The Living Tarot.
2005-10-02 5:04 p.m.
I went and saw The Living Tarot at the Brody Theater last night. I wasn't quite prepared for the whole group ritual basis of the performance, but eventually got into it. I felt terribly sorry for the didgeridoo player, he sounded awful. Not that I'm an officionado on the didgeridoo, but it just didn't sound right and he was gasping loudly for air between emanations. The rest of the music was nice as far as supportive background music goes. The improvisors would take someone up on stage, have them ask a question then pull three tarot cards and then they'd improvise the answer as characters of the major arcana. It was quite entertaining, especially when the guy dressed as The Devil card ripped off his pleather pants, boxer briefs then g-string and paraded on stage naked. Any play where I get to see a penis is all right with me. Ha. No really, it was appropriate to the scene, utterly surprising and had the crowd rolling in the aisles. It was art. No, really.
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2005-09-30 12:09 a.m.
I went to the eye doctor this morning and she went over all the test results with me. I definitely have sarcoidosis and need my care to be coordinated by a single physician (someone other than an opthalmologist). Treatment can be as benign as watching, x-raying and bloodwork or something more serious like steroids, imuran or methotrexate. The last two are some pretty hardcord chemotherapy agents - I'm going to try to avoid that route. She told me that my eyes are responding well to the eye drops and I even get to have non-dialted eyes all weekend.
This means I'm going to read as many books as possible before I lose close distance vision! I also need to get together my submission packet for the sexy werewolf novel. I think I'm going to self publish (cafe press?) the vampire slaying librarian novel for Christmas this year. My family hasn't read anything I've done as an adult and think that they should see something recent. Of course the book is pretty violent, bloody and has an explicit sex scene and if I take out all that there's nothing left.
I went to improv tonight after a few months hiatus. I was told by one of the pros to keep coming back as I have a lot to offer. It always makes me feel really good when one of the big kids compliments me. I still have some insecurities about my ability as an actor/improvisor/show-off. After class I walked along the esplanade behind OMSI with a friend. We took advantage of the clear night and the fact that soon it will be raining and won't stop until spring time. As I turned onto my street the first drops of rain splattered against my windshield.
Timing is everything.
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2005-09-29 2:07 p.m.
I got a DashBar search engine hit today for "Vrey Good Sexy-Sex." I couldn't have said it better myself.
0 People have tried to sell me ViagraBlind as a vampire bat.
2005-09-27 10:50 p.m.
It's official. I'm currently on disability from my job. I'm hoping this will just be a short term thing. When we get my eye sight cured I should be able to go back. However, there is something terribly liberating about knowing that my desk is completly EMPTY. Last time I went out for a few weeks, they let everything sit there and it was an utter disaster when I came back to work. I am so happy that I'll be starting fresh when I get back.
I've got doctor visits galore coming up. I'm expecting that I'll have a two new referrals. Kaiser Permanente Heal KFK Team 2005 will soon be made up of: Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Physiatry, Opthalmology, ENT, Pulmonology and Dermatology. The problem with this stupid condition is that it can effect different parts of the body and a specialist needs to monitor that certain part of you. I really think that one of the doctors needs to write a journal article on me. If they don't maybe I will and turn it into my primary care doctor. Can patients get published?
Anywho, I'm off work primarily because I can't read or work on the computer for extended periods of time. Once we get my eyeballs fixed I expect to be back to my cute little gray cubicle reading medical records and writing letters. I asked Laurelann to keep my plant alive until I get back. It could be a couple of weeks. It could be more. All I know is that I've got a max of 12 weeks before FMLA kicks my ass of health insurance and I need health insurance more than oxygen at this point. I'm sure after two weeks of being on disability I'll be going completely insane (then I'll need a psychiatrist - Dr. number eight).
I'm going to watch/listen to an episode of CSI and then go to bed and have crazy ass dreams about blood and DNA analysis.
Support your local unemployed KFK and buy a fancy ass T-shirt. Your booty will thank you.
1 People have tried to sell me ViagraHMO Hell Part 58.
2005-09-26 2:21 p.m.
I got up early this morning to see my ENT. We went through all the lab work that had come back including my chest X-rays which pretty much tied up the diagnosis of Sarcoidosis. I guess they can't make a solid diagnosis without a biopsy and that could include shoving a tube down my throat and into my lungs. Uh, ouch. I already have five specialists but it appears I'll now need a pulmonologist and a dermatologist. Crazy. I had to get a TB test this morning to rule out that condition. When I was a kid they'd press a little prickly thing onto your forearm. Now they jab a half inch needle into your skin and pump you full of serum. Ouch.
The good news is that this condition is not contagious and will hopefully go away on its own. Right now I'm temporarily blind in the left eye from the steroids and eye dilation medication that I'm dumping into my eyes. Apparently, my eyes were so inflamed that there's scar tissue forming. Hopefully we caught all this in time. All these months I've been treated for dry eye syndrome when really my eye were filled with inflammation.
This is all pretty heavy stuff but I'm happy that I know what the hell is wrong with me and pleased that I should be able to kick it and be well again soon. In the mean time I'm going to concentrate on getting lots of sleep and taking good care of myself.
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