Hummingwolf Today

[hummingwolf]

Now wearing: My peacock shirt with the light beige background, blue jeans, turquoise striped socks with stylized seahorses, old glasses, and boring underwear.

Now seeing: Letters & icons on the monitor, glowing mouse, keyboard. No non-computer lights on in my room, so everything else is too dimly lit to see in detail.

Now hearing: Icehouse's Big Wheel because the title track was playing on my brain radio this morning.
Revolution in the city
Revolution in the street
When the circle is in motion
Then the circle is complete

Now feeling: Achy, dazed, vaguely migrainey.

Now drinking: Hoji-cha (roasted green tea) in hopes that the low dose of caffeine will keep the migraine from worsening. Would rather not take the prescription headache meds if I can avoid it, though they do knock me out nicely.

Now smelling: Not much now that I've set the teacup down.

Last meal eaten: Fried chicken and Korean sweet potato, to which I added onion and gai lan (a.k.a. Chinese kale or Chinese broccoli), all of it seasoned with chili powder and salt.

Adventure of last week: Observant readers may have guessed that I've been to the Korean supermarket recently. It was Friday the 13th, in fact, after a long bus ride and before a neurologist appointment followed by another long bus ride. Exhausting trip, but I got some tasty food out of it.

Food of the week: In spite of the above, I'd have to say Stayman apples from the farmers market. I'm gonna miss that market this winter.

Toy of the day: Did you know that Korean Cheetos have no cheese? It's true: the bag I bought on Friday was a pepper flavor called "Hot & Spicy" in English (which is surely translated into Korean as "Wimpy Flavor Created by Americans"). Anyway, Korean Cheetos have no cheese, but they do come with toys. After some assembly, I now have a spinning top with Chester Cheetah on it (and the English label "Made in Taiwan"). It is good to be easily amused.

Now reading: Not much, unfortunately. It's been too hard for me to concentrate lately, which is frustrating because I have about a zillion books on my stack to be read.

Last TV show watched: Well, I don't have a digital TV yet, but there are still a few low-power analog stations the old TV can get. Last night I watched the latest Hal Lindsey Report. It was not as entertaining as the last time I watched the show (News story suggesting peaceful cooperation between nations = Sign of the End of the World! News story about increasing violence or threats thereof = Sign of the End of the World! Bonus points if it involves Israel (hint: everything involves Israel). New scientific discovery = Interesting in its own right Sign of the End of the World!) As far as I can tell, last night's episode was all about the Fort Hood shooting, the evils of Political Correctness, and the fact that all devout Muslims are ticking time bombs, which last is undoubtedly true if your definition of "devout Muslim" is "Islamic version of those guys who shoot abortion doctors" (everyone else is just not committed enough). Anyway, that's what I watched before I went to bed. Want new television.

Current medications: Aside from headache drugs I'm trying to avoid taking, my dose of Keppra has been halved. The neurologist said some of my recent problems could possibly be side effects, so she lowered my dose of that and prescribed another drug to go along with it. Medicaid, however, decided that they didn't want to pay for Lyrica without special authorization, so until I get that I'm just on the Keppra. Gives me a chance to find out if worsening symptoms get better on the lower dose, at least.

Miles walked: Around threeish, which is a little less than I walked yesterday. Weather both days was beautiful, sunny with temperatures in upper 60s or low 70s, wonderful for walking around on sidewalks covered in leaves. Tomorrow I am scheduled to collapse.

Links: Meant to post this last week: Signature of antimatter detected in lightning--and mad scientists everywhere rejoice (link via nancylebov).
Oldie but goodie: How I Found the Lost Atlantis, The Source of All Civilization.

Quiz results of the day:

You Should Take Some Deep Breaths

Part of what's stressing you out right now is that there's too much going on at once. You hardly have room to breathe. And to be honest, the idea of taking on a little project to de-stress yourself is even stressful. So don't worry about doing much. Just take a few deep breaths. In fact, try it right now. Doesn't that feel good? Repeat this as often as you need to. This is the first step to clearing your head and feeling better.

How Should You De-stress?

Blogthings: Learn Something Surprising About Yourself

You Are a Geek

You love to learn, especially when it's about technology. No subject is too obscure for you. You enjoy tinkering with things to see how they work. You aren't a traditional learner either... you need to hack around to figure things out. You may have the brains to be a super rich Silicon Valley geek, but you're truly content to have your own favorite projects, subjects, and toys. For you, being a geek is not about the glory. It's about a love of digging deep and truly understanding the world.

What's Your Stereotype?

Blogthings: Waste Time at Work!

Comments

[fearthainnlent.livejournal.com]

My very favorite new store is H-Mart in Duluth.
Unfortunately Duluth is very far from Jacksonville.

We do have several Korean Markets in town but nothing like H-Mart *gush*.

We picked up lovely things there including freshly made ricepuff crakers. The machine goes "POP" it's all very highpressure mechanical niftiness.

Avoiding pain and migraines as I can too. Hang in there.

[hasufin.livejournal.com]

We missed you on Saturday! (but understand why you couldn't make it)

[(Anonymous)]

Wait, Duluth? Has a cool store? I'm in that frigidly dark city. Please share!

...unless you mean Duluth, GA. In which I am not.

[erigeneia.livejournal.com]

I love Keppra. It's the only thing that killed my take-me-to-the-ER, stroke-like horrid migraines. Knock on wood, it'll keep working.

Hope your new dose goes well. (And that post about Duluth up there is me too, I forgot to sign in.)

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

that dish you cooked sounds outstanding! what's korean sweet potato like? i cannot get it up to cook any more, alas. :(

hal lindsey is still doing his late great planet earth schtick? well, i guess he knows what plays in peoria. (no offense to peoria intended.)

p.s. lately my brain has been serving up homonyms and half-rhymes. what up, brain?

[rhiannasilel.livejournal.com]

Hope your new dose of meds does what you need it to do. Migraines can be such a bitch (kind of fighting one now and hoping I can avoid it because when the only thing you can take is Tylenol they start to suck even more).

Korean markets rule! We actually have a couple of them not far from us and it's always an adventure. Rab wants to take Odin to the one with the giant eels so he can see them, but I'm afraid he'll freak out if he sees them being butchered.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Thank you! The meds I'm taking are primarily for seizure control, but if they help with either migraines or fibro pain I will certainly not complain.

I wonder if my neurologist's office is near where you live. Sounds like it could be.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Oh, I cook pretty simply. When I say I fried chicken, I mean that--no breading or other preparation, just frying a nekkid piece of chicken. :-) Korean sweet potato's got a milder flavor, a little less sweet than the sweet potatoes we're used to. Tastes maybe a little nutty? Anyway, it went well with the meat & other veggies!

Yeah, Lindsey's doing the same old thing. Nowadays at least he can avoid the Liberal Media and rely solely on FOX News, which must come as a relief to him.

I didn't see anything wrong with the first version of your comment, so I'm probably the wrong person to ask!

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

I wish Keppra helped with my migraines! It's been doing good work keeping the worst of my seizures in check, but it's never helped with the headaches at all. I'm glad it works for you!

http://www.hmart.com/company_new/shop_main.asp suggests the shop's in Duluth, GA, more's the pity.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

I missed you guys too, but I was pretty completely wiped on Saturday. Hopefully I'll make the next MSC, whenever that may be!

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

I've never been to H-Mart, though I know there's at least one I could get to by bus. One of these days maybe I'll make a special trip there. The Korean store near my doctor's office has a produce section that's a joy to wander through!

[windsparrow.livejournal.com]

It's always good to see your font! I hope you finally conquered the headache.

[rhiannasilel.livejournal.com]

It might be. I live in Montgomery Village, now, at the corner of Midcounty Highway and Montgomery Village Avenue. If it's near me, let me know we can probably work something out if you need to crash here for early morning appointments or anything or if you even just want to drop by for a visit. We'd love the company.:)

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Looks like you're not very close to that office after all, but thank you for the offer! I would like to visit you one of these days!

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Eh, headache's likely to come & go for a few days (stupid hormones). It's mostly gone at the moment, so now I'm resting & hoping I manage not to catch the cold going around the household!

It's always good to see you too, Andi.
::germ-free snuggles::