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Balls! My best friend has bedbugs. I hope she hasn't given me any. Tossed away my bedsheets and the outfit I wore to her place just in case.

As if that weren't enough of a bummer, hugs are now in short supply until she's rid of the little pricks. And I survive almost entirely on hugs.
 

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I wouldnt stop there. Read up on bedbugs and check daily in the places they like to hide. In the matress, along the baseboard, etc. I wouldnt bomb your house with chemicals yet, but search daily.
 

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Morning all!

There was pointing.

But no laughing.

Maybe some light snickering. ;)


How long does it take to heal from iritis?

No idea, but eye issues suck. :( If you still want to look at stuff, you may be able to patch that eye and use the other, unless you need to keep it closed. You actually kind of get used to having one patched, but I'd hope you wouldn't need to do that long enough for it to seem normal. If you decide to try to patch it, the tape on patches with the cloth edges, while totally unattractive, are more comfortable (in my experience) than the pirate kind.

I hope it feels better soon. :Hug2:

I must go.

My imaginary friends need me....

Gogo! Edit the crap outta them!~

Balls! My best friend has bedbugs. I hope she hasn't given me any. Tossed away my bedsheets and the outfit I wore to her place just in case.

As if that weren't enough of a bummer, hugs are now in short supply until she's rid of the little pricks. And I survive almost entirely on hugs.

That's a total bummer. Here are some e-hugs in lieu of real ones. :Hug2:
 

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I wouldnt stop there. Read up on bedbugs and check daily in the places they like to hide. In the matress, along the baseboard, etc. I wouldnt bomb your house with chemicals yet, but search daily.

I'm more of a bomb first, ask questions later kind of a gal. Especially if bugs are involved. *shudders*
 

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:Hug2:Thanks for the hugs, Tiff.

I wouldnt stop there. Read up on bedbugs and check daily in the places they like to hide. In the matress, along the baseboard, etc. I wouldnt bomb your house with chemicals yet, but search daily.

I've checked and not found any today. But it's only one person in her household of three who got bitten, so I'm still quite worried (young ones would mean I could have them without being bitten yet). I stayed Friday night at her place and slept in my own bed last night in the same clothes...

I can't afford to bomb my apartment with chemicals. And even if I could, I have several important wooden (the adults burrow into wood, hibernate, and come back out two years later) drums and such (of intense sentimental value) that can't be fumigated without destroying them. Damn creatures.
 

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It's mostly the Euro-films which appeared post-Éric Rohmer, without having the story in place to make them bearable. I love his balance of art and story (film being essentially a visual medium, people seemed, for a little while, to concentrate on "teh pretty" rather than making sure that the films they were making were solid enough to carry the visual element), and the box sets manage to add even more to the experience. Oh and there's a particular British film - you'll know the one - which is basically food porn, which I have never been able to sit through entirely. It's obnoxious to a degree that even Helen Mirren (whose work I love) can't elevate it beyond the mediocre and visually offensive.

Eric Rohmer is one of my favourite directors. I've seen all of his films, bar the two (one made for French TV) which haven't had a UK release. It may show in my own writing - I can be a little too fond of dialogue sometimes. Rohmer can certainly be an acquired taste - I'm aware that the expression "like watching paint dry" was first used to describe one of his films.

Peter Greenaway I'm okay with - I've liked most of what I've seen, but haven't really an urge to rewatch them. In response to your later post, he does have a sense of humour, albeit a very black one. He can be a little cold, though one exception to that is The Belly of an Architect, largely due to Brian Dennehy's performance. He's someone without honour in his home country these days - still making films, but with his financing from overseas (mainly the Netherlands, I believe) and with one exception in the last thirteen years his films haven't been distributed here.

This may be a geek thing, but I always sit through the credits. It isn't just that there might be a stinger at the end, but those people worked damn hard to make the film for my entertainment (or, in the case of some films, whatever the diametric opposite of entertainment is) and deserve credit (or blame). Stingers are added bonuses.

Me too. Also some good music to listen to (hopefully). And since I started sending in corrections to magazines and websites of records, I do take notice of copytight date, film processes and correct on-screen titles. But then I'm hardcore like that.

Yesterday was a shitty day and I couldn't see all day. So far, today has been better. I can see a little bit and now it is time to nap because they eye is fatigued.

How long does it take to heal from iritis?

Generally, the more severe it is before you start treatment, the longer it takes to go away. My first time (when I had to have a steroid injection in my eye) I was an outpatient at my local hospital's eye clinic for three months before I was discharged. More recently, since I know what's wrong and get to the eye clinc fairly early, I only had two or three hospital appointments and the iritis was gone within a month.

If you weren't able to see out of your afflicted eye, then it's fairly bad so it won't be completely gone quickly. But you will feel the benefits of the steroids soon - it sounds like you already are. The pain and general discomfort (if not the redness) should be gone within a few days.

:Hug2: again, as I know what you're going through.
 

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As often as I pepper comments in my film reviews with "get on with it already", I am completely okay with Rohmer's pacing - it is those who took those techniques and used them to give us eight minutes of people sitting in silence. Yes, the visual mood can be replicated, but you need the rest of the pieces in place before you are allowed to do that. And Rohmer gave us Le Rayon Vert, so all catch-all complaints I have about lack of big ideas skip him and hit the pretenders to the throne of French "art cinema".

And yes, I have tried catching that green flash moment to see if I could see it with my own eyes, but I must be doing something wrong, or am in the wrong place.
 

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Productive day, at least in the garden!

I finally mowed the top tier of my yard (and remowed the other parts), weeded around a tree, and then cleaned up a bunch of yard debris that I'd left around the outside my sun room last fall. Now my yard looks tended, rather than like a dump. Oh! I fixed my hose with the application of a few washers.

Met the new neighbor kitties, two black and white siblings that look to be about 6 months old.

Took my kitty out for a short walk on his harness and lead. He was utterly oblivious to the fact that the neighbor kitties were sitting up on the top tier, watching him. This is why he only goes out supervised. He's one smart indoor kitty, but dumb as a brick when it comes to the outdoors.

Now to eat dinner, put my feat up, and edit.
 

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Generally, the more severe it is before you start treatment, the longer it takes to go away. My first time (when I had to have a steroid injection in my eye) I was an outpatient at my local hospital's eye clinic for three months before I was discharged. More recently, since I know what's wrong and get to the eye clinc fairly early, I only had two or three hospital appointments and the iritis was gone within a month.

If you weren't able to see out of your afflicted eye, then it's fairly bad so it won't be completely gone quickly. But you will feel the benefits of the steroids soon - it sounds like you already are. The pain and general discomfort (if not the redness) should be gone within a few days.

:Hug2: again, as I know what you're going through.

Thanks! She made the comment today when she looked at it that it was a fairly intense case, but it seems to be getting better now. There were still some sticky spots that the dilating drops should have handled but did not, so we are doing an intense day of dilation and a check tomorrow.

But I should be able to return to work on Tuesday, if the blurriness is gone.

LOL.

*shakes fists at air* Curse you homophones!

This made me giggle.

I think it's coffee o'clock.
 

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Well, I got a lot done today! As much as I hate having missed out on plans with my best friend, it sure motivated me to work.

Now I think I'll sit down and watch Black Moon. I've never seen it, but that unicorn thing looks wicked awesome. And maybe do some drinking for once, since there's half a bottle that's been kicking around since March.

But I should be able to return to work on Tuesday, if the blurriness is gone.

Congrats! :Hug2:Here's wishing you a relatively hassle-free recovery.

Good news on the bed bugs: it seems they might be contained to my friend's basement, where her mother prefers to sleep. My bestie's room is on the upper floor! And with it only having been one night, the chance that any live here with the sheets discarded is slim. I suppose we'll know for sure if I don't get bitten this week.
 
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You folks make me smile.

Hugs to folks who need them though.

I also got lots of yard work done today. Bed #4 is in and mostly filled. I need a little more free compost and a bag of soil, then I can transplant.

Something is nibbling on my wee Celeriac though :( But I can replace them with the two remaining sprouts and then the seeds my mom brings from Poland.
 

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ok, please, let's not talk about the bright orange gorilla in the room.

I did a lot of sleeping today. Way too much, as a matter of fact. I think I'm going to top it off by doing more editing. And drinking of my decaff coffee.

oh, and did I mentioned internet pants? I got some pants off the internet, and they fit where they need to... the legs are too long, or I'm too short, but yay internet pants! :) Now I have doubled my wearable pants. And I know where to buy more that fit, if only the "petite" size. Which is pretty funny, as I ain't petite, but well, there you go.
 

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*Re: B's new avi. Love. It!
 

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A gorrila is prettier than that which wont be mentioned.

So, who else saw the movie IT when way too young?
 

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Well now you all make me feel young. Too young. Lol.

Though fear of clowns doesn't seem to be any less common in 20 y/o's. Most common reason I hear cited is, "Nobody can seriously be that happy". *headscratch*
 

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LOL.

*shakes fists at air* Curse you homophones!

Homophones are the tragedy of my life. This one was cute, however. :D

oh, and did I mentioned internet pants? I got some pants off the internet, and they fit where they need to... the legs are too long, or I'm too short, but yay internet pants! :) Now I have doubled my wearable pants. And I know where to buy more that fit, if only the "petite" size. Which is pretty funny, as I ain't petite, but well, there you go.

I just got some internet pants, too! It must be that time of year...
 

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Well, I go away for a couple of days and look what happens. Eye infections, European movies, crazy avatars, imminent bedbug attacks and feats being put up.

I missed out. That'll teach me.

I hope you are doing better TJ.

Now, I get to go apologize to my MC for trying to force him into a role he just isn't good for. 15K words will go into that special this didn't work but may be usable with someone else someday folder that sits in a dark and dusty corner of my hard drive.

No wonder I couldn't get any progress. Deciding to dump that made me feel so much easier about things. I'll let him do what he wants from now on and see what happens.
 

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Though fear of clowns doesn't seem to be any less common in 20 y/o's. Most common reason I hear cited is, "Nobody can seriously be that happy". *headscratch*

I don't know how much weight it has, but a few years ago I heard a clown phobia explanation which - at the time - made some degree of sense for me. Back in the thirties and forties, when big tents were coated in paraffin (or whatever highly flammable materials they had to hand... because - actually for waterproofing, but malicious, cackling clowns slopping paraffin around is so much more amusing) there was a real danger of death by being burned alive or being trampled to death, or even crushed by the falling big top.

The any-moment-we-might-die feeling traveling circuses inspired in people, coupled with the rise of the character The Joker (1940, which ties into several horrendous fires) mingled in the public's mind to create the notion that clown were terrifying. By the time IT came along, the phenomenon, and the language of horror surrounding the childrens' entertainers had been concreted. John Wayne Gacy was somehow tapping into this when he chose to become a clown, and the whole thing became an unbreakable cycle.

Between the Hartford circus fire and pop culture images of homicidal clowns, it is no wonder that the last century has seen such a drop in people dressing in bright colors and laughing madly for entertainment purposes.
 

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Happy Monday Morning, everyone.

Just a little something to get your day going:

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Greetings cantinas :Sun:

Today is a bank holiday in the UK, for May Day which was last week but hey, let's not let trifles such as using the proper date get in the way of a holiday, so I'm expecting traditional weather of rain any time soon. Everyone else seems to have declared it national mow your lawn day. I heard nothing but mowers and strimmers all morning.

On the subject of birds. Saturday we were walking past a hedge when I spotted a bird kind of hanging on the side like it was getting in. My first thought was 'sparrow', except then it turned to face us and I realised it was a sparrowhawk, after a few seconds it flew off with a sparrow in it's talons, to a garden across the road. Who needs tv with real-life drama?
 
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Saturday we were walking past a hdge when I spotted a bird ind of hanging on the side like it was getting in. My first thought was 'sparrow', except then it turne to face us and I realised it was a sparrowhawk, after a few seconds it flew off with a sparrow in it's talons, to a garden across the road. Who needs tv with real-life drama?


It's all circular.
 
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