Penguin Random House and Melville House twitter war
Hilarious!
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omg are you out of books
do you need some books
billytea, heard this story on NPR this weekend and thought of you --
It's That Time Again To Stock Up on Deadly Aussie [jillifont] Venom
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California can't compete with Australia on the terrifying wildlife front, but a venomous sea snake turned up on our shores. link
My weird respiratory infection is getting better, but I am having the freakiest side effect, which is apparently a known side effect of 2 of the meds (both of which I've used before and NOT had this side effect).
I feel completely...disembodied. Like I am not anchored in my body. Or...like my body isn't mine. Like everything I'm doing is being done by someone else. It's weird as shit (to say the least), and apparently a known possible side effect for prednisone and albuterol. Fortunately I'm almost done with the prednisone. I'm not sure how long I'm supposed to use the albuterol, but I'm starting to space out the doses a LOT more to see if it helps.
So unfair, man. Prednisone has always given me a rush of Superman-like energy and productivity about 3 days into it. But not this time. Now I'm watching my fingers type and they look like someone else's. It felt like a psychotic break until I looked it up. I'm not entirely reassured just because it's a known thing.
Is there a medical term for it, Steph?
Depersonalization. Apparently it can exist as a disorder without a discrete cause (like a medication side effect), like depression, anxiety, etc. But it can also happen as a result of some drugs.
Weird as HELL. Tim went to a haunted house with his BFF last night, and I stayed home because I hate haunted houses, and I was going to take a shower, and realized that if I don't have a good sense of being anchored in my body, I really ought not be standing in a shower with no one else home.
I'm choosing to assume it'll go away as the drugs get out of my system.
You've got your own personal haunted house.
I'm spooooooky.
Beth and matt, fyi just in case, I went hunting for some info on my hometown's webpage and found this, useful info about the town and area, about an hour from Pittsburgh. The photo at the bottom? Taken from the hill that stands between my parents house and the town, so, basically the view that I grew up with. Pretty. [link]