Odds and ends

[cleolinda]

Awwww, shitfire. Sister Girl has come down with the stomach flu of doom, and was up all night with it. And while I feel sorry for her, I'm terrified I'm going to get it, too. Not only do I have a presentation tomorrow and some pretty major paperage coming up, but I've broken all the capillaries in my face the last two times I've had the flu and thrown up. (There's a specific medical term for it, but I can't think what.) That's what the freaky "rash" I came down with really was--it looks like tiny red pinpricks all over your face, and it's not so terrible, but I can't go to class looking like that. And it takes about a week to go away. And we share a bathroom. Now, for the most part, I can get away with using the downstairs bathroom, but I've got to wash my hair at some point. I'm feeding myself zinc and collecting all the disinfectant in the house and preparing to go to war.



There is now a 2-inch scratch gash right where my hairline starts. I just noticed it in the mirror (while I was downstairs in the bathroom of flu fugitives). Dammit.



If any of you astrology buffs want to go to town on my chart, here it is. I was at astrology.com last night and had it made up for free--interestingly, it's more detailed now than the one I had them make several years ago. Comets and such, user-friendly tables at the bottom, etc. Again, I think there's a difference in "believing" this stuff blindly ("OMG MERCURY RETROGRADE I CANNOT LEAVE THE HOUSE TODAY") and saying, "Hmm, I have a sun (Sagittarius)/moon (Cancer) opposition. That's really interesting. You know... some of the stuff they're saying about that does sound like me. There really is a huge tension in my life between wanting to be independent and wanting to hide out at home. I wonder if they have any advice on how to deal with that...?"



I am obsessed with this Dandy Warhols song "You Were the Last High," for some reason. It all started because I didn't know the Dandy Warhols from Adam's house cat and wanted to see if the rest of "We Used to Be Friends" is as annoying as the thirty-second clip of it serving as the Veronica Mars opener is. And really, it's a pretty cool song. It's just not made for thirty-second clips. (Apparently it's been used all over the place on WB-type TV shows, including on The O.C.'s soundtrack. So you've probably heard it.) And while I was there, I decided to download a couple of other random songs, so I looked at which songs most people had--sort of a de facto recommendation--and I came up up with "Bohemian Like You" (it's okay) and "You Were the Last High." And I cannae stop listening to it, cap'n. I'm definitely asking for the CD for my birthday, but if any of y'all have song or CD recommendations, let me know.



Sigh. I will be off working on tomorrow's presentation. No, really. I'm going to be a good girl this time.

Comments

[piratesorka.livejournal.com]

I wish you well about avoiding that stomach flu...unfortunately if you were exposed to it already well...um...sorry.

But meantime, wash your hands, wash your hands and oh btw, wash your hands. And keep your hands away from your EYES! Soft tissue sends germs faster into the system.

good luck!

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

'There is now a 2-inch scratch gash right where my hairline starts.'

for serious, head wounds bleed like great bleedy things. as long as you don't start writing 'movies in 15 hours,' we'll know you're not concussed.

[modpixie.livejournal.com]

i have some familiarity with the warhols, but not enough to recommend any particular album over the others. however, see if you can track down the video for "not if you were the last junkie on earth", which is quite amusing.

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

oh, and the best defense against flu? vitamin C (in a fizzy drink) and oscillococcinum.

[yarha.livejournal.com]

oscillococcinum

Eh? I bet you can't say that three times fast. ;)

Yarha, Oscillococcinumscope

[illmantrim.livejournal.com]

saends good thoughts and prayers and the hope you stay well!

[bibliotech.livejournal.com]

Am uploading 'Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth' for you--it's the first DW song I ever heard, waaaaay back in the day.

Also, if you want a mix CD, let me know, because boogieking bought me a brickload of blank CDs and COOKIE MONSTER HOUSESHOES OMG AM SO COOL NOW. I have an urge to make CDs, especially since I've found so much non-mainstream music in the past few months.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

M is for mix CD, and that's all right with me! ; )

[stepliana.livejournal.com]

They used "We Used To Be Friends" on Wonderfalls.

The last episode that aired before they cancelled it, woe.

[mustang-bex1126.livejournal.com]

Woe-squared... Just when I started to be like "Hrm.. this is keene a show I could watch" they moved it and canceled it, practically all in one breath-Cleo you would have LOVED it. ~snickers~omgwtftalkingsouvenier?

[darkwitchmoon.livejournal.com]

ouch girl, thats damn unlucky ;o(
bad bad timing - wonders if you can lock her in her room so shes quarentined?!?!
How did you get the gash???
I really like astro.com, some times you need to take astrology with a pinch of salt but when they have your birth time and place they do seem to be much more accurate then just giving you birth sign astrolgy that you get in newspapers (thats a modern invention frowned upon by real astrologers.
Its fascinating looking back at an event and what the sky was doing at that time.
Its spookily accurate
fingers crossed for the presentation tomorrow. Be strong and confident and you won't get the flu xxx

[rebel-waltz.livejournal.com]

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

vivian_shaw says it's called "petechiae." It freaked me out the first couple of times it happened, but it's nothing huge.

[http://users.livejournal.com/lorien__/]

hope you can avoid the flu... lots of vitamin C...

and good luck tomorrow...

L.

[raanve]

I'm not huge on the Dandy Warhols, but I do love their song "Get Off". It's on this album -- you can listen to a sample of the track there. (I used to have an mp3 around here somewhere, but I can't seem to find it.)

"Horse Sized Pills" is another good one from that record. :)

[raanve]

Err... actually I meant to type "Horse Pills".

Even though, in the song, it says "horse sized pills" consistently. But who am I to tell the Dandy Warhols how to title their songs?

[snacky]

I've broken all the capillaries in my face the last two times I've had the flu and thrown up.

The last time I had the flu, I broke a blood vessel in my eye, throwing up. I guess I was lucky my eye didn't pop right out of my head. But I had to go to work with a bloody eye for a week. SO PRETTEH!

-- Brought to you by Facts You Never Needed To Know About Snacky, Volume 4.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hurts like a motherfuck too, don't it?

(You wouldn't happen to know what it's called when you break all the capillaries in your face, would you?)

[metonymy.livejournal.com]

"Get Off" is awesome. I could listen to "Heroin is So Passe" right now. "Retarded" is one of my favourite unrequited love songs. "Sleep" is lovely. And "Lou Weed" is just funny because of how pitch-perfect an impersonation it is.

Those are all the tracks I have, but I'm hoping to get some of their stuff as Christmas booty.

[wtfbrain.livejournal.com]

Did you get the full paid version of the report from astrology.com? 'Cuz I got my chart from them a while back, and it was nowhere near as detailed as yours...

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Nope, that was the free version. Have 'em do it again--I think they've redesigned the chart features since then, because I know the old version you're talking about.

[vivian-shaw.livejournal.com]

The medical term is "petechiae," meaning the little red marks of burst capillaries under the skin.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Thanks--someone here in the comments wanted to know the proper name, and I couldn't find it. : )

Music Recs

[shotfromthehip.livejournal.com]

I write a lot of music recs & related stuff on my journal, if you want to check it out sometime.

[marcusisabadass.livejournal.com]

check out "not if you were the last junkie on earth"

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Thanks--I just downloaded it from aralinde, so I will. : )

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

I have the Martian Death Flu too.
Life is not so grand.

Your star chart looks intimidating interesting. I don't have the first clue how they work, but now I want to go to astrology.com!

I am a music-crazed person. Tell me your favorite 5 bands, and I will recommend something you (hopefully) haven't heard but will like.

[theonlykow.livejournal.com]

I heart Dandy Warhols. I'm sad I didn't get to see the Veronica Mars with that song on it, I love it. As for other CD recommendations:

Lene - Play With Me (the lead singer of Aqua [I know, I know, shut up] gets her sing on and is frighteningly decent. It has similarities to Aqua but generally has better vocals and a much less bubblegum pop. It's like Kylie Minogue vs. Aqua with more on the Kylie side. Good songs include It's Your Duty, Paper Bag and We Wanna Party.)

Um. I meant to list more but now I have a headache, haha.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hey, I like the Aqua girl. I will definitely check that out.

Oh, and "We Used to Be Friends" is VM's opening credit theme. You can catch it every time the show airs. ; )

[fanofall.livejournal.com]

Because I am twelve, I found it ridiculously funny that you used the term "shitfire" to describe Sister Girl's nasty disease which involves random acts of emesis. Hee!

And then I felt very bad about that, and I desperately hope you don't become ill. I HATE being sick with the fire of a thousand suns. It sucks, yo.

Beyond that, I'm reading everyone's comments on bands I've never even HEARD of, and realizing that (a) I'm old, at least in music terms, and (b) I have GOT to start paying attention to who sings the music I like on TV!

[elbales]

Egad, when did twelve-year-olds get this articulate? I live in mortal terror. (Says the 33-year-old old fart.)

[dreamingenigma.livejournal.com]

The only song I know by the Dandy Warhols is "Bohemian Like You" which I heard in that car commercial and I lurve it.

[yarha.livejournal.com]

Disinfect sister girl by dousing her with alcohol. I understand some white zinfandel wines are good for this. She'll thank you later. ;)

Of course, if it's viral...

Yarha, Do NOT Douse Near Open Flame

[dietcokebreak.livejournal.com]

From the first Dandy Warhols album, check out: "I Never Thought You'd Be a Junkie (Because Heroin is So Passe)" and "(I Want a Girl) as Cool as Kim Deal"

LOVE those two songs!!

[scoots-honor.livejournal.com]

(snip) Not only do I have a presentation tomorrow and some pretty major paperage coming up, but I've broken all the capillaries in my face the last two times I've had the flu and thrown up. (/snip)

Ugh.The capillaries in my face burst, too. I was really hoping this was just a scoots_honor exclusive petty torment from God, but knowing that other people have the face of doom when they get sick sucks.

[ambiguousreason.livejournal.com]

Become obsessed with washing your hands. I work in childcare (at the YMCA, if you're interested) and so I'm around snotty-nosed kids ALL THE TIME. But my saving grace is that hand disenfectant, the kind that you rub on and it air drys and kills "99.99% of all germs!!1!onene!" Seriously, if it was not for that I'd probably be perpetually sick.

And yes, I'm completely aware that a cold and the flu are different, but the same principles can probably be applied here.

You could always wash your hair in kitchen sink (or another sink, if that just seems too weird), so you don't have to venture into the Bathroom of the Sick.

Yeah, "We Used to be Friends" has been in several episodes of The O.C. (which, even though it's not like you don't have enough to do already, I think you should recap because I'm selfish and hate waiting for the recaps on TWoP, dammit).

Um. Anyway.