Do you remember when we saw that thing that made us constant?

[sovay]

It turns out that what's wrong with one of my eyes since last night is an infection consequent to a corneal abrasion, for which I have been prescribed an ointment I hate at intervals that annoy me. For this much glop in my eye, I had better be able to see fairies.

(I sat on the front steps and blurrily read Markiyan Kamysh's Stalking the Atomic City: Life Among the Decadent and the Depraved of Chornobyl (2015/2022), which would be much less extraordinary if it were science fiction. "What do you need for your first trip? Nothing. Really—nothing at all. Take a flashlight, a knife, a few cans of food, a sleeping bag, a bag of rice, and a pack of lollipops. That's it. Of course, you can spend months researching the proper contents of a first aid kit and packing sleeping mats, flasks, multifunction tools, tents, and other tourist shit, but this keeps you from focusing on the most important thing. In abandoned towns, you have to rub your feet sore, drink tainted water, curse dead batteries, and save rice that seems to run out so quickly. It's much cooler, though, if you do this not because I told you to but just because you're a degenerate. Normal people have no business in a radioactive dump. Remember this.")

Comments

[asakiyume]

It's much cooler, though, if you do this not because I told you to but just because you're a degenerate. Normal people have no business in a radioactive dump. Remember this. --That's an excellent quote. I also love that the things like first aid kits and tools are "tourist shit" --Definitely thinking about this as I [get ready to] pack.

Any idea on how you abraded your cornea?! I hope you recover from the infection pronto.

[sovay]

--Definitely thinking about this as I [get ready to] pack.

I saw! I hope you are traveling safely as we speak.

Any idea on how you abraded your cornea?! I hope you recover from the infection pronto.

Thank you! I have no idea: I experienced no eye trauma that evening that I had occasion to note and I hadn't spent the day in the woods, aggressively gardening, metalworking etc. My eye felt scratchy and was suddenly, dramatically bloodshot and hurt sufficiently overnight to give me difficulty sleeping and in the morning I made an appointment to be seen and then I had a diagnosis and antibiotics. The latter really are helping, though.

[gwynnega]

I hope the annoying glop does the trick.

[sovay]

I hope the annoying glop does the trick.

Thank you! Knock wood, it seems to be doing so.

[thistleingrey]

Best wishes to your cornea.

[sovay]

Best wishes to your cornea.

Both it and I appreciate them.

[minoanmiss]

I can't do much, but here are some fairies?

[nineweaving]

Oh, how delightful!

Nine

[sovay]

I can't do much, but here are some fairies?

They are wonderful fairies! Thank you. I like the blueberry-juggler especially.

*hugs*

[selkie]

Those are super cool fairies. :)

[asakiyume]

Love this!

[radiantfracture]

<3

[nineweaving]

What exactly did you deliver last night?

Hope your cornea heals quickly and perfectly.

*hugs*

Nine

[sovay]

What exactly did you deliver last night?

Nothing I would tell anyone about if I had!

Hope your cornea heals quickly and perfectly.

Thank you.

*hugs*

[yhlee]

Ugh, I'm so sorry you're dealing with eye issues! Joe abraded his cornea a few months ago and the optometrist made him do antibiotic eyedrops, which he haaaaated. Hope you recover soonest!

[sovay]

Hope you recover soonest!

Thank you! Please send my retroactive sympathies to Joe!

"an infection consequent to a corneal abrasion"

[kathmandu]

Owie, sympathies!

Re: "an infection consequent to a corneal abrasion"

[sovay]

Owie, sympathies!

Thank you!

[selkie]

In glop we trust.

[sovay]

In glop we trust.

SO MUCH.

[vass]

Good luck with your eye glop. That sounds like a painful and annoying injury to have.

[sovay]

Good luck with your eye glop. That sounds like a painful and annoying injury to have.

Thank you. It's not delighting me! The eye seems to be responding favorably, however, so I am hoping it keeps it up.

[choco_frosh]

It turns out that what's wrong with one of my eyes since last night is an infection consequent to a corneal abrasion, for which I have been prescribed an ointment I hate at intervals that annoy me.

Ugh, had one of those (well, the corneal abrasion part) when I was twelve, and it sucked. I hope your eye recovers quickly!

[sovay]

Ugh, had one of those (well, the corneal abrasion part) when I was twelve, and it sucked. I hope your eye recovers quickly!

Thank you! I agree with your twelve-year-old self!

[davidgillon]

For this much glop in my eye, I had better be able to see fairies.

Just don't tell us if you do, I hear they get nasty with mortals who admit to seeing them!

Also, owieee!

[sovay]

Just don't tell us if you do, I hear they get nasty with mortals who admit to seeing them!

I carefully used the conditional!

(Thank you.)

[aurumcalendula]

Oh no! I hope your cornea heals quickly!

[sovay]

Oh no! I hope your cornea heals quickly!

Thank you!

[radiantfracture]

an infection consequent to a corneal abrasion

What absolute arse runs this universe

for which I have been prescribed an ointment I hate at intervals that annoy me.

It's like the exact opposite of a poem!

The books sounds almost hallucinatory.

[sovay]

What absolute arse runs this universe

I've just been looping Tom Waits for the last numpteen years.

It's like the exact opposite of a poem!

*hugs*

The books sounds almost hallucinatory.

It is. I recommend it highly.