This is going to sound ridonkulous, but one of my migraine triggers is strobing lights - especially camera red-eye flash and really crappy CRT screens. There was one in an office where I had to work sometimes that could set me off about three minutes after I walked in the room. Flat screens better.

That doesn't surprise me. Strobes can trigger seizures. Some brains clearly don't like 'em.

Migraineuse?

Oui.

it is excellent with sweet (something about how taste buds work)-- so watermelon and chocolate are excellent with salt

Interesting. I don't characterise watermelon as sweet. I've been told because I've been having the wrong watermelon, but I don't want it to be sweet. With my chocolate I like pepper. Mmm. That's my taste sensation.

Took my first salt pill.

Life is weird. (that was Leif is weird at first--perhaps true, just less relevant, though still charming)

Finished Henry & June. That languid bohemian sensuality leaves me confused and wondering what I'm missing. I just can't imagine the drama as part of an actual life. And, frankly, disappointed by the raciness. Tentacle porn was what pushed it to to NC17? Puh-lease.

I'm not much of a salt fan either, so cheese was the most appealing thing on the high-sodium list to me.

My worlds are colliding. One of my summer students has friended me on Facebook.

I am the anti-ita on this. I am crazy about salt, but that may be due to my upbringing what with the soy sauce and the nori and the general sea-related products. The SO worries about how much salt I consume, so I try to cut down, but it's rarely successful. When I break down foods I like it almost always comes down to salt. Thought I loved butter, but I bought unsalted (still sweet cream) butter, and not so much. I wanted to salt my buttered toast. Thought I loved rice, but it's probably just the salt I put on it. Tomatoes? Yum. Salted. You get where I'm going with this. Yeah, cheese, too.

And yet again, I'm probably the sub-taster, and therefore don't taste it the way all you crazy supertasters do. Mmm, bring on the brussels sprouts.

Anyway, hope it helps.

(that was Leif is weird at first--perhaps true, just less relevant, though still charming)

Leif* may or may not be weird, but he is a very good kisser.

(Yes. I will mention this whenever possible for the rest of my life.)



* Garret, not Gudanov

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orthostatic hypotension could explain the fainting, anyway

I think that's what they're ascribing it to. All my tests come up clean. But it finally went far enough that I fainted and concussed myself again,

Geez ita, now you're really sounding like my exgf! She, too, was having fainting spells, and they made her take salt tablets. And she's got the bad migraines as well (Botox helped for a while, for her, but not completely, and she can't always afford it, since her insurance won't pay...she smokes a lot of pot, I think, but I"m not sure if it helps the migraines, or just makes her less annoyed by them)

I love salt lots.

I've gotten the mac to heart, but not the posts today didn't.

love iyabarbieandcar.

SO TRUE. And I love bon bon and her doing the santa gig at all!

Beth, union rep? HA. The union rolled over and just took it on this one. People have literally not been getting paid since January and there has been no union outrage etc. So. No. union, not getting my back on this one.

Sigh. Fucking fuck.

And, Grace's nurse assistant was an asshat to me today and passive-aggressive to boot. I got so damn angry. I wanted to shake her and say, "Listen, lady. you don't want to mess with me today."

Though I got watch a zamboni clean ice today. SO FUN.

Today SUCKED. I broke my nail, tore my skirt, almost got into a car accident with a crazy driver, and got into a fight with my new landlord and now she says she refuses to rent to me at all. I'm glad that I know NOW that she is insane, and that she honestly wishes that all her tenants would die rather than inconvenience her, because heaven knows gas leaks are no big deal at all, but she has now succeeded in really making my life difficult, since I've already given notice on my current apartment. I am unhappy with her. Plus, one of the girls at dance class gave me a present for Christmas, which was really sweet, but it was a size XL dress, and really, I don't need one more comment from any of them about my weight. Especially since I may not be a model, but I'm not fat, so I need them to quit fixating on it. GRR.

I also got something in the mail from Kat, and it did make me smile for real, but other than that, today SUCKED. (But thank you, Kat!)

Poor Alibelle.

Hi though!