Dawn: I think a date should be in a real fancy restaurant, then champagne at a night club with a floor show, then ballroom dancing. Joyce: Unfortunately, we're not dating in a movie from the thirties.

'Get It Done'


Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


WindSparrow - Oct 22, 2010 9:17:21 am PDT #6394 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

Thanks, Kate. My coworkers were great support to me, too, afterwards. They really let me have a chance to recharge, and veg out a bit. I have to say, I was glad that I could be there for that person, to provide exactly the kind of support needed. I know the individual appreciated it, and the whole family did as well.

omnis, I have had just enough migraines to know what they feel like, but I don't suffer from them often. And I'm blessed in that Excedrin actually does afford significant relief for me. It takes the pain down to a later-the-next-day-hangover level. Or if I can catch it when the visual effects start but before the actual pain starts, then it might not hurt at all.


Daisy Jane - Oct 22, 2010 9:23:05 am PDT #6395 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

I used to get them chronically, and they got progressively worse as I got older. Once the pounding and the nausea was so bad I passed out. I haven't had another migraine in about 10 years. I dunno what happened.


§ ita § - Oct 22, 2010 9:25:16 am PDT #6396 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I don't have any drugs at home that can stop a migraine. I have one that gives me an hour break, and I ration myself to three times a day during the work week, and try my best not to take much on the weekends, because I'm certainly in rebound headache territory by now.

The only thing that can give me hours off is a good ER visit. They're not all good, because doctors and nurses sometimes waffle about what to give me, how much to give me, and how to administer it, all of which are key to my relief. It's stunning how willing they are to give me drugs I say won't work well, but I'm so desperate I'll take anything just in case.


erikaj - Oct 22, 2010 9:32:50 am PDT #6397 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!

I used to think I had insomnia till I read some of these Buffista stories. I don't, compared to that, although it's hard for me to wind down at night and I don't always sleep that well. But I've never gone for a week or anything. So I guess that is more like "restless nights". Dang, ita, I hope somebody gets a good idea for you soon.


Steph L. - Oct 22, 2010 9:34:46 am PDT #6398 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Sinus headaches might be migraines.

I've read that most of what people think are sinus headaches are migraines. I always thought mine were sinus, until I went to an ENT for them. Not sinus, mostly migraine.

I think my biggest trigger is not getting enough sleep, but the weather is pretty bad, too.


§ ita § - Oct 22, 2010 9:37:56 am PDT #6399 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Yeah, I used to think if they were in my scalp, migraines. If they were in or near my nose, sinus. Even if they shared the same triggers and came with the light and sound and smell sensitivity. And nausea. Because those were just normal.


Daisy Jane - Oct 22, 2010 9:55:21 am PDT #6400 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Oh hey, one thing I do still get and have no explanation for are short bursts of stabby pain usually near one of my temples, but could be anywhere. Only lasts for a couple of seconds and isn't consistent, but it is horrible. Anybody know what that is?


Atropa - Oct 22, 2010 9:57:07 am PDT #6401 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Yeah, I used to think if they were in my scalp, migraines. If they were in or near my nose, sinus. Even if they shared the same triggers and came with the light and sound and smell sensitivity. And nausea. Because those were just normal.

Those symptoms aren't just the usual thing with headaches? Oh. Huh.


erikaj - Oct 22, 2010 10:11:00 am PDT #6402 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!

Guy I've crushed on for ages is getting married today. I'm not sad, exactly, because it seems like he and his fiancee match in ways we never could, but i still wish I had something more awesome to say for myself today.(I'm probably always going to think he's hot, though. But it's not a crazy craving anymore. If I'm upset with him about anything, it's that he's downgraded me from e-mail friend to part of his Facebook rabble. Which feels a bit like a slo-mo blowoff.)


Ginger - Oct 22, 2010 10:23:42 am PDT #6403 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Damn this being all sensitive and warm and caring, as well as having a good balance of humor and firmness.

It sucks to be awesome.