Did you know...

That it's actually possible to throw up so hard that you not only sprain your pectoral muscles, but wind up looking like Mike Tyson used you for a punching bag? Yep. Comprehensive dry heaves hurt like you would not believe. So now, I'm probably going to miss my mom's birthday party tomorrow because I don't need people assuming Hubby is beating on me and calling the police. Yes, I look that bad. Fun!

ZOMFG!!eleventy-one!

Hubby and I found a 1918 Franklin treadle sewing machine at a yard sale today. For FIVE FREAKING DOLLARS! The case is shite, looks like water damage, but the machine itself is almost pristine. And it's just gorgeous, kind of Egyptian revival style. Accessories (esp bobbins) may be a pain, but it will be offset by the joy of having a sewing machine I can actually use. And it will be good therapy for my hip!

For those keeping track

Yes, I still have the migraine, but it seems to be winding down. I hope...

Geeky Joy

I'd almost forgotten about this gem from the first season of Stargate: Atlantis. Then i09 decided to defend McKay (he needs defending?) and brought is back. In this scene, McKay discovered an Ancient forcefield device and is testing it with Sheppard.



The expression on Sheppards face when he confesses he shot Rodney is priceless! Just seeing their geeky joy at the thought of a personal force field make me laugh.

Going for a record...

My personal migraine record is a little more than two days. I'm looking to break that with this one - almost thirty hours right now. Ah, the joys of stress-induced headaches that make you want to throw up, eh?

I really need a laugh

Right now, we have no car. We will have no car until my parents get the money together to fix it, since they're only lending it to us. So. Not only are we stuck here, because the bus system SUCKS and i really, really can't walk all that far, but Grandma and Janie are stuck here, runnning out of food and going stir crazy. And I have a migraine.

But, Martin's working, at least for awhile. So, yay.

Snerk

I am SO easily amused:

Joshua Leatherman
Republican running for MI State Rep

Let the innuendo commence...

Yo ho, Yo Ho, an insomniacs life for me

What could be better when you can't sleep than hot tuna casserole and Stargate Atlantis? I'll tell you: Not very much.

There are three thing, however, that i could do without:

1) A mother who seems to think that helping her daughter keep her commitments despite plan changes 'isn't really' her 'problem.'
2) An hysterical aunt who calls from her cell while driving our van, screaming that it's not working and how do I get where I'm' going and WASN'T IT WORKING FINE FOR YOU?!?!!11
3) a broken down mode of transport.

But I have tuna casserole and SGA - it can't be all bad. And if I'm very, very luck, I'll have caramel fudge brownies tomorrow.

I honestly think I may throw up

I just finished Cory Doctrow's excellent book Little Brother, which is available under the Creative Commons License, and it is the scariest book I've read in years.

Imagine you're a 17-year old kid, a 1337 hacker in the near future. Imagine you're playing an Alternate Reality Game, hunting a jammed wifi hotspot when a terrorist attack occurs. Then imagine being grabbed by Homeland Security and being held as a suspect, subject to "intense questioning." What would you do? How would the experience change you?

Think 1984, only with wifi and RFID (arphid) chips. Think about it, read the book, and find a way to do something, because it's only going to get worse unless we make it better.

Interesting development on autism

Surrounded as I am with autistic spectrum disorders (Hubby is Aspergers, nephew is severe autistic, godson is mild/moderate autistic), any developments in the field catches my attention. This study indicates that every case of autism has a highly individual genetic cause, making a universal genetic test hard, to say the least.

This actually jives with what I've observed - that autism is a catch all diagnosis for a bunch of disparate disorders with common symptoms. Why else would one kid respond to therapy but another doesn't, when both have similar symptoms?

Interesting thoughts, to say the least.

Aminals!

Bad news first: Stranger had another siezure. He bolted under the bed and somehow managed to get up into the boxspring, thumping around in a truly terrifying way. But he seems to be okay. As I understand, there's not much you can do for pet seizures, other than trying to keep them from hurting themselves. Sigh.

Somehow, through a really complicated set of events, my parents are dogsitting a pair of daschunds. They're really cool dogs! I have an instinctive revulsion for small dogs, but these two are sweet and fun. I like puppies!

I hate people

More specifically, I hate people who think that it's fine and dandy for me to be able to hear their fookin' concert when I'm over half a mile away! There's a reason (besides being broke) that I didn't scrape together the money to go to Summer Celebration this year - I didn't want to see any of the acts. So what the hell makes people think I want to hear them?

I hate people. On the plus side, we've got a wee little bit of work tomorrow. Makes me happy.

Make it stop!!1!!!1

I've had the tunes to SCA dance songs stuck in my head since Saturday. First it was Jenny Plucks Pears. Then Black Almande. Then John Tallow's Canon. Now Korabushka. Why, why, WHY won't they leave me alone?!