ariel: but without my voice, how can i --
ursula: you'll have your looks! your pretty face! and don't underestimate the importance of body language ...
ursula: you'll have your looks! your pretty face! and don't underestimate the importance of body language ...
i never thought i'd have occasion to relate to a disney princess BUT today i had a taste of what it was like to be the little mermaid. i woke up this morning with absolutely no voice ... i sounded like a 50-year-old chain-smoking, two-bit hooker all week. probably staying out till 4AM drinking schlitz (yes, it actually exists and it is disgusting) with my fellow public servants didn't help. and this morning all i could manage was a barely audible hiss.
although my patience for the pain is wearing thin and i certainly hope my antibiotic/narcotic cocktail will kick in before my heap of court hearings on monday morning, it's been kind of a fun day. i've had the opportunity to really listen to my surroundings. my improvised sign language has vastly improved, which has been a great exercise in creativity. and i have been endlessly entertained watching pity transform peoples' faces when they realize that i can't talk. everyone is super-nice and i haven't had any problems communicating. i'm not convinced that ariel had it so bad when she traded her voice for legs. but then, i do not have any princes to convince of my love.
now i'm hunkered in with my drugs and ice cream and newspaper, trying not to move my head and waiting for the snow. yippy.
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you know you shouldnt mix narcotics and alcohol... says your nurse.
thanks kar ... that's why i waited to go to the doctor until AFTER my night out :)
what you need is fisherman's friends.
this is what assaf left me as feedback... Thanks to Kim and Andy I know that the official center of the world is only 60 miles from here.
Kim is also the bearer of the not-so-vile yet helpful coughdrops.
they were great fun to host.
Last time I had bronchitis and tried to laugh I sounded like my 70+ grandma who chain-smoked for 50 years. It was eery, frightening, and entertaining all at once.
i TOLD you fishermans friend! (kim, she wouldn't buy them!)
while you lost your voice...i lost everything else in a fit of fever for a few days...slept alot tho! granny boo used to say the students listened more/better when her voice was lost. it is good to be creative--and entertained. you seem to have it all!
I think I'm leaning towards the King Fu. I feel like I maybe should see the opera, but I actually want to see the Kung Fu! :) Losing your voice actually can be pretty nice. I actually pretended to lose mine for a few days at work so I wouldn't have to answer the phones while our receptionist was out!
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