I have officially Cheezburgered two of our cats…
Go give them a good vote!
Archive for August, 2009
For the past many days, I have been battling with my peepers once again. You see, my right eye has apparently launched an all-out war against me, and has opted to use germ warfare as its primary tool of aggression. Thanks to this unprovoked attack, I am now the victim of a particularly vicious set of ocular atrocities: iritis and scleritis. In layman’s terms, red-pain-ohmigoshhurtssomuchcan’tstandit-photophobic eye woes.
For this reason, I’m having to seriously limit my time in front of anything remotely light-emitting, such as the computer monitor, so I ask that you bear with me while we get my wayward peeper back under control. Two good things out of this whole deal, though: I’ve been put in contact with the best ophthalmologist I’ve ever had in my life (and please remind me to tell you about “optical diarrhea” when I’m back and posting in regular form), and I’ve gained cool points by having David Bowie eyes. One of the treatments my ophth has me on is constant pupil dilation, so, essentially, I look *almost* as cool as this:
See?
Or, if you prefer a feline interpretation:
But, perhaps I have it all wrong, and my eye was not truly attempting to engage in damaging warfare with me. After all…
At any rate, I’ll be back to more frequent postings as soon as I can tolerate the screen…and really, I have quite a bit to talk about (imagine that), so hopefully this will speed right along…
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There is much excitement in the land of Hope! As many of you who don’t know, in the early part of September, my husband and I will be embarking on “The Dracula Tour” of Romania. Essentially, we’ll be touring places frequented by Vlad Tepes (a.k.a. Vlad the Impaler, a.k.a. Vlad Dracula), including his ancestral home and actual fortress and castle. We’ll also be visiting Castle Bran, the castle that inspired the American versions of “vampire” castles. Think Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” and you’ll have it. I am extremely thrilled about the trip, and even more so because I am being afforded the opportunity to document our journey for a fairly well-known geographic travel magazine. So, fingers crossed that all goes well, hm?
In preparation for this trip, I am reading “Vlad Dracula: The Dragon Prince” by Michael Augustyn. My husband has read it and re-read it oh, let’s say about two dozen times now, and gives it supremely high ratings. So now it’s my turn to get on the ball and start brushing up on my Vlad knowledge.
Speaking of brushing up, I’d best get back to my Romanian lessons. I certainly don’t want to be the “ugly rude American tourist” over there… eesh…