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August 31st, 2008
07:49 pm - Writer's Block: Checklist for Eternity
I'm assuming if I could live forever, it means I couldn't be killed. Not by nuclear attack, starvation, disease, nothing. Dr. Manhatten-esque type immortality.
In which case, I'd take over the world. It'd be for everyone's own good, of course. I'd stop wars by singlehandedly going into the countries warring and just...march up to whoever sent the armies and have them call it off lest I kill the shit out of them. No more Darfur. No more BS in the middle East. No more torturing people in China. No more killing people over religion. A basic bill of human rights would have to be adhered to by everyone and if someone violated it, they would be dead meat. Politics could go on, but all the world leaders would have to keep in mind that I would be there, waiting for them to screw up.
Either I'd reshape the world and rule it as a benevolent dictator for the rest of time and maintain peace and order, or the entire world would get over their differences and unite against their common threat--me. Either instance would lead to the eventual benefit of society.
If it was the other kind of immortality where you can die, but just don't, I'd do everything I ever wanted to do, see everything I ever wanted to see, then kill myself when I got tired of living.
So, if I ever get any form of immortality, let's hope it's the latter kind.
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August 2nd, 2008
06:54 pm - Back home and eating real food...
Okay, so as some peeps were aware of, I was in the hospital for the last few days, due to an episode where I passed out and went completely blue, and my pulse went down to forty.
The good news is, there's nothing wrong with my heart or brain, and I'm home now. They also nailed the diagnosis so I know what's wrong, and it's not that bad.
The bad news is, I have vasovagal syncope. Some people may be familiar with that medical condition, and these people are probably the ones that watch Scrubs.
Yes, people, it turns out I have the same condition that makes J.D. faint when he poops.
Of course, my "triggers" for it are not pooping, as the triggers for it can be damn near anything (pooping is just one of the funniest ones). I do seem to have it rather severely as talking with the cardiologist made me realize that a LOT of dizzy episodes I'd passed off as something to do with meds or my blood sugar have all been the same thing. Mine seem to be primarily getting blood drawn or seeing blood, pain, and getting overheated. (What brought this on was severe stomach cramps and taking a hot shower when I was already a little dizzy from them, like an idiot).
Other causes: intense periods of laughter (check, for me). Hunger (hence why I've chalked up dizzy episodes to blood sugar before). Nausea, vomiting, dehydration, stress, sudden onset of extreme emotions (check, check, check, check, and check). Although all of those less so than the blood stuff.
The cardiologist said it was one of the worst cases of it she'd ever seen (and that she had it herself, apparently). And that it's common to start having episodes but having them cluster and get worse when you hit late teens or twenties. All I can do is avoid triggers, try not to panic when I get dizzy, as that makes it even worse, and not try to "work" through dizzy episodes (you really need to lie down with your feet up like every time), wear support stockings, stuff like that. There IS medication for it, but she said to see if I could do the other stuff first. The real danger isn't the condition itself--just what could happen if you pass out and hit your head or pass out while driving. If it interferes with my life too much, or I have another episode this severe, then I should go for meds. (Apparently, though, it CAN get so bad that some people need a pacemaker, but I'm nowhere near there).
So, basically, yes, folks, Saphie's a fainter. Of J.D.-esque proportions. Just not while pooping, thank God.
Anyway, I'm out of the hospital and at home now, enjoying real food, and a-okay. To the peeps that called and sent messages and stuff, thank you very much for the support. It turned out to be something not-so-bad, but turning blue and having your pulse drop to forty is slightly terrifying, and they were treating it as a potential heart problem and everything (I think, at 22, I was the youngest person in the cardiac unit while I was there) so until I had some answers, I'll admit, I was pretty scared. All your notes and stuff made me feel loads better until I got the good news that there was nothing seriously wrong with me.
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July 20th, 2008
12:36 pm - SLIGHT SPOILERZ
And now for some seriousness on the Avatar finale.
Ahem, my very serious and rigorous critique: ( Here. )
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01:17 am - ZOMG (WARNING FOR SPOILERS IN COMMENTS)
AVATAR. WATCH THE FINALE, BITCHES.
MY LOVE FOR AVATAR HAS DECREED THAT THIS POST SHALL BE ALL IN CAPSLOCK. IN FACT, I NOW DECLARE THIS CAPSLOCK WEEK BECAUSE AS SOON AS I SEE THE DARK KNIGHT, I'LL LIKELY BE POSTING IN CAPSLOCK THEN TOO.
TRULY, THIS IS A WEEK OF GREAT AWESOME. PEOPLE WILL COME FROM THE FUTURE SHEERLY TO EXPERIENCE THIS WEEK, AND JESUS WILL, IN FACT, HAVE HIS SECOND COMING, BROUGHT ON BY THE AWESOME OF THE AVATAR SEASON FINALE AND THE DARK KNIGHT.
AND LO, ON THIS DAY, A MILLION AVATAR SHIPPERS CRIED OUT AND WERE SILENCED.
...ACTUALLY, THEY WEREN'T SILENCED, THEY GOT ON THE INTERNET TO COMPLAIN.
RIGHT NOW, I'M LAUGHING AT ALL THE SHIPPERS BECAUSE I LIKE CANONICAL SHIPS SO I'M HAPPY. BAHAHAHA, SHIPPERS! YOU DIDN'T GET WHAT YOU WANT AND I DID BECAUSE WHAT I WANTED WAS WHATEVER THEY GAVE ME!
BAHAHAHA!
YOU SUCK.
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July 19th, 2008
04:14 am - {air guitars}
psychicsaphie (2:43:07 AM): It's Batman's "Excellent!" that does it, I think...
Raejin99 (2:43:10 AM): XD
Raejin99 (2:43:35 AM): In the next panel, they both yell "WYLD STALYNS!"
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June 27th, 2008
01:58 am - I <3 my sibs
I'm going to get a picture of this when I can find a camera. My sister was fussing with the microwave earlier. Hours later, here I am, at almost 2 in the morning, and I get up out of my chair to go get a glass of milk. Everyone in the house is asleep.
And I see a note on the microwave:
Microwave broken.
Makes weird noises.
Burning smell.
Flashes.
May be possessed.
I laughed so loud I'm surprised nobody woke up.
I love my little sister.
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June 19th, 2008
04:48 pm - The HORROR
Raejin99 (4:44:27 PM): ....dear god, this picture scares me.
psychicsaphie (4:47:20 PM): ...is that Carrot Top?
Raejin99 (4:47:24 PM): yes
psychicsaphie (4:47:28 PM): Melded with Keith Richards?
Raejin99 (4:47:40 PM): XD
Raejin99 (4:47:49 PM): THEY ARE NOW ONE
psychicsaphie (4:47:55 PM): XD
Raejin99 (4:48:21 PM): THEY ARE NOW KARROT ROP
P.S. Got into two of the colleges I wanted, transfer-wise. Can't decide which to go to. HALP. Well, not really needing halp but I am having sooo much trouble deciding.
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May 20th, 2008
03:03 am - Saphie's "Revised" To-Do List
School
Done. SO weird.
Applications
Done! Mostly.
--Get AP credits sent
--Get transcripts sent from old college
--Get transcripts sent from high school
--Get those two teachers to send letters of recc
If all else fails
Credit bank.
Medical Stuff
--Get that vaccine thing, like mom wants
--Dentist to see what's up with wisdom teeth pain--may have bone fragments
--Call Doctor for singulair prescription
Writing
--Revise and send out "Busy Old Sea in Whispers"
--Write that Lovecraft story
--Finish "Dead Faces"
--Finish that Spanish Inquisition HP time travel fic
--Write some, um, actual publishable stuff and send it out
RPs
Marvel Mansion
--Gravity-Cloud 9 RP/ Black Death alien plot
--Finish Jay-Johnny-Guthrie scene
--Jay - Stepford Cuckoos mall slave
--Finish JM and Dian Scene
--Crisis of Faith
*New reports on Wither, interviews with families of mutant kids
--More Nova strippering.
--Annihilation.
--More Nova strippering.
Trans_9
Work on, in general.
DC Nation
--Reach plot
--"Training Montage"
--The Titans getting back together. (Read young Justice)
Work
--Pharmacy Tech registration before the end of summer.
--Possibly take pharm tech exam.
Fun
Anders' visit
June 4-11
June 7, Appel Farms festival and camping. Remember to book campground and get shit together.
Day at beach.
Camping in Cherry Springs Park
Look into other fun stuff to do.
Books to Read
--Specimen Days, by Michael Cunningham.
--Naked Lunch, to shut up Dan
--Fairy Tales by Herman Hesse, to shut up Dan
--Autobiography of My Mother, and Among Flowers, by Jamaica Kincaid
--Strandia, by Susan Lynn Reynolds.
--The Power of the Rellard
--Women Who Run with the Wolves
TV Shows to Catch up On
--Dr. Who
--Torchwood.
--Heroes
Movies I've wanted to Watch
--The Lookout
Recommend books, tv shows, and movies, people! I'm a type-A personality on the loose and all my deadlines are gone! My summer is free and clear! It's horrifying! Baaaaughh!
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May 6th, 2008
10:59 pm - Things I learned while watching Eddie Izzard Live
--Bumblebees (one word or two, also know as humblebees) fly by the power of their own arrogance.
--Wait, that's a myth.
--The Wikipedia editors live in their toilets.
--During the second stone age, rocks became available with built-in GPS.
--Noah's arc would have started out with two of every animal, but ended up with just lions, tigers, and elephants, and only elephants because they're huge.
--God sent a plague of frogs because he and Jesus ran out of plagues in the plague cupboard.
--Those bible journalists following people around during Moses' time were annoying.
--Weavers were the first paparazzi.
--Rocks make a very good substitute for bedtime stories.
--Don't ever eat or drink any food offered by a Roman woman.
--Badgers can't be choosers.
--During World War II, the Germans suffered from something known academically as a period of "batshit crazy."
--Other nations have suffered from similar periods, but they tend to spread them out more so that's okay.
--Dinosaurs didn't go to church.
--Charles Darwin wrote a book called "Monkey, Monkey, Monkey, Monkey, Monkey, Monkey--YOU!"
--Eddie Izzard is a genius.
--Wait, I knew that.
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April 27th, 2008
04:00 pm - To do
School
Math
Do practice exercises.
Study.
Go take exams before May 12th.
Grammar
Do last stupid summary paper before this Tuesday.
Study for test.
Word origin paper.
Do last few homeworks.
World Myths
Just keep reading. Reread everything.
Chem
Lab before May 4th
Applications
Empire State
Complete app before May 12th, get transcript sent before May 20th.
Stockton
Complete app and have everything sent before June 1. Try to schedule an Instant Decision Day as soon as your grades are in.
Western Governor's College
See if "regionally accredited" means jack. If so, apply.
If all else fails
Credit bank.
RPs
Marvel Mansion
Gravity-Cloud 9 RP/ Black Death alien plot
Jay - Johnny scene
Jay - Stepford Cuckoos mall slave
JM getting arrested and finding Dian
Crisis of Faith
Annihilation.
More Nova strippering.
Trans_9
Everything.
Work
Pharmacy Tech registration before the end of summer.
Possibly take pharm tech exam.
Fun
Iron Man with Sibs
May ? (working on 2nd)
Eddie Izzard with Sis
May 6
Anders' visit
June 4-11
June 7, Appel Farms festival and camping. Remember to book campground and get shit together.
Day at beach.
Camping in Cherry Springs Park?
Look into other fun stuff to do.
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April 5th, 2008
05:31 pm - Take the equations out...
Okay, I've seen this around on lj and other places enough that it's kind of pissing me off.
It's a simple equation, that a lot of people seem to equate with truth, and it's annoying as hell, and anyone that questions or suggests that it's wrong, is, automatically racist.
racism = prejudice + power
Bzzzzt, wrong.
( Racism can mean a lot of things to a lot of people... )
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March 20th, 2008
03:30 pm - A More Perfect Union
Anyone who hasn't watched this totally needs to see it.
Now I want to see how the conservative pundits tried to twist it.
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January 27th, 2008
05:28 pm - Quotes of the Day. (WARNING: For Gratuitous amounts of CAPSLOCK. May contain Anna Kournikova.)
psychicsaphie (4:19:12 PM): HI psychicsaphie (4:19:20 PM): PAY ATTENTION TO ME Chalkwitch (4:19:33 PM): HI Chalkwitch (4:19:36 PM): I AM AT ATTENTION psychicsaphie (4:19:43 PM): I HAD A LOT OF COFFEEE Chalkwitch (4:19:46 PM): WHO SHALL I MAKE THE CHECK OUT TO Chalkwitch (4:19:51 PM): SINCE I AM PAYING Chalkwitch (4:19:52 PM): AND A Chalkwitch (4:19:55 PM): AND ALL psychicsaphie (4:20:02 PM): HAVE YOU SEEN THE COMMERCIALS FOR POWER THIRST? Chalkwitch (4:20:12 PM): DUH psychicsaphie (4:20:13 PM): BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I FEEL RIGHT NOW Chalkwitch (4:20:14 PM): OF COURSE I HAVE Chalkwitch (4:20:20 PM): LIKE YOU COULD SPAWN 400 BABIES psychicsaphie (4:20:21 PM): LIKE A JET MADE OUT OF BICEPS Chalkwitch (4:20:26 PM): THAT RUN AS FAST AS KENYANS? psychicsaphie (4:20:32 PM): I WIN AT ARSON psychicsaphie (4:20:37 PM): AND ART Chalkwitch (4:20:37 PM): SPORTS Chalkwitch (4:20:40 PM): ARE YOU GOOD AT THEM? psychicsaphie (4:20:44 PM): I'M GOOD AT THEM Chalkwitch (4:20:54 PM): WAS IT SHOCOLATE OR RAWBERRY? Chalkwitch (4:20:59 PM): OR MAYBE EVEN MANANA? psychicsaphie (4:21:03 PM): IT WAS GUN! Chalkwitch (4:21:10 PM): THE KING OF ALL FLAVORS! psychicsaphie (4:21:42 PM): GOD GAVE ME LEMONS SO I FOUND A NEW GOD Chalkwitch (4:22:14 PM): . . . I'M OUT OF QUOTES Chalkwitch (4:22:20 PM): I BETTER WATCH THE COMMERCIAL AGAIN psychicsaphie (4:22:48 PM): RAAAAAAUGH Chalkwitch (4:22:56 PM): ARE YOU UNCOMFORTABLY ENERGETIC? psychicsaphie (4:23:20 PM): I HAVE PREPOSTEROUS AMOUNTS OF TESTOSTERONE. PREPOSTERONE! Chalkwitch (4:23:34 PM): GO KICK MOTHER NATURE IN THE FACE WITH YOUR ENERGY LEGS! psychicsaphie (4:24:24 PM): IT'S LIKE CRYSTAL METH IN A CAN. I DRANK CRYSTAL METH IN A CAN. I DRANK CRYSTAL METH! Chalkwitch (4:25:21 PM): WE INTERRUPT THESE CAPSLOCKS TO BLOW YOUR MIND! Chalkwitch (4:25:26 PM): LET'S GO BEAR-BLASTING! psychicsaphie (4:26:29 PM): HUMP-CATTING! Chalkwitch (4:28:07 PM): AND OTHER SPORTS WE'LL INVENT BECAUSE WE'RE TOO ENERGETIC FOR NORMAL SPORTS! psychicsaphie (4:29:43 PM): I love you. Chalkwitch (4:29:53 PM): I love you too.
Also:
eriktown (4:30:12 PM): I'm riding the failboat to adventure!
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January 22nd, 2008
11:19 pm - Because there's drama somewhere out there...
THIS POST WILL NOT MENTION ANYTHING DRAMA-FILLED OR DEPRESSING
THERE ARE A FEW SIMPLE RULES
1. COMMUNICATE IN CAPSLOCK, CHATSPEAK, MACROS, AND FUNNY ICONS AND OUT OF CONTEXT COMIC BOOK PANELS ONLY
2. NO DRAMUH AND THAT MEANS ANYONE AND EVERYONE IS ALLOWED TO POST
3. ???
4. PROFIT!
( READY...SET...GO! )
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September 4th, 2007
September 1st, 2007
11:24 am
Oh my God, kill me now.
Please.
As if the pain wasn't bad enough, there's agonizing ear pain being thrown into the mix, head aches and nausea from the damn pain medicine, and my morning consisted of the following things all interrelated: Eustachian tubes, blood clots, mucus, and "plugs."
I have tremendous pain and "ick" tolerance, but this is giving me a run for my money.
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August 27th, 2007
02:52 am
Just a note to all and sundry. Going for a tonsillectomy tomorrow so I'm going to be sick and ugh-ey and out of it and narced up for a few days.
I will probably show up on the internet in a few days, while high on the painkillers, saying odd things. Do please save any chat logs I'm a part of during this time period if they are funny, so I can look back on them and be embarrassed/laugh.
Oh, and, uh, on the very very odd off chance something happens and I croak, let this be my written will and testament that my siblings and Andy are to get all my stuff.
Um, that's it. So, see ya in a few.
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August 18th, 2007
03:53 am
"They all eat one another."
I think I want to cry.
In the long run, it doesn't matter. It never matters, no matter what anyone does. People are the same. And have been throughout all of human history.
I hate us.
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July 15th, 2007
June 27th, 2007
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