staceyjoy:
Myoclonus (pronounced /maɪˈɒklənəs/) is brief, involuntary twitching of a muscle or a group of muscles. It describes a medical sign and, generally, is not a diagnosis of a disease. The myoclonic twitches are usually caused by sudden muscle contractions; they also can result from brief lapses of contraction. Contractions are called positive myoclonus; relaxations are called negative myoclonus. The most common time for people to encounter them is while falling asleep (hypnic jerk), but myoclonic jerks are also a sign of a number of neurological disorders. Hiccups are also a kind of myoclonic jerk specifically affecting the diaphragm. Also when a spasm is caused by another person it is known as a “provoked spasm”.
So that full-body twitch thing I get before I fall asleep where I feel like I’m falling from a great height has a NAME! And that name is “hypnic jerk”.
Thanks Wikipedia.
So glad I’m not the only person who has these things!
I love the Internet.
yowhatsthehaps:
You know, the ones with working heat and stuff.
You mean those places that don’t have radiators that are either spitting and sputtering out intense heat… or doing absolutely nothing at all for hours?
Yeah. I want a place like that, too.
thefount:
lovelyanomaly:
Me: ZombieAnomaly found hot chocolate. Everyone’s brains are safe now.
The Boy: ZombieAnomaly should have danced Thriller before returning from zombie form.
Did you actually refer to yourself as ZombieAnomaly to him or as ZombieRealName? I guess what I’m really wondering here is if he knows that you are Lovely Anomaly in all her many online forms. (Which raises an interesting question: When is it ok for a significant other to know about your online persona [for lack of a better term]? I think I’m only ok with Melissa knowing because she’s as likely to get bored and tune me out here as she is in real life.)
I referred to myself as ZombieRealName. He knows about LovelyAnomaly on AIM, but not tumblr, twitter, or my blog (which isn’t technically “LovelyAnomaly”).
I have no idea when would be a good time for him to know about my online persona. Especially since I’ve been swooning and ogling over him for quite some time. That would be, as they say, awkward if he found it before we were officially a couple.
