Migraine #5762

I woke up with one this morning, missing my date with all the Rednecks at the Dollar General. Lucky for me, my appointment with neurologist extraordinaire, Dr. Pilch, was scheduled for today, so I went back to bed and suffered until it was time to put on my Stevie Wonder costume and head for his office. When he saw my right eye dangling on my cheek like Tom Savini had gotten hold of me, the good doctor gave me a big honkin' shot of Imitrex, a prescription for hydrocodone, and a bag full of Relpax samples and an extra Imitrex shot to take home with me. I felt like a kid at Christmas. The head is just now easing off, which is why I'm now online.

Oh, and he took me off the gabapentin and prescribed what I thought he was calling Ramrod, but it's actually Remeron. It's supposed to slow my mind down enough to where I can sleep instead of doing mathematical equations and reciting poetry and songs in my mind all night long. He said that's probably why I'm having such horrible headaches, because my brain never ever shuts down. I just want a good night's sleep with a morning devoid of horrific brain brain. If this ramrod shit does it, I'm already a fan.

Al-a-Day Day 6

Truly an epic song with an equally epic accompanying video.

Trapped in the Drive-Thru.

How does the man do it? I mean, he must have a brain bigger than Deep Thought! I need a Weird Al icon, and that's all there is to it.

What's going on?

What's the deal with flutterbychild and ohsospooky?

The Upcoming LJ Idol Season

When LJ Idol was teeny-tiny that first season, I won it. That's the only reason I won it, because there were only 9 contestants. If the stakes had been higher, I would have been kicked out early on, of that I have no doubt, because there are so many better and more-deserving writers out there in LJ-Land than I. When it appeared that clauderainsrm had himself a real sensation in the works, I stuck along for the ride, only occasionally dropping out of sight when the drama got to be too much for me to tolerate without the temptation to get into the fray getting the better of me.

Because of this drama that comes along with any good thing on Teh Intarwebs, I choose to stay in the background and watch along the sidelines. I very rarely vote for contestants and I only come out at the end of the competition to congratulate the winner and offer up kudos to all the participants. With Season Five about to begin, I'm going to continue that policy. I hope it doesn't offend anyone. I hope it doesn't lose me friends or gain me friends of those banking that I'll be an extra vote in their bid for the virtual crown, it won't work. When I do vote, I vote on the merits of the writing, and that's it. It could be a post by a friend of mine or a post written by a complete stranger, but I'll vote on it because the writing deserves a vote. That's all.

So that's my two Daktari on the whole therealljidol thing. Everyone who reads this and is participating this season, I wish you all the luck in the world. Play nice, have fun, and don't let clauderainsrm get on your nerves.