He tried to run away, well, she hit him with a hammer

[sovay]

For Saint Patrick's Day, I had a foreign body removed from my eye and was immunologically shot in the shoulder. Who needs booze?

Comments

[sabotabby]

Well I for one, but not as much as you.

[sovay]

Well I for one, but not as much as you.

It's not a competition! I do not know if I know a single person at the moment who does not need a lifetime supply of a break.

Was it a European body?

[jesse_the_k]

Back when I could drink, I'd go for Jameson's or pear cider -- what's your booze of choice?

It was a calcium deposit!

[sovay]

Back when I could drink, I'd go for Jameson's or pear cider -- what's your booze of choice?

I actually cannot drink very much for medical reasons myself, but I am indeed fond of perry. Otherwise it's mostly whiskies that taste as though they were exhumed from a peat bog.

Re: It was a calcium deposit!

[ride_4ever]

"Whiskies that taste as though they were exhumed from a peat bog...." Yes, me for that!

Re: It was a calcium deposit!

[sovay]

Yes, me for that!

I have really good memories of the Ardbeg Corryvreckan.

Re: It was a calcium deposit!

[ride_4ever]

Heavily peated! I never met an Ardbeg that I did not like.

Re: It was a calcium deposit!

[thomasyan]

Have you tried non-alcoholic or low-alcohol drinks? Some beers are surprising-to-me good, but I'm also not a huge beer person, so perhaps I'm less discerning.

Is 3% ABV too high? I think one of my favorite dessert wines is only that strong Wow, just Googled to check, and apparently I remember very wrong. It says Quady Essencia Orange Muscat is 15% ABV. Nevermind.

Re: It was a calcium deposit!

[sovay]

Have you tried non-alcoholic or low-alcohol drinks? Some beers are surprising-to-me good, but I'm also not a huge beer person, so perhaps I'm less discerning.

I never have. For about a year and a half I was completely prohibited alcohol and now I am allowed small quantities at infrequent intervals and I never drank that much to begin with; it never seemed that important. I also dislike most beers on account of the hops. Sour ales and stouts are the negotiable exceptions.

Re: It was a calcium deposit!

[thomasyan]

> it never seemed that important

I have never personally noticed alcohol making me feel happier or more clever or anything like that, although KY says from her observation I get more talkative. So for me, if it doesn't taste good, I don't see any point, and don't feel it adds to my enjoyment of social events.

But there are some things I do enjoy the taste of. I'd say I generally am not crazy about bitter things, but perhaps my tolerance has gone up in recent years, and so I am able to enjoy hoppy beers. That said, a friend introduced me to shandies, and I probably do enjoy that more than straight beer.

And the magnitude of my memory of ABV made me wonder if I remembered the name wrong. Googling suggests I meant Quady Electra Moscato, because the description and cost more closely matches what I remember: fermented for only a month (which makes me wonder if I would actually prefer to just drink the grape juice unfermented), and 4.5% ABV. (Plus, the one I remembered wrong, I spelled the name wrong. It is Essensia.)

[theseatheseatheopensea]

I had a foreign body removed from my eye and was immunologically shot in the shoulder.

And now I hope you can get some rest! *hugs* I like your picture and your shelves, although I wish I had better eyesight so I could see more of your books! <3

Who needs booze?

I do! *toasts you with my stout*

[sovay]

And now I hope you can get some rest!

Thank you! I did in fact fall over for several hours! That shelf is mostly poetry and some of my own contributor's copies.

I do!

Yay, stout!

*hugs*

[thistleingrey]

Your clothing and the shelves suit each other well--something about background-shadow in foreground.

May the post-removal healing be swift.

[sovay]

Your clothing and the shelves suit each other well--something about background-shadow in foreground.

Thank you! I bet the plaid helps.

May the post-removal healing be swift.

*hugs*

And thank you. My goal for the next few days is to leave my cornea in peace.

[thistleingrey]

is to leave my cornea in peace

Yes, it should kindly stay put and not become scratched or dried! hmph.

*gentle hugs*

[sholio]

Two things that are necessary! I hope your eye feels all right. <3

[sovay]

Two things that are necessary! I hope your eye feels all right.

Thank you! It still hurts, but I am assured it will improve.

*hugs*

[moon_custafer]

That sounds like the kind of day that would be less objectionable if it had resulted from boozing.

[sovay]

That sounds like the kind of day that would be less objectionable if it had resulted from boozing.

Seriously. It's like I got glassed with no story to show for it.

[gwynnega]

That is a lot for one day, with or without booze!

[sovay]

That is a lot for one day, with or without booze!

It was more than I had planned!

[pameladean]

OW. I'm glad the foreign body's gone, but sheesh. My thrilling experience today is that the co-op said they'd sell me five pounds of onions for $1.89, but of course they couldn't, the bag was $5.99.

P.

[sovay]

OW. I'm glad the foreign body's gone, but sheesh.

Thank you! It turns out my sensation of something sharp trapped underneath my eyelid and constantly scratching across my eye was absolutely correct!

My thrilling experience today is that the co-op said they'd sell me five pounds of onions for $1.89, but of course they couldn't, the bag was $5.99.

That is definitely some math.

[asakiyume]

Would love some!

Was the foreign body a piece of plastic? That's what I once had to have removed from my eye...

--never mind; I read the earlier comments!

[sovay]

--never mind; I read the earlier comments!

I asked if my body could have produced it and the ophthalmologist reassuringly did not think so, but we have no idea how it got into my eye. It was the color of a tooth and about the size of a solid grain of beach sand. A very weird thing to see on the end of a medical swab.