Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-14T21:16:21-04:00
As am I, Trinkets, though maybe being dead for a week isn't such a bad idea. I feel really terrible, and I haven't even hit the part of my week that will cause extreme stress, i.e. 4 exams, 3 in a 24 hour period.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-14T21:20:18-04:00
My apologies for being so quiet today. I found out this morning that the president of our company passed away over the weekend. He is the reason why I have the job I have now. The funeral will be this Friday.
I didn't know him for very long but he was a very nice man and he will be sorely missed
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-03-14T21:26:47-04:00
My condolences, Geist.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-03-14T21:28:26-04:00
I haven't had a proper drink in over 2 weeks.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-14T22:21:24-04:00
Well, I found out last night my favorite game has an online multiplayer... on exam week. Tell my professors I love them and my parents I won't be coming to class anymore.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-14T22:23:46-04:00
@Trinkets: You mentioned awhile back that you has laser surgery on your eyes? Have you had any problems since? I was thinking of getting it done but I'm scared to have my eyes cut while awake
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-03-14T22:55:05-04:00
No. No problems. This is my experience.
1) after they slice the cornea, they peel the flap open. Probably the weirdest feeling I have ever had in my life. Not painful, just eerie.
2) the smell of the Lazer zapping the cornea away smells a lot like burning hair.
3) i could immediately see better when I walked out of the clinic. But later that night, it felt like there were razor blades in my eyes. That only lasted that night. The feeling was gone by morning.
4) it was 2 weeks of eye drops that tasted like metallic ass. (Yes, the drops work themselves into your throat) and taping plastic shields over your eyes every night so you don't accidentally pretty the flaps open.
4) lights at night now have halos around them. I guess it's different with everybody. Mine aren't too bad. It doesn't affect my driving.
5) one of the best decisions I have ever made. I would easily go through all that again. Totally worth it IMO.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-03-14T23:00:52-04:00
As for the cutting, it was really neat. They put a ring around your eye that applies pressure, raises the cornea, and cuts of your vision. Then they put this little guillotine that slices the cornea. You never feel it or even know it was done. They cut both eyes in about one to two minutes total. The wrist parts are the peeling the flap back and after care. And they weren't that bad. This was 18 years ago,though.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-14T23:04:10-04:00
@Trinkets: I read that 3 times and I'm not sure if it made me feel better or worse about the surgery. Especially number 3.
Do you find that your eyes are dry more often? (I heard that is one of the side effects of getting this surgery)
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-03-14T23:24:38-04:00
Maybe razor blades was too extreme. But it was only a few hours the night of the surgery. By morning it was gone. That really was the only discomfort. Nothing else was painful.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-14T23:32:23-04:00
I really need laser surgery, and I will someday. Also, normal people don't see like a cross or shine around bright lights, especially at night? Oops.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-14T23:34:34-04:00
So wait, you're awake? And have to keep your eyes open? How does that work? It seems to me if you were awake, you couldn't keep focused on one spot for so long. I'm probably really wrong, but how's all that work out?
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-03-14T23:36:10-04:00
It's somewhat different, Zem. It is more pronounced than it was before my surgery.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-03-14T23:37:24-04:00
Geist, it was more like sawdust in my eyes. And it only lasted 4-6 hours.
But again. .......it was totally worth it.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-03-15T00:11:58-04:00
Ugh. Powe're went out on this side of town about a half hour ago.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-03-15T00:56:07-04:00
Yeah, power back on
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-15T01:39:58-04:00
Hell, I don't care about pins and needles. I'd go blind for a week to not have to worry about my eyes again! Hell, if I don't wear glasses or contacts, I have immeasurably bad eyes (worse than 20/200, which means if I don't wear at least glasses, I'm legally blind). Same for teeth. I had ALL the worst experiences with them and could go on forever with stories of pain my teeth have caused from braces to the worst type of wisdom teeth to chipping... It's all from my mom. My dad, meanwhile, is 50 and still has 20/10 vision (amazingly perfect, especially at 50) and perfect teeth (discounting his cavities; he never took care of them).
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-15T08:57:44-04:00
Today promises to be a great day.
*sarcasm alert!*
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-03-15T10:11:35-04:00
Good Morning Kittens!
@Geist, I strongly recommend getting the eye surgery! My cousin was one of the first to have it done in Canada, many many years ago, his eye sight is still 20/20, even for reading. He needed to have it done to be a fighter pilot, which was his lifes dream to follow in his dads footsteps. Total knob of a guy, but I guess most pilots are... ;) That had nothing to do with the surgery.
@Zem, well look after yourself youngbuck! It could also be stress, which given all the exams and whatnot, wouldn't be all the surprising. Play your games, but get your sleep as well, you'll get through this. I know it may sound like sometimes we're down playing what you're going through, but we just know what is coming after, and want to point out that these times you're having now will eventually be the good old days... thats all. You know what? Fly in the face of it and have a great day to spite it!
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-03-15T11:10:45-04:00
Good morning all.
Back is still crappy. Going in either today or tomorrow to get checked out again.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-03-15T11:40:13-04:00
@GM, no complaints here. The dog is doing good, my gaming group is getting together to play some Z:BP tonight, my wife is happy, life's good!
@Trinkets, I'm so sorry to hear that! Hopefully they can help you out! I can only imagine how painful that must be! :(
Lord Zombitten 2016-03-15T12:50:40-04:00
I'm pretty sure today is the reason alcohol was invented.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-15T12:56:44-04:00
I just wanna say that I co-sign what LZ said. I really need to think about having a flask at my desk on Tuesdays
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-15T13:22:04-04:00
BaKhan, I know what comes after this, and I can't freaking wait. Even if I don't get a very good job, it's much nicer than the irregularities, strange work hours, and wildly uneven stress levels college is famous for. Still, better than last exam week; every day was an 8am to 2-4 am kind of day. At least I still have spring break to regain sanity and catch up on sleep from the last 3 months now of too little sleep every day that are finally catching up.
At the very least, can I have more than 10 minutes to eat on tuesdays?! That's the worst part of it all!
Well, back to the grind.
Lord Zombitten 2016-03-15T13:58:17-04:00
I'm 1.5 hours away from telling an employee that she has three months to improve her performance....
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-15T14:18:05-04:00
Crack that whip LZ! Show her who is boss!
When you get your sauce empire going, can I be VP of Quality Control?
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-03-15T14:20:46-04:00
I second the QC job. Although, it would turn out like Norm on. Here's when he got the beer tasting job.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-15T14:21:00-04:00
@BaKhan: I am thinking of getting the eye surgery because my sight has gotten so bad, that I wear glasses all the time now. I use to be able to wear just contacts for reading and long range but that isn't working anymore. If I could just correct my vision to what it was like in my 20's (I've been wearing glasses since the 3rd grade) I would be happy.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-03-15T14:21:09-04:00
*Cheers, not heres.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-03-15T15:47:29-04:00
@Zem, uh huh... *nods sagely*
@Geist, my wife is in the same boat. She just had a horrible incident with contacts last year, alergies, scratch cornea... not good. When we can get back on our feet, we're going to get her in for laser eye surgery. She hates her glasses, I think they make her look cute... oh well. ;)
@BaKhan: Most women don't agree with most men when they say something makes them look cute. Even when it's 100% the truth, and more than one person comments on it.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-15T16:33:01-04:00
So...I had my performance review not that long ago. My manager disagreed with my own assessments on a few items. Apparently I went too low on my self assessment.
Mike Kabala 2016-03-15T16:35:55-04:00
Hi everybody. Laser surgery is definitely easier than what I went through in 2001. It started over Christmas vacation when I started seeing black specks, then black curtains in my eyes. I was visiting my parents, so I did;t tell anyone until I got back home. I called my eye doctor and described the curtains in my eyes.
"Umm ... you need to come have your eyes examined Today!"
Well, OK. I let my manager at work know that I needed to see the eye doctor "Today," and went in to her office. She examined my eyes with one of those lenses that shows her the back of the eye. "Um, we need you to be examined by our retinal surgery specialist right now," she said.
Oh, OK.
The retina specialist used the same instrument to examine my eyes. "U,, you need surgery Today!"
By now I was getting the idea, so I called my wife and had her meet me at the eye doctor's office. Then we went over to the hospital and I had surgery to reattach my writher retina.
11 days later I had surgery to reattach my left retina. When I woke up. I was effectively blind because both eyes had air bubbles in them to help me heal. It was just my luck I got one of those "perky" nurses who threw the curtains open and exclaimed, "There you go, can you see better now?"
"Um, Ma'am, I'm blind."
"But ... I thought you only had the operation on one of your eyes."
"Yeah, but eleven days ago I had the same operation on my other eye."
I spent the next couple of months sitting (and sleeping) with my face toward the floor so that the little air bubbles in my eyes pushed on the retinas to make sure they stayed where they belonged.
After that, I developed cataracts in both eyes, so I had surgery to replace the lenses in both eyes. This was more like the laser surgery you all have been talking about, only they completely remove the natural lens and insert a plastic one in its place. It was a lot easier than the retinal surgery, believe me.
Probably the worst part of the whole ordeal was after the air bubbles were gone, my eye doctor used a laser to, basically "tack weld" the retina in spots to keep it where it belongs. I still have a fold in my right retina, but my left one has been working fine ever since.
I'm glad I don't need the surgery. I *could* get it, but it won't do anything except remove the need for glasses. And depending on who you talk to/listen to, I look better with glasses.
@GM, ain't that the truth! The funny thing is, she is so worried about what other people think all the time. I think she's foxy as hell, she thinks she's ugly. I tell her all the time how amazing I think she looks, and try to compliment her as often as I can (which isn't natural to me, I just don't think like that), but all to no avail. I blame her parents on that one. When she and her sister were young, they were told that my wife was the smart one and her sister was the pretty one, and now, my wife thinks shes ugly and my sister in law thinks she's dumb. The worst part is they're both wrong! Oh well... I have tried and am still trying to change their opinions of themselves. FWIW I think a person looks their best when they feel good about themselves, its confidence that makes people attractive, imo anyways.
@CB, that sound horrible, I'm glad that you can still see! I have a friend that has the same problem, he has only had to have one of his retina's reattached, but he's been told he could get bumped and go blind, so he's happy to be able to still see at all.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-03-15T17:28:02-04:00
@GM, because its march, in Canada, and even though we all thought winter was over, it has a mind of its own. Also, we need the moisture! Its sooooooo dry here right now!
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-03-15T17:50:32-04:00
@CB, that sounds like one helluva situation. I knew retina could become unattached, I never knew about the air bubble thing. That sounds like a mini form of hell.
Tell me about it being dry...my hands haven't cracked, but they look dried out almost constantly. Doesn't help right now since I have been dealing with the backlog(since July) of filing to do.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-15T22:25:31-04:00
Thus endeth shit. I can handle a normal tuesday of mine. I can even handle feeling sick and beaten, the fact that a major exam is later, I have no time to study for it, etc. It's harder when I run a half hour longer in lab than is even allowed because of absolute BS happening to me and only me somehow. It's even harder when that runs into time to eat.
When that all runs into one big ball of hell of a 7am-9pm day with a really labor intensive lab running late, a major exam I had no time to study for, likely failed, and to top it off got wrongfully humiliated in (I don't know why the proctor told me to move, either because now there was room for everyone to be 2 seats apart instead of next to eachother or he somehow thought I was cheating (p.s., I wasn't.)), and on top of all that, I didn't even get to eat ANYTHING since 7:30 am, THAT's when I'm having a goddamn wonderful day. I'm seriously considering skipping tomorrow morning and sleeping in as long as possible. The first class is the first one after an exam, still not a good idea, the second and third are review for the coming exams, and then I have a recitation. Which I forgot I have a shit ton of work to do for reci. Well, I guess it's only 9:30.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-03-15T23:34:33-04:00
Holy crap, Zem. You need to take a little breather and enjoy some Zem time. Grab a sammy, a glass of Gatorade, and watch some Key & Peele.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-03-15T23:35:23-04:00
Or do what I'm doing. Grab some crackers, a glass of H2O, and watch shine Firefly.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-03-15T23:36:10-04:00
*some not shine. But watching Firefly is gorram shiny!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-16T00:01:28-04:00
Scratch that. It was a 7am to 11 pm kind of day. And now I get to eat! A whole macaroni cup! What do these people think I am, an engineering student?!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-16T00:02:42-04:00
Trinkets, funny you should say that... I was watching Key and Peele with my roommate who's watching the series through a second time while doing homework. Do you have a camera in my room or something? How'd you know?!
And you're gorram right it is!
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-03-16T00:51:05-04:00
No, I do not have a camera in your room. Just don't look behind the mirror.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-16T00:53:43-04:00
That would be difficult. There's a brick wall behind that mirror, and behind that, outside. Also, the mirror is sealed to the wall.
To your credit, nobody would ever look there!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-16T07:44:07-04:00
Morning kittens. Did I ever mention how much I hate the D.C. transit system? The head honcho has decided to shut down the whole subway during a work day to do emergency inspections of the track. Luckily for me the whole office is spending the day at a hotel to discuss the state of the company and as a meet and greet. Otherwise, I would have to take 4 buses and 3 hours (each way) to get to and from work without the subway.
Mike Kabala 2016-03-16T08:20:25-04:00
Morning @Geist. I thought it was bad when I had to take the bus to work in Charlotte, but then it was 1 hour each way and only one transfer!
Mike Kabala 2016-03-16T08:23:48-04:00
@Zem, hang in there. The craziness does't last forever. I can remember a time back in my college days when I stayed up almost all night studying for an exam, fell asleep an hour before, and nearly missed it! I wouldn't even be able to attempt that now at my age.
Yes, those were indeed the "Good Old Days."
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-16T08:51:24-04:00
@CB: You win on the subject of eye surgery. I wouldn't hesitate to get it done if I was having the same problems as you. Will I get the surgery? Maybe. It will be one of technology last things I fix when I am done with the rest of my top to bottom body tune up.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-03-16T09:38:22-04:00
Good Morning Kittens!
I'm pretty tired today, haven't been sleeping well that last couple of nights. I could blame all of the stuff around me, but I think I just have too much on my mind to actually rest properly. Oh well, its a short week for me this week, I've taken off Friday and am heading out to Banff for the weekend with my wife, a well needed break from all the stresses of late. Looking forward to it!
@Geist: I have bought a flask a while ago...I don't use it often though. As far as if I brought it to work...no, I kind of like my job(most days)...and after the performance review yesterday, I'm going to like it a bit more.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-16T12:03:38-04:00
Don't you complain about your job most of the time?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-16T12:06:12-04:00
Well I accidentally slept through the first class, the one I was worried about missing if I slept in, but I woke up to my alarm and then woke up an hour later. So I skipped the next class since it's only review for exams. Still not enough sleep, though.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-03-16T12:17:48-04:00
@Geist, Thanks! The pup will be staying with friends (the same ones that noticed he was sick last year) and will be in good company, and with his best friend Mocha, a gorgeous 100lbs pitty (who we nicknamed the yard hippo, cause she's grey and kinda looks like a hippo). He will be in the best of hands, its kinda like a resort for him too!
@Geist: Yeah, I do complain about it most of the time, but I still like it most days(when everything falls into place properly and people aren't chewing with their mouths open...like eating peanut butter without eating peanut butter).
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-03-16T12:50:58-04:00
The world could do without peanut butter, peanuts, or nuts at all really... says the person with the allergy... ;)
@CB: It would include all fish(with the exception of tuna as somehow I am not allergic to that particular one).
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-16T13:26:45-04:00
Salmon. Don't like it. CB can have that and all romance novels.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-03-16T13:31:19-04:00
What's wrong with salmon? I'm not a fan of crab, lobster, shrimp, pretty much anything not fish. I'll eat almost any kind of fish. Smoked chubs....yummy.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-03-16T13:32:10-04:00
Sardines I guys I'm not a fan of and anchovies are just awful.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-03-16T13:32:40-04:00
*I guess
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-03-16T13:33:32-04:00
LCB can also have all the fantastic 4 movies.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-03-16T13:34:41-04:00
*CB (I have zero idea how it autocorrect made it LCB)
My phone is drunk again.
@Trinkets: If you like Caesar dressing...don't look at the ingredients. ;)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-16T14:34:54-04:00
Or Worcestershire sauce, GM. But that goes for anybody.
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Am I the only one who loves fish alot? Nearly all kinds, plus shellfish too! Not the biggest fan of shrimp, though I like them, but crab, lobster, crawfish etouffee... New Orleans is like heaven for that kind of stuff!
Also, I used to absolutely love all nuts except a couple! Pistachios and cashews were the best! But then after my second wisdom tooth surgery, my taste somehow changed and now just the smell of nearly any nut whatsoever makes me very sick. Yet my mom loves eating cashews in the car. It's like the worst fart in a car ever, but much different and worse.
Yet peanuts I still love. I don't know why, but they're legumes, not nuts, so I guess that has something to do with it.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-16T14:37:06-04:00
Also with peanuts: you're not allergic to the peanut, you're allergic to I believe it's a fungus that grows on like 90% of all peanuts. It's harmless to humans and I think symbiotic to peanuts, but some people develop an allergy to it. That and the fact that peanuts are legumes are why peanut and general nut allergies are completely different.
Lord Zombitten 2016-03-16T14:37:51-04:00
I didn't like anchovies until I had them in Belgium. Then I came home and hated them again. Basically, Americans pack them in way too much salt.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-16T14:41:45-04:00
That would explain why they like them there but they're infamous here. I didn't like malt until I had british maltesers. Whoppers and milk duds always were gross to me, but when I had those things it all changed. I got instantly addicted and had to really control myself so I didn't deplete all my dad's stash he brought back from England. They might be his favorite candy.
Mike Kabala 2016-03-16T14:53:23-04:00
Wow, I'm getting quite a stash! I'll need to hire more minions!
Don't forget herring ... gotta love herring!
Mike Kabala 2016-03-16T14:55:22-04:00
Actually, since we're all loosely associated with kittens, there should be a lot of fish lovers here, the stinkier the better!
Send me all your old Polka records, too! I recently changed my ringtone to "Bubbles in the Wine!"
Mike Kabala 2016-03-16T14:58:08-04:00
Now I don't have to check my phone every time I hear marimbas.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-16T15:09:17-04:00
My brother used to have this as his ringtone, which I thought was good because it was funny, sounded good, I only ever saw one other person with it as their ringtone, and that was surprising as hell, and it's easy to hear. Plus, you'll answer it fast or else friends and family start laughing because it's funny as a ringtone: https://www.youtube.com/watch… Though I've always REALLY wanted this as my ringtone! https://www.youtube.com/watch…
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-03-16T15:14:10-04:00
@GM, lol. Yeah, I know. By Caesar dressing is good.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-03-16T15:17:07-04:00
Polka, now we're talking!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-03-16T15:27:46-04:00
I like Weird Al's polkas... and that would be about the extent of it... ;) Too much Oooom Pa Pa, Ooooom Pa Pa for me! ;)
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-03-16T15:40:50-04:00
I have 3 words and one initial for ya. ...
Mollie B's Polka Party
You're welcome.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-16T16:07:43-04:00
BaKhan, Polkarama is one of the best songs ever!
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I actually usually like polka. Then again, I love nearly all music, and I've gone over how extensive and varied my pandora account is here already.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-16T16:32:37-04:00
LZ, I hope that sauce campaign is coming along nicely... I'm almost out of the inferno. Which funnily enough is not an inferno by any means. It's pretty mild, actually, which is what makes it such a great flavoring.
...My boss just told me to take advantage of how slow it's going to be over the summer and go home early...practically what she said at least. In other words, have a good night everyone.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-16T18:04:39-04:00
It's not summer yet. BACK TO WORK!
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-03-16T20:02:45-04:00
Daaaaaaaaaamn. I'm glad I don't work for you, Zem.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-16T20:41:46-04:00
Easiest exam of the year! And it was from Calc II, surprisingly. Another person who took it also said it was like the easiest one of the semester. That's that then.
Just played three rounds, I was second to last in first game, then got kicked out early second game, and just won third round against one other player.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-16T23:55:02-04:00
I... don't have a phone to play it on. Maybe I can convince my mom to download it so I can try it out over spring break.
As am I, Trinkets, though maybe being dead for a week isn't such a bad idea. I feel really terrible, and I haven't even hit the part of my week that will cause extreme stress, i.e. 4 exams, 3 in a 24 hour period.
My apologies for being so quiet today. I found out this morning that the president of our company passed away over the weekend. He is the reason why I have the job I have now. The funeral will be this Friday.
I didn't know him for very long but he was a very nice man and he will be sorely missed
My condolences, Geist.
I haven't had a proper drink in over 2 weeks.
Well, I found out last night my favorite game has an online multiplayer... on exam week. Tell my professors I love them and my parents I won't be coming to class anymore.
@Trinkets: You mentioned awhile back that you has laser surgery on your eyes? Have you had any problems since? I was thinking of getting it done but I'm scared to have my eyes cut while awake
No. No problems. This is my experience.
1) after they slice the cornea, they peel the flap open. Probably the weirdest feeling I have ever had in my life. Not painful, just eerie.
2) the smell of the Lazer zapping the cornea away smells a lot like burning hair.
3) i could immediately see better when I walked out of the clinic. But later that night, it felt like there were razor blades in my eyes. That only lasted that night. The feeling was gone by morning.
4) it was 2 weeks of eye drops that tasted like metallic ass. (Yes, the drops work themselves into your throat) and taping plastic shields over your eyes every night so you don't accidentally pretty the flaps open.
4) lights at night now have halos around them. I guess it's different with everybody. Mine aren't too bad. It doesn't affect my driving.
5) one of the best decisions I have ever made. I would easily go through all that again. Totally worth it IMO.
As for the cutting, it was really neat. They put a ring around your eye that applies pressure, raises the cornea, and cuts of your vision. Then they put this little guillotine that slices the cornea. You never feel it or even know it was done. They cut both eyes in about one to two minutes total. The wrist parts are the peeling the flap back and after care. And they weren't that bad. This was 18 years ago,though.
@Trinkets: I read that 3 times and I'm not sure if it made me feel better or worse about the surgery. Especially number 3.
Do you find that your eyes are dry more often? (I heard that is one of the side effects of getting this surgery)
Maybe razor blades was too extreme. But it was only a few hours the night of the surgery. By morning it was gone. That really was the only discomfort. Nothing else was painful.
I really need laser surgery, and I will someday. Also, normal people don't see like a cross or shine around bright lights, especially at night? Oops.
So wait, you're awake? And have to keep your eyes open? How does that work? It seems to me if you were awake, you couldn't keep focused on one spot for so long. I'm probably really wrong, but how's all that work out?
It's somewhat different, Zem. It is more pronounced than it was before my surgery.
Geist, it was more like sawdust in my eyes. And it only lasted 4-6 hours.
But again. .......it was totally worth it.
Ugh. Powe're went out on this side of town about a half hour ago.
Yeah, power back on
Hell, I don't care about pins and needles. I'd go blind for a week to not have to worry about my eyes again! Hell, if I don't wear glasses or contacts, I have immeasurably bad eyes (worse than 20/200, which means if I don't wear at least glasses, I'm legally blind). Same for teeth. I had ALL the worst experiences with them and could go on forever with stories of pain my teeth have caused from braces to the worst type of wisdom teeth to chipping... It's all from my mom. My dad, meanwhile, is 50 and still has 20/10 vision (amazingly perfect, especially at 50) and perfect teeth (discounting his cavities; he never took care of them).
Today promises to be a great day.
*sarcasm alert!*
Good Morning Kittens!
@Geist, I strongly recommend getting the eye surgery! My cousin was one of the first to have it done in Canada, many many years ago, his eye sight is still 20/20, even for reading. He needed to have it done to be a fighter pilot, which was his lifes dream to follow in his dads footsteps. Total knob of a guy, but I guess most pilots are... ;) That had nothing to do with the surgery.
@Zem, well look after yourself youngbuck! It could also be stress, which given all the exams and whatnot, wouldn't be all the surprising. Play your games, but get your sleep as well, you'll get through this. I know it may sound like sometimes we're down playing what you're going through, but we just know what is coming after, and want to point out that these times you're having now will eventually be the good old days... thats all. You know what? Fly in the face of it and have a great day to spite it!
@Trinkets, hope your back is feeling better.
Morning kittens.
how it everyone today?
Good morning all.
Back is still crappy. Going in either today or tomorrow to get checked out again.
@GM, no complaints here. The dog is doing good, my gaming group is getting together to play some Z:BP tonight, my wife is happy, life's good!
@Trinkets, I'm so sorry to hear that! Hopefully they can help you out! I can only imagine how painful that must be! :(
I'm pretty sure today is the reason alcohol was invented.
I just wanna say that I co-sign what LZ said. I really need to think about having a flask at my desk on Tuesdays
BaKhan, I know what comes after this, and I can't freaking wait. Even if I don't get a very good job, it's much nicer than the irregularities, strange work hours, and wildly uneven stress levels college is famous for. Still, better than last exam week; every day was an 8am to 2-4 am kind of day. At least I still have spring break to regain sanity and catch up on sleep from the last 3 months now of too little sleep every day that are finally catching up.
At the very least, can I have more than 10 minutes to eat on tuesdays?! That's the worst part of it all!
Well, back to the grind.
I'm 1.5 hours away from telling an employee that she has three months to improve her performance....
Crack that whip LZ! Show her who is boss!
When you get your sauce empire going, can I be VP of Quality Control?
I second the QC job. Although, it would turn out like Norm on. Here's when he got the beer tasting job.
@BaKhan: I am thinking of getting the eye surgery because my sight has gotten so bad, that I wear glasses all the time now. I use to be able to wear just contacts for reading and long range but that isn't working anymore. If I could just correct my vision to what it was like in my 20's (I've been wearing glasses since the 3rd grade) I would be happy.
*Cheers, not heres.
@Zem, uh huh... *nods sagely*
@Geist, my wife is in the same boat. She just had a horrible incident with contacts last year, alergies, scratch cornea... not good. When we can get back on our feet, we're going to get her in for laser eye surgery. She hates her glasses, I think they make her look cute... oh well. ;)
@BaKhan: Most women don't agree with most men when they say something makes them look cute. Even when it's 100% the truth, and more than one person comments on it.
@GM: :-P
So...I had my performance review not that long ago. My manager disagreed with my own assessments on a few items. Apparently I went too low on my self assessment.
Hi everybody. Laser surgery is definitely easier than what I went through in 2001. It started over Christmas vacation when I started seeing black specks, then black curtains in my eyes. I was visiting my parents, so I did;t tell anyone until I got back home. I called my eye doctor and described the curtains in my eyes.
"Umm ... you need to come have your eyes examined Today!"
Well, OK. I let my manager at work know that I needed to see the eye doctor "Today," and went in to her office. She examined my eyes with one of those lenses that shows her the back of the eye. "Um, we need you to be examined by our retinal surgery specialist right now," she said.
Oh, OK.
The retina specialist used the same instrument to examine my eyes. "U,, you need surgery Today!"
By now I was getting the idea, so I called my wife and had her meet me at the eye doctor's office. Then we went over to the hospital and I had surgery to reattach my writher retina.
11 days later I had surgery to reattach my left retina. When I woke up. I was effectively blind because both eyes had air bubbles in them to help me heal. It was just my luck I got one of those "perky" nurses who threw the curtains open and exclaimed, "There you go, can you see better now?"
"Um, Ma'am, I'm blind."
"But ... I thought you only had the operation on one of your eyes."
"Yeah, but eleven days ago I had the same operation on my other eye."
I spent the next couple of months sitting (and sleeping) with my face toward the floor so that the little air bubbles in my eyes pushed on the retinas to make sure they stayed where they belonged.
After that, I developed cataracts in both eyes, so I had surgery to replace the lenses in both eyes. This was more like the laser surgery you all have been talking about, only they completely remove the natural lens and insert a plastic one in its place. It was a lot easier than the retinal surgery, believe me.
Probably the worst part of the whole ordeal was after the air bubbles were gone, my eye doctor used a laser to, basically "tack weld" the retina in spots to keep it where it belongs. I still have a fold in my right retina, but my left one has been working fine ever since.
I'm glad I don't need the surgery. I *could* get it, but it won't do anything except remove the need for glasses. And depending on who you talk to/listen to, I look better with glasses.
Also...why is it snowing?!
@GM, ain't that the truth! The funny thing is, she is so worried about what other people think all the time. I think she's foxy as hell, she thinks she's ugly. I tell her all the time how amazing I think she looks, and try to compliment her as often as I can (which isn't natural to me, I just don't think like that), but all to no avail. I blame her parents on that one. When she and her sister were young, they were told that my wife was the smart one and her sister was the pretty one, and now, my wife thinks shes ugly and my sister in law thinks she's dumb. The worst part is they're both wrong! Oh well... I have tried and am still trying to change their opinions of themselves. FWIW I think a person looks their best when they feel good about themselves, its confidence that makes people attractive, imo anyways.
@CB, that sound horrible, I'm glad that you can still see! I have a friend that has the same problem, he has only had to have one of his retina's reattached, but he's been told he could get bumped and go blind, so he's happy to be able to still see at all.
@GM, because its march, in Canada, and even though we all thought winter was over, it has a mind of its own. Also, we need the moisture! Its sooooooo dry here right now!
@CB, that sounds like one helluva situation. I knew retina could become unattached, I never knew about the air bubble thing. That sounds like a mini form of hell.
Tell me about it being dry...my hands haven't cracked, but they look dried out almost constantly. Doesn't help right now since I have been dealing with the backlog(since July) of filing to do.
Thus endeth shit. I can handle a normal tuesday of mine. I can even handle feeling sick and beaten, the fact that a major exam is later, I have no time to study for it, etc. It's harder when I run a half hour longer in lab than is even allowed because of absolute BS happening to me and only me somehow. It's even harder when that runs into time to eat.
When that all runs into one big ball of hell of a 7am-9pm day with a really labor intensive lab running late, a major exam I had no time to study for, likely failed, and to top it off got wrongfully humiliated in (I don't know why the proctor told me to move, either because now there was room for everyone to be 2 seats apart instead of next to eachother or he somehow thought I was cheating (p.s., I wasn't.)), and on top of all that, I didn't even get to eat ANYTHING since 7:30 am, THAT's when I'm having a goddamn wonderful day. I'm seriously considering skipping tomorrow morning and sleeping in as long as possible. The first class is the first one after an exam, still not a good idea, the second and third are review for the coming exams, and then I have a recitation. Which I forgot I have a shit ton of work to do for reci. Well, I guess it's only 9:30.
Holy crap, Zem. You need to take a little breather and enjoy some Zem time. Grab a sammy, a glass of Gatorade, and watch some Key & Peele.
Or do what I'm doing. Grab some crackers, a glass of H2O, and watch shine Firefly.
*some not shine. But watching Firefly is gorram shiny!
Scratch that. It was a 7am to 11 pm kind of day. And now I get to eat! A whole macaroni cup! What do these people think I am, an engineering student?!
Trinkets, funny you should say that... I was watching Key and Peele with my roommate who's watching the series through a second time while doing homework. Do you have a camera in my room or something? How'd you know?!
And you're gorram right it is!
No, I do not have a camera in your room. Just don't look behind the mirror.
That would be difficult. There's a brick wall behind that mirror, and behind that, outside. Also, the mirror is sealed to the wall.
To your credit, nobody would ever look there!
Morning kittens. Did I ever mention how much I hate the D.C. transit system? The head honcho has decided to shut down the whole subway during a work day to do emergency inspections of the track. Luckily for me the whole office is spending the day at a hotel to discuss the state of the company and as a meet and greet. Otherwise, I would have to take 4 buses and 3 hours (each way) to get to and from work without the subway.
Morning @Geist. I thought it was bad when I had to take the bus to work in Charlotte, but then it was 1 hour each way and only one transfer!
@Zem, hang in there. The craziness does't last forever. I can remember a time back in my college days when I stayed up almost all night studying for an exam, fell asleep an hour before, and nearly missed it! I wouldn't even be able to attempt that now at my age.
Yes, those were indeed the "Good Old Days."
@CB: You win on the subject of eye surgery. I wouldn't hesitate to get it done if I was having the same problems as you. Will I get the surgery? Maybe. It will be one of technology last things I fix when I am done with the rest of my top to bottom body tune up.
Good Morning Kittens!
I'm pretty tired today, haven't been sleeping well that last couple of nights. I could blame all of the stuff around me, but I think I just have too much on my mind to actually rest properly. Oh well, its a short week for me this week, I've taken off Friday and am heading out to Banff for the weekend with my wife, a well needed break from all the stresses of late. Looking forward to it!
Morning kittens!
Is today over yet?
@BaKhan: Enjoy your time off with the Mrs. You deserve it. Where will puppy be while you are gone?
@GM: it is if you bought a flask
@Geist: I have bought a flask a while ago...I don't use it often though. As far as if I brought it to work...no, I kind of like my job(most days)...and after the performance review yesterday, I'm going to like it a bit more.
Don't you complain about your job most of the time?
Well I accidentally slept through the first class, the one I was worried about missing if I slept in, but I woke up to my alarm and then woke up an hour later. So I skipped the next class since it's only review for exams. Still not enough sleep, though.
@Geist, Thanks! The pup will be staying with friends (the same ones that noticed he was sick last year) and will be in good company, and with his best friend Mocha, a gorgeous 100lbs pitty (who we nicknamed the yard hippo, cause she's grey and kinda looks like a hippo). He will be in the best of hands, its kinda like a resort for him too!
@Geist: Yeah, I do complain about it most of the time, but I still like it most days(when everything falls into place properly and people aren't chewing with their mouths open...like eating peanut butter without eating peanut butter).
The world could do without peanut butter, peanuts, or nuts at all really... says the person with the allergy... ;)
@BaKhan: I feel the same way with seafood...again, says the person with the allergy. :)
Send all of your nuts and shellfish to Charlotte. I'll dispose of it for you.
@CB: It would include all fish(with the exception of tuna as somehow I am not allergic to that particular one).
Salmon. Don't like it. CB can have that and all romance novels.
What's wrong with salmon? I'm not a fan of crab, lobster, shrimp, pretty much anything not fish. I'll eat almost any kind of fish. Smoked chubs....yummy.
Sardines I guys I'm not a fan of and anchovies are just awful.
*I guess
LCB can also have all the fantastic 4 movies.
*CB (I have zero idea how it autocorrect made it LCB)
My phone is drunk again.
@Trinkets: If you like Caesar dressing...don't look at the ingredients. ;)
Or Worcestershire sauce, GM. But that goes for anybody.
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Am I the only one who loves fish alot? Nearly all kinds, plus shellfish too! Not the biggest fan of shrimp, though I like them, but crab, lobster, crawfish etouffee... New Orleans is like heaven for that kind of stuff!
Also, I used to absolutely love all nuts except a couple! Pistachios and cashews were the best! But then after my second wisdom tooth surgery, my taste somehow changed and now just the smell of nearly any nut whatsoever makes me very sick. Yet my mom loves eating cashews in the car. It's like the worst fart in a car ever, but much different and worse.
Yet peanuts I still love. I don't know why, but they're legumes, not nuts, so I guess that has something to do with it.
Also with peanuts: you're not allergic to the peanut, you're allergic to I believe it's a fungus that grows on like 90% of all peanuts. It's harmless to humans and I think symbiotic to peanuts, but some people develop an allergy to it. That and the fact that peanuts are legumes are why peanut and general nut allergies are completely different.
I didn't like anchovies until I had them in Belgium. Then I came home and hated them again. Basically, Americans pack them in way too much salt.
That would explain why they like them there but they're infamous here. I didn't like malt until I had british maltesers. Whoppers and milk duds always were gross to me, but when I had those things it all changed. I got instantly addicted and had to really control myself so I didn't deplete all my dad's stash he brought back from England. They might be his favorite candy.
Wow, I'm getting quite a stash! I'll need to hire more minions!
Don't forget herring ... gotta love herring!
Actually, since we're all loosely associated with kittens, there should be a lot of fish lovers here, the stinkier the better!
Send me all your old Polka records, too! I recently changed my ringtone to "Bubbles in the Wine!"
Now I don't have to check my phone every time I hear marimbas.
My brother used to have this as his ringtone, which I thought was good because it was funny, sounded good, I only ever saw one other person with it as their ringtone, and that was surprising as hell, and it's easy to hear. Plus, you'll answer it fast or else friends and family start laughing because it's funny as a ringtone: https://www.youtube.com/watch…
Though I've always REALLY wanted this as my ringtone! https://www.youtube.com/watch…
@GM, lol. Yeah, I know. By Caesar dressing is good.
Polka, now we're talking!
I like Weird Al's polkas... and that would be about the extent of it... ;) Too much Oooom Pa Pa, Ooooom Pa Pa for me! ;)
I have 3 words and one initial for ya. ...
Mollie B's Polka Party
You're welcome.
BaKhan, Polkarama is one of the best songs ever!
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I actually usually like polka. Then again, I love nearly all music, and I've gone over how extensive and varied my pandora account is here already.
LZ, I hope that sauce campaign is coming along nicely... I'm almost out of the inferno. Which funnily enough is not an inferno by any means. It's pretty mild, actually, which is what makes it such a great flavoring.
...My boss just told me to take advantage of how slow it's going to be over the summer and go home early...practically what she said at least. In other words, have a good night everyone.
It's not summer yet. BACK TO WORK!
Daaaaaaaaaamn. I'm glad I don't work for you, Zem.
Easiest exam of the year! And it was from Calc II, surprisingly. Another person who took it also said it was like the easiest one of the semester. That's that then.
Meow.
HHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSS!!!!! *sniffs butt*
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That's cat for "hello!"
Howdy Creeper!!
Zem, get some sleep.
It's only 10:45. In addition, I have plenty of work left. And got plenty today.
Aaaagh! Finally sat down and played exploding kittens online with strangers. I LOVE IT!
Just played three rounds, I was second to last in first game, then got kicked out early second game, and just won third round against one other player.
I... don't have a phone to play it on. Maybe I can convince my mom to download it so I can try it out over spring break.
Maaaaan...I was just rejected by the oatmeal. He logged into my game, but jumped out before it started.