Yes, Julia, I finally saw Eternal Sunshine. Nothing I’ve read about Eternal Sunshine has been in any way incorrect.
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Incidentally, Wario Ware is pretty great
For at least seven years, I’ve had a chronic leg pain that would only ever occur in one leg at a time (but not always the same leg), and only after a night in which I’d stayed up too late and not slept enough. It was fairly rare, never lasted more than a day, and didn’t feel like a sharp pain, so I mostly ignored it. My basic theory on it was that I had suffered some kind of stress fracture in the past; it only hurt, after all, when I was too tired for my muscles to support me properly (keep in mind here that my grasp of anatomy is fairly medieval).
I stayed up forever late the other night, playing Wario Ware Inc and Illuminati with the Tuesday Night Ballers, and yesterday I had my first recurrence of the problem since moving in with Maria in August. It was also worse than usual, probably because I’d sprinted for (and missed) the bus in the afternoon. I planned on ignoring it and treating it with sleep, as usual.
Maria, not a person who is lightly put off a train of thought, decided to treat me with forced couch rest, Advil and an insulated hot towel around my ankle–even though the pain extends through my entire calf. I humored her, and then to my surprise, her doctoring completely worked inside an hour. The pain was completely gone. It was pretty magical; I’ve never had my leg feel better so fast before. Maria is my hero!
Anyway, she says this means the problem is mostly (if not all) mild tendonitis. Interesting. I always wondered when I’d get my first chronic stress injury, but then I also figured it’d be carpal tunnel.
I have filed the FAFSA six times, and that is too many times
Bet you’re all worried about your taxes now, huh? Tomorrow’s April 15th! WoooOOOooo! Tax Day! Better get ready! Eli’s comin’! Eli’s comin’!
Okay, actually I don’t even know anybody who’s freaked out about taxes. I was going to try and gloat because I got mine done a month ago, when I filed the FAFSA for hopefully the last time ever. Unless it’s not.
So no gloating. I guess I shouldn’t gloat anyway. It’s not like I know for sure I’ll be done with grad school in a year, or that… you know, it’s like those rare times when I get something done early. And there’s not any… I just…
Sigh.
Mood: Depressed
Music: Gary Jules – “I Was Sad Because My Cat Died”
It’s getting to be less “luck” and more “frightening skill”
Maria won Illuminati again. Sean and I (we were playing teams) were one card away from victory, playing as the Bermuda Triangle and with the Orbital Mind Control Lasers already in our grasp, and we rolled an 11 and she won. I hate the stupid Discordians.
It was still pretty much the best power structure, and the fastest, I’ve ever built. We probably committed the classic error of looking too dangerous early on. Also, Maria wants me to tell you that her brother Michael was her partner, but we all know it was her heathen luck that carried the day.
I was going to write a short story one of these days called “What Ever Happened to Frances Bean?” I guess I still could, but MSN tells me she’s bumming around with Courtney (custody loss notwithstanding).
“‘Sometimes, mommies need to get laid, too,’ explains the embattled entertainer, uttering a phrase that sounds like the title of the most inappropriate kids’ book ever. ‘But mommy,’ replies Frances, ostensibly unprompted, ‘you intimidate men!’ Uh-huh. Anyway, Love is due in court this week to answer to drug and disorderly-conduct charges.”
I won my first game of Illuminati earlier today, playing as the Bermuda Triangle–not a great group, but my favorite so far. I had it all set to take the Orbital Mind Control Lasers, but it ended up that the Boy Sprouts were my key to victory.
I think I only won because I (unintentionally) eliminated Maria in the third round of play. Maria wasn’t real happy about that. Yeah, I’m probably going to die in my sleep.
Maria and I played the All Cup Tour in Mirror Mode (the longest race on the hardest setting) this morning, and even though I did gently toss the controller around a bit, we finally triumphed. We are officially Double Dash royalty now, crowned and robed, holding the Mushroom Scepter and the Turtle Shell Orb. What’s with orbs, anyway? I mean, the crown is a special hat, everybody needs a special hat, and I guess with the scepter you could point to things or hit somebody. But why do you have to have an orb, too? Maybe you could play garbage can basketball with it on boring days in court?