>EDIT: Found the missing post. Scroll down a bit.

But first, that sinkhole is still darned scary. If you click on the picture, you know, it goes full size. What is that when the sides end? That is freaking me out.

I mentioned the insomnia. I was up almost two days before I finally fell asleep this time. Got up at 3pm today. Sitting here, I realized, I feel sort of disconnected from things. Like I am here and the rest of the world is moving around and past in another time frame. It’s a strange feeling. Like I am not part of the world. Or maybe it’s just too much fan fiction affecting my sense of reality. The Doctor Who universe is all about time travel, isn’t it?

Less pain today. It’s a good thing. A really good thing. That was getting me very grouchy. It’s gray, and hot, and humid, and even though I’m indoors with the a/c on, it is still unpleasant. So I’m still a little grouchy. LOL

EDIT: I keep forgetting to tag my posts. OH, well. But here’s another article about the (not really a..) sinkhole. http://geotripper.blogspot.com/2010/06/piping-structure-at-guatemala-city-dont.html

I only recently discovered geology blogs, and I am addicted.

Another EDIT: Here’s a great blog to keep up on consumer issues. http://consumerist.com/

Here’s another oil-spill article:

http://consumerist.com/2010/06/bp-is-working-very-hard-to-keep-reporters-away-from-dead-animals.html

You may think you don’t need to worry about things like an oil spill in the Gulf, because it’s was far away from where you live. But believe me, this is going to affect your life in ways you cannot even imagine right now. Greed is NOT good, Gordon Gekko. Sorry about that.

>Guess it’s been awhile. Thought I’d posted somewhere in there, but it has apparently flown off into the ether. The ether is getting pretty darn crowded, folks, just from my computer alone.

I’ve been dealing with pain and insomnia, with the odd good day here and there, and I’ve been completely immersed in reading Torchwood fan fiction most of the time. Takes my mind off things that hurt. I went out yesterday with a friend to do some shopping and last night and today I am barely mobile, even with the pain pills. Not complaining, just saying. I’ve been avoiding the news, what with the oil, and the dead and oil-coated creatures all over the gulf, the volcanoes, the storms, and the giant sink hole in Guatemala. I’ll post a picture here if I can find it. What is down there?! That’s just darn freaking scary, if you ask me. Oh, and they had a really massive and unusual hail storm in Denver. I grew up in Colorado, and we used to get hail storms, then we didn’t, but they were never like this one. Oh, climate change, you may not exist, but you are certainly having an effect anyway.

Here is my new favorite quote from here:

http://www.theackattack.net/?p=2007

“Build yourself a bridge and get the fuck over it!”

My favorite scene. I could almost taste the peanut butter. Great acting, Charlie…er, Dominic.

Here is the sinkhole:

>The West Wing

You know, or maybe you don’t, about the whole Newsweek controversy over gay actors playing straight characters. My goodness, we are so backward, people. Anyway…here is an relevant article by the truly magnificent Aaron Sorkin whose West Wing was the best thing on television. I hope you read this.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aaron-sorkin/now-that-you-mention-it-r_b_574210.html

Aaron Sorkin

On the illness front, I started taking my vitamins and supplements again on Friday, and am already feeling much, much better. I just kept putting off parsing them out into the pill holder for a couple of weeks. Duh! I don’t know if it’s one, all, or some in combination that works, but here’s what I take. Three times a day.

400 mg magnesium with 15 mg zinc
500 mg calcium with 400 1U vitamin D
l000 mcg B12
500 mg vitamin C
1000 IU Vitamin D

Yes, I know that’s D twice, but I don’t get outside much, and here in New England we don’t get enough direct sun to keep levels good anyway. I think I need that much D. Anyway, there it is.

>According to this, we are all part Neanderthal:

On the illness front, I am still having much leg pain from the other day. Not fun. One can only take so many pain pills, right?

>Well, one strange thing, anyway. I think I mentioned my DD and her ‘light’ treatments. Well, Friday, she did one for me….long distance. Called to tell me. I hung up the phone and proceeded to become engrossed in reading something on here. Suddenly, I became self-aware again (i.e. NOT engrossed in what I was reading) and realized I felt better. Seriously. My shoulders and arms (and the rest of me, for that matter) are always tense. Now they were loose and floppy. And didn’t have that background always-present ache. So I called her to tell her, even though the fifteen minute treatment wasn’t done. I am truly amazed that I actually felt something, especially when I wasn’t thinking about it or waiting for something. My focus was totally on what I was reading. My DD says I put Scully to shame as a skeptic, which is true, but I’m telling you, something actually happened. My arms and shoulders felt loose and pain-free for several hours. Interesting, to say the least. I was seriously expecting to have to tell her nothing happened.

Saturday, Gertrude and I participated in Earth Hour for the second year in a row. We did the same thing as last year, played ‘bird’ with her feathers-on-a-stick toy. It was nice. I wonder how many people participate in this, and how much energy is actually saved. Every bit helps, I think.

It’s another rainy day here in New England. I am so glad I don’t have a home with a basement. There have been lots of problems with flooded cellars, among other things. According to the local station, this has been the wettest March on record.

I can hear Gertrude snoring in her spot under the end table. Cute kitty.