Note to Self: Don't Eat German Food!

[twincityhacker]

Apparently, Mac computers don't give me headaches, but PCs do. Even though I've had a headache lurking just behind my right eye, or the temple on my right side for the last three days, there have been no days where I haven't been able to do my Media Arts. But if I just use Mom's laptop or the desktop it starts hurting again.

Of course, the German potato I had during lunch has me in bed anyway, which is a charge from yesterday's sleeping the afternoon away because my head was bothering me too much. But I did get to skip a half hour of English, while I was racked out in the nurse's office waiting for the painkillers to kick in.

I think the only thing that hasn't made my last few days a pile of suck has been the fact I got A on a Spanish test. Which means I'm no longer failing Spanish! Huzzah!

And I've started work on a New Years Resolution fanfic, so I can get into Yuletide 2005. Because writting for obscure fandoms = Yay. Better yet, I get to write a wacky Joel/Mike AU for it. And if anyone is intrested, there's at least one other Joel/Mike challenge, and a gen challenge. I'm just calling dibs on the one with the comments as "I always thought that those two had a history." = P

Edit: I totally forgot about the Canadian penny today! Rachel was rooting though her change purse and she found a 1952 Cannadian penny. She showed it to me, and I history fangirled on the topic of recent British monarcy, and that she should keep it because I've never seen money with Gerorge VI on it. And since I fangirled so much she gave me the penny. Well, she gave me the penny after I explained that the coin was only technicaly worth less than a US penny, even though no one really cares that much to sort US pennies from Canadian pennies.

Comments

[myrthrilmercury.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'll bite on the challenges. I've got the writing bug.

[msp-hacker.livejournal.com]

I was hoping someone would, because my fic is going nowhere really, really fast.

[commanderteddog.livejournal.com]

Even though no one really cares that much to sort US pennies from Canadian pennies.

I've noticed this too, especially in areas with high amounts of tourist traffic like Southwestern Ontario. In fact, I'd go so far to say that down there, most American change is taken on par with Canadian change. It's not too uncommon to get American quarters and dimes or other foreign coins back after shopping at a grocery store. An extreme example would be that I once got 10 cents Jamaican back instead of 25 cents Canadian because the coins look a lot alike at first glance.

The headache problem might be cause by refresh rate (not likely with the laptop) or the brightness level. Mac and PC monitors don't display colour in the same way.

[msp-hacker.livejournal.com]

The coin thing remindes me of the old way currency was: every coin was accepted as legal tender, regardless of national origen. Of course, all coin was a precious metal, or precious metal alloy, and actually worth something.

After I pulled down the brightness level, it was a lot better. I just don't understand why I was fine for six months and then I couldn't use the computer at all though.

[the-crazy-lady.livejournal.com]

I got a severe headache last night while on the computer. Though it was probably because I just took my contacts out and switched to my glasses. I think they gave me motion sickness O_o

[msp-hacker.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping that, other than the motion sickness, the swtich to contacts is going okay then?

[the-crazy-lady.livejournal.com]

yeah, it's awesome. Except that everything gets blurry sometimes and I don't know how to fix it =\