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Monday, October 11, 2004

These posts are just falling all over themselves today, aren’t they?

I saw Dr. Barnet this morning, finally (after a reschedule of a reschedule).

His recommendation is to “wait and see” with my eyes.  They are still changing, even a year after the surgery.  Fortunately, since he considers this a part of “ongoing treatment”, all visits will be on their tab, and he told me if anyone tries to argue with me about it, to tell them to go talk to him.  teehee!

So anyway.  I discovered today that my left eye is now slightly worse than my right…whereas before, the left was always better than the right.

I’m ok with it I suppose.  I manage ok, and while seeing street signs at night is a little iffy, at least in the distance, as long as I’m not driving anywhere unfamiliar it’s no biggie.

In other eye-related news, I had an “episode” last week at work (either Monday or Tuesday, can’t remember anymore), where the right side of my peripheral vision just up and left the building.  And bits of my central vision, too.  But it wasn’t just blackness… it was more of a white-ish dance-y flickering.

It freaked me out, but it wasn’t the first time it has happened.  Oh, and it was in both eyes.  Followed by an excruciating headache.  A headache that took four Advil (in the span of an hour), to finally conquer (when normally two will do it nicely).

I brought this up to Dr. Barnet, and his diagnosis was, “classic migraine”.  I asked this after he had already looked in my eyeballs with the really bright light, and he didn’t think it was anything else but a migraine.  Oh joy.  Migraines.  Whee!

He did recommend I visit my regular doctor if they started to happen on a more regular basis, as he says there are some pretty good migraine medicines these days.

Up until last week it hadn’t happened in a long while… probably more than a year I think, if not longer than that, since I don’t recall having an “episode” since my lasik surgery.  I just hope they don’t start happening on a more regular basis, especially while I’m at work.  I was totally useless (during the blind spot part) for about 20 minutes.  I did try to work while it was happening but when it started creeping into my central vision, it made it really hard to see what I was doing.  Bleh.  Not fun.

But anyway… enough of that.  Time to go get dinner!


Posted by Niki on 10/11 at 08:36 PM
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aaaa-chooo!

Thursday, October 07, 2004

There must be dust in the air today or something.  I’ve been sneezing a lot this morning, and now I sound like I have a cold, when I very likely don’t.  I have border-line allergies (self-diagnosed), and they seem to crop up at the oddest of times… like now, when the pollen count isn’t even on the high side of medium (it’s 5.7 for this area)... 

Of course, it could just be a particular type of pollen that gets to me, I just haven’t paid too close attention to what the counts are when I get all sneezy like this.  I think that’s mostly due to it not happening very often, and only once in a long while do I get so sneezy that I reach for the Benedryl…  Today isn’t one of those days, it’s just enough to annoy me.


Posted by Niki on 10/07 at 03:30 AM
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an event from yesterday…

Thursday, September 30, 2004

I had a close call on the way to work yesterday.  I was going to post it yesterday, but found I wasn’t really in the mood to blog about anything at that point.  And so it appears today.

Anyway.

I had a really close call on the way to work yesterday.  I mean, by inches.

So, I’m driving east on the 101, about two miles past the I-17.  I’m in the middle lane, tootling along at about 68-70mph, minding my own business, probably singning to a random song on the radio.  A black ford pickup truck is in the lane to my right.  And I am not, I repeat, not,  in his blind spot.  The front of my car is probably even with where the hood of his truck meets the windshield.

Do you see where this is going yet?

I suddenly notice the distance between us has grown smaller.  I realize he is moving into my lane.

Um, excuse me, I’m in this lane already!!! He didn’t even give me the courtesy of a friggin blinker!

I lay on my horn, glance to my left (there is a big red pickup in that lane, but it’s behind me so it’s not in my way), and start slowing down while inching to the left to avoid being hit by the fucker in the ford.

Usually, when I hit my horn when people are coming too near to my car, they hear it and lurch back into their own lane.  This schmuck kept on moving into my lane!  It’s like he didn’t even hear my horn.

I was able to slow down enough to get out of his way and back into the middle lane where I was before.  But not without flipping off the asshole in the Ford first, of course.  I think I had to actually slow to about 55-60 to get out of his way (speed limit is 65 on that freeway).  I was a jumbled bundle of nerves at that point.  And then I got pissed.

I punched the gas to catch up to the Ford (I wanted to flip him off again).  By the time I caught up with him, he had moved back into the right lane.  I paced him, looked over to prepare to flip him off again, and saw that he was jabbering away on his friggin cell phone!!  No fucking WONDER he didn’t hear my horn! He was too caught up in his conversation to even realize what was going on around him.  Since he wouldn’t have seen it anyway, I didn’t bother with the bird.  Instead I let loose a bunch of cursing, sped up and passed him so I could get ready to exit to the 51.

I really don’t know how I managed to keep from getting hit by this guy.  I even managed to keep my side mirror intact, although I’m sure he got pretty close to it.

While cell phones are good for having in the car in case of an emergency, and while I do use my own in my car while driving, that guy is probably a real good reason they should probably be banned from being used by the driver of a car while it is in motion.  When I use mine, I try to be careful and make sure I don’t become one of those assholes who become totally oblivious to the fact they’re supposed to be in control of their vehicles and that they’re not the only people on the road… and when I have my headset, I make a point to use it instead, that way I have both hands free to handle the steering wheel and stick shift…

I think what annoys me the most about that whole thing, is the fact that he probably had absolutely no clue he nearly side-swiped someone that day.  Because he was holding the phone with his left hand, which was blocking his peripheral vision, and the phone was at his left ear, which is probably why he didn’t hear my horn.

Gah!  He’s lucky he didn’t do that to some ganster packing a gun.  That sort of thing surely would have gotten his ass shot dead.


Posted by Niki on 09/30 at 06:19 PM
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on the bandwagon…

Monday, September 27, 2004

Ok, I’ve seen just about everyone else doing this… so here I go… in bold are things I’ve done:

  1. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
  2. Swam with wild dolphins
  3. Climbed a mountain
  4. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
  5. Been inside the Great Pyramid
  6. Held a tarantula.
  7. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
  8. Said ‘I love you’ and meant it
  9. Hugged a tree
  10. Done a striptease
  11. Bungee jumped
  12. Visited Paris
  13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
  14. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise
  15. Seen the Northern Lights
  16. Gone to a huge sports game
  17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
  18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
  19. Touched an iceberg
  20. Slept under the stars
  21. Changed a baby’s diaper
  22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
  23. Watched a meteor shower
  24. Gotten drunk on champagne
  25. Given more than you can afford to charity
  26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
  27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
  28. Had a food fight
  29. Bet on a winning horse
  30. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (and really, who the hell hasn’t done this?)
  31. Asked out a stranger
  32. Had a snowball fight
  33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
  34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
  35. Held a lamb
  36. Enacted a favorite fantasy
  37. Taken a midnight skinny dip
  38. Taken an ice cold bath
  39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
  40. Seen a total eclipse
  41. Ridden a roller coaster
  42. Hit a home run
  43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
  44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
  45. Adopted an accent for an entire day
  46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
  47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
  48. Had two hard drives for your computer
  49. Visited all 50 states
  50. Loved your job for all accounts
  51. (currently job #2)
  52. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
  53. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
  54. Had amazing friends
  55. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
  56. Watched wild whales
  57. Stolen a sign
  58. Backpacked in Europe
  59. Taken a road-trip
  60. Rock climbing
  61. Lied to foreign government’s official in that country to avoid notice
  62. Midnight walk on the beach
  63. Sky diving
  64. Visited Ireland
  65. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love
  66. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
  67. Does Benihana’s count?
  68. Visited Japan
  69. Benchpressed your own weight
  70. Milked a cow
  71. Alphabetized your records
  72. Pretended to be a superhero
  73. Sung karaoke
  74. Lounged around in bed all day
  75. Posed nude in front of strangers
  76. Scuba diving
  77. Got it on to “Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye
  78. Kissed in the rain
  79. Played in the mud
  80. Played in the rain
  81. Gone to a drive-in theater
  82. Done something you should regret, but don’t regret it
  83. Visited the Great Wall of China
  84. Discovered that someone who’s not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog
  85. Dropped Windows in favor of something better
  86. (Ok, so I haven’t completely dropped Windows yet, but I use my powerbook more often than not these days!)
  87. Started a business
  88. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
  89. Toured ancient sites
  90. Taken a martial arts class
  91. Swordfought for the honor of a woman
  92. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
  93. Gotten married
  94. Been in a movie
  95. Crashed a party
  96. Loved someone you shouldn’t have
  97. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy
  98. Gotten divorced
  99. Had sex at the office
  100. Gone without food for 5 days
  101. Made cookies from scratch
  102. Won first prize in a costume contest
  103. Ridden a gondola in Venice
  104. Gotten a tattoo
  105. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on
  106. Rafted the Snake River
  107. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
  108. Got flowers for no reason
  109. Masturbated in a public place
  110. Got so drunk you don’t remember anything
  111. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
  112. Performed on stage
  113. Been to Las Vegas
  114. Recorded music
  115. Eaten shark
  116. Had a one-night stand
  117. Gone to Thailand
  118. Seen Siouxsie live
  119. Bought a house
  120. Been in a combat zone
  121. Buried one/both of your parents
  122. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off
  123. Been on a cruise ship
  124. Spoken more than one language fluently
  125. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
  126. Bounced a check
  127. Performed in Rocky Horror
  128. Read - and understood - your credit report
  129. Raised children
  130. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy
  131. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
  132. Created and named your own constellation of stars
  133. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
  134. Found out something significant that your ancestors did
  135. Called or written your Congress person
  136. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
  137. ...more than once? - More than thrice?
  138. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
  139. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
  140. Had an abortion or your female partner did
  141. Had plastic surgery
  142. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived.
  143. Wrote articles for a large publication
  144. Lost over 100 pounds
  145. Held someone while they were having a flashback
  146. Piloted an airplane
  147. Petted a stingray
  148. Broken someone’s heart
  149. Helped an animal give birth
  150. Been fired or laid off from a job
  151. Won money on a T.V. game show
  152. Broken a bone
  153. Killed a human being
  154. Gone on an African photo safari
  155. Ridden a motorcycle
  156. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100mph
  157. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
  158. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
  159. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
  160. Ridden a horse
  161. Had major surgery
  162. Had sex on a moving train
  163. Had a snake as a pet
  164. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
  165. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
  166. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
  167. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
  168. Visited all 7 continents
  169. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
  170. Eaten kangaroo meat
  171. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground
  172. Been a sperm or egg donor
  173. Eaten sushi
  174. Had your picture in the newspaper
  175. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime
  176. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
  177. Gotten someone fired for their actions
  178. Gone back to school
  179. Parasailed
  180. Changed your name
  181. Petted a cockroach
  182. Eaten fried green tomatoes
  183. Read The Iliad
  184. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read,
  185. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them
  186. ...and gotten 86’ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you
  187. Taught yourself an art from scratch
  188. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
  189.   Fish.  Yuck.
  190. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
  191. Skipped all your school reunions (not on purpose)
  192. (I even paid for my shirt, but still didn’t make it to the renuion)
  193. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
  194. Been elected to public office
  195. Written your own computer language
  196. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
  197. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
  198. Built your own PC from parts
  199. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
  200. Had a booth at a street fair
  201. Dyed your hair
  202. Been a DJ
  203. Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal
  204. Written your own role playing game
  205. Been arrested

Posted by Niki on 09/27 at 10:40 PM
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they missed the memo.

Saturday, September 25, 2004

Ok, so, my head still feels like it’s stuffed with cotton.

My sinuses, however, didn’t get that memo.

And my nose is really pissed off at them for it.  And I’m using soft Puffs, too!  😠

Obviously, I’m a grumpy whiner when I’m sick.  It doesn’t help that I don’t have any vacation days left for this year so if I were to go home early, I’d be cutting into next year’s pool, even more than I already have.  Grr.


Posted by Niki on 09/25 at 11:01 PM
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waiting…

For the day-quil to kick in…
I take only one because two, even if it’s day-quil, will knock me out.
I also have to take only half-doses of ny-quil, else I’d sleep for 12 solid hours.

my head feels like it’s gonna essplode under the pressure… or implode, or whatever.

ugh.


Posted by Niki on 09/25 at 03:23 PM
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it shows no mercy…

This is unfair.

Josh can bring home a cold or flu and 9 times out of 10 I won’t catch the damn thing—and I sleep with him.

But someone at work, who sits 10 feet away from me and who I may only get as close as 3 feet to, during the course of the day, gives me his cold.

Where is the logic in that?!

I had a sneezing fit just before it was time for me to get out of bed and get ready for work… I am still sneezing, and my head is all stuffy.  Grrr…..

ETA:  I just realized something, if I am still feeling like this on Monday, I’m going to have to call in sick at job#2 because the lady working is all by herself this week, and the last thing I need to do is pass this on to HER when there is no one else to cover for her if she gets sick!!  Fuck.  I was so looking forward to getting my last two days-in-a-row there before changing to the one-day-a-week schedule.. Gah!


Posted by Niki on 09/25 at 01:51 PM
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ugh…

Thursday, September 02, 2004

Between the headache centered behind my left eyeball and the monster pimple that planted itself in the tip of my poor nose, I’m just a ball o’pain tonight.

Is it creepy that I can feel my nose throbbing?
I keep wondering if an alien is going to burst out of it…


Posted by Niki on 09/02 at 11:48 PM
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rudolph with your nose so bright…

I have one of those pimples.  The ones that are deep under your skin, making it red & irritated, and are painful.

I hate those.

And I don’t wear makeup, so the red spot is in plain sight.  Grrr.  😠


Posted by Niki on 09/02 at 07:49 PM
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the itching will drive me mad…

Wednesday, July 28, 2004

I have a rash on my left hand, above the ring & middle fingers.

It is driving me quite insane.

Josh & I had dinner with his mom & step-dad tonight, and something she asked us at dinner, later turned on a light for me…

Had I used any chemicals or came in contact with any recently? Changed soaps, etc?  At the time, my answer was an emphatic no.

However, on the way home, I realized something.

We slathered on sunscreen before going into the pool Sunday afternoon (when this rash first appeared).  And again today.

Ding!

Josh’s neck has started to get itchy today, and he mentioned he had the same itchiness when we used the sunscreen in Florida in March.

D’oh!  I guess we’re having a bad reaction to it.  Seems I’ll have to go on the hunt for another brand or something.

Ah well.  Sorry, TJ, that I didn’t realize it at the time you asked us about that. 😊


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