2013-12-05

browngirl: (Seshat (found online))
2013-12-05 11:20 am

Autonomous Meridian Sensory Response

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_sensory_meridian_response

"Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is a neologism for a perceptual phenomenon characterized as a distinct, pleasurable tingling sensation in the head, scalp, back, or peripheral regions of the body in response to visual, auditory, olfactory, and/or cognitive stimuli. "

Oh, so that's what it is. Expanddoes anyone else get this? )
browngirl: (Honor)
2013-12-05 06:38 pm

Nelson Mandela has died.

While I was trying to figure out what to say in tribute to him and preemptively about those who derided his work in life but will try to make him a defanged lion in death, I came across [livejournal.com profile] sabotabby's incisive and excellent essay. Expanda quotation )