i’m getting fuzz on my head! i’m almost ready for my tattoos!!!
robojoe and i had curry and chips for tea last night and it was lovely.
remember that eco-friendly website i made for class? now there’s a survey about it. please answer it! my group is really making me want to punch something and i could use the help.
today i was in a car and christian rock was playing. it was a little weird and sort of unnerving. when i’m in the radio i either listen to npr or kalx, sometimes some 80s or whatever, but never christian rock. it’s got that insipid quality that makes me very uncomfortable, like smooth jazz. i think it’s sort of my kryptonite.
i’m getting sick of reading about network security. chris tagged me with this meme, so i say, “why the hell not?” and it goes a little something like this!
1. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
2. Tag seven people to do the same.
3. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag whoever wants to do it.
the main reason i picked a thinkpad was because i like its sharp, square corners. i don’t like rounded corners on things. i need it boxy!
the only thing i eat on hot dogs are mustard and sauerkraut. that’s it!
whilst on chemo, i never puked but i was extremely constipated for two weeks and have been menopausal since may. nobody really talks about that side of chemo, but there it is.
i have to sleep with a mouth guard because i grind my teeth at night, which has chipped a most of my teeth.
i only want tattoos with black ink (only!) because i don’t want to worry about colour coordinating with my outfits.
i still post on the chris moyles message board despite not really listening to the show in years. in almost six years, i’ve racked up almost 8,000 posts. it’s pretty pathetic.
who to tag? ummm…. i can’t do it! if you are one of the seven people who read this blog, you should feel obligated to continue the meme.
today is the last day or my first hire here. we’re having a pizza party for her and the rest of the staff who’ve made this summer go as smoothly as possible despite the cancer. i made cupcakes for the event. check them out! my cupcakes are special because they’re not only vegan, but they also have fancy sprinkles to make them cute.
this is me at my last chemo treatment eating raspberries.
there’s nothing really to add other than it’s been a week and i’m still sluggish and tired, but i think that’s more from my extreme bout of wii boxing last night.
i’m going to miss the nurses, but i really hope i don’t need to deal with them in a professional capacity again.
i think i’m almost ready to call myself a survivor.
it’s bad. tonight robojoe and i went to san jose for falafel (yes, that’s ridiculous!) and a trip to fry’s. i filled up my 400gb hard drive on my desktop pc and needed to get another one. of course i had to get the blue uv-light sensitive sata cable to connect it as well. i also finally got a new keyboard that has blue leds in it. (now i just need a mouse with a blue led.)
i totally have a soft spot for gaudy blue case mods for computers. it’s why i’ve spent the last half hour planning out my next wave of pimping out my pc. first, i need this power supply. my current power supply clashes because it has a red led. i also need this case because not only does it have the cool display on the front, it also has blue lights on the front and a bigger side window. that means you can see more of my blue lights inside. i could also probably use some more lights like this blue lazer led. it’s over kill, right?
today everton beat spurs 3-1 at white heart lane. (interesting tidbit for you football neophytes- the tottenham hotspurs are named after henry hotspur.) it’s sort of emberassing to see spurs lose their first two matches of the season, first to recently promoted sunderland and now to everton. to be fair, sunderland’s riding high on promotion and everton has the dreamy mikel arteta.
anyhow. so now everton are top of the premiership table with 6 points. it is still the beginning of the season and everton is at the moment only one of two clubs to play two matches, but they also won them both. i know by the end of the week there’s a good chance they won’t remain on top, but for the moment the toffees are number one and it makes me happy. (sheffield wednesday were painfully abysmal, let’s not mention it again.) let’s also be happy that manchester utd. (aka manure) only have one point right now. one point!!! they had a draw against reading (who will probably be relegated this year). ha!
i know i haven’t officially blogged my last chemo treatment, but i’ve been busy this weekend. busy doing what? well, writing in pain and doing homework. remember my group that was totally dysfunctional? it’s still dysfunctional and getting worse. check out my crappy report of this website i made for the class. here’s to minimal input and cooperation…
right now my body hurts so much that i think i have gout. i know i don’t really have gout, but i imagine my pain would be similar to that of somebody with gout minus the bursting joints. i don’t think i’m swollen, i just feel that way. after today, the worst should be over.
i’m going to go try and sleep now. hopefully the hot flashes won’t keep me up all night. i also hope maude will stop being so noisy. she wants constant attention, but doesn’t tell me what she actually needs. so it’s just loud whee-ing till she forgets we exist. right now she’s eating a grape, so that should keep her busy for a while.
today robojoe and i both gave our blood to science. i gave mine to the phlebotomist for my last pre-chemo blood draw. robojoe gave his blood to a vampire baby who needs his special blood. i’ll never be able to donate my blood to a vampire baby or anybody else for that matter because i’ve had chemotherapy. i’ve wondered if it would have been a problem before when i had chemo in-utero, but now i’m definitely out. at least i’ve got life…
and at least chemo will be effectively done tomorrow, and i’ll be happy to try to get back to normal. no more numb hands and feet, no more tiredness and shortness of breath every time i walk up some stairs, and no more hot flashes! yeah, i’ve been going through a mild menopause for the past few months and it’s not been fun. it seems cruel because i always thought of menopause as a one time event, but no, i’ll get it twice. while not menstruating’s been nice, i really hate waking up in the middle of the night sweating and desperately trying to cool down. this morning i woke up to find my pajama pants next to my head- i took them off in my sleep, presumably mid-hotflash. it’s ridiculous! (don’t worry folks, i was wearing underwear…) so yeah, i don’t want to feel like i’m 50 anymore. it’s a bit much after beating cancer…
thursday is my last chemo treatment. i met with my surgeon today to see how chemo’s been- she was pleasantly surprised that i’m doing so well. last week i met with my oncologist for the last time until november. i think it’s going to be weird not having to go to the kaiser complex every other week. i won’t need those stupid shots. what am i going to do with myself and all this free time?
play music. i already have a busking tour of the bay area tentatively booked for september. elbert and i have been planning for month. i hope aaron’s down with it.
get back to kalx. i’ll start slow probably, but i miss the station.
juice fast. i know this one it’s pretty silly, but i think it will feel good to have a week long cleanse. i’ve just pumped my body full of toxins for 4 months. i need some sort of catharsis.
road trip. i have to go to ucla in september for work and plan to turn this into a mini-road trip. i think i’ll go to mount rushmore this summer.
start playing soccer or softball. either would be fun. i just need to get a vegan mit.
eat a reuben from chicago diner, i mean eat five reubens from chicago diner.
plan my next trip to england. i just don’t know how i’ll afford it and how i’ll get time off work, but i want to make it happen.
it sounds like law & order is in for some weird twists and turns next season. of course fred thompson’s off the show so that he can run for president. i guess sam waterston’sjack mccoy is going to be the new district attorney which makes no sense- much has been made in the past about how apolitical mccoy is and how his cavalier attitude is totally unbefitting a d.a. who’s going to be the new mccoy? why none other than inus roache. what’s so special about linus roache? his dad is william roache mbe, though he’s known to most of the world as ken barlowe from coronation street. it’s weird because linus definitely looks like his dad. i’m not sure i’ll be able to handle seeing him on tv without thinking of ken and his fussiness.
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