Here we sit

Jul. 8th, 2021 02:17 am
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It's been a wild few years. So much has changed for myself and those around me.
We have a parrot. Our dog has an injured leg and she's in pain (13), our 3-legged kitty is about 21, and its hard watching things decline for the both of them. It was only a year ago, in March, that Precious died at 15 I think it was. But at the same time, sometimes I think I can see a carriage or caravan coming to carry all these souls home. All orchestrated. Perfectly.




In terms of personal grief, this past April was particularly hard; the wound felt fresher than it had 16 years ago. It was eye-opening and surprising to me. I let myself cry and talk more than usual. Of course the signs remain all around me. I feel like if I were in the Victorian ages, I would be in a perpetual state of mourning. I'd walk forever, veiled in black, waiting for what will never come, and unable to go to whom I'm searching.

sitonmyinterface: (Bathory)
What a fucking time to be alive...

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sitonmyinterface: (Alice)
I decided to participate and use their prompts as inspiration:



Poisonous • Tranquil • Roasted


Spell • Chicken • Drooling • Exhausted

Bad Touch?

Oct. 8th, 2018 01:16 am
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Massaged a 16yo, and it was her very first massage. She came in with her mother who saw another therapist in a separate room. In prone, she had the sheet and blanket pulled up around her shoulders and pinned under her. She wanted to remain draped in all areas. As if that wasn't enough of a curve ball, she was completely ticklish wherever I touched her regardless of pressure. But, she wasn't laughing, she was squirming and writhing around on the table, bringing her legs up off the bolster, and twisted in all directions. I felt like I was torturing the poor girl. I was in open communication with her the whole time and she insisted it was okay, but I felt like I was giving a non-consentual massage! I literally had to get a beer after work, and I don't drink beer. Any fellow therapists with a similar story?

sitonmyinterface: (Alice)
Been at my massage gig almost 5 months now and I'm finally settling in and getting into my groove.

Had a client yesterday that started asking excessive questions about children:
Do you have any children? Do you want them? Do you plan on having children? Have you tried to have children?
I asked him if he has kids and he said he had a little one and then he STFU and went to sleep. Surely not the weirdest thing that could happen, but...

I have a new client that has been booking me twice a week every week for the past 3 weeks. She's also a great tipper, so that's a blessing. She's got a really chill vibe and doesn't chit-chat during her massage, which I prefer.

One of my old regulars saw that I was back and started requesting with me again. Another one from before also still comes, but now I have her husband booking with me. The wife stiffed me on a tip when she found out I was leaving and it would be her last massage with me. She even said I had better let her know if I come back. Nopes. It was only by chance her husband's regular massage therapist left and ended up getting booked with me. I don't get stiffed but it's sad for a 90 minute. I'll leave it at that.

sitonmyinterface: (vampirapus)
[community profile] questionoftheday asks: What was the strangest thing you ever believed as a child?

My answer:

I used to think that if I was giving myself eye contact in a mirror that someone or something would be able to see me from somewhere else. If I were changing and there was an unavoidable mirror, I would avert my gaze so that nothing could see me. As for the origin of this weird belief, it was just a feeling I got. I don't have a defining event that led to this. I don't have that feeling anymore but once in a while I am reminded.

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[community profile] questionoftheday asks: Is there something that, no matter what, never fails to annoy you? Tell me what really grinds your gears.

My answer: The sound of people chewing or any mouth noises for that matter. This also applies to dogs licking themselves. It drives me bat-shit.

sitonmyinterface: (Alice)
I had a client that booked with me and I had never massaged her before. When we got in the room she said that she'd been coming for years and saw me walking around one day and "liked my vibe" so she requested me. How cool is that? She had a great energy about her and she pre-booked with me again, so that's cool.

I made my first client cry. Luckily it was a good cry and not something bad! She came in all crumpled because she was having the worst headache. After my massage, in which I focused on some points that relieve headaches, she came out and I told her I hope her headache feels better. She looked at me and she's like "This headache has been here for days and this is the first time I've felt so good. I wish I could hug you!" Then she started crying and I was like AWWWWWWWWWWWIES and hugged her. That was somethin' else.

Sometimes certain clients are such a pleasure and/or genuinely helped by what I do, and that's what makes me love it. It's hard not to notice other therapists that don't seem into what they're doing at all, so why do it? I'm starting to build regular clientele so I'll be steady freddy before I know it. Not to mention season is coming... I'm glad giving massages counts as going to the gym according to me!

Saturday

Jun. 30th, 2018 04:01 pm
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Got a massage after about a year and bitch bruised up my legs, holy shit. I also discovered that if the pressure is too intense, I giggle. Anyway, I wanted to experience this therapist but my IT band area looks like someone wacked me with a cane. No bueno.

My sister in law is pregnant, in her second trimester. It will be exciting to have a baby in the family :) I don't think I'll be doing the motherhood thing. I think I'm too old and I wouldnt be able to handle it. With my anxiety and not being able to take meds or smoke crack. No thanks... jk.

sitonmyinterface: (vampirapus)
I had a dream that a small fetus still in its amniotic sac came out of me. This had to be the size of a standard marble. I could see the little black eyes and some inner bits. I put it in my pocket because I was going to track down my boyfriend and tell him. I had no idea I was pregnant and I didn't know if we would keep it. Dream logic, of course, made this possible as long as the little sac wasn't punctured.
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This BookRiot Challenge will certainly broaden my horizons in the coming months. What's cool is they allow you to double dip in that if one book meets more than one criteria, then it counts.

Here are the tasks (the ones I have completed have the book listed):

💀A book published posthumously - The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain
🔪A book of true crime - The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
📚A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance) - The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
🖌A comic written and drawn by the same person
🇧🇷A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa)
🌳A book about nature - Backyard Foraging by Ellen Zachos
🐎A western
✒A comic written or illustrated by a person of color - Bingo Love by Tee Franklin
📖A book of colonial or postcolonial literature
💏A romance novel by or about a person of color
🙌A children’s classic published before 1980 - Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
💎A celebrity memoir - Coreyograpy by Corey Feldman
📗An Oprah Book Club selection
👥A book of social science - Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
✔A one-sitting book - Bingo Love by Tee Franklin
👯‍The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series
🌚A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author
📒A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image - Bingo Love by Tee Franklin
㊗️A book of genre fiction in translation - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
😡A book with a cover you hate
🏳️‍🌈A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author
📒An essay anthology
👵A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60
😶An assigned book you hated (or never finished)

If you have recommendations for any of my empty categories, please leave a comment!
sitonmyinterface: (Alice)
I've always been intrigued by DID/MPD. It's rare as hell apparently, but I was watching some youtube videos and I cam across this lovely woman and her story is very interesting. I came across a couple others and it mainly seemed like they were attention-seeking or playing "make-believe"; playing acting parts rather than true switching. And I don't mean seeing the switch, per se... just the diff "personalities".

I wanted to share her vid and this is the first one I watched. I might have a confusing crush on her American accented alter (all of her alters are male, btw). After that I watched a cool interview special on her. I'd love any input on this subject!

Things!

Apr. 9th, 2018 02:16 pm
sitonmyinterface: (Scary Stories)
Do you believe that the dead could materialize an object out of nowhere? I know one shouldn't believe everything they read, but I'm reading My Son and the Afterlife and the author, who is also an MD, claims her dead son materialized a dime in her car and that... get this... it disappeared when she was holding it between her fingers. Well, let's hear it!



I still have a suture back near where my wisdom tooth was, but I'm finally getting it out tomorrow. It's practically growing fur! I hate it! I still have a little hole back there too but can tell it's closing up. According to the surgeon everything is normal. Well an open hole is not normal to me. I'm still chewing on my right side only because I'm too scared to get food in there. Gross!


This isn't my x-ray but it's extremely similar to the positioning of my impacted tooth


Just finished a book called The Raw Shark Texts. So good! So different from anything I have read, really. Clicky to read the description. Is anyone on goodreads? Let's be friends! I'm at 27 books for the year so far!

I have a pilates/strength training class starting today with a friend. Looking forward to it because it's time I get active. Not massaging on a regular basis means I'm sedentary AF.
sitonmyinterface: (Alice)
Because I waited on my wisdom teeth, because they were "just trying to get my money", I have to get a coronectomy from an oral surgeon this Friday because two nerves are running over the root of the tooth. Luckily it's just one tooth and it's lower so I won't have to worry about my sinuses getting fucked up.

Honestly, the thing I am most nervous about it the twilight sedation. I have never gotten that before so just nervous about the unknown, even though I know I will be out of it and won't care or remember after.

The pain should be significant, and while I get Norcos, I won't be able to take them on an empty stomach and won't be able to fill my stomach with something substantial.

I am going to take motrin and THC syrup instead.

sitonmyinterface: (vampirapus)
I am at 12 books for the month so far (I anticipate reaching 13 before Feb 1. I am astounded because I was a major slack-ass before when it came to reading, but now that I have been doing more of it, it's easier to digest books faster than normal.

I am currently reading Working Stiff by Judy Melinek, MD.

I used to love to watch Dr G Medical Examiner so this is right up my alley. This book is grossat times because I imagine these autopsies happening to myself and I get weirded out, but other times the doctor brings through much of her humor and personality which makes it an enjoyable ride despite the gross.

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Task #3 of the BookRiot Read Harder Challenge:

📚A classic of genre fiction (I chose sci-fi) - The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury


I've always had a fondness for Bradbury. This was a cool little collection of sci-fi stories. Bradbury liked Mars, especially since there is another called The Martian Chronicles that I read in high school. One story in particular was a rocket crew that exploded out of the rocket in all different directions.The story is their conversation over their communication devices until the signal finally cuts. It freaked me out because space is scary.
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Task #2 of the BookRiot Read Harder Challenge:

🔪A book of true crime - Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson


I was dancing around this title for years, and never took the plunge because it appeared to be more geared toward the World's Fair in Chicago. My intuition was correct. It seemed like every two chapters you would read a bit about H.H. Holmes and the rest was the inception, construction, and completion of building the "White City". Turns out this fair was the first place a Ferris Wheel was constructed, so that was an interesting tidbit.
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Task #1 of the BookRiot Read Harder Challenge:

💀A book published posthumously - The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain


I saw a snippit of this story depicted in my all-time favorite movie from when I was a youngster - The Adventures of Mark Twain, a claymation film. It dragged on a bit but it was a good representation of the main subject - A lack of a moral sense in the angel named Satan and how it affects the life of three boys. "I can do no wrong for I do not know what it is."

Also, for my Goodreads 2018 reading challenge, I am up to 6 books so far! I'm a madman!!
sitonmyinterface: (vampirapus)
This BookRiot Challenge will certainly broaden my horizons in the coming months.

Here are the tasks:

💀A book published posthumously
🔪A book of true crime
📚A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance)
🖌A comic written and drawn by the same person
🇧🇷A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa)
🌳A book about nature
🐎A western
✒A comic written or illustrated by a person of color
📖A book of colonial or postcolonial literature
💏A romance novel by or about a person of color
🙌A children’s classic published before 1980
💎A celebrity memoir
📗An Oprah Book Club selection
👥A book of social science
✔A one-sitting book
👯‍The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series
🌚A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author
📒A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image
㊗️A book of genre fiction in translation
😡A book with a cover you hate
🏳️‍🌈A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author
📒An essay anthology
👵A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60
😶An assigned book you hated (or never finished)

Who's with me? 😄
If you have recommendations for any of the above tasks, let me know in the comments.

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