Monday, 21 February 2005 - 2:46 PM CST

No worries RD, you've been laboring long & hard on your story. (Damn that blog monster!)

See you tomorrow, hope the rest of your day goes well.

Monday, 21 February 2005 - 3:30 PM CST

don't worry, rdd, i think at some time or another, we've all been there. i once had to set up this spreadsheet on lotus (you guys all call it excel these days) and was down to the finishing touches when it all went away. i've since learned to save as i go, it makes it a lot quieter, since i'm not cussing out that blasted machine every few minutes.

can't wait for tomorrow!

kisshugs

Monday, 21 February 2005 - 3:38 PM CST

Thanks CG and feenxc for your understanding. I was in disbelief for a minute that it had disappeared, but then thought, ah, it must have sucked eggs. I will redo it tonight.

Monday, 21 February 2005 - 5:51 PM CST

Okay, so you get a 3-day weekend along with the schools and government workers! We'll look forward to the next installment.

Monday, 21 February 2005 - 5:57 PM CST

Don't worry RD, it's a common occurance... most computers are possessed!!! In the same vein... I once typed up a university thesis/assignment for my boss' wife and had a power outage just as I was almost finished (three days work) and lost 3/4 of it - and it was due in that day... so another girl and I worked until almost midnight typing different sections of it, and printed it for our boss to deliver to the mail centre to be stamped with the correct postage date. It was a nightmare! (Mind you, I never could understand why she wasn't doing her own assignment. And we never got paid overtime, just got a huge box of chocolates each - most of which I didn't even like. Yayy!)

RD nothing you write could 'suck eggs'. My mother finally started reading what I'd printed, and she couldn't put it down - I now have to post her the rest today as she's hanging to read it!

Mum is up to whether or not you should ring MAP... she had one question: Who does campus security? and are they affiliated with the security company that victim 1 had monitoring her house?

Looking forward to reading what you write... whenever you feel in the mood to write it. Obviously, it wasn't that your writing sucked, but simply that by re-writing it you'll add - or reword - some pertinent observation that we would have otherwise missed! :)

Gnomie :)

Monday, 21 February 2005 - 7:52 PM CST

'voila'

Monday, 21 February 2005 - 8:14 PM CST

What a laugh, "Karma's a killer"..so fitting for your story...no one's expecting you to be "Superwoman" and write every bloody day, you're already a Superlady..so don't go over the edge.

Sorry, I'm going to write about stuff that people said back on Friday, Gnomie and others: My sister had the same problem, she would faint and faint hard (I mean on concrete!) in strange and embarrassing places (especially if she wet herself, which the body will do in these situations). She had every test done, and then the fabulous tilt test did the trick and found the answer. She has NMS, neurally mediated syncope, basically what you guys were describing, but with a different name. She wouldn't just faint they found out, she would die. During one occasion where she fainted while walking with a friend in the woods, her friend freaked out because she looked and seemed dead. And she was. The tilt table found that her blood pressure being so low would shut her heart off for about thirteen seconds, and then restart her. She's tried numerous kinds of medicine, including salt and found that she still has about two to three 'episodes' a year. Currently she's trying taking an SSRI which is for depression (which she doesn't have) but a doctor said that they seem to work well on people with this condition. It sucks though, because she seems to have episodes whenever she's sick or has cramps. She had a bladder infection once which triggered one....she also had one once while driving..on the highway.
Luckily a friend was with her in the car and right as it happened my sister said, "I'm gonna have an episode" and she tried to pull over but as it happened she swung back into traffic. Her friend grabbed the wheel and braced to be hit by the truck coming at them from behind. The truck barely stopped in time and then the driver got out and yelled at them not knowing what was happening. My sisters friend told him, and he wanted to call 911 because she was unconscious, but her friend kept saying "She'll wake up soon"..and that fifteen seconds seemed like eternity to her. So now she doesn't drive when it's that time of the month.
My brother also has it, and was misdiagnosed with having diabetes..so the poor fella didn't eat sweets for two years!! He doesn't have it as bad as my sister, he just eats a lot of salt. And being a chef, he created a secret recipe for delicious chocolate torte.
So, that's another one for people to think about when they go "I don't know why I faint all the time"..it could be lot's of things and it takes along time to figure it out..but, when in doubt, have a tilt table test!

Also for Phaedria (sorry if I spelled it wrong) if you wonder a lot about "clairvoyant happenings" (like thinking of someone and then they call) then read "The Celestine Prophecy", it's kinda cheesy, but it will make you think about things...like how if something like that happens it may be a signal or path to change your life. Unfortunately it was read to me by my boyfriend (it's one of our things, he reads me books- it's cute) read it to me, and him being an actor, he had to use funny voices..it was hard for me to absorb it in a "intellectually serious manner." We've been reading The LOTR's series and, man, it's funny to hear him do Viggo. (Sometimes, I wish I could do Viggo...:)

Sorry to ramble,
Bubba

Monday, 21 February 2005 - 10:36 PM CST

Yeah baby! And I loved it! But in my own defense, I did write an entry last Saturday AND Sunday...

Monday, 21 February 2005 - 10:39 PM CST

Tell your mum she's a sleuth through and through. Excellent questions she had.

Campus security is run by campus police. The university has their own police department, so no connection between the university police and victim #1's security company. However, MANY people theorized it was possible the killer was a campus cop, to the point one campus cop was being looked at seriously. He was later fired for having viewed porn on his computer at work, but no connection to the murders.

Monday, 21 February 2005 - 10:40 PM CST

In the South we say "Wa La"...

Monday, 21 February 2005 - 10:41 PM CST

Thanks for sharing Bubba. You know you've earned the right to go off topic any time you please.

Tuesday, 22 February 2005 - 2:56 AM CST

And don't think we didn't notice and appreciate it! It's sometimes a lonely world out there for us weekend bloggers...

Tuesday, 22 February 2005 - 3:01 AM CST

I've learned more medical stuff on Rance wuz here this week than in a whole month watching Discovery Health!

Tuesday, 22 February 2005 - 3:49 AM CST

But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks? Tis Bubba, on a Harley.

Tuesday, 22 February 2005 - 7:40 AM CST

Viggo, Viggo...wherefore art thou Viggo?

Tuesday, 22 February 2005 - 8:16 AM CST

Oh my goodness, Bubba--THAT is far worse than anything we have ever suffered! Best to your sister, especially, and your brother as well.

We have found these things about this condition to be true-- it must be monitored all times because episodes can be triggered by illness, menstruation, or diet--even sudden or exessive exercise. . Basically anything that can change the body's chemistry, as you describe. Too little iron, too many food additives (don't get me started here!) or stressors like germs are all potential problems. Affects many, many more women than men.
We have found we do best on a high protein, high salt diet-- steak and fries (chips for Gnomie!) anyone?-- but low sugar... damn!

Gnomie-- yes, pregnancy was a BIG problem for me--I spent the last couple months of all 4 on bed rest. Never had twins though! Blessings on you!!
My daughter had g-darned better not being worrying about that particular problem for a LONG time yet, but I will remember your sage advice re maternity leave when the time comes. Thank you.

Trillian-- don't know where my manners went! Should have wished you well as soon as you posted! Sounds like they have found what is up with you. Usually the treatment is pretty rough for Lyme--rounds and rounds of antibiotics... but it has a high rate of success. Lyme mimics so many things, ALS being by far the worst, so it is hard to diagnose. Your good questioning attitude should see you through. All the best!

Is it just me, or does it seem there are many more folks with conditions/diseases these days??

Tuesday, 22 February 2005 - 9:26 AM CST

The tripod monster loves to eat my comments here and at Nelson's. I have also lost a few blog entries on other sites. My suggestion? Type them in Word, then cut and paste into the blog. That procedure might save you some headaches.

Tuesday, 22 February 2005 - 10:53 AM CST

it's a sign that it probably wasn't very good. given how often I'm coming around anymore, you could probably go a few weeks without posting anything and it wouldn't matter (at least to me).

btw, no offense, but it is *very* wrong to see Mark Mulder in a Cards cap. very very wrong.

Tuesday, 22 February 2005 - 11:50 AM CST

Good advice. I think I will heed it.

Tuesday, 22 February 2005 - 11:51 AM CST

Gee Ms. Lauren, thanks for the inspirational words...

Tuesday, 22 February 2005 - 1:41 PM CST

Alas, I have no harley, nor do I have a bicycle...but I do have some nice pairs of high heels and excessive knowledge of art and poetry...and I love a man with a long sword. I did get one of his books from Perceval Press for x-mas so I can better absorb his beatnik-esque genius.

Speaking of Art (not the sleuth): I actually got up the courage today to ask a coffee shop if I could drop in with some of my artwork and see if they will display it..and for me asking strangers to see my artwork is like asking a complete stranger to "have a seat on my bed"..but I hear that some people are quite good at that.

"The play's the thing, to catch the conscious of 'The King'",

Bubba

Tuesday, 22 February 2005 - 3:09 PM CST

I do what I can to bring other people down into the mire with me. ;)

but you know I lurve you, right? of course I say that having not read the last 20 parts of this story. I reserve the right to modify my position based on whether or not I like parts 6-25. hee.

Tuesday, 22 February 2005 - 4:12 PM CST

Bubba,

Wow, your sister is waaaay worse off than me.(I hardly ever pass out now... and I always know well in advance if it's likely because I get woozy and disconnected for a bit first. Interesting that she has it worse at 'that time of month', as I do too. Regardless of whether or not I have cramps). That must be scary and difficult to live with. Does your sister carry some kind of id card that explains her condition? It might be worthwhile her doing so.

As for the Celestine Prophesies... I read it many years ago, along with the two books that followed it. There's a lot to be learnt from those books. And I thoroughly recommend them.

For those interested in incorporating health and spirituality, there's another book called 'Anatomy of the Spirit' written by Carline Myss (PhD) who is what she calls a 'medical intuitive'. She's a psychic who can intuit your true medical dilemma and the issues behind it that need to be dealt with in order to properly heal. Very interesting, and definitely worth looking into if you're battling with any ill-health.

I hope that your sister gets better (and your brother too.)

Gnomie :)

Tuesday, 22 February 2005 - 4:58 PM CST

Art is for faeries.

Tuesday, 22 February 2005 - 5:14 PM CST

To tell the secrets of Viggo's camera,
I could a tale unfold whose lightest word
Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood,
Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres,
Thy knotted and combined locks to part
And each particular hair to stand on end,
Like quills upon the fretful porpentine.

Tuesday, 22 February 2005 - 6:24 PM CST

art

as the
spirit
wanes
the
form
appears.

-Charles Bukowski



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It's funny that you should say "Art is for faeries", (assuming that is, that you meant it in a derogatory way) because almost all of the most famous male artists from the last century were womanizers. Gustav Klimt, Jackson Pollock, Pablo Picasso, and to top it off- Maxfield Parrish even had his mistress living in his studio in the backyard of the house he shared with his wife. But, damn he was a good artist.

Unfortunately, there aren't nearly as many well recognized female artists so I have a long way to go...unless, I became a manizer....


-Bubba

Wednesday, 23 February 2005 - 1:09 PM CST

The worst thing is that some have been sent to toe slab with this and similar conditions because even medical professionals think they're dead...

Imagine the old days, waking up in your own casket already buried...

alive.

Sweet dreams all.