Yes, I was allergic, and I was taken off. Today is my first itch free day! I am now pretty much infection free, which sort of means that my bites look like a normal wound, if it had happened yesterday. I think I am going to have one really nasty scar on my leg. My ankle, while not still infected still has some issues in a range of movement way, but those are supposed to get better.
I'm glad you're doing so much better. I still can't get over the whole situation.
Oh, did "useful" mean "at a social level"? I was thinking in more individual terms. That does help me understand some of the earlier posts better, I think.
Yeah, I think that was the distinction I wasn't making as well. Really, it's all just like the dirt/food thing -- dirt is not useful to me when I am hungry. That doesn't make it unnecessary.
I guess I see it useful even at a social level, because I think it's psychologically useful. Some people (the artists) have stuff inside they need to express. Other people are psychologically affected by the results of the first people's expression. Music can calm or stimulate; it can inspire, or interest, or evoke, or console. Actually, literature, visual art, and the performing arts do that, too.
Luckily, when I was bit, I was steps away from the kitchen sink, so the bitten finger got washed thoroughly and immediately, and bandaged up. Believe me I'll be on the lookout for signs of infection! (And discovered, when I changed bandaids to one better suited to fingertips, that in fact it was three small punctures, two to the pad and one in the gutter between the side and the nail. It's throbby but not too annoying.)
In the meantime, I've been sitting out on the patio, enjoying the afternoon and
devouring
a Barbara Hambly book and feeling more peaceful than I've felt in a week or two. There's been enough sunshine that I had to put up the patio umbrella.
I 've been thinking aobut the art thing- first the basic start of the conversation. really rich person - finding the disapline to do something - esp. in the art world which is more self driven = a really really good thing. And the more I thought about it, I can't make a distinction between doing art or running some sort of a foundation. DH - is good a makeing and creating things . I would do better running a scholarship fund. Just makeing sure all the pieces happen. because I am good at that, if I care about the project.
I do think that sucessful artists either come from a background of wealth, where they don't have to be sucessful in order to eat or from poverty, where they already haven't eaten, and are therefore willing to take the risk, because, well why not. I do admit this is based on a sample of 5 from my graduating theatre class. Growing up lower middle class in the seventies and eighties makes (me anyway) to security needing to take any big jump. (however, it may make me a perfect audience for Freaks and Geeks)
Also, are we watch and posting the Tony's? Anyone?
OK, I love
Ian MacDiarmid
. But that's really not news.
Well, I do always love it when the first people a winner thanks are the stage management and wardrobe people!
I also think that the gowns are so much more real than the other awards shows, and I love looking at naturally aging women! (a bunch of the play actress nominees)
I do believe in other years that we got to see a clip of the play for the actor/actress nominees, which is disappointing for me not to have.
Also, I am not sure if I chould white font any of this...
