Saturday, October 27th, 2007

a DISEASED blogger writes

i'm alive!

and i do expect all of you are athrill at this idea.

(i was initially going to use "tingly" rather than "athrill," but some mental quarter of my mind was all like, "dearest connie, surely you are capable of a more refined word than tingly" and i was all like, "heck yeah i am." but i still enjoy saying tingly. tingly.)

i came down with a bit of a virus last week where i just literally slept and watched television all day. the virus basically rendered me completely stagnant, unable to eat or talk, which is one of the worst things that could happen to me - of all people - because I LOVE TO DO BOTH. my lips were besprinkled with - oh, i'd say, about 2353 minuscule cuts that seared, slashed, and corroded every fiber of my being. so needless to say, both my body and spirit were weakened, and what made it so much worse was that a so you think you can dance marathon was all that was on during my period of vegetation.

ouch. benji won, by the way.

so, if you were wondering, it was the herpes (simplex virus) that did this to me. and whenever i told people this, they gave me the usual "i'm so sorry! feel better!" while subtly glancing at where they thought the virus had also affected me (in addition to my face and mouth), to which i abruptly replied "IT'S NOT GENITAL HERPES." and then i got a whole lot of "ohh... well, feel better."

yeah, okay.

before i knew what was wrong with me (you know, the herpes) or was able to get to a doctor, i had let a friend know that i wouldn't be able to go to class that day. she called me back shortly that morning and in a panic told me to go see a doctor because she was listening to the radio when she came up with the idea that i had the staph infection. i'm not sure if you're aware of it, but the staph infection has been in the news lately, purportedly responsible for the deaths of several people. i'm not going to go into it because i personally think it's slightly exaggerated hysteria, but if you use the magic of google, you might get some gross photos of it and possibly learn some things, too.

anyway, so i didn't have a staph infection - just plain, NOT GENITAL herpes. good day!

connie grabbed a duck on 102707 @ 06:38 PM EST

Monday, October 8th, 2007

eclat (pas vraiment)

dude.

i came across something on the new york times website today, which has left me somewhat dumbstruck. "don't open this cookie (disastrous day inside)" - does this excerpt sound familiar?

One blogger, who got the "professional help" fortune, wrote: "I shot the audacious baked item a dirty look and proceeded to eat it. And I hope it hurt."

with my mean cookies and their abrogation entry.

... dude.

my only concerns are (1) i come off as someone who frequently threatens oriental cookies in her blogs, and (2); when offended, i tend to eat the offenders.

i really don't. i swear, it was just the one time.

connie grabbed a duck on 100807 @ 04:09 PM EST

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

apples: II

i've been trying to write a paper where i defend the idea that the disappearance of boybands has left an unfilled void (very true, by the way), but i have "bohemian rhapsody" stuck in my head, so the paper kind of just consists of the lyrics to that.

sometimes, i really think i'm perfectly normal.

scaramouche, scaramouche - will you do the fandango?

it was really gross weather yesterday for october and everything, but i went apple picking anyway. I LOVE APPLE PICKING. i guess i can make these annually obligatory, so here's last year's entry (not interesting, but proof that i probably blog about apples too much), and here are some apples! with a bale of hay! and pumpkins!





festivity's price is approximately $33 and some odd cents.

connie grabbed a duck on 100707 @ 06:03 PM EST

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

i would fail english fo'sho

MY STOMACH HURTS.

happy october.

um, edit (08:26PM/100407): sorry, you know when people are all like, "get your feelings out onto your blog?"

well, check.

and thanks for the feedback. my stomach (which is a really weird word, by the way) is happy now. but in light of my recent philosophical studies, i think i'll pose the proverbial ethical dilemma to see what you all think - is the individual always just as important as society as a whole? as in, is it ethical to sacrifice one life to save one hundred?

now you have TWO exciting options as to what to comment on! decisions, decisions!

connie grabbed a duck on 100307 @ 08:07 PM EST

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