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There's an App for That
Sep. 29th, 2011 06:03 pm
Ok, so I have these pads laying around, which I won't need any more. I can't really donate them to a woman's shelter because it's an open package of hygiene products. Can't really toss 'em at homeless women I see on the streets, because I am not quite that much of an asshole. I could probably get Rob to drive me around town to just randomly pelt them at non-homeless people in general, which would probably be amusing if I was drunk, and even more amusing if I had fake blood & it was Hallowe'en (and I do have insidious plans for that open box of tampons...). But, there are also the ecological considerations in that act - while birds might appreciate the absorbent fibers buried within said pads, I don't know exactly how good material is that can absorb all that blue liquid would be for birds, and I know these things aren't all that biodegradable.
I was going to let bygones be bygones & just throw them away.
In light of my poor insulted belly-button, and the fact that the band-aids and adhesive tape are literally ripping the delicate virgin skin of my stomach off, I sat there & tried to think of a way I could get the pad to stick to my stomach. The sticky tapes on pads goes into the panty crotch, not on the lips (thank the Gods for that small mercy). The sticky side is not the absorbent side, either... so how can I use these otherwise useless things as a kinder, gentler gauze bandage for my skinned belly? That binder had promise, but no matter how I wear it, it just acts like a girdle or tight-laced corset, jamming my intestines up under my rib cage.
Hey, I had an ACE bandage lurking in my medicine cabinet. Pad sticks to bandage, bandage non-adhesively wraps around me, problem solved.
Oh yeah, and the dog's paw balm is so nice on abraded belly skin. Comfrey & arnica ftw.
I am soooo freaking bored right now. Dragon cave was down all day, tried playing some Torchlight, which is an awesome dungeon-crawler... but at level 5, my toon feels very overpowered against her foes. That and all the levels look the same, it's all in the dark and the only time I can actually see an enemy is the brief glow when my weapon-fire hits it and splatters its blood everywhere. But it does have flow, and I'll probably dick around with it some more in the coming month.
I should have worked harder at getting to the library before my surgery. I have nothing to read. I started Neal Stephenson's Anathem, which had been sitting on a shelf & forgotten, but it's a slow starter. No movies are out right now on video - watched Source Code last night, with Jake Gyllenhaal. At the same time it was too short and too long. I feel like freaking Goldilocks right now: "This book is too long, this movie is too short, this game is too dark...", blaaagh.
I just can't move around too well yet. I'm not a tv consumer, but that's about all I have to do right now. Endless marathons of auctions, pawn shops & restaurant rehabs.
I was going to let bygones be bygones & just throw them away.
In light of my poor insulted belly-button, and the fact that the band-aids and adhesive tape are literally ripping the delicate virgin skin of my stomach off, I sat there & tried to think of a way I could get the pad to stick to my stomach. The sticky tapes on pads goes into the panty crotch, not on the lips (thank the Gods for that small mercy). The sticky side is not the absorbent side, either... so how can I use these otherwise useless things as a kinder, gentler gauze bandage for my skinned belly? That binder had promise, but no matter how I wear it, it just acts like a girdle or tight-laced corset, jamming my intestines up under my rib cage.
Hey, I had an ACE bandage lurking in my medicine cabinet. Pad sticks to bandage, bandage non-adhesively wraps around me, problem solved.
Oh yeah, and the dog's paw balm is so nice on abraded belly skin. Comfrey & arnica ftw.
I am soooo freaking bored right now. Dragon cave was down all day, tried playing some Torchlight, which is an awesome dungeon-crawler... but at level 5, my toon feels very overpowered against her foes. That and all the levels look the same, it's all in the dark and the only time I can actually see an enemy is the brief glow when my weapon-fire hits it and splatters its blood everywhere. But it does have flow, and I'll probably dick around with it some more in the coming month.
I should have worked harder at getting to the library before my surgery. I have nothing to read. I started Neal Stephenson's Anathem, which had been sitting on a shelf & forgotten, but it's a slow starter. No movies are out right now on video - watched Source Code last night, with Jake Gyllenhaal. At the same time it was too short and too long. I feel like freaking Goldilocks right now: "This book is too long, this movie is too short, this game is too dark...", blaaagh.
I just can't move around too well yet. I'm not a tv consumer, but that's about all I have to do right now. Endless marathons of auctions, pawn shops & restaurant rehabs.
