Home!

...and I am home by midnight, as Cinderella should have been.

Had a big scary nasty bug on the hood of my car on the way home. *shudder* I drove a bit fast in order to try to shake him off, but no dice. Horrible creature.

The song "Mr. Jones" by Counting Crows makes me think of vidicon.

I'm having a sciatica issue, and maybe a pinched nerve in the neck area. Owie. Also the fatigue is starting to hit. Must see where I'm going later tonight.

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Shayara questions answered!

sistermaryeris -- Is she you? Your alter-ego?

In a way. All of my characters have bits and shards of me in them, but Julia's one of the six who carry the most of me - the other five being Lyric, Capri, Tessa, Alanna, and Katrianna.

tygerlilly -- How do you keep it going? Do you ever have to conquer writer's block to continue?

Oh yeah. The story always keeps going, mind you.... it's just that I have to fight myself to write it down sometimes!

preciousjade -- What should Shayara know about herself that she doesn't know, and how would she find out?

Actually, the city's names is Shayara, the character's name is Julia (I'm assuming you mean my main protagonist, seen in the icon here).... she should know that she's both the foreordained leader of her people - and that she is damn well her own person. And that that doesn't have to be an either/or proposition. As for how she finds out.... that's a couple of years of story!

mendoza -- I'm a nosy little geek. I want to know more about that mysterious, missing seventh house. My inner narcissist wants to know if there's a house I'd fit in.

It'll be a while before I tell about that long-gone House.... :) As for which one you'd be in, I'll need to evaluate it - nothing springs immedately to mind, but I'm sure it'll come to me!

softlywhispered -- what color is the water in that world?

Same as it is here. Shayara takes place in a world almost identical to our own.... there's a New York there, a California, a Utah.... and just one additional city, swathed in fog and mystery, that no one without Dasaroi blood knows is there. Everything outside the city itself is Earth-normal.

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P.S. - It's settled. Around 2 AM, I'm going to vidicon's, and will be on his webcam. I'll let you know when I get there.

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arien_mommy -- What other forms of art are you interested in? Other than Writing?

Primarily music...... I connect in a very primal way with music.

lanthinel -- What was the inspiration for the name Elayna for your daughter?

I've always loved the name "Elena" - I gave it to Kat's daughter in Shayara. :) There's a 50% chance that Elayna's biological father was the rapist, and 50% that it was my then-boyfriend, Layne. I took the name I loved and blended it with Layne's.

vixyish -- I'm considering having kids in a year or two. Give me advice. Anything. Tell me what you think I should know.

Don't drink coffee during pregnancy. Get someone to rub your feet a lot. Tell them you don't want an episiotomy. Buy a Diaper Genie.

When the kid gets here - support the head. Breastfeed - it gives them enormous health advantages and promotes parent-child bonding.

Look at your child sometimes and just be in the moment and let yourself overflow with the love you feel for them. Hug them often. Tell them you love them every day. Get to know them - they'll be really cool little people.


melvh -- what does Elayna want to be when she grows up?

A teacher. :)

mermaidblue -- What are you doing later tonight?

Hanging out with vidicon!

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More Shayara questions answered!

brother_bliss -- why do female comic book hero look like they have boobs defie gravity?

Because most comic writers and artists are men. Some male artists draw realistic women, most notably Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise)

lanthinel -- Who're the inspirations for the writing and/or artwork?

The artwork's not by me, so I can't really speak to it - there's some manga influence in how I imagine it. Writing... I don't know! I don't think my writing really reads like anyone else's.....

vixyish -- How are you set for artists these days? ;)

Well, I think I have lee_in_limbo! I haven't seen anything yet, though.... *looks up north*

crisis -- How does it's monetary system hit the little man, and what does the little man have to say about it?

Hm. This is not something I've ever given real thought to. :(

melvh -- why is Kieran afraid to find out if Alanna is truly the Lishaya?

Because he's destined to love and be the partner of the true Lishaya. Alanna is cruel, petty and mean and vicious - and if he feels that spark of recognition, that connection.... he doesn't want to develop feelings for someone whose every action he loathes.

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Teen Titans! and more!

I know it's a huge departure from established continuity, but I'm really enjoying the new Teen Titans series so far! Totally different look and feel, but it's enjoyable in and of itself.

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Time stretches out before me like a really stretchy thing, man. I am officially up past my bedtime.... but it's for a good cause. *chugs coffee*

I have a Frumpy the Clown sketch by Judd Winick on my desk. He was doing sketches at the Humor in Comics panel at DragonCon last year, just scribbling them as other writers talked. At the end of the panel, he said, "Oh, anyone who wants these can have them."

There are advantages to being small - I cut through crowds like a hot knife through butter. I was the first to the table and quickly sifted through, holding ones I was interested in and letting the others fall to the table. There were only two of recognizable characters... Frumpy and Batman. The others were just random-person sketches. I took Frumpy.

Now you know.

Incidentally, Judd's a great guy - if you see him at a Con, definitely go talk to him. And you need to read Frumy the Clown and Barry Ween.

Going to Vid's now. Will be on cam.

Shadesong Explains it All Again!

dianthus -- Why do you blog so much?

I started the blog to keep in touch with long-distance friends - stronae said he missed hearing about my day, and now he gets to. :) Early on, I got into the habit of putting it all out there, whenever a thought occurred to me, and I've stuck with that!

snowmerlin -- what's your fave pair of undies? (i've no idea why that popped in my head. hehe)

These.

piperdawn -- How real is Shayara for you and do you now or have you ever entertained the idea it could be a past or alternate reality life?

I find it to be a very real imaginary world, if that makes sense! You know how Native Americans explained thunder by telling stories about the Thunderbird? I think Shayara is my way of explaining things to myself.

crisis -- What would have been your ideal place to grow up (topographically) had you not grown up where you had, and what would a complete change of seasons been like?

Ooooh. Massachusetts. I would still have had the beach, but I'd also have gotten snow! I didn't see now until I was 17, in the wilderness survival program. I literally danced when I first saw snow - it was just so incredible to me.

mumbi -- I'm curious whether any of your work colleagues read/know about your journal

My boss and co-secretary know I have an online journal, but not on what site or what name I use. And they're not computer-inclined, so I'm not too worried. jet_li_wannabe is one of our grad students. One of the sysadmins, Thomas, has the URL but raely reads - same with lj user="anne_alias">, who has an account only so she could see the results of the poll I set up for her.

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Check me out on vidicon's webcam. :)

3 AM and all's well....

I'm at vidicon's, barricaded with him in his cozy warm office with a really big coffee mug and some highly questionable boxes with biohazard stickers on 'em.

Vid: "From here until 7, we can write about anything. Because nobody - nobody - will be reading it."

Heh.

So. There's a webcam in this room. It's pointed at Vid. Frankly, I'm a bit nervous about the whole webcam thing.

I'm not flashing the webcam. Not gonna do it. *shakes head vigorously* I flashed photognome tonight, but I'm not flashing anyone else, uh-uh.

My usual bedtime is around 11 PM. So. I'm getting the tiniest bit loopy.

May I reiterate that I hate Windows and IE? Thank you. I do. But this option allows yendi to sleep and allows me to hang out with one of my bestest friends, who happens to look superhot in his Utilikilt.

He says his writing style is contrived. I say it's polished. What do y'all think?

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He said this coffee had been sitting too long and was syrupy. I think it's *perfect*. :)

Six more hours. *gigglefit*

Is this officially Oh-dark-thirty? I think it is.

The coffeemaker sounds like one of the pig guards being eaten by the Rancor.

For ten minutes.

I took my hairclip out and did the sexy librarian headshake.

Vid: "You should flash the camera."
Me: "Mmmmaybe."
Vid: "I should flash it. Show off my leopard-print thong."
Me: "Dude. If you do, I'll flash my Fantastic Four panties."

Party over here, y'all.

Aw shit, I'm on cam. And he keeps flashing me. Purple leopard-print thong. Goodness gracious me.

Hey, questions!

yashara -- What actually inspired Shayara?

It's just always been there. Really. I've been dreaming in the city since I was ten, and the story just started to come to me when I was about 14.

reprobayt -- Is it the only story in your head or are there more waiting to be birthed?

There are others. :) Shayara's my big overarching story, and it's at the forefront of my brain - but it's not all that I've got... :)

sophieaxelson -- How did it all start? A story about how it all developed (what made it take so long before you started writing etc). Most people who read your journal probably knows, but now that you're on the RAINN homepage and all, more people might be interested.

Well, I've said above how it started, but....

When I first started writing this story, it was about five teenagers travelling in and out of a fantasy world. That concept was discarded, and I went with another five teenagers - Marvel mutants of my own creation, basically - on the run. With cameos by two of the kids from the original story - Jason, and Annie Farrell. Everyone from that group has survived into the current story, tangentially or not... but the main characters are now the children of those characters, another generation altogether.

Age 14-15: First concept
Age 16-17: Second concept.
Age 17-present: Current concept, but with a shift in main character from Katrianna to Julia.

I wrote consistently until the rape, when I was 20.... and that silenced me for 7+ years. Total paralyzing writers block. Which I finally pushed through, determined not to let my rapist keep that part of me. The intro story on the website was the first writing I'd done in 7+ years.

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I keep on truckin'.....

I'm trying to not be horribly self-conscious about being on cam. *blush* And yes, wolfieboy, I'm back on. :) Watch me futz around with my hair! Thrill to my one-fingered typing and my coffee-sipping!

I have a bucket o' coffee. Reeeally big mug.

Vid: "It's the coffee bucket. It should be red and white stripes. Chicken-flavored coffee."

He has the dregs in his mug. It looks like motor oil.

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Hey, more questions!

mycroftca -- Milk or Dark chocolate?

Dark. Always dark.

solledrache -- Similar music question... If you had to pick songs to "narrate" your life which ones would you choose? and why?

Oooh. Lots. Hm. "Wingstock" by Ashley MacIsaac. "Drowning" by Boiled in Lead. "We Shall Come Home" and "This Town", by Oysterband. "Black Friday Rule and "If I ever leave this world alive" by Flogging Molly. So many....

raptorgirl -- How does one obtain a cult following?

Believe it or not, I have no clue.

No one ever believes me.

wolfieboy -- When will you make it to the NorthWest?

When a rich relative dies and leaves me all their money.

Seriously - I'd love to go. There are so many people out there I want to meet! But it's not an expense I can justify at this time. :(

shalie -- What is your favorite time period and why?

The future. I'm in love with Possibility.

elfboy999 -- Are you going to DragonCon this year? If so, is there any particualr panel or guest that is the reason for you going?

Yes, I am! No particular panel or guest, though; I haven't even really reviewed 'em yet. For me, it's a social thing as much as anything else... I get to see good friends like morenasangre and farren who I rarely see otherwise.

Ask me more! I'm about to run out of questions...

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I'm now so tired I'm dizzy. But every half-hour is better than ever hour - keeps us on our toes, less likely to doze off.

A non-answer entry!

Let's see how linear I can be!

The Coffee Bucket is topped off. Appropriately enough, it has Too Much Coffee Man on it.

Whee?

Vid: "I think more coffeepot porn is in order."

The thing is, we're always like this. We just think we're funnier at the moment due to the lack of sleep and abundance of caffeine. We're freakin' adorable.

Food! Cookies. Cookies are food.

Vid: "I have a spare taser next door."
Me: "Ummmmm.... I don't play those games."
Vid: "Well, not twice. Those fuckers hurt."

*looks at clock* Shit. Not 9 yet. Can I fast-forward? Please?

Me: "Heh. I just flashed the camera."
Vid, whose back was to me: "You gotta whistle or something when you do that."
Me: "You've seen it before."
Vid: "Yeah, but I wanna see it every time."

Did anyone see me with the "HI MOUSIE" sign? That was for xanadumalion. I'd do one for each of you, but I got kinda loopy off themarker fumes, so that would probably be unwise.

Vid: *imitates me typing*
Me: "Just cuz I'm faster with one finger than you are..."
My brain catches up to my mouth....
Vid laughs.
Vid: "Wow. You are BEET red. I'm the one who's supposed to be doing that."
Me: "You?!? I'm - I'm -"
Vid: "I'm the sweet and innocent one!"
Me: "Oh who the HELL do you think you're kidding!?" *laugh* "I'm posting this."
Vid: "Oh, I see how this works. You provoke me to get material!"
Me: "Well, yah!"

Whee!

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Hey, some questions!

uofmwalton -- So do you keep up with/watch any sports?

I watch ice skating sometimes.....

dreamcowgirl -- What is one thing you do for yourself that makes you feel girlie?

When I wear the long flowy skirts....

yashara -- What's your favorite mixed drink?

Mudslides! Also Kahla & cream.

xanadumalion -- in what order should one eat M&Ms?

Hmmm. What colors are involved again? The brown ones first. Then yellow, orange, red, green, blue. Those are the colors, right?

reprobayt -- There's a box of 'adult magazines' under your bed...what would I want to borrow?

I haven't got any. :( That's libidoergosum's, he loaned it to me...

Heh. Lovely. The cunt that stalked me and my friends, spread malicious rumors about me, and stole several hundred dollars' worth of books from me is here. For those who've read far back enough: Decaturspy and Mightyweasel. Yeah, her. Peachy keen! Had I known that thing was going to be here, I would not have come. Ah well. Just rank idiocy and jealousy on her part. But I do plan to see what can be done in small claims court about the theft.

No, I didn't start anything; I didn't say a word. Because I'm better than her. By far. *decisive nod*

Sorry.....

About the venom and sustained on-cam agita. Just a very unpleasant shock. *sigh* This person was the cause of a months-long intense bout of PTSD due to the constant harassment on and off LJ, stalking, hacking of e-mail, spreading rumors that destroyed a five-year-long friendship, and she heavily contributed to the destruction of my romantic relationships with yendi and mightywombat, as well as damaging my friendship with glenn5. The thing was, the whole time that was going on, I didn't know who was stalking me, just that someone was. I didn't know if it was male or female, potential rapist or, well, potential rapist was really the first thing on my mind.

I wrote the account of my rape and its aftereffects upon finding out it was just a crazy jealous female. To try to show how it felt, being stalked for months. Constant hypervigilance to the point of health problems. The destruction of relationships.

Vid thinks some mastermind was behind it - gave the bitch the tools and told her what to do. I don't think that makes her any less guilty.

Ironic that I should be confronted with this as I'm blogging for RAINN, no?

EDIT: I *am* okay. I'm calm. This is just something I really could've done without.

And now for something.... well, no, more of the same.

Three more hours. I'm so tired. In danger of nodding off, really. Seriously. 'S bad. Coffee's just making me jittery, not any less tired.

Shayara questions!

crackerbob -- I must admit, I'm a bit curious to know what house I'd fit in.

I'd definitely have to get to know you better before making a call on that....

azurelunatic -- What would you say is the scariest/freakiest bit of it? Either place or sequence.

The night of the Purges. Definitely.

ardaniel -- How much of the language of the Dasaroi do you have codified? Does it just come to you, or does it require deliberate construction?

Parts of it come to me, parts require construction. It's a syllabic language. Ki in a kin-bond. Ri is a soulbond. Kiri'totharan means souls that are bound as kin through this life and all lives. In the romance kinda way (sib-bond is kiri'dalrein.

Some of it has condensed over the years. Shayara was once ki'Lishaya'ra.

spc476 -- So do the proles think about all the ... um ... drama? the ruling juanta is going through?

Yup. All members of a House are affected by the actions of their Kithrayn or Kithraya..... it's definitely kept in mind.

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Me: "I do have male friends I don't do sexual things with."
Vid looks at me.
Me: "I must have at least one besides you." *thinks* "jet_li_wannabe!"
Vid: "Because he's a Republican."
Me, pausing: "Well, that wasn't my prime reason. But it'll do."

more? okay.

Random thought: I haven't set out to become a priestess. I've fought it, in fact. I never used to believe in deities.

Problem is: They believe in me.

And I have to be better than this. Because I'm not just me. I affect other people. I have responsibilities, whether I asked for 'em or not.

*flashes Vid*
Vid: "Oooooh."
Pause.
Vid slumps. "Well, that was good for 30 seconds."

Vid: "I think I'll just copy and paste your posts for my next six."

Me: "This is so absurd. I'm absurd, you're absurd, nuclear rainbow sheep are absurd..."

Vid: "I really have no dignity left at all." He moons me. "See, because that's where I'd keep it. Where my tail was." *plaintive sigh* "I miss my tail." Pause. "Hey, 'The Asshole Song' is on!"
Me: "How completely appropriate."

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Dude! Thanks to new sponsor teofphiglet, I'm at $1,633.50. Yay!

Me: "Dude. Look. Daylight."
Vid: "Fuuuuuuuck."

Hey. I can answer some questions. I'm cool like that. I'm hip like that cuz I swing like that.

sophocles -- How does one find an artist who wants to convert my brain doodles- screenplays mostly into something that might resemble a comic?

I got my current artist because he thought his girlfriend might like to have sex with me. You could try to work that angle.

jeni -- What is your favorite memory?

I had a bit of a rough start with Elayna. I'd never had any experience with kids.... she latched onto the breast wrong, I was clumsy with diapering... horribly frustrating.

Then one day when she was about three months old, I was breastfeeding her in the cradle position, and she was feeding peacefully... and she suddenly looked past me to the window, to the sky. Her huge blue eyes looking out at the vast blue sky, the world around her, sun making her gossamer hair sparkle.

Perfection.

azurelunatic -- What do you think about my relationship/friendship with Darkside? Sweet, epic, freaky, et cetera?

I find it interesting to watch, because you're the only person I know who's as fiercely analytical about relationships as I am.

ardaniel -- So, why Starfire in particular of all the Titans?

An alien attempting to get by in an unfamiliar place, where no one is like her and she can't quite understand them.... the nymphet, the sex symbol... who goes into berserker rages.

We have stuff in common... :)

spc476 -- David Lynch's Dune, or Sci-Fi Channel's Dune?

Frank Herbert's Dune. The books.

kaifoxx -- Did ya take a peek at the list of questions I left on my journal for ya's? :)

Been holding those in reserve. :)

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Please?

I wanna go home. Metaphorically.

Other people go their whole lives without epiphanies. I just keep getting 'em. I swear it's Vid's fault.

Unrelated to epiphanies: Vid is of the opinion that getting into a tub filled with ice will perk us up enough to keep blogging for two more hours. He's off getting the ice.

He just brought in a bag of ice. "Where ya want it?"
Me, pointing: "On yer pee-pee!"
He pauses. "Nnnno."

(no subject)

Vid: "I am so stupid tired that I can't figure out how to work a keyboard. I thought I could write in my sleep. No. I can't do that."

There's a spare bed here. bheansidhe just showed it to me. She apologized for the lack of curtains to keep out the sun. I reassured her that I'm not going to have any trouble sleeping.

I do not think anything has ever been as tempting as that bed is right now. Niiiice bed. Crisp white sheets. Ahhhh, bed....

Yeah. I think you can tell I'm not prewriting my posts. This is me, awake for 23 1/2 hours. This is what I sound like. And I'm all floppy. My spine, I mean. My rack is excellent.

Moose have racks, too.

Mooses. Meeses. I want a moose that lays golden eggs for Easter.

See, you can't fake that shit.

Me: "I say that, when we wake up, we got to JavaMonkey for a celebratory drink."
Vid: "Okay. But let's change than 'when' to an 'if'."

I can't read. I'm not processing.

No forbidden moose lust going on here. nope.

(no subject)

This is the song that never ends...
it just goes on and on, my friends....

Oh, help me. I need sleep. So much.

One more hour.

Vid keeps threatening me with the bag of ice.

There's a devil duckie on top of the booze. I did not have any booze.

Tonight is eternal.

I have to do this. I can't NOT. Almost there...

The floor is nice and cool. But I had to get up.

EDIT: Putting the cam on. I am way past giving a shit about my appearance.

(no subject)

Vid: "If we're discussing moose lust, I want to wear the antlers."

Okay.

A moose bit my sister once.

Dude. Thanks to lexsboo and ilk, I'm up to $1,658.50. Sponsor me in the 2003 Blogathon! Do not let my suffering be in vain!

Good gods, I typed "vein". I *am* tired. Please excuse any typos that I have made. I'm very tired, you see.

Hey, more questions. Keen.

flamewing -- whats your Favorite movie of the summer?

Pirates of the Caribbean and Finding Nemo are currently tied.

lexsboo -- Is there something that you have purchased simply because of the advertising? or NOT purchased because of the advertising?

I don't *think* so. I don't pay much attention to advertising. I have TiVo.

No one wants to ask me Shayara questions. That's okay. You're tired. I'm tired too.

You know what this blog-a-thon needs? More cowbell.

Vid has a cosmic whang. Read his post. You'll see.

We're in the final hour, man. We are Doing This Thing. Hell yeah.

I'm all disheveled. I have the morning after look without the night before.

kaifoxx, lexsboo, and lee_in_limbo have been up all night with us. Like reading a book the night of release, we guess.

Holla if you saw Vid flash the camera.

Holla if you've been up all night with us.

Biting the other person in order to keep them awake is perfectly within bounds at this time.

See 'song blog. Blog, 'song, blog!

We are planning our finales. We are on the VidiCam, baby, coming to you LIVE from the final hour. Please check your brain at the door; gods know we did.

The End.

*waves* This has been Blog-A-Thon 2003! We've raised $1,658.50 for RAINN here tonight. So far. Because you can keep on sponsoring me through the end of the day. Sponsor me in the 2003 Blogathon!

I want to thank each and every one of my sponsors. Y'all are the only reason I made it through. You and Vid and Jet the coffeepot.

I am going to bed.

*end credits*

Okay. Buh-bye now. Bye. G'bye! Bye!
*pause*
Are they gone yet? OmiGOSH, my FACE hurts from all the SMILING, oh WOW!

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Safely awake

Awake! Going to have breakfast. Thanks to all for your sponsorship and congratulations!

*blink* *blink*

vidicon and I say goodnight after a long long night of busting our cute li'l buns for charity.....image captured at like 9:01 AM...

I'm really proud of having done this. Heh - we went from saying at 2:00 "You know, I think this is the kind of thing you only need to do once, to prove that you can" to plotting out crossover stunts for next year by like 6 PM.....

Hey, you can still sponsor me. gwynraven and "Raymoj" just did, as did two anonymous sponsors. I'm up to $1,703.50. I feel really good about that. :)

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And what exactly is wrong with being under 5 feet tall?

U.S. Clears New Use for Lilly Growth Hormone

By Lisa Richwine

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Friday approved use of a growth hormone for boosting the height of children who are short but in good health.

Eli Lilly's hormone, Humatrope, has been sold in the United States since 1987 and used for treating children with growth-hormone deficiencies. With the new approval, Indianapolis-based Lilly will be able to market Humatrope for short children with normal levels of the hormone and no evidence of a disease that stunts growth.

The FDA said it approved the treatment for the shortest 1.2 percent of children. For 10-year-old boys and girls, that would correspond to a height of less than 4 feet 1 inch. Their expected adult height without treatment would be less than 5 feet 3 inches for men and 4 feet 11 inches for women.

Humatrope "can enable the majority of these children to achieve an adult height that is within the medically normal range," Lilly spokeswoman Judy Kay Moore said.

An advisory committee in June voted 8-2 to recommend approving Humatrope for the new use after debating whether children who are otherwise healthy should be given multiple injections every week for years in order to grow what may amount to a few inches. At that meeting, Lilly argued that short children often face teasing and bullying, as well as social isolation as adults, and therefore needed a treatment option.

This so SO wrong. I cannot begin to tell you how horribly wrong this is. To think that perfectly healthy children will be tortured by the medical equivalent of being stretched on the rack just because they're an inch or two below the federal standard... and think of the emotional consequences to these kids.

If you're as horrified as I am, tell Eli Lilly. I'm going to.