Winnie-the-Pooh
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ysabetwordsmith ... is on display with his friends.
The article mentions that author A.A. Milne had shellshock (now called PTSD) after serving in World War I, and that his writing was illustrated by another veteran. One of the things I've always loved about the Pooh stories is Eeyore, who is depressed and pessimistic -- yet always there. His friends don't get tired of him and dump him. They keep inviting him on adventures. He's there, still himself, still depressed, but always part of the community. He's like a walking, talking embodiment of shellshock in one of its forms. He's PTSD Donkey. So if you know someone who's struggling with traumatic stress, give them an Eeyore. He reminds all of us that just because you're sad all the time doesn't mean you can't have a life, and even adventures.
The article mentions that author A.A. Milne had shellshock (now called PTSD) after serving in World War I, and that his writing was illustrated by another veteran. One of the things I've always loved about the Pooh stories is Eeyore, who is depressed and pessimistic -- yet always there. His friends don't get tired of him and dump him. They keep inviting him on adventures. He's there, still himself, still depressed, but always part of the community. He's like a walking, talking embodiment of shellshock in one of its forms. He's PTSD Donkey. So if you know someone who's struggling with traumatic stress, give them an Eeyore. He reminds all of us that just because you're sad all the time doesn't mean you can't have a life, and even adventures.
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Date: 2017-11-11 04:12 am (UTC)-All of us
Yay!
Date: 2017-11-11 04:28 am (UTC)Fortunately, Eeyore is a popular stuffed animal, easy to find -- especially this time of year. For this purpose, a mopey Eeyore will probably work better than the ones that are cuter and smiling.
http://cuddlycollectibles.bizland.com/product/large-eeyore-plush-toy-gund/
https://www.shopdisney.com/eeyore-plush-pillow-1373274
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Date: 2017-11-11 05:04 am (UTC)Hilariously enough, when we were a child, we gender-bent Rabbit without knowing we were. For years we didn't realize Rabbit was a boy, but we grew up with plenty of assertive women, (Though Rabbit goes beyond assertive at times), so we thought Rabbit was a girl. And we kind of wonder what the series would've been like had he been a female character.
We also enjoyed the fact that though Rabbit was a boy, he didn't have a particularly traditionally masculine voice in the cartoons (we found the cartoon before the books much to our sadness though the cartoons are still comfort watching for a lot of us), and we really loved the vocal diversity.
Also, we loved the set of plush animals we had as a child. It was Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger, Kanga and Roo, and they had Velcro on their paws to allow them to hold hands. It wasn't even an "Each sold separately" sort of thing either. These came in a set.
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Date: 2017-11-11 05:40 am (UTC):D
One of the subtle quirks in Ranger Rick magazine is that Wise Old Owl is female. It never came up in the masthead or ordinary discussion, but one time a reader asked and the answer appeared in the column.
>>Also, we loved the set of plush animals we had as a child. It was Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger, Kanga and Roo, and they had Velcro on their paws to allow them to hold hands. It wasn't even an "Each sold separately" sort of thing either. These came in a set.<<
As it should be.
Me, I have a Pooh, and because I also have Cthulhu Mythos stuffies and there is a song about Pooh summoning Cthulhu, I wish that I could get a Pooh-sized shirt that says, in Arabic, "We speak Arabic because you can't," like the military language school shirts.
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Date: 2017-11-11 06:34 am (UTC)There's a song. about Pooh. Summoning Cthulhu! Is that on Youtube somewhere?
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Date: 2017-11-11 06:58 am (UTC)The challenging part is finding that Arabic inscription.
>> There's a song. about Pooh. Summoning Cthulhu! Is that on Youtube somewhere? <<
It doesn't seem to be.
Lyrics:
http://www.tomsmithonline.com/lyrics/house_cthulhu_corner.htm
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Date: 2017-11-15 04:35 am (UTC)You can listen to the whole song & decide whether you'd like to buy it or not. Here's the full concert [a bargain, at $4!]:
https://tomsmith.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-ba-con-2011
Most of Tom Smith's concerts are similarly priced and well over an hour [or 2!].
Re: Yay!
Date: 2017-11-15 04:38 am (UTC)We didn't know about this one. Off to listen! Thank you!
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Date: 2017-11-15 04:51 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-11-11 04:55 am (UTC)Thoughts
Date: 2017-11-11 05:37 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-11-11 06:27 am (UTC)Except Gopher, of course. He's not in the book, you know. ;)
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Date: 2017-11-11 11:29 am (UTC)You're right though, they really ought to belong in the British Library. But that's ok I guess... they're universal, and frankly, I think America needs them more right now.
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Date: 2017-11-11 06:42 pm (UTC)Funny how so much English history ends up here.. London Bridge, the Queen Mary, and now Pooh... we who have no bl---y sense of history whatsoever...
I remember walking into a pub just off Putney Bridge in the southwest of London, bog-standard pub, nowt special, getting a pint of cider and a steak and kidney pie, and it being July, brought it out to eat on the tables outside.. turned round to look back at the building and the marker stone set into the side read "1632." It would be another four years before Harvard was founded! another hundred and forty before us Yanks decided to get uppity. *smh* History.. and if we aren't careful we're going to repeat it.
Fortunately, we might have a chance at it...
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Date: 2017-11-11 06:48 pm (UTC)Thoughts
Date: 2017-11-11 06:51 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-11-11 04:00 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-11-11 05:22 pm (UTC)Myself, I'm really looking forward to the biopic/background movie on Milne and Pooh.
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Date: 2017-11-11 05:22 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-11-11 06:03 pm (UTC)I appear to be insufficiently caffeinated.
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Date: 2017-11-11 06:06 pm (UTC)I was finishing breakfast, I think we were both in the 'early morning brain fog' situation. :-)
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Date: 2017-11-14 05:05 am (UTC)Aww ...
Date: 2017-11-14 05:22 am (UTC)Re: Aww ...
Date: 2017-11-15 02:56 am (UTC)