GRAETERS!!

Graeters is long since closed for the night, unfortunately. It's UDF or nothing. Fortunately, UDF is 5 minutes from my apartment. Which is making me wonder -- why am I still sitting here typing when I could be getting ice cream?

t whooshIgooutthedoor....

Whoo, look at Teppy go on the late night ice cream assault team.

Meantime, I'm exploring the wonders of digital cable. I've got literally hundreds of channels. This is basically my entertainment budget. They keep adding channels and I wonder: "There's a military channel?"

I know that at various times certain cable channels survived by endlessly rehashing WWII. But still. There's a channel with shows called "Weaponology: Sniper Rifles."

Also there's a Soap channel which apparently has Friday recaps of All My Children, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and a couple others.

See, I spend a fair amount of time tracking down super obscure movies that aren't shown on regular cable and I'm boggled that it's somebody's full-time job to do DOOL recaps and histories of sniper rifles.

WTF? Where are my Joy Division and Cramps videos?

This is entirely coeval with my bogglement at the size of NASCAR fandom. I understand that people follow car racing. I can't help but boggle at how many follow it. Roller derby makes more sense to me.

eta: This post posted in full knowledge that there are Soap and NASCAR fans hereabouts. Not a provcation just a notation on the difference between perceived culture and the evidence of actual culture.

See, I spend a fair amount of time tracking down super obscure movies that aren't shown on regular cable and I'm boggled that it's somebody's full-time job to do DOOL recaps and histories of sniper rifles.

I'm sure that somewhere out there, there's a crazed SPN fan who really wants the combo pack of those two jobs.

Whoo, look at Teppy go on the late night ice cream assault team.

Got it, ate it, full tummy, 3 a.m. now. Must force self to sleep....

Anybody still up? I'm working on a design and digging through music.

Anybody still up? I'm working on a design and digging through music.

You could say that. How's things?

ita is clearly dating Chuck Norris.

ita is clearly dating Chuck Norris.

Chuck Norris would totally do that.

Weekend meara…

I want to say it was something like Fenergan?

Phenergan is just a powerful anti-nausea drug, not a painkiller.

It is very often used along with a painkiller, though, to keep of the nausea. Also, there’s some research (I think…if I’m remembering correctly), that it can really increase the effectiveness of certain painkillers for migraines.

I don't come out of full anesthesia well. It takes many many hours longer than estimated, and I vomit like crazy while still under. I guess that might be morphine? Whatever, no full anesthesia for me again as I'm likely to code.

Me either. And as someone who was born with a partial cleft lip and had to have 13 surgeries before the age of 16, then two courses of ECT a few years ago, you learn the cocktail necessary to keep this from happening. Thankfully, they’ve come a long ways in anesthesiology.

Yay on de-Christmasing! I thought we were the only people left with a tree up. Stephen is promising to do it today. We shall see. The lure of football is strong, apparently.

Mine is coming down today. I hope. That’s the plan anyway. Mom and dad’s is still up and probably not coming down till at least next weekend.

Prednisone is a nasty, nasty drug, but it does the job for some things.

So very, very true. I’m terrified of it, but it’s also saved my life on several occasions. I could just live without the steroid myopathy, well, forever. I know breathing is necessary, but that was sucktacular.

I don't mean to discount her fears. But bolting is how she deals with fear and it's costing him.

Thank you for clarifying this. It is definitely a different story when you have a child involved. I hope she finds a new place soon and that things calm down. Hugs and vibes to you all to get through it.

I got darvocet at the ER about a year ago. That’s my new dream drug. I can’t have it often (well, for obvious reasons), but also ‘cause shrink says no. Not supposed to take narcotics, ‘cause they can really fuck with my mental health.

In mememe news, back home from mom and dad’s again. Quilt top is DONE! Yay! Probably will share pictures in a bit. Have to find what I did with the camera.