had my first appointment with Sheron today - she's actually a LCSW, not a psychiatrist. lots of paperwork and such to get out of the way this first visit.

damn, ya really CAN do anything on the internet!!

wanna dump somebody? http://www.igotdumped.net/

need a Venn Diagram? http://www.venndiagram.com/

15

I act like I'm 15.
This test was brought to you by Melissa - No, really.... Take it here.

The Mirror Project is a pretty interesting website...

dogs on the web - can police dogs be trained to be racist? interesting question....now, just because the damned dog's been taught to bust non-whites doesn't seem like a good reason to KILL him - just don't use him as a police dog...

and if your dog's gay, check out A.S.S.....

more weird dreams today - very vivid, though i'm rapidly forgetting details...patti was very prevalent in this one, and we were all at work, except it wasn't at ol' exit 5 parkway - we were in a little schoolhouse or a church or something...nobody wanted to do any work - i was the only one doing anything...

*shrug*

cool - make your own south park character!

hmmm, the Cannabis As Living Medicine website disucsses pot and epilepsy -

"Treating Epilepsy with Marijuana

Some people with grand mal seizures say they can prevent their seizures entirely by smoking marijuana. Others, who suffer complex partial seizures, report that marijuana also curbs their symptoms and prevents loss of consciousness. Marijuana is not considered useful for treating petit mal or absence seizures and may even worsen them.

Some patients find that marijuana works in conjunction with other drugs they are taking. Others find that marijuana works best for them when it is used without other drugs. Either way, these epileptic patients have made marijuana a necessary part of their medical treatment.

People using marijuana to control epilepsy should be aware that withdrawal from any medication that controls seizures may leave you more susceptible to the seizures. Marijuana is no exception. Patients with epilepsy are advised to exercise caution when using oral THC because there is not sufficient knowledge about the convulsive or anti-convulsive properties of the single compound."

another page with pros and cons is at www.marijuanainfo.org

been doing some research on the epilepsy and related stuff from my last trip to the hospital:

eMedicine's article on status epilepticus had some interesting points - "In the US: Approximately 50,000-200,000 cases of status epilepticus occur per year (using traditional epidemiologic definitions). The overall mortality rate is about 20%" - holy shit, my life was seriously at risk there...

another interesting comment was "Psychogenic seizures may, at times, be indistinguishable from GCSE by appearance alone." i suppose this is why i've been set up with the psychiatrist, to make sure it's not a psychological thing, though i doubt it is since they've seen activity on the EEG...

neal suggested marijuana for treating my seizures (big surprise there, eh?) but Discovery Health says "individuals can lower their risk of seizures by: · avoiding excess alcohol · avoiding illegal drugs, especially marijuana and cocaine" - don't think i'll be rolling one anytime soon...

Find your emotion!

You are 40% evil! [?]

You're more good than evil, but not by much. You've drank straight from the carton of milk in the refrigerator, and maybe kicked the neighbor's cat, but you're still good. Kinda.

How Gay Are YOU? [?]

hrm, haven't figured out how it came up with that number, i'd say i'm more than 70% lesbonian....

Which Kiss Are You?

You're GLUTTONY! Food is good. You love to stuff yourself, and you may become over weight, if you already aren't. You like to endulge. You're represented by the color orange.

wow, big suprise there...

_E_ndulge?!? don't people proofread their shit anymore these days?!?

a few links regarding the gamma knife thang:

http://www.medicine.indiana.edu/

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/06/020605073153.htm

http://www.irsa.org/publications/BrainTalkV6_2.pdf

http://www.iupui.edu/~neurosur/GammaKnife.html

http://www.clarian.org/clinical/gammaknife/index.jhtml?print=true

went to work today, but i'm still not quite right in the head - damn, that was a bad seizure. and i'm not going to get stressed about the fact that cheryl's on vacation this week - teressa can do some of the fucking covers. i guess i pissed her off by telling her not to send non-work-related emails to my work email, but instead to send them to my crapmail.com account - i think it's fucking ridiculous that the damned department supervisor sends out chain letters and shit at work. oh well.

a few interesting links:

how stuff works has an article on how mri works...

cdcovers.cc has over 90,000 album covers you can download for cds ya burn...

book crossing.com encourages ya to leave books lying around for people to pick up and read - you can see where your books end up by going to the website...

rxlist.com has a list of the top 200 prescriptions given out...