I did stop using the bandage, and it does feel better, so it was probably that. I couldn't believe it was an allergy because I bought the stuff I'm NOT supposed to be allergic to. Apparently I am allergic to everything in the world now.

But I am not up to date on tetanus shots, so I'm probably going to the local drop-in clinic tomorrow to rectify that.

I don't even know what the symptoms of tetanus are. Except that when you stop being able to move your jaw, it's too late, and that's not real helpful.

Ew, le nubian. At least I'm not THAT allergic to it.

If I didn't already know what it was, "Hydrogen Peroxide" would be a great name for a fairy pony. Lighter than air, with bleached blonde hair. Mane.

The Mayo Clinic website says that tetanus symptoms don't start showing until a few days after infection, and before the lockjaw you may have sweats, fever and a racing heart, but that you'll be fine getting a shot after getting the scratch even if you haven't had a booster in a while.

Also, your arms are way more interesting than bronies.

I think it's weird for there to be a dibs on MLP stuff wherein complete strangers calculate the availability of and demand for seats in order to make sure some kids don't have meltdowns. I mean, it would be really nice if they did, but I don't think that it's something to expect or demand.

The kids who were turned away had wailing fits that their parents, who'd schlepped them out to the ass-end of the City for this, then had to negotiate down and spend a couple of hours making up for in order to make the rest of their Saturday not-shitty for the entire family.

When I did that my parents considered that my problem, and my behaviour to correct, not complete strangers to protect me from. I'm not hurt, nothing has been taken away from me. I just didn't see a movie I'd been really excited about.

Hell, as far as my parents go they'd probably thank the Bronies for the life lesson before we all moved on and forgot about it.

American Horror Story, YOU GREAT BIG FUCK. I doff my cap to you.

Thanks for the info, JZ. Good to know.

My arms are very interesting arms.

I also want to thank you guys for all the slur talk, which has resulted in my having in my head a Public Enemy song that is 90% the n word. Edit: I mean, the part in my head, not every verse. But close, because that's what it's about.

I'm allergic to the polymixin in neosporin. Itchy rash and fierce itching immediately. We use bacitracin, which is one of the three drugs in neosporin, and it does fine. Most drugstores have house brand baci, too. Not hard to find.

ETA: Also, we switched to cloth bandaids when the plastic ones caused my skin to slough painfully. That worked for a few years, and then the adhesive on any type of pre-made bandaid type bandage, or cloth adhesive tape, just dissolves my skin. If I *have* to use a bandage, I cut down a gauze pad to size, and wrap it around the finger or limb with a gauze strip, and use paper or silk surgical tape to stick it to itself, so the adhesive never touches skin.

For lo, I am a delicate flower and a horrendous PITA.

I can see a big red area around the scratch, like a burn but in the shape of a Band-aid,

I was just going to ask if it was in the shape of the Band-aid. For me, Band-aids come in two flavors: ones that cause welts and ones that fall off. It should get better soon with the Band-aid off. Usually I use gauze pads and the bandage that sticks to itself. If that won't work, the fabric Band-aids are the least irritating to my skin. In my case, it's definitely the adhesive, not the latex.

I ate way too much today. First the grilled portobello sandwich. And then there was a delicious broccoli kale slaw at TJs, so that was another meal which I normally don't have. And then went out with Anna to the Dizz for an espresso rubbed burger with havarti and bacon and sweet potato fries. God, I love their burgers. When you say rare, it really is a true rare. And a bottle of aussie merlot. Because a glass of wine is $5.50, but the bottle is $10, and you can take the leftovers home. So half a bottle in situ, the rest at home.

Nice catch up with my neighbor. And when we got home, someone ELSE was looking at the house across the street. It'll move. That's the thing that makes comps so hard here. There have been a few foreclosures every block; banks sit on them forever but when they put them on the market at a ridiculous price, they're gone in DAYS to starry eyed lucky-ducks. They could ask so much more, but they just want back their margin, and that makes it hard on property values for the rest of us.

In addition to my swim, I also cleaned up the damned yard, porch and sidewalk and sweated out all 6 bottles of water I drank today (>6 L) so maybe that's why I basically ate what I normally would in 2.5 days...

I think it's the adhesive doing it to me, too. I need to start using the kind where the bandage sticks to itself.