the book might be boring since I've already seen the movie, but it's really quite different. Duncan isn't such a ninny and the girls are a little less competent, but the Mohicans are super hot.

i highly recommend. plus, you can imagine Daniel Day Lewis as the scout all day long.

Stroke Of Insight - pain

on page 165, Dr. Taylor says "When i'm in pain, I become quiet, coddle the wound, and consciously surrender into the pain, which helps it dissipate...Once my brain acknowledges the existence of the pain, then it has served its purpose and either lightens up in intensity, or goes away."

do you think there is truth in this? have you ever successfully practiced this?

Brain Chatter

On p. 31 Dr. Taylor first introduces brain chatter. I wondered now that I had a term for what my brain is constantly thinking, what I am actually thinking about. So I said for a whole day I was going to write down everything my brain chatted about.

I quit after 5 minutes. It is crazy how much you can think about just in 5 minutes. Try it and post your results and I will post mine!

Now off for some indian food which my brain was chatting about as I titled this post... :)

left and right brain

from reading the first few chapters, you get an idea of what each hemisphere of the brain is responsible for. are you more "left brained" or "right brained"?

our Stroke of Insight

ladies, we are reading My Stroke of Insight as of...NOW!! click here for more info.

title: My Stroke of Insight

autor: Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor

Re-VIVE!!!

LADIES!!! it's time for us to revive!!!

i will be meeting with Pink tonight, and we will choose a new book. or maybe one from the old list that we never got to. regardless, i will post it and then we can all start fresh, at the same time.

love, me

Persuasion

Right now I'm reading Persuasion by Jane Austen. My sister gave me the book for Christmas, and I wasn't sure I'd enjoy it because I found Sense and Sensibility hard to get into (I did love Pride and Prejudice, though). But it turns out that I'm not completely devoid of taste, and I may even branch out to other Jane Austen contemporaries!

My thoughts: if Louisa had not hit her head when leaping from the rock wall into Captain Wentworth's arms, would they have married?!?! I think they would have! He would never have seen her stubbornness as a fault, and probably would have married the lady of inferior mind! harumph! i think less of him already.