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The Good:

• I have a new tattoo! That's six (well, technically, five-and-a-half because this one is to cover up a crappy, $20 tattoo that I got about three or four years ago).
  
• I'm 23! (My b-day was this past Saturday.)
  
• I had a great b-day!

The Bad:

• I've still got a cold.
  
• My ankle is ridiculously swollen from the tattoo (it's located just above my ankle and the tendons and muscles are all stressed--for some reason, I have no idea why, tattoos tend to stress the muscles they're on when you first get them), from walking around downtown Little Rock after getting said tattoo Saturday night, and then from walking around Wal-Mart yesterday for a few hours. All made possible because it didn't heal right when I sprained it back in December.
  
• I'm having to skip yoga tonight because of the swollen ankle.
  
• Faylinn has heart worms. But we're taking care of her (getting her healthier and ready to take the treatments).

The Ugly:

• Nothing! My tattoo is so gorgeous it cancels out the swollen ankle.

( Pretty tattoo )

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A - Age: 22
B - Bed size: Queen/Full (one or the other; I'm not really sure)
C - Chore you hate: Pick a chore, any chore.
D - Dog's name: Faylinn
E - Essential start to your day: My medication. Any day sans the allergy (among others) medication is bad day.
F - Favorite color: Purple
G - Gold or Silver: Both please?
H - Height: 4'11"
I - Instruments you play: I used to play the flute and guitar.
J - Job: Unemployed.
K - Kid(s): None.
L - Living arrangements: 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 1980's "Ranch"-style abode...owned by (and shared with) my parents
M - Mom's name: Ellen
N - Nickname: Bridge, Midget, Bridget the Midget, Midge, Gidget, Gidge, Bri
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: When I was three months old, I had viral meningitis. I've been told I stayed overnight...
P - Pet Peeves: People who lack common courtesy.
Q - Quote from a movie: "Well, what you plan and what takes place ain't ever exactly been similar."
R - Right or left handed: Right.
S - Siblings: None.
T - Time you wake up: Whenever. Usually before 10:00.
U - Underwear: Bikinis.
V - Vegetable you dislike: Onions.
W - Ways you run late: Slept through alarm, hit snooze too many times, didn't have clean underwear/shirt/pants, can't decide on an outfit, animals made a mess, etc....
X - X-rays you've had: I've had so many I'm surprised I don't glow in the dark.
Y - Yummy food you make: I'm good with spaghetti, any kind of pastry (though less with fruit pies), crème brulée, panna cotta, custard, bread sticks...I'm a good cook all around, really.
Z - Zoo favorite: The big cats, I think.

Saw this in tabakat's journal; thought it looked fun.

a. Name your 10 absolutely favourite fandom ships (try to pick different fandoms).
b. Ask people to see what trends and similarities they notice about your ships.

The Top Ten:
1. Harry/Ginny (Harry Potter)
2. Ichigo/Orihime (Bleach)
3. Doctor/Rose (mostly Ten/Rose, but I also like TenII/Rose, Eleven/Rose, Nine/Rose, Eight/Rose, Five/Rose, Four/Rose, and before-he-was-old-looking!One/Rose) (Doctor Who)
4. Sid/Cassie (Skins)
5. Ron/Hermione (Harry Potter)
6. Renji/Rukia (Bleach)
7. Chris/Jal (Skins)
8. Naomi/Emily (Skins)
9. Tony/Michelle (Skins)
10. Neville/Luna (Harry Potter)

( Because I have more than only ten favorites... )

Ganked from rainbow_goddess

-BOLD the ones you ARE.
-ADD stereotypes that you've heard but aren't here.
-PICK the stereotype that fits you the most, and put it in the SUBJECT when you re-post this.
( Stereotypes Meme )

I can't find my crème brûlée cookbook! This is so frustrating. I so need to do some housekeeping.


/domestics

Ganked from immortalje

You're on my friends list! I wanna know you. I want to know 33 things about you. I don't care if we never talk, talk every day or already know everything about each other. Short and sweet is fine. I just want to know you. Copy this and post it with your answers in the comments.

( Questions )

I lost five pounds. And the scale isn't broken (I checked). I'm the happy kind of shocked. Now, I just need to figure out what I've done different in the last month or so that made me lose said five pounds...(Did I mention I lost five pounds and I wasn't even trying? 'Cause that's the confusing part...)

My dad has a blood clot in his right leg (in the calf area). He went to the doctor's office Monday (after having pain and swelling in the area where the clot is for four days). The doctor said that he probably had a blood clot and should go to the hospital. The doctor at the hospital confirmed the blood clot and had him stay overnight for observation and to get set up on his meds. We got to bring him home last night.

So, today is his first day back at home (not that he was gone that long) and he's going to be off work for about the next ten or so days. I'm having to take care of him today. *sigh*

Is anybody else watching tonight's episode of Stargate Atlantis? (Or has anybody watched it, depending on your time zone?) Because I'm watching it and I'm loving the music they're using.

I know this video is over a month old, but my friend from out of town (that is, she generally resides out of town, where she attends SCAD, but I actually know her from high school) is in town now and hasn't read the Twilight books. So, she asks me about them (after I've asked her if she's read them, because we have similar taste in books and movies). As I was describing the series (mentioning, of course, the rumored ( can this really still be considered a spoiler? )) I mentioned this video. And she wanted to see it. (I found this in ohnotheydidnt on lj.)




I thought I'd post it here if I ever wanted to watch it again (you know, for teh lulz).

My whole foot is swollen. From my heel to my toes, the damn thing is swollen. Which is really annoying. I've been keeping it bound (with an ace bandage instead of that circulation-eliminating elastic strap the doctor gave me...I'd like to keep my toes, thanks) and elevated, icing it and taking the anti-inflammatories (and the pain pills). But it's still swollen--more so than it was when I actually sprained it. Also, parts of it are turning that deep, black-ish purple serious bruise color while others are just blue and a few others are just red. Have I mentioned I find this very annoying?

On the upside, I've been able to eliminate one of the crutches (which probably has something to do with the extra swelling, I know...). Also, pain pills. I'm very happy to have those. They make the hobbling around (and after-effects of hobbling around) manageable.


In other news, we have a Christmas tree! It's all pretty and decorated. But I didn't get to decorate it (*pouts*) because of the sprained ankle. So far, the pets have been good and haven't knocked over the tree. I mean, they've been chewing on the lower (empty) branches, which we discourage, but nothing else. Here's hoping that pattern holds.

I sprained my ankle Friday afternoon. Well, technically speaking, it was a joint effort between me and Faylinn (my cute, new, puppy-dog). She's a bit rambunctious (as I've mentioned) and loves playing the backyard. Well, I'd taken her out back to play and do her business.

A little scene description is in order here. Our backyard is sort of sloping (the neighborhood we live in is a little cul-de-sac that slopes downward from the street it comes off of, and our house is near the bottom, but not in the circle part of the cul-de-sac). It also has a retaining wall in it, so part of the backyard is set a bit higher than the rest (though it does eventually even out on one side of our yard). On that retaining wall are some very attractive stone steps with some nice wrought iron(ish) railing. The steps are big enough for two people to walk down side-by-side (though not necessarily comfortably, depending on their sizes).

With all that said, Faylinn and I were on our way inside. I was using the steps, so she was using the steps. On the last step, I was stepping down and she bumped into me. Now, I have pretty bad ankles (lots of twisting and spraining and tearing tendons from bones have occurred in the past--I'm a klutzy person now and I was a tom-boy when I was a kid). So any little push in the wrong direction while I'm stepping and my ankles give the wrong way. Which is what happened. Faylinn pushed into me and my ankle gave inward and there was this painful, rather loud pop.

I'm glad I'd taken my cell phone outside with me because I called my mom to come and get me (and take me to the doctor). Because it's my right ankle that I've sprained this time and I can't drive without using that foot. So, she comes home, I've had ice on my ankle while I waited for her to get there (about 20 minutes). It's all swollen, but not just entirely black-and-blue (more like a sickly pastel blue and some magenta--I don't bruise very easily; I've broken bones and not really bruised any).

A few x-rays and a doctor visit later (where he tells me it's not broken, just sprained), I'm home with my ankle wrapped up and elevated. Also, I can't use it to walk on (it hurts waaay too much). So, I'm now hobbling around on crutches whenever I get up. The only upside to this whole ordeal are the nice pain killers I'm on--which are probably making me a little less-than-entirely-coherent, but are also taking the pain in my ankle away.