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[Margo]

Jungle book has the best music. Love "Wanna be like you".

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Travis sivarT wrote: "I knew the scene but I try to block all Disney music out of my head. Except the Bear necessities from Jungle Book"

Which is completely fair enough. Now I have Baloo's butt wiggle in my head.

[Travis]

How active a role was it Janice. I'd think performing with a watermelon in the belly could get quite laboreous after a while

[Rusalka, Moderator]

It's still there. I'm wiggling in my office chair.

[Travis]

Lol Rusalka

[Janice, Moderator]

Travis sivarT wrote: "How active a role was it Janice. I'd think performing with a watermelon in the belly could get quite laboreous after a while"

Jasmine is the main character next to Aladdin. She is the virgin daughter of the Sultan who must chose a would-be husband by her birthday. It doesn't say how old she is, but likely late teens (16-18). She is Aladdin's love interest.

Oops - younger than that. I just found a website with all ages of all the Disney princesses. She is 15.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Wow! That's a bit awkward and out of character. I'm guessing she became pregnant after getting the role and they are stuck with that now. I would think she has an understudy or they're training someone for her spot soon.

[Janice, Moderator]

I suspect that's what happened. I'm not sure if they were in rehearsal for 6 months though. The play just opened the other night and is only running till the end of October. It's doubtful that there is an understudy or a replacement, The time to do a replacement was when she found out she was expecting and would be showing during the production. Maybe they were hard pressed for actors. It was a large cast, and we're a small city.

[Kristie, Moderator]

By that timeline, it sounds like she already knew she was pregnant when she auditioned and by the time they found out it was too late. That could be my negative side talking, maybe she didn't know right away, but it certainly looks bad.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

I don't think it's a problem. I mean, did they explicitly say "Jasmine is a virgin" in the play? If not, completely fine.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

I had to share. I spent the afternoon doing stats on student data on multiple spreadsheets. Super exciting (not). However, every now and then I would zone out and the one thought I kept coming back to, was that being showingly pregnant would do terrible things for your balance on flying carpets.

No idea why this bothered me so much, but thought you may find it amusing.

[Margo]

Rusalka wrote: "I had to share. I spent the afternoon doing stats on student data on multiple spreadsheets. Super exciting (not). However, every now and then I would zone out and the one thought I kept coming back..."

Thanks Rus, now it is bothering me as well X-( lol

[Sarah]

I think balance full stop on a flying carpet would be a problem.

I really enjoyed the weekend doing the classroom assistant thing. It felt quite strange being there in a different capacity but it went really well and I think I did pretty well. Unfortunately the accommodation was pretty rubbish. Well it was overall very good but the bed was bad so I didn't get much sleep. Oh well. I'll choose differently next time.

Back to work for me tomorrow. I have a busy week as I had to cancel all my clients last week. We have the funeral for my nan on Friday so we'll be driving down to my parents then. I've spent ages writing stuff for the celebrant to say about her and have been making an order of service. Quite pleased with both of them.

[Travis]

Janice wrote: "Travis sivarT wrote: "How active a role was it Janice. I'd think performing with a watermelon in the belly could get quite laboreous after a while"

Jasmine is the main character next to Aladdin. S..."


While you gave a good answer and I understand the question could go either way I meant physically active. How much dancing around and such needed to be done. That said although I've seen Aladdin a bazillion times I don't know that I gave a thought to Jasmin being a virgin or not. But it makes sense. You know how those princesses are always supposed to be married off as virgins and that seems to hold true regardless of the culture or background

[Travis]

I did think to myself yesterday why would they hire a pregnant Jasmine. I don't remember her being pregnant.

[Margo]

You have a lot on your plate at the moment Sarah, and tackling it without a good nights sleep wouldn't help. So glad things went well in the classroom.

[Janice, Moderator]

Rusalka wrote: "I don't think it's a problem. I mean, did they explicitly say "Jasmine is a virgin" in the play? If not, completely fine."

Well, not stated - but given the era that the play was set in, and the 15 year old daughter of the Sultan, it would be a given.

[Janice, Moderator]

Rusalka wrote: "I had to share. I spent the afternoon doing stats on student data on multiple spreadsheets. Super exciting (not). However, every now and then I would zone out and the one thought I kept coming back..."

ROFL!

[Janice, Moderator]

Travis sivarT wrote: "While you gave a good answer and I understand the question could go either way I meant physically active...."

LOL! Thanks for clarifying. It was fairly active. She was in a couple of dance numbers and running across the stage.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Janice wrote: "Well, not stated - but given the era that the play was set in, and the 15 year old daughter of the Sultan, it would be a given."

True, but then... maybe that's the reason the Sultan is so desperate to marry her off!

[Janice, Moderator]

Rusalka wrote: "Janice wrote: "Well, not stated - but given the era that the play was set in, and the 15 year old daughter of the Sultan, it would be a given."

True, but then... maybe that's the reason the Sultan..."

ROFL - could be!

[Sandra, Moderator]

Hahaha, that is a good theory, Rusalka!

[Peggy]

My baby nephew is currently being tested for a disease called neurofibromatosis (also known as Von Recklinghausen's disease). When he went for a regular check-up they noticed café-au-lait spots on him (my sister noticed them too.. they weren't there when he was born but he's developing some new ones now) and those are one of the signs of that disease. They went to a pediatrician this morning and he took a dna-sample and now they have to wait 8 weeks for the results.

It's not a life-threatening disease, and sometimes people hardly notice anything, but there are dozens of symptoms associated with the disease (learning difficulties, motor difficulties, epilepsy, not growing very tall, tumors that grow under the skin (usually benign) to name only a few. Once diagnosed, there's no way of predicting to what degree they will have these symptoms. It sounds awful to me to first have to wait for results on your baby's health for so long, and then if it's confirmed, have no way of knowing how it's going to develop.

[Sarah]

Yeah that's awful Peggy. I hope the little guy gets off lightly if it is confirmed.

[Lisa]

Peggy wrote: "My baby nephew is currently being tested for a disease called neurofibromatosis (also known as Von Recklinghausen's disease). When he went for a regular check-up they noticed café-au-lait spots on ..."

Really sorry to hear about your nephew, Peggy. That's crazy that it takes so long to get the results! Fingers crossed that he doesn't have the disease.

[Lisa]

I had to go and see a neurologist again this morning. They are monitoring a malformation in my brain called Arnold Chiari Malformation which was discovered in a MRI head scan earlier this year. I am being sent for a MRI C-Spine scan and I am also being referred to a neurosurgeon in London. The neurologist doesn't think I need surgery at this stage, but she still has to refer me to neurosurgery as they might feel differently about what path to take treatment wise. I am getting some symptoms which could be being caused by the malformation but they could also be being caused by the CFS and Fibromyalgia that I suffer from. It's difficult to know what's what as there is a lot of overlap between the three conditions in terms of symptoms.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Peggy, I'm so sorry to hear about your little nephew. Hopefully the dna test come back clear, but if not, that he has an asymptomatic version of the disease. It must ben very hard to wait so long for a acknowledgement of dna, and then waiting for symptoms to appear. I hope your sister and her partner are okay too.

Lisa, that is frustrating trying to work out if symptoms are part of one condition or another. I didn't realise you also had Fibromyalgia. I'm going to have to google MRI C-Spine scans. I haven't heard of it before, but in my limited understanding, it sounds cool. Hope you feel a bit better soon.

[Lisa]

Rusalka wrote: "Peggy, I'm so sorry to hear about your little nephew. Hopefully the dna test come back clear, but if not, that he has an asymptomatic version of the disease. It must ben very hard to wait so long f..."

Rusalka, I have been suffering from CFS for a few years, and then I got diagnosed with Fibromyalgia as well earlier this year. It was during scans to check that that it was Fibro and not something like MS that this Chiari Malformation was discovered. It's very frustrating having three conditions and not knowing which one is causing which symptoms. Hehe, I agree, MRI C-Spine does sound quite cool. I hadn't heard of them before either. It sounds like they are scanning the top of my spine to see if there is a syrinx (a fluid filled sac) present. Apparently around 50% of people with a Chiari Malformation also have a syrinx, or so the neurologist said. I don't know what they do to treat them, but my guess would be some sort of procedure to drain it.

[Peggy]

Thanks everyone.

I hope they can figure out what causes what soon Lisa. It must be very frustrating not to know and what the best treatment is.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

I bet. Particularly, as their symptoms are all so similar. I remember them debating whether Mum had CFS or Fibro, but I was in my early teens so can't remember the reasons. And as horrible as the symptoms of CFS and Fibro are, you don't want them to be MS.

The Chiari Malformation sounds interesting from my quick google. Although I can appreciate the symptoms could be quite similar to Fibro and CFS, so also not useful. I'll leave the scan till tomorrow night when I can nerd out on neuro scans. I misread your possible syrinx as a Sphinx. And I think that's heaps cooler, so we should refer to it as such. Sounds like if you had one, they have a way to decrease pressure on your spine and brain. Whether through draining or something else. Poor little possible Sphinx.

[Kristie, Moderator]

That is awful, Peggy. So sorry to hear about your nephew. I hope the tests come back negative.

Lisa, I hope you are in the half of with no syrinx. That's nerve racking too, having a test with a 50/50 chance of receiving the results you hope for.

[Lisa]

Rusalka wrote: "I bet. Particularly, as their symptoms are all so similar. I remember them debating whether Mum had CFS or Fibro, but I was in my early teens so can't remember the reasons. And as horrible as the s..."

Lol! I agree, it should totally be called Sphinx! I think they missed a trick when they were naming it. I mean, the opportunity was right there 😁

[Lisa]

Kristie wrote: "That is awful, Peggy. So sorry to hear about your nephew. I hope the tests come back negative.

Lisa, I hope you are in the half of with no syrinx. That's nerve racking too, having a test with a 5..."

Thanks, Kristie. I hope so too. I would rather avoid spinal and/or neurosurgery but if that's the way it has to be, then so be it. Que sera sera and all that.

[Margo]

@Peggy I'm very sorry to hear that. It will be a very long 8 weeks for your family. This is the second this week I've heard of that illness. There was an article about in on a morning TV show that I had on in the background 2 days ago. It sounds horrible. I hope you get good news.

@Lisa you have so many things going on with you! I hope they can get to the bottom of it. Not knowing what symptom is linked to what disease really complicates things. Thinking of you x

[Lisa]

Margo wrote: "@Peggy I'm very sorry to hear that. It will be a very long 8 weeks for your family. This is the second this week I've heard of that illness. There was an article about in on a morning TV show that ..."

Thanks, Margo.

[Janice, Moderator]

Peggy, I'm sorry to hear about your nephew. That's a long haul to wait for the test results.

Lisa, I hope you get good results from your tests, too.

It must be toppler week!

[Sandra, Moderator]

I am so sorry, Peggy. I hope this is just a mistake. And if it is not, I hope he gets the best outcome possible.

[Sandra, Moderator]

How annoying, Lisa. I hope they figure it out soon.

[Peggy]

Thanks everyone. I try not to worry until we know for sure what's going on.

[KimeyDiann]

This is the only group I actively participate in that I'm a member of. I'm in a few others, but never post and rarely even read the threads there.

Thanks, now I have Whole New World and Bear Necessities going through my head alternatingly.
I really need to have a day devoted to watching cartoon's from my youth. I loved all of the Disney flicks that came out in the 90's, but haven't watched them or the others I loved in years and years.
I keep seeing references to the movie Hocus Pocus which I distinctly remember adoring and I really do need to watch it this Halloween season.

[KimeyDiann]

@Peggy and Lisa, I hope for the best possible outcomes for both of your situations!

[Kristie, Moderator]

Kimey - I just bought the Hocus Pocus movie. I've heard they're planning a remake.

[Anne (Booklady)]

@ Lisa - sending you the best thoughts and prayers for the very best possible outcome in your health situation {{{hugs}}}

[Lisa]

Thank you everyone for all your kind words and support. It means a lot.

[Peggy]

Ugh. The country has been focused on a 25-year old girl who has been missing for 2 weeks. She went for a bike ride at the end of an afternoon and never reached her destination. Today they found her body somewhere in the woods, murdered. So sad. And I also find it scary. When someone's killed because of drugs or by a family member it doesn't scare me so much because it's far removed from my life. But this is so random, cycling in the wrong place at the wrong time and just crossing paths with one crazy person.

The suspect is a 27-year old man who was in prison for rape and who was currently staying in a psychiatric institution to work on returning back to society so he had some privileges and wasn't locked up anymore. Or at least not all the time. Makes you wonder how they can get their assessments so wrong, thinking it's safe to send someone back into society when he commits an even worse crimes within weeks or months.

[Lisa]

Peggy wrote: "Ugh. The country has been focused on a 25-year old girl who has been missing for 2 weeks. She went for a bike ride at the end of an afternoon and never reached her destination. Today they found her..."

That's horrible, Peggy! As you say, how did they get his assessment wrong and think it was safe to let him out some of the time when he is clearly still a danger to society? Unless he was just very good at pulling the wool over people's eyes...

[Peggy]

That could be it Lisa.

Apparently he had a relationship with one of the female supervisors in the clinic and that gave him more freedom than he was supposed to have. I'm not sure anymore what the source of that information was though, and I don't believe that could have been the main reason it happened. Surely a whole team of people decides on what a patient is and is not allowed to do.

I'm frustrated by the responses on social media. I really shouldn't read them. Many are condolences of course, but also so many people screaming short-sighted and narrow-minded things and drawing unfounded conclusions.

[Lisa]

Peggy wrote: "That could be it Lisa.

Apparently he had a relationship with one of the female supervisors in the clinic and that gave him more freedom than he was supposed to have. I'm not sure anymore what the..."

I would have thought a whole team of people would decide, although it's possible the female supervisor could have helped to influence them. Also, what was she doing having a relationship with him in the first place? Surely that's a line that should not have been crossed? Why would she want to enter into a relationship with a convicted rapist?

[Peggy]

Maybe he really was that good at pulling the wool over people's eyes... Not sure if supervisor was the right word, maybe mentor or counselor would be better. But no matter, a relationship should not have been possible or allowed in any case. There's going to be an investigation into the clinic and the going-ons there.

[Lisa]

Peggy wrote: "Maybe he really was that good at pulling the wool over people's eyes... Not sure if supervisor was the right word, maybe mentor or counselor would be better. But no matter, a relationship should no..."

I'm not surprised there is going to be an investigation, it sounds like one is sorely needed. It makes you wonder what else they will find out.