Sherlock's class has written and is currently acting/reading a play. I don't know if they mean to do it as a performance or not (I hope so). Apparently Mrs T said they had to base it on an existing play to give it some structure and gave them the general plot of Hamlet.
To give you some idea of how closely they've stuck to the original, Sherlock is playing Ophelia, but instead of drowning himself, he dives into the river and swims up to attack the pirate ship to avenge the death of his father. I think he also rides a moose at some point. I'm afraid the moose may have to go if they actually attempt to perform it.
Also, it's no longer set in Denmark, but in London, leading to the immortal line: Something is rotten in the Thames, you can tell because it stinks really badly right here, I think it's dead fish. The Thames is also the river Sherlophelia dives into. He thinks he should be able to do it for real. His secondary suggestion was that they put it on near the Serpentine and he could dive into that instead.
(L - Sally says you're feeling poorly. Anything I can do to help? Sorry I fell asleep all over you last night; you were very comfortable.)
Oh, and re: the spider discussion going on in the comments, my policy is that if they're in the house, they've got to go, usually via a shoe bottom or rolled up newspaper, so you're all much nicer people than I am.
To give you some idea of how closely they've stuck to the original, Sherlock is playing Ophelia, but instead of drowning himself, he dives into the river and swims up to attack the pirate ship to avenge the death of his father. I think he also rides a moose at some point. I'm afraid the moose may have to go if they actually attempt to perform it.
Also, it's no longer set in Denmark, but in London, leading to the immortal line: Something is rotten in the Thames, you can tell because it stinks really badly right here, I think it's dead fish. The Thames is also the river Sherlophelia dives into. He thinks he should be able to do it for real. His secondary suggestion was that they put it on near the Serpentine and he could dive into that instead.
(L - Sally says you're feeling poorly. Anything I can do to help? Sorry I fell asleep all over you last night; you were very comfortable.)
Oh, and re: the spider discussion going on in the comments, my policy is that if they're in the house, they've got to go, usually via a shoe bottom or rolled up newspaper, so you're all much nicer people than I am.
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I so want to see that play!! Hope it goes well Sherlock.
How are you John? Feeling better today?
Anony
So do I! Or at least see the whole script, which Sherlock is currently not allowing in case they do perform it.
Not really less in pain, but less ill tempered about it. Sherlock might've right about my alleged grumpiness yesterday.
I think grumpiness is an earned right of being in pain. I'm sorry you're still hurting, John.
And oh boy, I REALLY wish I could see that play, it should be a real humdinger! I hope they perform it, even sans moose and actual river diving. :)
Pain makes people grumpy he's lucky you hide it well most of the time :-)
Hope the pain can be dealt with somehow because if there is anything that can send you mad it is constant pain!!
Anony
I'm ok.
I like you falling asleep on me. Makes me feel useful.
You are useful. Very. I can't tell you how much easier it is feeling like that with you there than on my own. Thanks.
Just got Sherlock. Can you escape for lunch, or we could bring you something if you have to stay and work?
Glad you're ok Greg :-)
Work very hard won't you ;-)
Anony
I don't need any lunch, thanks.
Did Sherlock volunteer this new info about the play, or did you get it from Mrs T. He was being very cagey last night.
Thanks Anony.
That play sounds awesome; I'm sure all the families are hoping for a performance! My sympathies,as well, on the PT. My therapist has decided that, instead of stopping at 4; we have to push to 8-9. I hope you get to stop earlier.
And, L, I hope you start feeling better soon.
L - all right. Let me know if you want a ride home. Or...anything really. Good luck with the paperwork.
That it's based on Hamlet I got from Mrs T, which then led to Sherlock complaining about not being allowed to dive into the Thames, and the rest followed.
Cranky - oh, I'm sorry. I hope it goes...well, as smoothly as possible. Good luck to you too.
He doesn't want you down here cos you'd notice his face is the same colour as his hair.
Headache, I reckon. Keeps rubbing at his eyes and his neck. But he's old enough and ugly enough to look after himself. Anyway, he'd just be storing up more work for himself if he threw the towel in today.
Sherlock's play sounds ace.
Yeah, he had one last night too. Wish I'd done something other than fall asleep on him when it might've done some good.
Greg - not at all doubting you know what you're doing and that painkillers and water will have been consumed today but if you have the facility and time for a short break (yes I know you're busy) I always find a cool shower does wonders for a headache, sort of a head massage. You might find yourself far more productive after.
I'm sure Sally didn't really mean ugly enough ;-)
Anony
Wish I'd done something other than fall asleep on him
...and no argument back? *bites tongue*
I think it's just my new glasses - nothing you could have done, John. You needed the sleep. I'm fine.
Anony - thanks for the tip. Might try it when I get home.
L, glasses should only give you headaches when you don't use them or if the prescription is wrong. (The latter has happened to me several times, btw, so it's always something to check out when glasses give you a headache.)
I have a way to moderate tension headaches, if you'd like to try in case that's what this is? You sit back as relaxed as possible (or lie down, if there's room on your floor) and close your eyes, and then focus on letting go all the muscles in your head, face, and neck, moving downward and feeling the warmth as you let go. (Set a timer for 5 full minutes, and if you feel you've finished earlier, start again.)
Really? I just thought it was my eyes getting used to it, after years of squinting.
Just a normal headache then.
Really. The glasses are supposed to fix the headaches. And unless you have astigmatism, your eyes shouldn't need to adjust to them. (If you have astigmatism that needs correcting, you'd need glasses all the time, so I don't think you do.)
Sorry to hear that you're not feeling well, L. Might it be worth a call to the optometrist to see if they think that these headaches are a normal part of the adjustment process? If not, they might have some advice for you.
And I hope that you're feeling a bit better, John, or at least getting accustomed to the level of ouchiness that you're at.
Glasses give me a headache when I've switched to them from ky contacts because my perspective has changed and everything looks smaller. Good luck beating back the paperwork tsunami, Lestrade. Sounds like there'll be cuddles all around tonight.
Maybe its time for another internet cuddle pile? ;)
RR is totally right - if looking through glasses gives you headaches, something is wrong and it needs to be corrected. For example even if the prescription is correct the focus in the lens itself might be slightly shifted to a side. If you take the glasses off for a few minutes and your headache gets better, make an appointment with your optometrist (or another one, for an independent review) and get the glasses corrected.
It might be "just" a backlash from the stress of your case being handled and the paperwork backlog though...
Thanks to all for your condolences. We're mostly just kind of sad about it, because she went fast and didn't suffer a bit, only my mom, who is nearly 70, has been really hit by this. It was her cat and so on and so on. But she's coping as well and we have one cat left, so it's a bit easier for mom too...
DW, I used to wear contacts, and I'd switch back and forth all the time. It never gave me headaches and I have very severe astigmatism. If you're getting headaches, you really should see your optometrist--they may have made the glasses with the wrong prescription. If they are close to what you have in your contacts but not quite the same, you won't see the difference so much but you'll get headaches.
Or what CR said--excellent point, CR!--if they aren't centered properly on your eyes, that could give you a headache for sure.
I'll be home in a bit, John. Can't leave just yet. Anything you want?
No, we're all right. Are you sure you don't want a ride?
Think I'll be all right in a minute. You got one of the cars?
(Let him, L--John has his practical test tomorrow, right? It'll be practice and a confidence boost all in one. :))
He can't ride my bike on the road til he's passed his test. Doubly so with a pillion.
Rats.
Yeah, I've got one of the cars. I could take you to work in the morning too if you like.
Think I'll be all right in a minute.
As in less headachey, or...?
Okay, thanks. I'm sure I can get the tube in the morning though - you don't want to get caught in traffic. Sorry.
Okay. I'll be there soon.
As in it's very inconvenient feeling sick in a crash helmet.
Migraine?
Yeah.
L, sounds like it's your turn to be looked after tonight. And I hope it's "only" a tension headache and nothing more.
Thought it might be. Sorry, love.
Okay, going to drive now.
I am impressed that you've made it this far Greg, your commitment to keeping us all safe is amazing.
Now you've decided to go home though give in and let the doc look after you :-)
Anony
Dammit.
Feel better, L.
Anony - wasn't that dedicated. Just didn't feel well enough to get home.
Ouch. Are you bothered by lights, sounds, smells, or all three? Wishing you a speedy trip back to the house so that you can curl up in a whimper-y ball of pain in the comfort of your own home (that's what I do when my migraines hit, at least).
Sherlock, if John and L are being boring tonight because they're not feeling well, you can come to us for entertainment. I think we'd all be happy to help in any way we can.
That can't be true L John's been avaliable for hours, if you'd wanted to come home he'd have brought you when he offered to bring you lunch.
I can't see you've been sat doing nothing all day have you?
Anony
The 'gray' thing should have been a give away - I nearly always know my mate's going to have a migraine before he does - he goes all Mangolia :)
Feel better,
Lancs. Anon
Ria - mainly lights and smells.
Anony - under my own steam, I meant. And yeah, did have a lot of work to do. And really hate feeling sick around anyone.
Close your eyes for a bit, L?
Hope you feel better soon, Lestrade.
Sherlock - your play sounds intriguing, I can't wait to hear more about it. I know you were drawing set designs last night, but maybe you could draw us a little bit from a scene? Not to spoil the plot or anything, more like a little trailer like TV shows, just to whet our appetites?
Greg - You hate sitting around unable to do something to make John feel better don't you? So however YOU feel about him looking after you try and look at it from his point of view aswell.
I regularly can't get out of bed due to migraines so the fact that you have done a days work with one shows dedication as far as I'm concerned!!
Be good to yourself :-)
Anony
(Lancs anon - I go white apparently)
I am Anony, just meant at work I prefer to hide away and not be around anyone. Although I do really hate throwing up near anyone at all, including J.
Couldn't face the idea of the tube or anything. Hoped I'd feel better enough to bike home.
That I can understand!!
I can't imagine a motorbike and a migraine leading to anything other than disaster so I'm glad you're getting a lift :-)
Anony
"If you're getting headaches, you really should see your optometrist--they may have made the glasses with the wrong prescription."
I see an optometrist every year like clockwork, RR. I get a new exam, new glasses, new gas mask inserts, and a new set of BCGs. The odds of my glasses being made incorrectly every year are about.the same as...I don't know. Doc taking up ballet or something.
Hope you both feel better soon, guys.
Understandable. One the one hand it's lovely to have someone around to take care of you when you're throwing up, but on the other it's horribly embarrassing and you feel bad making them deal with it and clean up after you.
At least you can console yourself with the fact that, as an Army doctor, John has indubitably seen things that are infinitely more gross than anything you could possibly produce. He spent most of that time dealing with bored 20-somethings who may or may not have been brave enough to try the local cuisine or think of inventive, moronic new ways to relieve their ennui. Compared to that I bet you're a cinch.
Ha, I've only drunk water, so hope I'm not too horrible to deal with.
DW--Maybe you need to see a new optometrist or get your glasses made somewhere else because they really should not give you a headache.
L--I am absolutely certain John doesn't think of you too horrible to deal with in any circumstances whatsoever.
I can't stand to be around anyone else when I'm sick. It's an awful enough experience as it is, having someone else there... ugh, just, no.
Having someone to snuggle up with when the revolting bit is over? Well, that's a whole 'nother matter :-)
Sherlock just asked for my brain when I die.
Ha! Take it as a compliment. At least he thinks your brain is interesting enough to merit further study.
Ha! Well, if you were wondering how bad you look... (Would lying down in a dark room help at all?)
Sherlock, if you are at all interested in finding out a little bit about Purim, I put up a blog post under this link. If you listen to the songs, though, please put the volume on the computer all the way low, so it won't add to Lestrade's headache.
Did you not tell him he could have it now if he could stop it hurting ;-)
Sherlock you are fab. :-)
Anony
If I had it and had another brain that didn't get migraines then I could see why Lestrade's goes wrong and help other people and Molly can help because she's got tools that she can take whole brains out with she showed me.
I was only joking about you having it now Sherlock but I'm sure one day you will be able to find the two brains you need (that nobody needs to keep them alive) and do a great service for us migraine sufferers :-)
Anony
ReRe: I don't know about L, but sometimes for me lying down just means that I don't have anything to distract me from the fact that my brain feels like it's trying to escape from my skull. I'd rather be up and listening to quiet ambient sounds than sitting alone in the dark being miserable. I don't know if L's the same way.
This is a good idea, Sherlock, but it will be a rather long time before you get a brain that gets migraines if you wait for Lestrade's (please God :)). But you know, some people donate their bodies for medical research when they die, and scientists may be looking at this already. It's something to research, to see what things have already been tried.
Also, they have MRI machines that let doctors look at brains in action in living people. Perhaps that would be a better way to start anyway--certainly you'll be able to get more brains to look at that way.
I couldn't have it now anyway because the biggest jar we've got isn't big enough and I don't have the right chemicals to put it in.
Two excellent points.
Also, Lestrade is still using it.
Glad it's only practicalies stopping you. Is that a word? It doesn't look like a real word.
If you can stop it making me feel ill, Kiddo, you can have it. But it needs to stay in my head for now. So you get my body with it. Like a free gift.
Practicalities... is that the word I wanted? Doesn't look right either.
Practicalities, yes.
How can you even see straight to type?
John> I have the same policy about spiders, with a exception if they are tiny. I leave them alone outside, and when I was working in a greenhouse, I left them alone too (just moved them with a stick if necessary)
Lestrade> Headaches are the worst, and they come in so many types... I sympathise and wish you cold compresses and swift recovery.
Sherlock> I like your Ophelia better than the traditional Ophelia :) Good for you to have such a great role to play. I hope you get to show it to John and Lestrade.
Sherlock - that's an excellent way of doing research, take something (like a brain) that does something different, and compare it to one that doesn't. You need to check more than one pair of brains, though, so you can rule out any coincidental differences. You also need to work out of any differences that you find are caused by the migraines, or cause the migraines.
It's also lovely that you want to help people; it's the very best reason to do scientific research :-)
I think Lestrade's using his brain now though, so you're going to have to wait a long time before you can dissect it. Maybe you could do some Internet searching with John to look at research that's being done on the subject at the moment?
DW - thank you for the suggestion about the Doc taking up ballet. (What, you meant it wasn't likely?) I'm sitting here imagining him in a tutu.
SO am I now.
Ballet is an excellent workout in a controlled way, requiring great strength, flexibility, and balance. (Tutus strictly optional.)
maybe no tutu, just tights.
RR, typing's no problem. scrolling is.
Ah...the motion? Would it help to close your eyes while you scroll?
Well if you want distractions, Doc in at tutu probably will qualify.
As will him attempting to stop you thinking about that, wonder what he'll try...
(Just show him your point Doc.)
Never mind, RR.
Re: ballet. Doc surely would fit as the Steadfast (Tin) Soldier, no? So would that meke Lestrade the paper ballerina?
I bet John in tights is an even better distraction... ;)
was thnking he should be part of Matt Bourne's swan lake.
Rider - s rude to point.
Not the most revealing...er, flattering...ballet costumes around, though...
Hang on, if tutus are optional, does that mean we're all imagining John doing ballet whilst not wearing a tutu...? That would certainly be a pas de chat worth seeing.
(Lestrade, DW - you might appreciate this, in light of conversations of a couple of weeks ago: http://xkcd.com/487/)
wouldn't know.
And I don't need to shut my eyes. i just don't scroll.
Brilliant Nameless.
Whatever works best, L.
Gives a whole new meaning to "by the numbers", Nameless. :D
There are ballet costumes that involve neither tutus nor feathers: http://boysballet.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/dance-mag-september-2011.jpg
Ln(2pi) is like 1.83787707
That would require a well padded floor and wipe clean walls/ceiling.
(i am so pissed at you, Lestrade. How'd you manage to share your headache across the pond?)
Feel better, DW. You are not having a good week. Month. Whatever.
Generous.
Here 'pissed' means drunk. 'pissed off' means annoyed.
I don't mind you being drunk at me. Here, share my cold wet flannel the doc gave me.
Sherlock, sample two has reported for duty. (dont mind, do you, DW? It's for science.)
So Greg, or John, What is the treatment for a migraine? I'm seriously looking for tips for the next time I wake up in a morning and my body and brain refuse to join in!
Anony
Not a migraine, just a headache. Feel free to keep the rest of that nastiness to yourself.
Is the cold flannel (washcloth) working? Are you feeling any better?
bit better. Sorry, was putting Sherlophelia to bed. Well, John was. I was just there.
"Just there" is never "just". :)
Sharing with the headaches. Sharing is caring, right? See, I care...
RR, DW - point about contacts vs. glasses, there's definitely different curvature in the lens of glasses than in the contact lens itself (by the way, do you know that contact lenses were brought to us by Czech guy, professor Wüchterle? Ha!). Also, contact lenses have no frames - frames of my glasses drove me insane on a regular basis and I were able to wear only the contacts at the end. Now, after the lasic, my eyes are much more sensitive, so I'm not sure I will be able to wear contacts again...
Another point which might cause the headaches in changing form contacts to glasses and back is the oxygen permeability. The change in the level of oxygen getting in through your eyes might be a trigger as well.
Also the contacts cover the cornea directly and it is less irritated. I was wearing "monthlies" at the end (you put the contacts in and only take them out and throw them out after 30 days and grab a new pair) and whenever I had to have them out I was surprised that the inner surfaces of my eyelids felt like sand!
But L didn't have contact lenses, so I skipped that explanation...
Also, RR, that thing with the focus shift? Happened to a friend of mine - she bought a new car and got really bad headaches suddenly. After going over a lot of factors we've found out that the only thing that changed was the new car. So she called the dealer and asked them, yunno, with that embarrassing 'You may think I'm crazy but your car might cause my headaches' and she was told that yes, that specific batch of Mitsubishi-something had a bad curvature of the windshield that shifted the dioptries a bit! Crazy, huh? And I was feeling in that car like I could finally see... ;-)
Sherlock, you'll only probably see this in the morning: I'm not ignoring you and your play, just my head hurts (but much less than L's) and talking about known subjects requires much less thinking than trying to understand a new concept. So far I am able to tell you that I like the piece of something rotten - the Thames!
CR, I get the worst headaches when they make the glasses so the base curves (the way the outside of the lenses are curved) don't match on the two lenses. My optometrist always puts down in the prescription that they have to be the same, but often they are not, and I can tell within a few days because my eyes won't adjust to the new astigmatism correction. So I TOTALLY understand your friend's problem!
A bit better is good news Greg :-) fully better would be better obviously but you can't have everything ;-)
Do you get a lot of migraines or is this just an unlucky day?
You might just find more peace and quiet now Sherlock's in bed although sometimes I find quiet just leads to noises in my ears that hurt :-(
Anony
RR - 4 years after the lasic I can say that my eyes are not 100% all right anymore (inherited problems) and now I am afraid a bit because now my eyes have totally different characteristics than what they used to have before. So it will be like getting used to the glasses and what not for the first time...
CR--You might not have any problems getting used to them--if they are properly made you shouldn't.
Anony - everyone's different, but for me, the only things that would help were throwing up, strong painkillers and sleep (and typically in that order, because there's no point taking the painkillers only to throw them up a little while later). I know some people who have found holding ice-packs to their face and head helped.
Anony, fewer now I don't smoke. Didn't have one for ages after moving in here. Don't know what sets them off.
Nameless - throwing up is good. Almost worth eating something for.
Cold cloth is more a distraction than anything, cos John strokes my head with it. And I like having my hair pulled on.
Thanks Nameless That's how mine usually go :-( I suppose I was hoping the doc might have a miracle cure or something ;-)
I guess I'll stick with the old routine!
Anony
Stress? Glad you don't have so many nowadays :-)
I can get behind the hair pulled thing strange how that can help though it doesn't make sense yet it works.
Anony
No miracle cures, sorry. There's too much variation, and it's not my area anyway. I can only tell you what helps mine, which is alternating very hot and very cold water on my head in the shower.
Thanks John, Hot then cold water's a new one, might try that next time, (sadly I know there'll be a next time)
I think I was clutching at straws with the miracle cure thing, someone would have made a fortune out of it by now ;-)
Anony
Hair-pulling never occurred to me, although looking back I can see how it might have helped. I think mainly it felt like someone had taken a cricket bat to the side of my head and face, so I tended to want to avoid contact. But I think with pain like that, a bit of pressure can help.
I used to go through phases of having bad headaches and migraines nearly every weekend for months, then none, then back to having them. Haven't had a migraine now for years - at least ten. Never found the trigger, it certainly wasn't any particular food or drink or smell. Now I wonder if it was maybe stressy stuff. I probably have more "stress" in the traditional sense these days, but my overall attitude to life has changed a bit, and I tend not to give a stuff about how I'm perceived, what other people think, that kind of thing. My sense of who I am - and more importantly - my self-confidence in who I am that has grown, I'm not fighting against the world all the time now. *shrug* I dunno, it's as good an explanation as any. At least I wasn't triggered by chocolate :-)
Mmm. Be upset if it was chocolate or booze.
I don't know if I'm hungry or not.
Ah the constant am I hungry or am I going to be sick!! You don't deserve this Greg :-(
Anony
Nameless - not giving a stuff what other people think is fab, more people (myself included) would have a far better life if they could manage that. Well done you :-)
Anony
*hugs to those who need (and want) them*
CR - I'm so sorry to hear about your family cat.
Greg, DW - I hope your migraine/headache goes away proto. I find painkillers and sleep usually help.
I've spent the past 24 hours in a bit of a state and, in the process, messed up my sleep cycle. So yay for writing job cover letters while wishing that I could just curl up in bed until the world goes away.
~A from NW
Off to the synagogue now, so--good luck with your road test, John, and I hope you stop hurting soon. Feel better, L, and ditto with the stopping hurting.
Happy Purim, everyone! See if you can find a hamantash to eat tomorrow in honor of the day!
Toast and tea?
RR - thanks, and happy Purim to you too, I hope you have a lovely day tomorrow. :)
My sister has suffered debilitating migraines since she was 12, to the point of nearly being on disability for it. Last time I was in England to visit, she had to go to A&E and we both laughed when the doctor was worried about giving her morphine. We tried to explain that regular pain pills won't touch it, but he didn't listen so when she had to go back the next day, with a new doc, we just told them to give her the morphine right away and within a few hours she could function again.
I get them, too, so I know how bad it can get, but I usually don't get the horrible pain, just the other side effects.
If you have any apple vinegar, I found that heating a tablespoon in two cups of water over a stove and then breathing in the fumes helps.
Also, not sure if this will work for you, since you get the nausea, but I found that Chinese food and caffiene work wonders. For my sister it's McDonald chips and Coke.
Migraines are horrible things, but unfortunately people still don't know what causes them.
Can you get a perscription, Lestrade? I have one for when the headaches start, and if I catch it in time it's usually enough to get rid of them.
I hope you both feel better soon!
Tea, and I'll think about it.
Happy Purim, RR.
Sherlock, you'll only probably see this in the morning: I'm not ignoring you and your play, just my head hurts
CR, too? Lestrade, I think this is one case of you being too generous. Don't you have a single selfish molecule?!
Chag Purim sameach, RR.
Awww, AfNW. :( Hope you get fixed.
Doc, can we build a fort on your blog? For, you know, like, internet-type snuggles? There would be tea, and chocolate, and alcohol, and tea, and degus, and puppies, and tea, and tea, and tea. Also, tea.
No! AfNW I don't hope you get fixed! I hope your sleep schedule gets fixed!
DW - an internet fort sounds great. Tea for all.
Hope things get better AfNW.
And hope you lot all feel better soon and get some sleep.
Night all!
Is it going to be built from internet pillows?
I don't hope you get fixed!
Ha.
Is it going to be built from internet pillows?
Yes, sir.
Mostly these: http://i1.cpcache.com/product/355127363/top_cop_throw_pillow.jpg?height=160&width=160
And these: http://www.homedecoring.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/31gbh8g9kdl_ss500_.jpg
But also a few of these: http://www.begum9.com/Assets/ProductImages/KreativeKidsAnimalUnicornPillow.jpg
DW - Thanks for the clarification =) I'll have to force myself to stay awake for the rest of the evening to get myself back on track. I hope you're able to get some rest yourself.
SH - Thanks. Having a solid job, not freaking out over job applications, and not having my self-confidence get whacked with a baseball bat would be nice. Unfortunately, it feels like I'm asking for a small to medium-sized miracle.
Sweet dreams all!
~A from NW (who needs just enough tea to stay awake and still be able to sleep)
Looking for a job is the worst thing, I'm right there with you right now and it's soul destroying some days :-(
Good job we've got this place to entertain us ;-)
Anony
DW - those are some...very special pillows.
A - good luck, both with the job and finding the perfect balance of tea.
You lot are going to get me in such trouble, after I forbid Sherlock from having a fort the other day.
He won't be waiting for my brain. He'll be digging it out himself. Feels like he is.
Is it a full moon tonight? Maybe my headache is because I should be changing into a were-badger or something.
All that pent up changing energy has to get out somewhere, the image currently in my head is far too weird ;-)
a full moon does funny things to people!!
Anony
Bed, Danger?
Now, you kids. Play nicely in your fort. If John or I have to come down here there'll be trouble and no more virtual forts, right? If any of you have bad dreams, come and wake one of us up. Now settle down, be quiet, and go to sleep.
Danger...what number position is it to rest your shoulder and my head?
Bed, yes.
0990 - those are pillows, not other people.
Think these pesky kids in their fort have left us old gits any pillows?
If they haven't, they'll get no pancakes in the morning!
Oh, alright. But you only get one pillow-- I guess you'll just have to share :p
We'll hold you to the promise of pancakes.
Pesky?! *sniffle*
Ask and ye shall receive:
http://tinyurl.com/8xhblur
http://img1.etsystatic.com/il_fullxfull.305232921.jpg
http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/65513369548925422_2LWUSGSY_b.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EYuQcf89qQI/TtYoPxv5BNI/AAAAAAAAPFU/5hdApcMlvyE/s1600/ysppillow.jpg
Ha! I like the first one especially.
According to my calendar, the full moon is tomorrow morning (but traditionally includes an extra day on either side).
Migraines are horrible! One of the advantages of menopause is that mine went away. Sorry that can't help yours, L. ;-)
Here's hoping that truly delightful fort chases away headaches and unemployment. (I can wish.)
Can I have an Ameretto, a large cherry sundae, and a fluffy pillow? (And people who don't share will be sent to the naughty step if I have my way!)
Jack and George snuggled deeper in the burrow, the warmth from the early spring sun filtering in just enough to illuminate the nest of pillows they found themselves buried in.
George, his head hurting from too much excitement the night before, had fallen asleep quickly, with Jack carefully running his claws lightly up and down George's back, paying special attention to his head and then stroking down to his tail.
Not even the sound of birds broke the peace, and the two badgers found themselves snuggling deeper into their fort of pillows.
Anony - The virtual career fair I went to yesterday was soul-crushing. Here I am, with my shiny college degree, competing against people with +5, +20 years of experience for jobs, and that's not talking about my peers or the upcoming flood in June. *panics* On the other hand, badgers and jam discussions here are very relaxing. ;)
John, Greg - Thanks for the luck. And I'm sure there's plenty of pillows to go around. Sweet dreams!
All - Hey, do you think we can have a silent pillow fight?
~A from NW
CB, coming right up! (and I agree about the naughty step)
AfNW, have faith! And if they need references, tell them where to find us. ;)
That's lovely and snuggly Pip.
Who asked for the Foster's earlier?
DW - Thank you. *hugs* Is Foster's a drink? If it is, I'll take a (few) shots. Eh, fatigue makes me maudlin. I'm not the type who handles doing nothing very well. It will work out, eventually. *mumbles* Even if I have to ship myself overseas...
Pip - Oh, we're doing a round-robin again? That's a beautiful start!
*hands CB a fluffy pillow* I don't know what an Amretto is...
~A from NW
I'm all for snuggling down with you all-- the weather here's been pretty nasty, so I'm just sitting inside cooking and looking at the ocean. I'd be happy to share the chocolate-coffee-banana frozen yogurt that I'm making, and I've got all the ingredients for pina coladas, virgin or not-so-virtuous.
Thanks for all the good holiday wishes!
Happily it's not one of the holidays where I can't do stuff, but it's a very busy night and day! But even if I don't have much time to stop by, I'll be thinking of you lot! *runs off*
Are you an optometrist now, RR? It must be useful to be such a fountain of knowledge!
If you have a problem with me, Anon, I'll be happy to discuss it with you, once you identify yourself.
Guys, if we wake Doc or Lestrade up, they're going to be so mad and we won't get pancakes tomorrow. And I bet Lestrade makes awesome pancakes.
Let's all make like The Kinks and have a cuppa tea. Or something stronger. Or try to put three golf balls in our mouths.
Ria, chocolate-coffee-banana frozen yogurt sounds lovely. Will you share the recipe?
Ech, clod-brained anonymous commenters. Useless beasts. Don't listen to them, ReRe.
DW, calling it a recipe would be an offense to recipes everywhere-- it's more a combination of random tasty things that I've found around the house.
It's about a kilo/2lb of vanilla yogurt, 3 mashed bananas, a couple tablespoons of cold coffee and a little packet of instant coffee crystals, 100 g/4oz of roughly chopped dark chocolate, and 225 g/8 oz unsweetened chocolate melted and mixed with 300 g/8ish oz honey.
I just stirred it all together and stuck it in the freezer, and have been stirring it every 30 min or so.
Thanks, DW! AfNW, Amaretto is a sweet, Italian almond liqueur. It's used in a number of mixed drinks, like mudslides and Toasted Almonds.
Pancakes sound wonderful. I wonder if he uses beer or soda in his? My husband does; it makes the light and fluffy.
Do you think we'll get in trouble for giggling. I vote Piplover continues the badger story. Or someone else who's good at romance.
Sounds nice, Ria. Do the bananas have to be old and brown? Or new ones?
I second your vote, CB. Pip, your adoring public awaits your next chapter. :)
AfNW - Fosters is the beer Australia sells to the rest of the world, but doesn't really drink itself. I don't think I've actually met an Australian who drinks Fosters.
Different Anon.
The problem, RR, is that you're very annoying. God, you like to nag and you make me appreciate Saturday even more than usual.
Anon from Maine (is that less "anonymous" for you all?)
Anon from Maine, I'm sorry you don't like RR. Not everyone gets along. But this isn't your blog, and you are not obligated to read. Lestrade and John have no problem with her, so I would suggest that if you have nothing nice to say, to please refrain from saying it.
We're all here to have fun, and if you can't keep it civil, then you're nothing but a troll, and I think we would all appreciate it if you left.
It was the sound of small badger voices which woke the two eventually.
"What -" George asked, and was promptly nuzzled into silence by a very handsome muzzle attached to an even more handsome badger.
"It's the little ones in the burrow next door. Very sweet, smart little things. However, the littlest one is rather a morning badger. It makes sleeping in a bit difficult."
"Well, that's all right. This just means I can make you pancakes." George smiled, and snuggled a bit closer before licking Jack's face in a teasing manner. "First one to the kitchen gets the jam!"
Well said, Piplover. I suggest that we suspend this conversation until later, when everyone involved is here and awake. Also, badgers!! :D
DW: It doesn't really matter how ripe the bananas are so long as they're soft enough to mash. The ones I used were ripe but not brown.
(Have I ever mentioned that abbreviating your name always makes me think of Doctor Who? That's a good thing.)
Can hardly describe you lot as 'quiet', given you're 3/4 of the way to filling a new post...
But you were probably good enough for pancakes. Sadly I have to go to work, so John will have to do them.
He is not a morning badger.
DW, it gave me a moment of pause when you mentioned prescription gas mask inserts. That's kind of scary, but also awesome.
The fosters was for me DW but looks like I got sleep instead :-)
A from NW hope you find a job soon you can't compete with experience because you can't somehow suddenly be older :-( that's what I try to tell myself anyway :-)
Hope you're well this morning Greg and that you are able to break the back of the paperwork monster.
Anony
Greg - I hope your day is productive and brings no migraines to your door. Um, does John know you've called him a badger? :)
John - If you're making pancakes for the lot camped out in your virtual living room, thanks! If you're not, I hope your day goes well, and um, Sherlock doesn't decide to stage a dress rehearsal in any body of water...
CB, Ro - Thanks for explaining.
DW - You're a good luck charm. (Though I am somewhat concerned by the gas mask inserts...)
And *hugs Anony* good luck fellow job-seeker.
*waves to Sally and the rest of the Yarders* Good to have you back on the blog!
~A from NW
Breezing through on my way to bed, finally!
I hope you're feeling a lot better today, L--best of luck on your road test, John (not that I think you'll need it), And a happy Purim!
RR - The point is, while Anon from Maine is certainly entitled to have his or her opinion, the rest of us like you the way you are. So, don't change, okay? :-)
DW - sadly, my headaches are purely self-generated. I can't even blame them on anyone. My "miracle cure" is a few ibuprofens, enough water and loooots of sleep, which I didn't get due to my self-sabotage (reading too much because I didn't want to think), so today we have take two. Thanks god it's just a headache and not the migraine.
By the way, wanted to ask you - if your gas mask inserts are dioptrical, what do you do when you need it and you have contacts on?
L - there is the full moon marked in my calendar for today. Bu it's a Czech calendar...
Thank you, CR. Also Pip.
The Jewish calendar is lunar, and has the full moon down for tonight--give or take 12 or so hours, since the lunar month is 29-1/2 days. So that agrees with your calendar, CR.
Hooray! Pancakes!
AfNW, a good pick charm?
Have a good night, RR.
Re: gas masks. Sorry for brringing them up. I've only ever used mine in training. You're not supposed to wear your contacts downrange, CR, so it's not supposed to be an issue. It's part of the reason the military is so keen on laser eye surgery. Saves a bundle on eye wear costs and is supposed to be safer downrange than glasses.
I am I too late for pancakes? I was very good and quiet!
(OK, I was asleep, but that counts, right? Right?)
I am also not a morning badger...
... and in a demonstration that I am not a morning badger - the rest of what I ment to say in that comment:
CR - sorry you're feeling bad again, hope the ibuprofen work.
John - is it the Big Bike Test today? Good luck :-)
Lestrade - you OK today? I know some people get "migraine hangovers"...
Piplover - loved the snuggly badgers :-)
Oh, I forgot to mention-- happy Holi, everyone! I guess today's a big day for religious celebrations.
For anyone who doesn't know what Holi is, here's a set of pictures that should give you a good idea of why it's my favorite holiday.
Being asleep definitely counts.
I'm a lot better. Dull thud today, rather than wanting to puke.
My guess about the moon was purely based on it being large and very bright last night.
Non-morning badgers of the world unite and share the pancakes.
All the best for your bike test, Doc.
Hope you're feeling better today L.
Happy Holi Ria - that looks great fun.
As an American evening-badger I think that this is an excellent time for pancakes.
I hope you got some sleep last night, L. Trying to sleep through a migraine is no fun at all.
Thanks, SH! I don't actually celebrate Holi when I'm in the US (I've noticed with my astonishing observing skills that people don't particularly enjoy being pelted with powdered dyes in celebration of a holiday they've never heard of), but I live vicariously through all of my friends who do.
Glad you're feelin better Greg :-)
Good luck with your test John not that you'll need it :-)
Happy Thursday everyone, not a religious festival but hopefully a good day for all :-)
Anony
I am definite an evening bagder and it is definite morning. To much morning.
What DW said. Doesn't matter that it's quarter past eleven here...
Anony - I take back my wish to have a drink in the oub with you...Fosters? ? You may as well drink piss! :) i'd still happily buy you a proper drink though ;) a decent bitter, or a Guinness. Or even a European lager...
Thanks for all your thoughts. Spent this morning with a dead body, so glad I'm feeling less like throwing up. Would have been embarrassing to hurl like the greenest of woodentops when I'm a seasoned murder 'tec.
Guinness will be lovely thanks :-)
Sorry about the body but very glad that you're feeling well enough to cope with it.
Anony
So, John, we're we good enough for pancakes?
L, I hope the headache resolves itself.
Happy Purim, RER; it sounds like a lot of fun. Happy Holi, Ria; as does yours. I like the idea of guerilla dyeing with warning.
Hopes today's a good day for all us badgers.
Damnit, Lestrade. The "seasoned murder 'tec" made me think of this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53vhBYFNvz0
So painful.
Good morning!
CB, Thank you, and it is fun, and a bit of a mad dash to get everything done before nightfall. :)
Ria, how is it that Holi is not better known in the US? It sounds like a most fun holiday--have a happy one!
So glad you're feeling better, L.
What time is your test, John? (So I can send unneeded good thoughts your way then.:))
Anons, if you want me not to engage with you, you have to tell me under what name you comment. If you won't do that, buzz off.
Everyone, please play nicely. None of us is perfect. Or are perfect, whatever the correct grammar is.
Don't make me post a picture of a grade 1 glare from Nanny Danger.
I'm trying to!
*Waves*
*frowns at number of comments*
Man, I hate that I can't keep up with the comments these days. Everything runs so fast that by the time I catch up on one conversation it's moved to something else. And I'm so unable to keep up I can't even get to know other people that I'd like to - DW, Anony,A from NW, Ria, etc. Hello, hello, hello. I think you're all great (Except you, troll, you're mean.)
So - good luck today, John (at least I think I'm timely with that, anyway), glad you're slowly getting over your migrane, Lestrade, I bet your play is magnificent, Sherlock, and I seriously want in on pancakes.
(If you mean "not one," is. If you mean "not any," are. I think is, but I'm not sure. Is there an English major in the house?)
Maz, it is madness how many comments these blogs now get. A good sort of madness, though! And I haven't even posted pics from John's underwear modelling days yet...
Cheers Anony - and yes, would be nice not to have any bodies to look at, but never a bad thing to see Molly (Sherlock, she thinks your play sounds great too, but doesn't think you should get in the Thames. She's seen too much that's come out of it)
Major? Dunno. John was a captain... that any good?
" that any good?"
Of course! Captain is the most noble of all ranks!
No, that's sergeant.
Who asked if we were glad to have the boss back? Answer's yes, more now he's stopped throwing up in his bin and threatening me with gbh if I let John know. He's much happier now we've got a body and he can delegate even more paperwork than before.
John, when you pass your test can we expect both of you to show up here in leather? That'll brighten up the days.
I take no position on relative merits of various ranks--they all sound impressive to me. :)
GBH?
Grevious Bodily Harm.
The idea of the two of you in leather is definitely seconded.
And can we have a pillow fight in our internet fort?
Glad yr enjoying having him back Sally he did seem brighter for there being a body ;-)
Two sexy men in leather, really Sally I can't see how that would brighten anyone's day ;-)
Anony
Are sergeants everywhere prone to wild exaggeration? Or am I just blessed?
SH - only if you've done your homework and tidied your room.
Sally, those two showing up in leather would make you a lucky, lucky lady. ;-)
Yeah, except like they say, all the best ones are gay or married. Gay and married, these days.
Anyway, the boss and I would do each others heads in. I'll have to reserve judgement on the Doc, I don't know him that well yet.
It doesn't mean you can't enjoy looking though ;-)
I can't imagine either of you would make it to old age if you were in a confined space for too long so it's probably for the best, you're right ;-)
Anony
They may be unavailable, but you can still enjoy the scenery.
Yup. Sightseeing is a nice hobby, even if you don't plan to move... ;-)
Some people go bird watching, others go badger spotting..
Dropping by to give you a gloating opportunity, guys. You're not dealing with your 6 year old running after girls and kissing them. Or them kissing him. Either way. *headdesk* *headdesk* *headdesk* Can we trade kids for a little while? I do have chemistry training and rodent experience.
Maz, better that he do it at six than sixteen! (Better that he not do it at all, of course, but they do delight in driving us crazy.)
Maz - ha! I'm feeling sorry for you...and not laughing at all...really...
I have a sis year old trying to get rodents to kiss me...does that count? (they have very tickly whiskers)
Should I use up another comment to correct that to 'six'? Yeah, why not, now there's a shiny new post to comment all over anyway.
Awww, maz. Too funny. Have you not explained cooties to the munchkin?
(196 is so much a happier number, no?)
What happened with the comment thing Greg? there seem to be more than 200 visable since yesterday?
Anony
We can always have more than 200 comments - but you have to click through to page two. And I have some irrational dislike of all the comments not being on one page. That's all!
I see I've never been able to get past 200 until yesterday (might just have given something away there :-( )
Must just have been a me problem, technically inept does not cover it ;-)
Anony
This is super late, but Desert Wanderer, I've been wearing glasses since the age of twelve -- which is several decades now -- and it took me until two pairs ago to find out why some of them gave me headaches and some didn't. If your eyes aren't quite the same height, the center of the lens ought to be set correctly for each eye separately, and some optical labs (or optometrists) just split the difference and make them both the same height instead. For me it means that my astigmatism isn't corrected at night or in dim light, but also headaches. (And it's particularly annoying with graduated lenses/bifocals). I had more problems when I was in the military, and definitely more problems with the insets for my gas masks, so you may want to inquire.
(Everyone else, I'm still working my way through the entries, but will make a proper comment when I reach the latest one.)
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