5 Things: Miscellany
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truepenny1.) I have 2100 words on a new Booth story, "To Die for Moonlight." My plan for today is to get as close to finishing it as I can. (Thirdhop Scarp has thrown yet another new wrinkle at me, and I have to assimilate it and work out a game plan before I can continue. This novella is NEVER GOING TO END.)
2.) Leftover notes from yesterday's acupuncture session:
(a.) I wasn't queasy last night. The real test will be tonight, since I've had random bouts of nonqueasiness before that don't correlate with anything, but it was just really nice to have a break.
(b.) That point on my left quadriceps that was agonizing when the needle went in was also agonizing when the needle went out. The 2nd Practitioner said that was a sign the point was still working.
(c.) I'd forgotten how much I like Viparita Karini.
(d.) In case you're curious, acupuncture needles look like this. They are very long and very flexible, and they go in to an astonishing distance.
(e.) I need better language to describe RLS, especially to describe the non-acute phase which seems, distressingly, to be my baseline. Because now that I'm paying attention and know what RLS feels like, none of it is at all unfamiliar. I think I've had symptoms, mostly very minor, for years.
(f.) Which is an argument in favor of getting a referral to a neurologist, just to see if there's some underlying something-or-other I should know about.
3.) If you haven't been following Pictures of Muslims Wearing Things, I highly recommend it. Both because it is very helpful in dismantling the Muslims = terrorists fallacy that the American government and dominant culture are so eager to promulgate, and because it's a magnificent reminder of how awesome our species can be when we're not too busy being assholes. I particularly love Robina Muqimyar and Sarah Khoshjamal Fekri, Olympians; Soraiya, Sami Yusuf, and Art Blakey, musicians; Ahmad Mustafa, calligrapher; and above all others, Anousheh Ansari, astronaut.
4.) On a not dissimilar note, French photographer Sacha Goldberger took these beyond marvelous photographs of his 91-year-old grandmother as a superhero. And there are ten more here. Super Mamika is, truly, super.
5.) And finally, since I have to walk to the pharmacy, I offer this Disapproving Rabbit as an indicator of my current mood.
2.) Leftover notes from yesterday's acupuncture session:
(a.) I wasn't queasy last night. The real test will be tonight, since I've had random bouts of nonqueasiness before that don't correlate with anything, but it was just really nice to have a break.
(b.) That point on my left quadriceps that was agonizing when the needle went in was also agonizing when the needle went out. The 2nd Practitioner said that was a sign the point was still working.
(c.) I'd forgotten how much I like Viparita Karini.
(d.) In case you're curious, acupuncture needles look like this. They are very long and very flexible, and they go in to an astonishing distance.
(e.) I need better language to describe RLS, especially to describe the non-acute phase which seems, distressingly, to be my baseline. Because now that I'm paying attention and know what RLS feels like, none of it is at all unfamiliar. I think I've had symptoms, mostly very minor, for years.
(f.) Which is an argument in favor of getting a referral to a neurologist, just to see if there's some underlying something-or-other I should know about.
3.) If you haven't been following Pictures of Muslims Wearing Things, I highly recommend it. Both because it is very helpful in dismantling the Muslims = terrorists fallacy that the American government and dominant culture are so eager to promulgate, and because it's a magnificent reminder of how awesome our species can be when we're not too busy being assholes. I particularly love Robina Muqimyar and Sarah Khoshjamal Fekri, Olympians; Soraiya, Sami Yusuf, and Art Blakey, musicians; Ahmad Mustafa, calligrapher; and above all others, Anousheh Ansari, astronaut.
4.) On a not dissimilar note, French photographer Sacha Goldberger took these beyond marvelous photographs of his 91-year-old grandmother as a superhero. And there are ten more here. Super Mamika is, truly, super.
5.) And finally, since I have to walk to the pharmacy, I offer this Disapproving Rabbit as an indicator of my current mood.
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Re: #3
Date: 2010-11-24 11:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-26 06:05 am (UTC)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WynicdDe5F0&feature=related
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Date: 2010-11-26 06:40 pm (UTC)Also, happy birthday! Even if it's a day too late. :)