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[lizblackdog]

Three things have made me cry this morning.

The first: I know (because I've had this conversation with a few of my geekier friends) that I'm not the only one who looks to fandom for parallels to life, love, "real" people and relationships, the universe and everything. I suppose it's reassuring to know it's not a form of mental illness - or at least that it's not a brand new one. Watching the last season of Babylon 5 the week before the anniversary of John's death brought a parallel to mind that I'd never thought of before, and also brings Neal's Marcus quote to mind:
"Wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair? And all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them. So now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe."
(Edited to add: Don't mistake that for me whining about the things that have happened to me. What you're seeing is my profound, eternal gratitude that I haven't had the fortune I deserve.)

The second: Mitch Benn's tribute to John Peel. Because I was another one who stayed up late recording new songs off the radio, and a good half of the music that keeps me going was music I'd have never heard if not for Peel.

The third: The realisation that I only get like this when I'm pre-menstrual, and will therefore probably be bleeding all weekend instead of getting shagged half to death at the naked sauna. Even my own reproductive system is against me.

Comments

[randomyst.livejournal.com]

I totally get your reproductive organs being against you. LOL

That's why I make mine pay by only allowing them to bleed four times a year. LOL I'm going to schedule it for this coming weekend since I have nowhere to go and nothing to do, other than seeing the parental units.

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

Yeah - I used to do that when I was on the Pill, but I'm a lard-arsed chainsmoker with a family tendency to strokes, so I stopped doing hormonal birth control in my early 30s. It comes when it comes - although the Mirena does make it a lot lighter.

[randomyst.livejournal.com]

I don't know what Mirena is ... In other words, it's not hormonal birthcontrol? Is it IUDish?

And yeah, I stopped smoking because of the hormone-induced stroke percentages. With my PCOD, I'll always be lardy-arsey. ;-)

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

It's the new style of IUD that's impregnated with a very low dose of hormones - it's much safer than the pill because the hormones are delivered right to where they need to be working and aren't sloshing round the entire bloodstream. It's got a failure rate comparable to a tubal ligation and has the effect of reducing and sometimes stopping periods as well - mine didn't stop but it made them a great deal lighter, which rocks. I love it.