I really wonder how people get that racist and intractable. My uncle has at least been shot by minorities in his work as a cop, so that makes a degree of sense. But to just say "blacks are no good" is fucking mind-boggling.
Sounds a bit like my dad, who fought blacks in Africa during the Portuguese colonial wars in Angola and Mozambique, which made him pretty suspicious of blacks in general. Oddly enough he didn't consider African Americans as "blacks" though -- he thought they were all biracial and that the only true "blacks" were back in Africa. Also, he never had any problem with any of my black friends that he happened to meet.
Not a huge fail, but it is a bit weird on reflection - I hopped out of the shower earlier on, and flicked on my room light, and I hear the HISS-BANG of a lightbulb breaking vacuum under load, then the tinkle of breaking glass. Which was weird in itself, but I figured it was just a faulty bulb, and walked over to turn on my reading lamp. At which point I discover that the glass didn't just crack or break from the expanding gas from the burning filament as sometimes happens, and have some bits fall on the bed like I'd expected. The glass had just dropped straight out of the bayonet cap, bounced off the bed, and landed on the floor, where it broke.
The evidence of which I discovered with my foot.
Hop over onto the bed, go to flick on my reading light to pull the glass out of my foot - no luck. It shorted the power and flipped the breaker, because it turns out as it fell, one of the wires that leads into the glass center of the bulb got bent when it blew, and touched the bayonet cap, shorting out the entire lighting circuit, and half the powerpoints, because "pre-war" apparently means "Wired by a fucking lunatic". Not a happy chappy at that point. But then, I grabbed my torch and medkit from my bedside and bag respectively, cleaned up my foot, dressed it, and had some ice-cream, cookies and earl grey for breakfast, so it all balanced out in the end, I guess.
Ball/assumed-prostate pain has increased from once a day to about once every two hours. Also, I lost a final for APUSH. The upside is that I'm going to the doctor tomorrow morning, and my APUSH teacher has given me until Monday in case I cannot find my binder that the final was in.
Yeah, that doesn't sound like what I'm feeling, but I am going tomorrow morning. Today I almost fell down because I thought my knees were gonna give out due to pain. I just hope it's not something horrible. I'll know tomorrow, and you guys will be the 4th to know. :P
Today I almost fell down because I thought my knees were gonna give out due to pain.
That's like ER level pain, dude. I'm not a doctor yet, but having come from a family of doctors, I can tell you that I got brought to the ER last time I had pain like that.
I'm not entirely sure you should wait. Where do you fall? Ten is generally weeping and screaming; seven and above you should probably go to the hospital.
Today I almost fell down because I thought my knees were gonna give out due to pain.
That's like ER level pain, dude. I'm not a doctor yet, but having come from a family of doctors, I can tell you that I got brought to the ER last time I had pain like that.
Jeez, the one time it's probably necessary to worry, I don't.
I'm probably at a 6, maybe 7. I think it's because the pain is so apparently random, so it surprises me and catches me of guard.
I'm not in any position to tell you to go or not go. No MD yet, etc. But I can say that, were I in your position, I would go. The best thing to do would be to call the doctor's office and say "Today I almost fell down because I thought my knees were gonna give out due to pain." The nurses will tell you what to do.
I had testicular torsion once, and it was a pain. I did wind up going to the ER and getting examined to understand what was up with it. That area is still minutely sensitive today, but thankfully most of the pain went away in time.
But yeah, if you are ridiculous pain down there, like...Get help. Seriously.
I'll be fine. Now the pain is just... Odd. It's happening at a slower rate than yesterday, but fastr than the day before.
Like I said, balls will be getting checked out tomorrow morning. They don't hurt when touched, only every 'once in awhile.' If you guys think I should go to the ER directly after school, I can talk to my dad. I just figured that I could wait it out 'til tomorrow morning.
Yeah, I've been a 10 before, and I can honestly say her 10 makes infinitely more sense than the standard 10. Another problem is that people who are technically fives with claim they're tens because they go quite literally by the standard scale.
I have a cyst on my epididymis. It's 8mm big, and they don't know if that's causing the pain. They think that it's probably luck that they found it, and that it may be the torsoin, but they don't know. I'm going in to see my pediatrician tomorrow and see what's up. If the pain keeps going like this for up to three days or gets worse, I need to come back in ASAP. Also, I got "swabbed" for STDs.
It's fine. I mean, I wish I knew what was wrong, but hopefully we will tomorrow. I'm just trying not to stress out and worry before then, because that doesn't help.
Another plus: Ultrasounds are cool, and so is your body "talking" to you through heartbeats.
Know why I hate oil companies? If there is a problem, if some worker so much as hiccups on some pipeline in Africa, prices rampage upwards. If there is some big solution that eases the cost of oil, prices creep ever slowly down. Sometimes, the price of gas goes up because, according to companies "Well, uh..fuck I dunno. I'd like more Mercedes and gold bars I guess." Here's a link. Pay attention to the gas price dropping and then look at your pump price.
If there is a problem, if some worker so much as hiccups on some pipeline in Africa, prices rampage upwards. If there is some big solution that eases the cost of oil, prices creep ever slowly down. Sometimes, the price of gas goes up because, according to companies "Well, uh..fuck I dunno. I'd like more Mercedes and gold bars I guess."
This has nothing to do with oil companies and everything to do with speculative investors.
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The evidence of which I discovered with my foot.
Hop over onto the bed, go to flick on my reading light to pull the glass out of my foot - no luck. It shorted the power and flipped the breaker, because it turns out as it fell, one of the wires that leads into the glass center of the bulb got bent when it blew, and touched the bayonet cap, shorting out the entire lighting circuit, and half the powerpoints, because "pre-war" apparently means "Wired by a fucking lunatic". Not a happy chappy at that point. But then, I grabbed my torch and medkit from my bedside and bag respectively, cleaned up my foot, dressed it, and had some ice-cream, cookies and earl grey for breakfast, so it all balanced out in the end, I guess.
EDIT: Brushed up on symptoms. It's almost definitely not testicular torsion, but see a doctor right away anyway.
I'll know tomorrow, and you guys will be the 4th to know. :P
I'm not entirely sure you should wait. Where do you fall? Ten is generally weeping and screaming; seven and above you should probably go to the hospital.
I'm probably at a 6, maybe 7. I think it's because the pain is so apparently random, so it surprises me and catches me of guard.
But yeah, if you are ridiculous pain down there, like...Get help. Seriously.
I've often thought about letting various hymenoptera sting me since I started reading Schmidt's work.
Like I said, balls will be getting checked out tomorrow morning. They don't hurt when touched, only every 'once in awhile.' If you guys think I should go to the ER directly after school, I can talk to my dad. I just figured that I could wait it out 'til tomorrow morning.
I have a cyst on my epididymis. It's 8mm big, and they don't know if that's causing the pain. They think that it's probably luck that they found it, and that it may be the torsoin, but they don't know. I'm going in to see my pediatrician tomorrow and see what's up. If the pain keeps going like this for up to three days or gets worse, I need to come back in ASAP. Also, I got "swabbed" for STDs.
At least I get the day off tomorrow?
Another plus: Ultrasounds are cool, and so is your body "talking" to you through heartbeats.
If there is a problem, if some worker so much as hiccups on some pipeline in Africa, prices rampage upwards. If there is some big solution that eases the cost of oil, prices creep ever slowly down. Sometimes, the price of gas goes up because, according to companies "Well, uh..fuck I dunno. I'd like more Mercedes and gold bars I guess."
Here's a link. Pay attention to the gas price dropping and then look at your pump price.