Down The Rabbit Hole

Along the lines of one of my favorite sites, Go Fug Yourself, we now have You Knit What?, which slams horrible horrible knitting patterns. I know, it sounds lame, but just have a look. [thanks to freakgirl for the link]

So I had an appointment today with my friend Maija, who is studying to be an acupuncturist and herbalist at SAMRA here in L.A.. She told me that a combination of the two may help with the babymaking, so I went, not really knowing what to expect.

She asked me a bunch of different questions (she now knows as much as my regular doctor) and then her supervisor, an older, tiny little Chinese woman, came in, took my pulse (declared it “wiggly”, I think? or “springy”? I don’t really remember), looked at my tongue, pulled the lower lids of my eyelids down and I think she said I have a problem with my blood and my yin? I think? (Maija, help me out here.) Maija translated later and said the “western diagnosis” would be anemia.

Well, I found myself with needles in my ears, a needle in my forehead, needles in my hands, calves and feet. It didn’t hurt at all, and I can’t really explain how it felt except to say that it felt like all the different parts of my body were awake and talking to each other.

I also walked out of there with an herbal blend to be made into tea (about 15 different ingredients, from powders to twigs, bark and berry-looking things). And let me tell you, it tastes like ASS. Bitter bitter nasty ASS. And I’m supposed to drink three cups of this stuff a day for a month. Yay.

It itches.

On Monday, both my grandma and my dog had surgery. Grandma, at 88, had her right hip replaced, and so far, it looks like she is recovering nicely. She’s a champ and comes from sturdy Kansan stock, so I didn’t expect any less. Go Gram!

Edited later to add: Just talked to my mom and evidently Grandma is now being a pain in the butt and refusing to eat because she “doesn’t feel well”. Even though the doctors are telling her that she doesn’t feel well because she won’t eat. And she’s generally being nasty to everyone. Great.

Daisy is also doing well, but don’t ask her to tell you that. She is a very very sad girl. She tore her ACL in her left rear leg about a month ago and had the surgery to repair it. Now, her leg is shaved, red, swollen and stapled together. So far, she won’t eat and cries a lot. But I think a couple days back at home will fix that. We have to keep her confined to a room about the size of a vet’s exam room for the next SIX WEEKS. We can take her outside to go to the bathroom but that’s it. Poor girl.

Check out my new tattoo that I got yesterday. When we were in Paris this spring and went to the Louvre, I couldn’t take my eyes off the Winged Victory. It is just such a powerful female figure, so strong but so feminine at the same time.

Our friend Brian Hutflies, who is a tattoo artist in San Francisco, is down visiting and doing a guest artist spot at West Hollywood Tattoo. I have known for a while now that I wanted Brian to do a tattoo for me, so I took advantange of him being in town.

Isn’t it pretty?

An arrest warrant has been issued for Tom DeLay.

WHAT A GLORIOUS DAY IT IS!

So. I’m going to run a 5K on December 10. I’ve recently been going to the gym a lot more and decided that it’s time to give myself a goal. I really *like* running, it just feels good, and it’s about time I take better care of myself. Plus, since I’m writing it here, you all know about it and I’ll feel like an asshole if I don’t do it! How’s that for motivation?

This clip has been floating around for years and years and for some reason I went looking for it today. Funny stuff. (You need Quicktime to view it.)

This is awesome: A Dictionary of made-up words from the Simpsons.

Includes, but is not limited to, “Cromulent”, “Assal Horizontology”, “Führerific”, and, the ever popular and widely used by me, “Meh”, defined as “an interjection expressing apathy, general indifference, and boredom”.

Thanks to Gael for the link.

OK, this (from USA Today via Pipedreams) scares the crap out of me:

BIBLE VS. EVOLUTION Which statement comes closest to your views?

Human beings have evolved, but God had no part in the process.
All: 12% Men: 17% Women: 8%
18-29: 17% 30-49: 10% 50-64: 15% 65 and older: 11%

I just find this kind of thing staggering. There’s a part of me that understands (on an intellectual level) believing, or wanting to believe in God. However. Taking that “belief” so far as to actually think that humans just magically appeared on the planet one day, despite all scientific evidence to the contrary, is just so fucking misguided.

And to think that, at least in this country, 53% of the population truly believes that that is the way it happened really freaks me out.