epershand: Bicycle and the text "we have nothing to lose but our chains" (Bike communism)
epershand ([personal profile] epershand) wrote2011-09-01 08:56 am

Everything *does* look better in the morning

I'm still in my PJs, having a late breakfast in [personal profile] oliviacirce's apartment while its full-time residents are off at a T.A. training. The clock on my laptop is still in Pacific time, so I can pretend it's only almost 9 and not almost noon, la la la. (I was totally up in time to have gone to my 8am PST meeting this morning. I blew a raspberry at my clock and started reading my DW backlog instead. Vacation rocks.)

As expected, I feel *much* better than I did yesterday, although the long-standing item on my to-do list "talk to a doctor about the severity of your first day period symptoms and see if you can find a way to lighten them" has definitely gotten an additional underline. I've been procrastinating in part because my gender stuff has lately been saying SEE IF YOU CAN MAKE THE PERIOD GO AWAY ENTIRELY and the "practical"/procrastinatey part of my brain has been saying DO YOU REALLY WANT TO INTRODUCE ANOTHER CHEMICAL COMPLICATION NOW THAT YOU'RE SETTLED ON A COURSE OF BRAIN MEDS THAT WORKS WELL FOR YOU? But I can't afford to spend a day a month curled up in a ball of pain, so.

Bandom extravaganza tonight! *does little dance*

OH. Last night I forgot to talk about my pre-pain airplane adventures. Namely, the fact that either Adam Savage or his STRIKING DOPPELGÄNGER was on my flight. Is he booked to do any New York events right now? Because it could totally have been him. Wearing a pink button-down shirt. Yes.

In narcissism news,
my hair, in a bedhead fauxhawk
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[personal profile] la_dissonance 2011-09-01 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
So jealous of everyone participating in the bandom extravaganza tonight! Hope you have tons of fun :D

[identity profile] route52.livejournal.com 2011-09-01 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I could be wrong about this, but I think copper IUDs may reduce or eliminate periods for some women. Those are chemical free!

[identity profile] route52.livejournal.com 2011-09-01 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
hrm, and by "women" I mean "persons who menstruate." Am aware that those two things are not necessarily congruent!!
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[personal profile] lasergirl 2011-09-02 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
Mythbusters Build Team is at NASA right now but no idea what Adam is up to. I only stalk via Twitter....
lasergirl: adam and jamie's heads in jars (brains in jars!!)

[personal profile] lasergirl 2011-09-03 01:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't suppose that I should say he has his 'tv' glasses and his 'regular' glasses..... he changed his 'regular' glasses but still has the other style for tv because they are so iconic.

I mean, I don't know ANYTHING ABOUT ADAM SAVAGE AT ALL. Nope nope nope.

p.s. did you know he got a SPACE SUIT REPLICA as a wedding present from the Mythbusters crew? I mean. AWESOME. Why can't that be my life?
lasergirl: adam and jamie's heads in jars (brains in jars!!)

[personal profile] lasergirl 2011-09-03 01:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course, if he did clone himself you can be sure that clone would definitely take off and start doing his own thing. IMMEDIATELY!
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[personal profile] jesse_the_k 2011-09-02 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
The first 32 hours or so of my period was hellish for the 42 years I had periods.

I informed my teachers/colleagues/cow-orkers that
a) On a knowable date, I would be unwell;
b) three days prior, I would begin a phase of exceptional creativity.
c) No further discussion possible.

So, that is a possibility as well.
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[personal profile] jesse_the_k 2011-09-03 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
No, the problems accompanied the first 32 hours before my period. In the worst case that was two 12-hour days (but in that case I was co-owner with two other disabled people so it was painless to ask for the accommodation). More likely it was one 8-hour day plus a morning or an afternoon.