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I have a weird lump on the back of my head, about the size of a golf ball, a few inches behind my left ear--I get it sometimes, but it's never hurt this bad. I was asking around, and it's very likely a form of bursitis--an inflammation of a sac near a joint or moving part (and it is kind of close to my neck) caused by strain or damage. My doctor thinks that this, and my intestinal catastrophes on Saturday, were caused by the whole thing about Mom losing/leaving her job. Which I can see, because I was completely calm about it, supportive, rational, what-have-you, all weekend. Because that's what I do. But upset and anxiety always finds a way to express itself, with me anyway, and since I don't really have or know any other way to deal with it mentally, I end up with, like, one of the seven plagues of Egypt. I am dead serious. It used to be massive upset stomachs--or maybe it was headaches; I can't remember which came first. Whichever one it was, I got that under control after several years, and then the other one kicked up as my go-to physical response. Then I got that under control, and what did I start getting? Boils. I am not freakin' kidding. And I'm a firstborn, too, so you can see why I'm hoping this doesn't get any more Biblical than it has to. But I seem to have gone back to upset stomachs, with an upgrade of bursitical knots and massive insomnia. Although the insomnia is at least partly caused by the Wellbutrin withdrawal/readjustment (I have a fresh supply now). I'm just hoping like hell that locusts don't show up.


Author Frey admits fictions, Oprah apologizes. WHOA! He admits to everything, y'all--he says the Smoking Gun report is "pretty accurate. They did a good job." And Oprah apologizes for that phone call to Larry King defending him. Oh man. I totally need a cigarette right now.

Police investigate family of seven crash death; tractor trailer shoved car into school bus.

Evidence suggests that a tractor-trailer never braked before it rear-ended a car full of young relatives and shoved it into a stopped school bus on a rural highway, killing all seven children in the car, state troopers said. [A 15-year-old was driving; no adult was in the car.] As authorities tried to determine why the truck driver apparently didn't stop, the children's family tried to cope with unimaginable grief that grew even more heart wrenching after Wednesday's crash when a grandfather died. William Scott, 62, "had a massive heart attack tonight over all this," Barbara Mann, the children's mother and Scott's daughter, told CNN on Wednesday. "I can't deal with it."
Foreign Leaders Shocked at Hamas Win.

Malaysia Creates Team to Track 'Bigfoot.'

India history spat hits US.

Officers Discharged Under Gay Policy.

Life without a Blackberry? Users shudder to think. My favorite is the "I'M NOT AN ADDICT!" guy.

Michael Jackson Spotted in Robe and Veil.

The Bloggies nominations. Some of the nominations are... interesting.

A woman drawn from the inside out--that is to say, starting from bone structure and then into muscles, skin, etc.

[livejournal.com profile] ciara_belle: "I don't know if you saw this, but there is now a West Coast answer to the SNL Narnia rap. It's like the most adorable rap feud ever. ^^ (I mention because Stein in the video is a cousin of a good friend of mine.)"

PEEPS! IN CHOCOLATE EGGS!

Best blonde joke ever.

Argh, pain. Back to work.


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Date: 2006-01-26 10:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] oohasparklie.livejournal.com
the policy that allows gays and lesbians to serve as long as they abstain from homosexual activity and do not disclose their sexual orientation.

But hetero people are allowed any kind of sexual contact they want, including rape, which is rarely punished in a satisfactory manner. What the fuck is wrong with this country?!

I have an ex-boyfriend who was discharged from the airforce for being gay. Yes, I know how weird that sounds.

This is just embarassing that we are doing this to people in today's times. Haven't we learned not to discriminate against people yet?!

Date: 2006-01-26 11:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anne-jumps.livejournal.com
And their policy is taking/keeping highly skilled people out of the military, and at the same time they're accepting people who've done abominably on the test they make enlistees take. Great plan for a fighting force.

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Date: 2006-01-26 10:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crumpeteer.livejournal.com
Oprah's not letting him off the hook either. I love it when intellectualism becomes tabloid media. You'd think people would learn from all the incidents we've had in the past or at least from watching Shattered Glass, but apparently not.

Fascinating to watch Frey and the publishers squirm though.

Date: 2006-01-26 10:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] skyblade.livejournal.com
Maybe with luck the locusts will devour all the kudzu?

Date: 2006-01-26 10:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jedilora.livejournal.com
Okay, the Narnia Rap Battle? East coast response is that it's not about Color me Mine-it's all about PLASTER FUNTIME. (http://www.plasterfuntime.com/)

And I do seriously spend time there on the weekend from time to time.

Date: 2006-01-26 10:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kekepania.livejournal.com
OMG THE PEEPS! Yay! :D

*ahem* Sorry, I love peeps. And peeps mixed with my chocoholic issues just made me go.....Yay!

Date: 2006-01-27 12:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rhapsodeeinblue.livejournal.com
The peeps-in-chocolate made my mouth waterrr. And HEE @ your icon! (What is it, exactly?)

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Date: 2006-01-26 10:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lafemmezilla.livejournal.com
Wow, $5 per egg seems a little pricey. I mean, I can get a whole strip of peeps for 50 cents!

I hope you feel better soon. I have the same thing with the upset stomach and headaches under stress - not fun! And it's not even curable by $5 peeps! what gives!?! stupid modern medicine.

Date: 2006-01-26 10:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jasminelily.livejournal.com
I had lunch today with a bunch of friends, a table full of Blackberry users, and we all talked longingly about if the injunction actually happens (which none of us think actually will). Ahhhhhhh.

Date: 2006-01-26 10:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] orangebaroness.livejournal.com
So you just keep clicking and it never shows you the joke?
That's not funny, that's frustrating.

I have to say that I loved the woman from the inside out-- that was really neat.

♥ Yay first comment.

Date: 2006-01-26 11:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cleolinda.livejournal.com
Basically, the joke is that a stereotypical joke blonde would keep clicking forever, wondering where the joke was.

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Date: 2006-01-26 10:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] qualinesti.livejournal.com
I would find it much easier to be sympathetic to your physical reactions to stress if you didnt make me laugh about it. If it makes you feel any better, my hair falls out as a result of stress.

Date: 2006-01-26 10:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alpheratz.livejournal.com
The overall discharges peaked in 2000 and 2001, on the heels of the 1999 murder of Pfc. Barry Winchell, who was bludgeoned to death by a fellow soldier at Fort Campbell, Ky., who believed Winchell was gay.

So, wait, a hate crime against a maybe gay guy happens, and they discharge more gays? Wow. That is so messed up.

Date: 2006-01-26 11:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] missmp.livejournal.com
My thought was that soldiers who were gay and on that base probably wanted to get out asap and were like, "Hi! I'm gay. Please let me go somewhere where I'm less likely to be killed."

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Date: 2006-01-26 10:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] acroamatica.livejournal.com
I'm definitely posting that joke. :D :D :D

Date: 2006-01-26 11:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lilychick.livejournal.com
I have to let you know, I think your icon is so cute that I'm willing to put aside my hangups and call Gerard "cute" in public. :-D

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Date: 2006-01-26 11:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] particle-person.livejournal.com
But upset and anxiety always finds a way to express itself, with me anyway,

Yeah, I've noticed you're always sick around papers/exams/book due dates. I wonder if it's a direct placebo effect or if your immune system only works when you're in a happy place. Here's hoping your mom finds a new job quickly, for a number of reasons.

Date: 2006-01-26 11:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nasus221.livejournal.com
lol I tried to follow that blonde joke for awhile but it eventually just started back over again. And damn you for showing me those peeps, now I really want sugar.

Date: 2006-01-27 12:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] r-a-black.livejournal.com
Your icon is teh perty.

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Date: 2006-01-26 11:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bibliotech.livejournal.com
Did you see this? News of a crash in which seven children perished so upset their grandfather that he had a massive heart attack and died, the children's mother said. (http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/26/bus.crash/index.html) Woe.

Date: 2006-01-26 11:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cleolinda.livejournal.com
Well, it's in the excerpt I posted. I want to find out what the hell happened with the driver of the truck, myself.

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Date: 2006-01-26 11:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rockgeisha.livejournal.com
Haha, I didn't smoke throughout the whole episode so I could really enjoy it. Hang on--*flick* Ahhhhh. Between this and my CnS for my order on 1/11, I've been all Eeee! all day.

Date: 2006-01-26 11:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cleolinda.livejournal.com
And I don't even smoke, yo. (Seriously, 1/11? I was hearing about 1/7s yesterday. Holy shit, their downtime has gotten short! It used to be up to like 10 weeks.)

Date: 2006-01-26 11:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] notashamed.livejournal.com
don't know if you heard about this, but For some reason Amy Fischer, Mary Jo and Joey Buttafuoco have decided they need to go on TV once again. (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/23/people.fisher.buttafuoco.reunion.ap/index.html?section=cnn_topstories)

Date: 2006-01-26 11:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anne-jumps.livejournal.com
Oh, in case you don't see it otherwise: http://anne-jumps.livejournal.com/986925.html

Date: 2006-01-26 11:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] drpeprfan.livejournal.com
Peeps and CHOCOLATE? What genius.

That blonde joke thing made me laugh a lot. It makes me think of the card they have that says "Idiot Card: Entertains for Hours!" and then "See opposite side", but the other side says the same thing.

Date: 2006-01-26 11:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] valkyrie79.livejournal.com
Yikes on the head lump. You've been to the doctor then? Do you have medicine for it, or is it a give it time sort of thing? Sounds really unpleasant.

Date: 2006-01-27 12:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cleolinda.livejournal.com
It's a give it time thing, pretty common, like a mouth ulcer or something. Just on, like, my head. It basically feels like I bumped my head pretty bad and it swelled a bit.

Date: 2006-01-26 11:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] missmp.livejournal.com
upset and anxiety always finds a way to express itself

I used to throw up before exams. That was fun. My dad got hives when he was stressed. The mind/body connection would actually be kind of fascinating if it wasn't such a huge pain in the ass.

Date: 2006-01-26 11:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bacardibreezer7.livejournal.com
My favourite part was, "Step off little girl, that's my motherf*ckin brush!"

Date: 2006-01-26 11:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] princessstarr.livejournal.com
Peeps in chocolate eggs? SIGN ME UP.

And the rap battle is hysterical. *snerks*

Date: 2006-01-26 11:45 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] leucocrystal
Wow, that's really the first time I've ever heard of someone's stress really physically manifesting itself like that!  It must get very frustrating for you.  But then again, there are down sides and up sides to all ways of dealing with stress, and luckily, despite how awful all that sounds, you seem to be dealing with it just fine.  Nevertheless, here's hoping you feel better soon. ♥

Also, holy shit -- that woman drawn from the inside out thing?  Absolutely incredible.  Coming from an artist who's taken years of figure study... Jesus.  Funnily enough, it reminds me of what one of my old art teachers, Fred, used to stress every week at figure class -- you have to have at least a basic understanding of bone structure and musculature to draw the figure properly.  And it's true, but I am nowhere near that acquainted with structure.  Amazing.

Date: 2006-01-26 11:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stargal62889.livejournal.com
I love that joke!

Date: 2006-01-27 12:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] astael.livejournal.com
Ugh, my stress always manifests itself physically too. I'll feel perfectly calm and collected and meanwhile, my skin erupts in hideous, psoriasis-like rashes. Because I always need one more thing to freak about, apparently.
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