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Katarina Whimsy ([personal profile] sorcyress) wrote2009-01-19 10:28 pm

X Years Ago Today

Three years ago today, it was 2006. And I was sick.

I don't really get sick very often. I don't tend to get much of anything often, due to a combination of sheer stupid stubborness, which keeps me going long after my body has decided it Does Not Like This, Thanks1 and a relatively awesome immune system.

Of course, the latter is largely because I revel in germs. While I won't eat strange food off the ground, if I drop something, there's a fair chance that I will subsequently put it into my mouth, even if I know damn well if I shouldn't. Actually, I put a LOT of things into my mouth, even if I know damn well I shouldn't. I use my mouth as an extra hand, and biting things is a comfortable sort of way to claim them --certain things I own just feel right if I nip at them, like my luck-cat, and my most possessive2 gesture towards people is to bite them lightly on the shoulder

Soyeah. Woo germs! While I'm not positive, I think that three years ago would be the last time I was seriously sick then.

And of course I watch too much television when I'm laid out on the couch miserable. Doesn't everyone?

~Sor
MOOP!

1: See any long dance ever, especially my first Contra
2: I have a big problem with the concept of possessing people, largely because I have a big problem with being possessed. So I tend to shy away from claiming behaviours, and the word "my" in relation to the human involved in the relationship. (Different from using my in relation to the relationship --ie, Magus is my boyfriend or my boy, but not my Marc.)

[identity profile] tirerim.livejournal.com 2009-01-20 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
Not if one doesn't have a television.

[identity profile] kdsorceress.livejournal.com 2009-02-10 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
...Huh. But then what do you do? It's hard to focus on books, and I feel all guilty when I fall asleep in the middle of 'em, because I might drop them under me and squish them.

~Sor

[identity profile] tirerim.livejournal.com 2009-02-11 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
I'm pretty consistent about closing books even when I fall asleep in the middle of them, and if they're hardcovers, they're pretty unlikely to be squished once they're closed. They frequently just wind up under my pillow.

[identity profile] kdsorceress.livejournal.com 2009-02-11 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but I mostly read paperbacks, and occasionally read comics. Those do not do as well with the squishens.

~Sor

[identity profile] tirerim.livejournal.com 2009-02-12 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I mostly go for comfort reading when I'm sick, so it doesn't take a large supply of hardcovers. I also have a general policy of replacing paperback copies of books that I like with hardcover ones when I find them used and cheap.

[identity profile] kdsorceress.livejournal.com 2009-02-12 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
Ahh. Man, I should find a hardback version of my comfort book. Meh, someday.

~Sor

[identity profile] tirerim.livejournal.com 2009-02-12 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
Just one comfort book? Is it The Pirates' Mixed Up Voyage, or something else?

[identity profile] kdsorceress.livejournal.com 2009-02-12 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I'm pretty sure Mercedes Lackey's "By the Sword" ever came out in hardcover. I know the Pirates did.

~Sor

[identity profile] drama-angel3189.livejournal.com 2009-01-20 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I remember this cause then you got everyone else sick and I had to walk to school by myself. During midterms.

[identity profile] kdsorceress.livejournal.com 2009-02-10 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh. Yeah. Sorry about that.

~Sor