tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32292343.post8856847131584206666..comments2024-02-14T07:03:03.048-06:00Comments on Cynthia Reese: Fantastic FingersCynthia Reesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128418037470085123noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32292343.post-90411963591994234272010-09-06T06:05:11.022-05:002010-09-06T06:05:11.022-05:00Speaking of handwriting, I'm about to tag you ...Speaking of handwriting, I'm about to tag you in a hadwriting meme on my blog. lol. Have fun!Claire Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14354840714847021685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32292343.post-11643496183154662212010-09-03T16:24:45.403-05:002010-09-03T16:24:45.403-05:00LOL - My attempts at telling a story verbally woul...LOL - My attempts at telling a story verbally would be much like me trying to tell someone what I'm writing about now. "Well, there's this guy, and he...and then this girl, she does this for a living but she'd rather be doing that. Did I mention the pesky neighbor down the street? No? Let me start over..." <br /><br />Not pretty. <br /><br />My wrists are what I worry about the most. Every once in awhile I'll hold them the wrong way or forget to watch my posture at work, and my hands/wrists will go in and out of numbness for weeks sometimes. I can still type, but I worry about developing conditions that would require, say, surgery. I've heard it takes a long, long time to recover from that sort of thing. <br /><br />I shattered the back of my right hand in high school and was in a cast for 8 weeks. Longest weeks of my life, and I wasn't even writing back then. That sort of thing would be devastating now. *shiver* I do have arthritis in that hand/fingers...docs say I always will. So that's my second fear - that it will eventually get to bad for me to type with.Jamie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05486427517423813962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32292343.post-38319604236144403822010-09-03T15:42:10.637-05:002010-09-03T15:42:10.637-05:00I'm with Linda, shoulder would be bad, because...I'm with Linda, shoulder would be bad, because I'm having this shoulder/neck/arm/fingers/numbness thing lately that I don't like at all. <br /><br />I'm really good at oral! Story-telling... I mean *blush* GEEZ.<br /><br />I am though. I can tell a joke like nobody's business and I'm always reframing my day in my mind to tell it to my husband or mom in the most interesting way possible. <br /><br />However... dictate a story *cringe* - I like the solitude of the keyboard and my brain being downloaded onto it. Sometimes, I watch in awe as the words appear. <br /><br />It was Stephen King who said, "Writers [are] blessed stenographers taking divine dictation."Jessica Lemmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16388504462239939840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32292343.post-50900273629917800582010-09-03T14:47:35.952-05:002010-09-03T14:47:35.952-05:00I read today about Rad Bradbury, 90 yo and confine...I read today about Rad Bradbury, 90 yo and confined to a wheelchair, dictating his stories over the phone to his daughter in another state. If that's not daughterly love, I don't know what is!<br /><br />Also: I hope to be writing when I'm 90 as well. Leave it to Brabury to lead the way!Susan Kaye Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07348197999397141067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32292343.post-60338464216005133612010-09-03T11:16:33.905-05:002010-09-03T11:16:33.905-05:00Matthew, I read the 27 fingers thing too, but just...Matthew, I read the 27 fingers thing too, but just assumed she was being funny :)<br /><br />I, too, am petrified of losing a finger or a hand. I suck at telling stories orally (snicker) and nearly came unglued two years ago when a nerve problem in my elbow started to compromise my ability to feel things in the pinky & ring finger on my left hand. <br /><br />TawnaTAWNA FENSKEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468819219529035563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32292343.post-89657281436215217962010-09-03T11:15:14.867-05:002010-09-03T11:15:14.867-05:00My back and neck. If my back spasms I can't s...My back and neck. If my back spasms I can't sit at my desk and work. I can't do much since I'm probably on muscle relaxers and sleeping.<br /><br />However, my neck is something else. Being at the computer my neck muscles will spasm if I don't watch my posture. It's common for people with desk jobs...but my spasms cause headaches. Really bad ones that don't go away. <br /><br />So I'm careful as to how I sit and I get up regularly to walk around and stretch.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849370947985905108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32292343.post-74447007576685586372010-09-03T10:31:43.501-05:002010-09-03T10:31:43.501-05:00i too am a horrible oral story teller, except my f...i too am a horrible oral story teller, except my failures come from (a) mumbling (b) speaking too fast (c) not giving enough details (d) rushing to the ending because i start blushing and want the spotlight off me.abby mumfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15945527585028871186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32292343.post-70129062695107322752010-09-03T08:51:13.716-05:002010-09-03T08:51:13.716-05:00Shoulders. I had rotator cuff tendonitis last year...Shoulders. I had rotator cuff tendonitis last year--probably from hunching over my laptop too much--and was amazed at how difficult it is to type without free use of your shoulders.Linda G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576828490765434497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32292343.post-30303104113865765072010-09-03T08:39:44.904-05:002010-09-03T08:39:44.904-05:00I share your penchant for writing instead of orall...I share your penchant for writing instead of orally telling a story. My mind needs the space allowed by writing to properly narrate any story. Else, I get lost in my own thoughts. I love good storytellers of any kind.<br /><br />I don't give much thought to body part losses. That's me putting my head in the sand. Here's hoping I don't have to cut off a finger to make me take notice of the possibility.Lickety Splitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11529192872942588254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32292343.post-16996289656100963592010-09-03T06:00:32.514-05:002010-09-03T06:00:32.514-05:00Whoa. For a second I thought you said you had 27 f...Whoa. For a second I thought you said you had 27 fingers, but I think you meant bones. I'm really particular about how and where I type when I write, so I have this fear as well, though perhaps not as bad.<br /><br />I have to use a desktop, with a big clicky keyboard, and two monitors. I can't fully explain why. I can edit on a laptop, or revise, but not really write properly. I hunt and peck so maybe that's it. I also have to keep my finger nails trimmed quite short. I'm weird.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing Cynthia!<br /><br /><a href="http://theqqqe.blogspot.com/2010/09/autochromatic.html" rel="nofollow">Today's guest blogger is Emilia Plater!</a>Matthew MacNishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264738483763244969noreply@blogger.com