I woke up today with the most excruciatingly severe throat pain. I had a couple bowls of that squash soup and 400 mg of ibuprofen.
Now the ground is spinning as I type this and my peripheral vision has an extraordinary sense of movement.
I hope to goodness this won't be a repeat of the benedryl drama. I know I am not the biggest of people but common doses of medicine have the weirdest effect on me. The kid dose of 9-10mg/kg comes to around 42 X 10 = 420 mg. I am 20 mg under the kid dose.
And I have dizziness. It is so ludicrous that on the very rare occasions I HAVE to take medicines, ALL the frustrating side effects come on to haunt me in full force. I mean who gets dizzy with ibuprofen, one of the most common NSAIDs?? ME. Arrrgh.
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09/29/2011 10:12 #55213
Not in ControlCategory: whine
09/28/2011 22:39 #55212
Squashed!Category: eating in
The Acorn Squash is hands-down my most favourite squash among all the other squashes.
I just made a roasted acorn squash soup with shredded coconut, tomatoes, red onions, moong dal, ginger, dried red chilles, cumin, asafoetida powder and dried curry leaves in 17 minutes.
A new record. Take that, rice cooker!
I always have a timed (and rather unhealthy) competition with my rice cooker. While it steams the beans or lentils or some other staple, I chop and hustle to finish before it can. 80% of the time, its a tie between us, it wins 15% of the time. Today was my croaky and gloaty 5% win!
And victory was tasty! :-)
Acorn Squash shot from Mango&Tomato:
I don't own that kind of photo equipment!
I just made a roasted acorn squash soup with shredded coconut, tomatoes, red onions, moong dal, ginger, dried red chilles, cumin, asafoetida powder and dried curry leaves in 17 minutes.
A new record. Take that, rice cooker!
I always have a timed (and rather unhealthy) competition with my rice cooker. While it steams the beans or lentils or some other staple, I chop and hustle to finish before it can. 80% of the time, its a tie between us, it wins 15% of the time. Today was my croaky and gloaty 5% win!
And victory was tasty! :-)
Acorn Squash shot from Mango&Tomato:
I don't own that kind of photo equipment!enknot - 10/05/11 14:54
I want this soup. I want it. now. (or at least a recipe)
I want this soup. I want it. now. (or at least a recipe)
09/26/2011 07:39 #55197
The weekend is past.Category: the odes
I worked almost 24/7 and yet I don't feel like I am getting even close to where I wanted to be by this time.
And I didn't get to make that bread from cookbooks 101 because there was no time after endless iterations of analyses and endless bug fixing of my 60+ variables. I thought maybe I was just obsessing, but you have to be obsessive when it comes to data. One small mistake in coding and the data is telling you something else.
This is exactly how it feels like. I am not even sure where I am on that pile of unfinished work.
I want some magic to happen this week. I want to suddenly get very efficient at coding R or fluid in LaTeX or extremely good at coming up with insights on my dataset or just maybe finish everything I need to finish very soon. I am going to try and help myself very intensively this week.
And I didn't get to make that bread from cookbooks 101 because there was no time after endless iterations of analyses and endless bug fixing of my 60+ variables. I thought maybe I was just obsessing, but you have to be obsessive when it comes to data. One small mistake in coding and the data is telling you something else.
This is exactly how it feels like. I am not even sure where I am on that pile of unfinished work.
I want some magic to happen this week. I want to suddenly get very efficient at coding R or fluid in LaTeX or extremely good at coming up with insights on my dataset or just maybe finish everything I need to finish very soon. I am going to try and help myself very intensively this week.
09/24/2011 09:06 #55188
Who needs an alarm clock...Category: the odes
When a good dose of panic wakes you up at 4:30 every morning.
Paul: When are you done
Me: I am never done.
NB: Click on the alien for the perfect simulation of how I wake up everyday.
Paul: When are you done
Me: I am never done.
NB: Click on the alien for the perfect simulation of how I wake up everyday.
tinypliny - 09/29/11 04:58
No I didn't make that alien. I found it somewhere. I am not sure where. They are all over the place. If I had made it that would not be the shade of green I would have preferred. :)
No I didn't make that alien. I found it somewhere. I am not sure where. They are all over the place. If I had made it that would not be the shade of green I would have preferred. :)
heidi - 09/24/11 11:36
Hmmm... internal struggle list, (e:tinypliny,55176) Relax! I think overall this message to yourself was about gaining some kind of balance. Panic is a whole lot easier to deal with when you have enjoyable things to look forward to, when your basic needs for social contact and relaxation are attended to. Having boundaries about your work will help you be more efficient while working and procrastinate less. Go play!
Hmmm... internal struggle list, (e:tinypliny,55176) Relax! I think overall this message to yourself was about gaining some kind of balance. Panic is a whole lot easier to deal with when you have enjoyable things to look forward to, when your basic needs for social contact and relaxation are attended to. Having boundaries about your work will help you be more efficient while working and procrastinate less. Go play!
metalpeter - 09/24/11 10:43
That is wild.... Have a shot of Jagermester and smoke a joint that will calm you down...HA... Or stay up till 4am ok maybe 3am dancing at the club and bring something home that will keep you mellow...HA.... You get up seriously about the same time I get up or try to... On a serious note again I don't know if it will help or not but some teas can from what I have heard help and will give you trippy dreams.... Guessing though they have to be with out caffeine ?
That is wild.... Have a shot of Jagermester and smoke a joint that will calm you down...HA... Or stay up till 4am ok maybe 3am dancing at the club and bring something home that will keep you mellow...HA.... You get up seriously about the same time I get up or try to... On a serious note again I don't know if it will help or not but some teas can from what I have heard help and will give you trippy dreams.... Guessing though they have to be with out caffeine ?
paul - 09/24/11 09:15
Did did make that alien?
Did did make that alien?
09/22/2011 15:46 #55181
Cancer Progress Report.Category: science
A very well written comprehensive progress report on where we stand in cancer research and what we know currently in the war against cancer was released by the American Association of Cancer Research a couple days ago.
I think this report is well worth reading, if only to know a little more about this terrible disease. The plainly laid out facts in the report challenge the ill-founded conspiracy theories about how the medical, research and pharmaceutical establishments are out to get the cancer patient and are suppressing the cure to cancer (See for example: (e:vincent,55175))
If you had any questions about cancer or simply wished you had a better understanding of the disease, I highly recommend this read:
::READ PDF::
I think this report is well worth reading, if only to know a little more about this terrible disease. The plainly laid out facts in the report challenge the ill-founded conspiracy theories about how the medical, research and pharmaceutical establishments are out to get the cancer patient and are suppressing the cure to cancer (See for example: (e:vincent,55175))
If you had any questions about cancer or simply wished you had a better understanding of the disease, I highly recommend this read:
::READ PDF::
metalpeter - 09/22/11 17:49
Wish I had time to read that (55 pages I think or something like that)
Wish I had time to read that (55 pages I think or something like that)
Yeah, people at work. And its all over Facebook, it must be an epidemic!
One would think that cold stuff like a gallon of Ice Cream would make one feel better with a burning throat but that isn't all ways the case... Just like hot stuff doesn't all ways make it worse.... Hope you get better soon....
Actually, I thought the floor was uneven in the morning. I have got sicker since then. Now my throat feels as if its on fire unfortunately.
Think it is the cough syrup.... Some of that stuff can be pretty wicked I can't drink it my self it gives me the shakes (I have to take it in pill form) Hard for me to keep it down. Not sure how high you are by or what floor you are on ha... But I also wonder if medicine makes it so some of what you feel is a result of the building moving... Normally you wouldn't feel it but with being sick and with the meds you get hypersensitive ? Again it could be a symptom... Some medication does have lots of alcohol in it... I know when I have had to much and I try to sleep the second my eyes close it feels like the room is spinning so maybe it is some form of that?
Nastiness Update: I now have a nice phlegmatic pain AND a sore throat. I hate this. It's making me intolerant, sickly and pessimistic.
Whoa, really? Who else has these symptoms? Are you seeing it at work, (e:matthew)?
I didn't feel dizzy till after I took the ibuprofen. So I attributed it to the medicine. It's been a couple hours now. Things are not that unstable but they are still kind of wobbly. I also drank some guaiphenesin (expectorant) + dextromethorphan (anti-cough) meanwhile.
I hope you feel better soon. Maybe the dizziness is a symptom of your illness? I know of quite a few people who have been complaining lately of sore throats, dizziness, and an over all feeling of crappyness. It seems to happen whenever the seasons start to change.