Warm Feet

I have been having problems with my feet getting really cold. So today Daz brought me my fist ever pair of slippers. They are so incredibly warm. I can't get over the difference they are making.

I didn't think cold feet could effect so many things. Yet I can actually think more clearly, and I don't feel cold all over. It sounds silly I know, yet it has really made a huge difference.

Daz also brought me my very first pair of Explorer socks. They are amazingly warm and comfy too. They feel like walking on a cloud. It is SO good to feel warm!
Thank you baby :D

Your Are What You Eat

This morning Daz sent me an interesting link: What the World Eats. It has made me really think. Not only about privilege and wealth, but about health, and the effect of our eating habits.

It's disgusting that "the second leading cause of preventable deaths" in the United States is obesity. Yet on the other side of the world people are starving. Problems which could be solved if it wasn't for greed.

I have been wondering what other heath problems could be solved with a balanced and healthy diet? How many people would feel better simply by changing what they eat?

When you go to the Doctors unless you have a broken bone, a cut, or something similar, doctors give you drugs. They don't offer any other options (otherwise they wouldn't get kick backs from the drug companies; How Drug Companies Spin Doctors, Physicians and bribery, Drug Company Corruption Quotations).

I hope this article helps you think as well.
Which extreme do you fit into? The brightly coloured preprocessed packets of the American family, the burlap bag of the family from Chad, or somewhere in between?

HURT by Nine Inch Nails

I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything

What have I become?
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know
Goes away in the end
You could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

I wear this crown of shit
Upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time
The feelings disappear
You are someone else
I am still right here

What have I become?
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know
Goes away in the end

You could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way

Johnny Cash singing Hurt:

A Loss of Wisdom

I've been to the dentist! He pulled out both my right side wisdom teeth. It wasn't as painful as I thought it would be. Actually it didn't hurt as much as the last extraction.

My jaw aches, and there is a bit of a throb, but mostly it's fine. I didn't even feel the dentist pull the bottom one. I had to have 9 injections though, which stung a bit. I feel so much better now.

The dentist was really lovely, and so was the dental nurse. They weren't the same people as last time. He was confident, and cheerful. He wasn't frightened to answer questions, and he seemed up front. I think having a good dentist/doctor (whatever) can make all of the difference!
After all everything is just a perception.

Tooth Begone

I had one of my teeth pulled out yesterday. I feel so much better. Hopefully I should be able to concentrate now. It wasn't so bad, it didn't hurt, however it was very uncomfortable.
I'm glad it's over. I have to go back, but at least I know what to expect now.

Next time I have to get my wisdom teeth out, which should be interesting.

What's been happening?

After setting up my fathers computer, I have been busy breaking and rebuilding my system. I was playing around with FreeBSD's compatibility/emulation code on my main system. Silly I know... When everything broke I figured the easiest fix would be a reinstall. Not that I mind, I enjoy playing with FreeBSD.

My newly reinstalled system, is up and running. I just have to configure everything. I am going to create my own install disk. It would make life heaps easier. Hopefully there will be information on it somewhere.

My teeth are way worse, my face is all swollen up. I went to the dentist, and she gave me antibiotics to stop the infection.
On the 18th I have to go and have the first one pulled out. I'm so looking forward to the experience... NOT!
But it has to be done.
The pain is beyond a joke, I can't concentrate at all any more. The antibiotics are making me feel very ill. Yet I know in a couple of days I should feel heaps better.

It's so bloody cold here at the moment. Last night I slept with my scarf and beanie on. I think the cold is why people don't do anything in Tassie. People tend not to want to do anything in this weather. Plus also it costs a fortune to heat your house. You try not to turn the heater up and use the power, while trying to stay warm. Warmth is usually the thing that suffers.

We only have 2 rooms with heating. If you want to venture into other areas of the house then three jumpers, a beanie and scarf are needed. It is ridiculous, I want to move somewhere warm.