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annakovsky) wrote2007-05-17 01:32 pm
annakovsky) wrote2007-05-17 01:32 pm
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Avoid garlic and crucifixes while taking this medication.
I go to this hippie doctor for my fibromyalgia/chronic fatigue syndrome, one of those types that uses conventional medicine and homeopathic blah blah - it's kind of ridiculous sometimes, but she's done 200% more for me feeling better than any doctor I've ever had, so whatevs. Usually when I go in she injects... something into my surgery scar, which always really helps me feel a lot better generally. But today at my appointment, she told me that she has a new way to treat it, without injection, that involves - get this - a device that you point at the scar that apparently puts your body back into line with the vibrations of the earth. There is a crystal in the device. SHE SHOT HEALING BEAMS OF CRYSTAL AT ME. Hahahahahahaha. Strangely, I do feel better? I don't even know, you guys. It was weird.
The great thing about going to a chronic fatigue doctor is that they always act like I'm heroic for, like, leading a normal life and "only" sleeping 10 hours a night. Their eyes get all wide and they're like, "You're doing SO WELL. You walk to campus? Good for you!" Haha. Yes. I'm practically a mountaineer, let me tell you.
I'm on a lot of medication for this annoying medical stuff, obvs, most of which I've been on for years and years. The weird thing about the medication is that the pharmacy keeps adding warning labels to the bottles which haven't been there before - some of this stuff I've been taking for almost 10 years, warning-free, and yet. Some of the warnings are normal, like "don't take antacids within 4 hours of taking this medication," or "take with a full glass of water". But some of them have gotten WEIRD-ASS. One says, "You should avoid prolonged or excessive exposure to direct and/or artificial sunlight while taking this medicine." Um. (When I read this out loud to her,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
moireach said, "Well, maybe you shouldn't be taking vampiricillin, then.") And another one says, "Carry or wear medical identification stating you are taking this medicine." Uh... no. I will not be doing that, but thank you. Why after years they have suddenly decided I should wear medical identification for this one, I have no idea, but it's creepy.
In television news, How I Met Your Mother got renewed! HOORAY! I was stressing about that one kind of a lot. ALSO, tonight is the season finale of The Office! *bites nails* (I'm still unspoiled, keep me that way!) In celebration of what has been a fantastic third season so far, here's a list of ten platonic unexpected character moments, where two characters you wouldn't necessarily think of interacting have some kind of moment together. (I would say top ten, but I'm sure I'm forgetting some - I am taking nominations of other moments in the comments!) So here they are, in no particular order.
The great thing about going to a chronic fatigue doctor is that they always act like I'm heroic for, like, leading a normal life and "only" sleeping 10 hours a night. Their eyes get all wide and they're like, "You're doing SO WELL. You walk to campus? Good for you!" Haha. Yes. I'm practically a mountaineer, let me tell you.
I'm on a lot of medication for this annoying medical stuff, obvs, most of which I've been on for years and years. The weird thing about the medication is that the pharmacy keeps adding warning labels to the bottles which haven't been there before - some of this stuff I've been taking for almost 10 years, warning-free, and yet. Some of the warnings are normal, like "don't take antacids within 4 hours of taking this medication," or "take with a full glass of water". But some of them have gotten WEIRD-ASS. One says, "You should avoid prolonged or excessive exposure to direct and/or artificial sunlight while taking this medicine." Um. (When I read this out loud to her,
moireach said, "Well, maybe you shouldn't be taking vampiricillin, then.") And another one says, "Carry or wear medical identification stating you are taking this medicine." Uh... no. I will not be doing that, but thank you. Why after years they have suddenly decided I should wear medical identification for this one, I have no idea, but it's creepy.In television news, How I Met Your Mother got renewed! HOORAY! I was stressing about that one kind of a lot. ALSO, tonight is the season finale of The Office! *bites nails* (I'm still unspoiled, keep me that way!) In celebration of what has been a fantastic third season so far, here's a list of ten platonic unexpected character moments, where two characters you wouldn't necessarily think of interacting have some kind of moment together. (I would say top ten, but I'm sure I'm forgetting some - I am taking nominations of other moments in the comments!) So here they are, in no particular order.
- Ryan and Dwight drinking together at the end of "Initiation" - Their weird new-found respect, and how Dwight shifts from calling him "Temp" to calling him "Ryan," and the exchange where Dwight says, "Just think, that temp agency could've sent you anywhere." And Ryan replies, "I think about that all the time." I bet he does.
- Dwight comforting a crying Pam in "Back from Vacation" - This is one of those moments where in a bad fic, Jim would come and find Pam crying. But let's face it, in real life that never happens - it's always someone weird and random that you don't necessarily even like. I love the incongruity of this, and Dwight's awkward sweetness in trying to pat her shoulder, and in his desperate attempt to be sensitive saying, "You're PMSing pretty bad, huh?" Such a perfect moment of absurd emotional resonance.
- Michael coming to Pam's art show in "Business School" - This is another one of those moments where a lesser show would've had Jim show up at Pam's art show at the last minute, but he doesn't. Instead it's Michael - and of COURSE it's Michael, who cares about Dunder Mifflin and his coworkers more than anything, and who loves Pam. How he says ridiculous, yet perfect things to her, and how Pam hugs him. God, my heart.
- Dwight hugging Jim after Dwight quit in "Traveling Salesmen" - I love Jim and Dwight's complicated relationship, the weird way they know each other too well (What's Dwight's middle name? "Kurt. Wow, I'm so sad that I know that."), the weird way they hate each other but kind of love each other underneath. It's so utterly perfect that Dwight would hug Jim hard, like a big freak, and that Jim would stand there blankly letting him.
- Angela's tearful apology to Oscar in "The Return" - After the way Angela acted in "Gay Witch Hunt," it was so interesting to see that she's grown some since then, and can even apologize (sort of) for the way she acted. Managed to be both sweet and hilarious ("Certain events transpired in which certain accountants...") - I love the weird little world the accountants have going over there, the bickering and drama and community.
- Pam and Karen and the Committee to Plan Parties in "Benihana Christmas" - KaPAM. Love triangles are so lame, but I do love how the show has executed this one for the most part, how it's complicated and nobody's the bad guy and under different circumstances Karen and Pam would be really good friends. Pam reaching out to Karen even though she's with Jim, and the two of them having a great time together and interacting in a way that wasn't about Jim Halpert was fabulous.
- Pam and Ryan teaming up in "Grief Counseling" - I think Ryan's so interesting because he's not into Jim and Pam's kind of humor most of the time ("Ask me again ten years ago"), but sometimes he overlaps enough with them that they do end up teaming up against Michael or whoever. (Ryan seems to like messing with people more when people don't know they're being messed with - like in Boys and Girls, when Dwight wants them to talk about manly things and Jim and Ryan start suggesting topics like ponies and rainbows and Dwight gets more and more frustrated.) So in the circle, where they're all supposed to tell about someone they loved who died, and Pam starts with movie plots, Ryan is completely on board. I love the exchange of glances, and how they don't talk about it before or afterwards, but at that moment sitting across the circle from each other, they're on exactly the same wavelength.
- Jim and Andy drunkenly singing Indigo Girls in "Diwali" - Haha, Jim Halpert: lesbian. As if we needed more proof. I love how drunk Jim will totally sing along with Andy, and how these two characters who don't exactly get along have this little hilarious moment together. TUNA, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
- Toby talking Michael down after he'd locked the entire office in the conference room in "The Convict" - Toby saves the day! Michael hates him so much, and yet Toby very gently and compassionately explains to him that everybody's teasing him, that of course the office is much better than prison. And Michael listens, lets Toby reassure him. I think the Michael and Toby relationship is so interesting, and they sometimes have these strangely touching moments together (like when Michael has to fire someone and tells Toby angrily that if he could fire him, he definitely would, and Toby says with infinite tenderness in his voice, "I know, Michael.") . Those crazy kids.
- Pam's speech in "Beach Games" - Okay, so this isn't exactly a two character moment (this is Pam/Pam, always and forever), and even if you take it as a Jim/Pam speech, Jim/Pam is not exactly an unexpected combination of characters. But this was, for me, the absolute highlight of the season, and was completely unexpected and delightful in ways I could go on about for paragraphs and paragraphs. I'm so happy that no matter what happens tonight, or any time in the future, Pam is going to be just fine. We should all be so lucky. Well, not lucky - brave. We should all be so brave.
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