PF Random Thoughts

ThomasT

Your avatar does look sort of noirish. By the way, I watched the Meltdown. Had seen it before. I thought the other one was more alarming in a certain sense that I won't elaborate, this being the random thoughts thread. Bon nuit.

lisab

Weird. I can't believe it's only 6:45. It feels much, much later to me - maybe 3 hours later.

I can't remember the last time my mental clock was this far off.

OmCheeto

It's the quickening......

Once only sensed by Art Bell and his followers, it will eventually be sensed by everyone, up until the final moment, when we all begin, our final journey.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou6JNQwPWE0

Except for some, who around 4:50, start getting attacked by bats and dogs, and have to shut the video off.

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OMG! Keir Dullea is 75! It is the quickening!
/me pulls sheets over head.

netgypsy

Another night owl here. I recall having to drop an 8 o clock optics class and a PE class too because I just couldn't function. Actually managed to teach a 7am early bird class for several years but have slid back into my old ways lately.

Gonna get cold tonight.

Moonbear

This semester, I teach at 8 or 9 AM two days a week, 1 or 2 pm one day a week, 10 or 11 am the fourth day, and one day off. I was supposed to have this month off to work on another project, but another faculty member got very sick and I've been covering for her. I prefer the fall semester. I do have to teach all day starting at 8 am for the first month, but then I only teach afternoon classes the rest of the semester, so can sleep in the mornings and stay up late at night to grade and prep, which works well for me. I don't function well with some mornings and some afternoons, because I need to get up mornings every day to keep the schedule and not oversleep, but then I feel useless the rest of the day.

When it was around 7 pm tonight, it felt like 10 or 11 to me, so maybe there was a temporary time warp. Though, that was before my migraine went away. Now it's actually 11 pm and I'm too wide awake to sleep after napping all day.

netgypsy

After a migraine I'm totally "zoned out" for about three hours after it ceases - like I'm in another dimension. Maybe endorphins or some sort of natural pain killer because caffeine kills them if I catch it soon enough but I still get that "out of body" experience as though I took something like morphine. Used to need an opiate but caffeine works just as well now thank goodness. Otherwise it's "please shoot me".

Time to preheat the electric blanket.

turbo

After more than 3 years of 12-16 hour days in construction, followed by another 10 years of rotating shifts in pulp and paper, I should be ready for anything, but these days, I tend to stay up late and sleep very late in the morning. I'm glad that my dog likes sleeping, and lets me get some rest in the morning.

Moonbear

Mine build up with nausea, then I vomit and it just goes away in about 10 min. They've gotten milder for me over the years, though the vomiting to end it is newish and not good for my teeth, but a welcome end. I had them from childhood and they were far worse then. Then they were so bad there was nothing I could do but crawl into bed, turn out the lights and bury my head under the blankets hoping to block out remaining light and muffle all the noise in the house. I've never taken medication for them. The medications generally make people spacy or sleepy anyway, and since they don't just rid the headache so you can function normally and think clearly, I always figured it was better to avoid the side effects and just be nonfunctional due to the migraine. If they were still as bad as the ones I had as a kid, I'd probably have a different view about medicating now.

lisab

It's always worrying when a frequent poster goes silent ...anyone know where rootx went to?

Borg

I just found out that I get to officially keep the window office that I've been camping in for the last two months. Yeah!

rhody

You are right Lisa, haven't heard from him in awhile. Even pepper postings which usually get his interest. I think PF needs a small group who watches over members, especially those with major health issues and little or no support network. Something to think about. I will serve if asked.

Rhody...

netgypsy

We could do a PM partner or a public "check in" and stick it so it stays on top, or maybe both?? It wouldn't have to be just older or ill because many times there are natural disasters in areas where many of us live and a check in thread could help with these also. (I'm in hurricane alley so this happens all the time)

rhody

netgypsy,

Not a bad idea, IMHO there are two tiers of PFer's we need to watch over, those who go missing, and those who have known serious medical issues. They are the ones I am most concerned about. This is a really bright crowd. I have no doubt we can put our heads together and come up with a strategy that "works".

Rhody...

Jimmy Snyder

You should have my wife's e-mail address. If you don't hear from me for a month, shoot her a message asking where she hid my corpse.

rhody

You are a character Jimmy, one of a kind, lol.

Rhody...

Evo

I never knew you had migraines. Poor Moonbear.

Evo

One of his last posts said he had a throat infection. I'm worried now.