I get woozy just from a pap smear. I have very low pain tolerance. Luckily, there's Valium.

Yeah, when I had to get a colposcopy, I was not a happy camper--they offered to prescribe something to take and have me come back, but I was like "JUST FINISH!" So I suspect I'd be a bad candidate.

The pill makes your hair straighter? Man, hormones are freaky.

I wonder if that works for black people.

My hair got thinner as the dosage got higher. If I have the surgery again, I'm going to ask for a lower dose pill and be prepared to slowly ramp up again.

I had no idea that the IUD stopped periods. Huh. Haven't had one in almost 10 years, so no longer an issue for me, just surprised that somehow I didn't know this.

We need more options for birth control that don't suck or have major side effects. I am so grateful not to have to worry about it anymore. Like Zenkitty, I get woozy from a pap smear, and really if a doctor is holding any implement of torture. Like really, why do we not have a simple painless method of getting blood out? Get it on science people!

eta: My mind was typing 'Get on it science people', but I will leave the typo.

Has anyone tried e.l.f. mineral make-up? There is a groupon for it.

e.l.f. mineral make-up

Made by elves? Made from elves? There's got to be some sort of shimmer involved. And possibly lembas.

Yeah, but before they went online it was hard finding the right hollow tree. OTOH? Many cookies and honeycombs during the search.

Anecdata tells me that it's not that bad for most women

I have scar tissue on my cervix--it also caused problems with Owen's delivery but my doc just sort of powered through it.

Hi. It's been a while, but apparently I'm a Busy Woman who's trying to get more than 5-6 hours of sleep per night (aiming for 7, fantasize on 8).

Skimmed, and my ~mas to all who need them. Also, read that COBRA discussion. While I still have only slightest idea of what COBRA is, I do understand every bit of frustration that comes with bureaucratized system. Let me tell you, they're going to that Special Hell, these people.

Anyhow...

Is it wrong to want a perfume just for the bottle?

If it's wrong, I don't wanna be right. Pretty stuff is pretty, and I always want them. C'est tout.

I'm trying to study Hebrew. I have discovered that the future tense makes no sense whatsoever. Perhaps the most confusing is that the "You (masculine) will" and "She will" forms are the same as each other, but not the same as either the "You (feminine) will" or the "He will" forms. And the more I look at this verb chart, the weirder it seems. And then there's a footnote saying that this chart is the modern Hebrew forms, and biblical Hebrew is different in two of them.

Hil, I'd love to give you a hand if you'd want someone to email in modern Hebrew with. I've been doing so when I studied French with a native speaking friend, and it helped a lot.

ION, let me go all about me for a while, will you?

These past two weeks I:

Found someone who understand my academic passion, who directed me to some contacts. I'm still wowed by just finding someone who understand how I think.
Gave up on ever understanding university administration issues and asked for my administrative boss' intervention.
Got an interview for an MA in library and information studies at Haifa uni for an MLS. Interview is tomorrow.
Got drunk from a slice of chocolate cake. As a friend said, "Jesus could turn water into wine. Your body turns yeast and sugar into alcohol. I think I prefer you better".
Realized I'm on my way turning into a real life adult. Freaking. Then realizing I just need a vacation/break between the BA and the MA.

Right now, I'm in the "thinking how I'll fund a trip abroad around September". There may be a way. If so, I don't need to tell you where I'm going, do I?

These are all some of the on-the-paper-plans and thoughts and plots, but I know how fast they can become reality. Hence the freakish.

Also, I'm about to hit on some guy, once I'll make sure he isn't gay/taken.

{{{Shir}}} Good to see you.

I've been thinking of you a lot because I just learned about Jerusalem Syndrome and I'm so incredulous I keep trying different sources so I've been seeing lots of pictures of Israel. So... ever see people wandering around in togas spouting bible verses?

Good to be here, Laga. I do miss it here. Most times I try to come back, and giving up after 15 minutes of reading (with googling, trying to understand some terms, history and facts to dive into the conversation) because I'm too tired of my day to think in proper English.

And yes, Jerusalem Syndrome is real. Seen three up to this day, and saw a documentary featuring another one. Poor folks. I mean, once they're at the Knesset it's all perfectly OK to act like this and most people won't call you insane, but not if you're poor and on the street.