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Archive for August, 2008
There aught to be a website . . .
Aug 4th
where you can load up your pictures (snapfish, flickr, etc) and they put the descriptions on the BACK when they print out the pictures.
I spent an hour on the phone yesterday with my mother trying to explain the wheres and whats of the 50+ pictures I had ordered online for her. Those pictures from Hawaii were especially difficult to place over the phone and out of any discernible order. If they could just print the descriptions on the back of the photos that would be great!
It can’t be that much harder to set the machines up to do that, right? Think of all those scrapbook people. What a great extra service! There are so many times I’ve looked at the older pictures I have now and hadn’t bothered to write descriptions on the back and have no clue where or when or why they were taken. They could even print that camera and date/time information on the back so I could stop using that ugly date thing on the front – usually ruining a really nice picture.
Someone should get right on that.
Graduate from what?
Aug 3rd
I had the weirdest quick yet most vivid dream around 4 am.
machinegirl and was driving a red convertible with the top down and we were going down a normal street, probably Mill or Rural by her place. Normal. She says, “Garrett says as soon as I graduate he’ll finally introduce me to his friends” and suddenly the world literally ends. Like at the end of Langoliers where there’s just nothing there at the edge and you drop off into space? Yeah. We drop off, it’s all black, we fall out of the car, dropping and she’s still talking normal (but I can’t understand her) and we’re dropping into nothingness.
I woke up, heart pounding and sitting straight up. Never done that before.
And no, I didn’t even take one of those pills yet.
I suffer from WHAT?
Aug 2nd
I think I mentioned that I went to my Doctor last week. While I was chatting him up, I mentioned two specific reasons for the appointment. Besides the annual “please renew my prescriptions so I don’t suffocate” reason.
1. Is there something that I can take for temporary issues with what I self-diagnose as RLS on planes. I don’t have problems any other time. He suggested leg massages and walking during flights. Gee thanks.
2. Can I get something mild to help me sleep. Because most of my asthma-related medications are stimulants I seldom sleep through the night and what sleep I do get isn’t really solid. I just want an occasional knock me out and let me catch up on sleep night. Not all the time, I don’t want to be oblivious!
Blah blah blah and my medications are sent in the mail – arrived today. And I’m reading through the enclosed literature on the new thing (cuz iddn’t that whatcher pussosta do?) and what?
Trazodone
Generic Name: trazodone (TRAZ oh done)
Brand Names: Desyrel
Trazodone is used to treat depression. Antidepressant medications are used to treat a variety of conditions, including depression and other mental/mood disorders. These medications can help prevent suicidal thoughts/attempts and provide other important benefits.
Who’s depressed? Hey, I’m about 85% happy. SUICIDAL! WTF!
Aha! On page 2, fine print:
Other Uses: This drug is used to help people with trouble sleeping (insomnia) to fall asleep. It is also used to help people with anxiety to relax.
Well alrighty then. Way to freak me out with that shit. Eek, another tiny comment:
Priapism (including clitoral priapism in women), a painful condition in which the penis (or clitoris) remains in an erect position for a prolonged period, has been reported in patients receiving trazodone.
So I can be a slightly horny insomniac or I can be well-rested with a hard-on?
