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alinamae heuristic: serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.*
*on the nature of thinking, types of thoughts, how they relate to thought content, and how they differ between people.
the lack of words to express thoughts that don't exist as narrative, or even as words. Jun 17, 2009

alinamae sensual: alex words Jun 17, 2009

alinamae "'I meant to not take my shift off!'"
"She said shift!"

17. Clothing.
a. a straight, loose-fitting dress worn with or without a belt.
b. a woman's chemise or slip.


...lolz Jun 10, 2009

alinamae organ.ize
yick? Jun 10, 2009

alinamae "‘They look like white elephants,’ she said.

‘I’ve never seen one,’ the man drank his beer.

‘No, you wouldn’t have.’

‘I might have,’ the man said. ‘Just because you say I wouldn’t have doesn’t prove anything.’"

1. a possession unwanted by the owner but difficult to dispose of
2. a possession entailing great expense out of proportion to its usefulness or value to the owner
3. An endeavor or venture that proves to be a conspicuous failure.
4. A rare whitish or light-gray form of the Asian elephant Jun 10, 2009

alinamae "We were clearing them off the pier, had to clear off the dead ones, and this old woman was lying on a sort of litter."

1. objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
3. a number of young brought forth by a multiparous animal at one birth
4. a framework of cloth stretched between two parallel bars, for the transportation of a sick or wounded person; stretcher.
Jun 10, 2009

alinamae "Everybody was drunk. The whole battery was drunk going along the road in the dark...The lieutenant kept riding his horse out into the fields and saying to him, "I'm drunk, I tell you, mon vieux. Oh I am so soused." We went along that road all night in the dark and the adjutant kept riding up alongside my kitchen and saying, "You must put it out. It is dangerous. We will be observed." ...It was funny going along that road."
Jun 10, 2009