6-29-17

A particularly stupid survey, between the neurologist and a nap. in People suck. Cats are awesome. Dogs are alright.

•  June 29, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
 
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My neurologist is going back to school, and won’t be in his office for a year. Everything’s fine, though; so I’m just not scheduled to see him again until next year. My blood pressure was 98 over 68, but he said that that’s acceptable, since the propranolol is really helping me, and I have no side effects that I’m aware of.

I’ve had those stupid tremors since 2000, thinking that they were caused by a blood sugar issue, and unable to see a doctor. All praise be unto Obamacare, now that I’m finally in a state that has it. - I told him that I really appreciate him, that I’d had those shakes for nearly two decades until I saw him; and he seemed pleased to hear that. - I did not mention how striking a smile looks on a dark, Pakistani face; but it does.

I called my Mom and tried to explain to her why taking blood pressure mediation is helping me, but she had trouble wrapping her brain around it. “Oh, you have high blood pressure?” No, I get shaky when I get overloaded, and the pills help with that. “Oh, I though you said blood pressure. You meant blood sugar.” No. I get overloaded, by things like the summer heat, and it makes me shake. “Oh.” (As in, she gave up, because she doesn’t understand.) Sigh and eye roll. - I have explained autistic overload to her before. I even sent her videos. But it’s a new concept, and for whatever reason she’s not processing it. Old age, I’m presuming.

And now I need a nap, because I got up earlier than usual to go to the neurologist.

In an effort to unwind, I did this stupid survey. The key word there is “stupid”. Jeezus, why can’t anybody make one with questions whose answers aren’t obvious? Seriously. I could do it, but based on past experience, it would either just confuse or alienate people.

So, stupid survey:

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Do you make your bed? 
Every morning, immediately after I get out of it. OCD for the win.

The first car that was officially yours?
A 1980 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham. May it rest in peace. I loved that car; but being diesel, what might have been minor issues to another car, made it less expensive to replace than repair.

It’s also the vehicle that I drove to The Real Witch’s Ball in 1996, the carpool where I met the Male.

Three grocery items you don’t run out of
Diet Pepsi, Doritos, and Hazelnut flavored coffee.

When did you start doing your own laundry?
When I was fifteen, and my mother got a washer and dryer. I lived in the basement, less than ten feet from them, so putting my clothes in was just logical.

If you could, would you go back to High School? 
Only if I could literally blow it to pieces. I used to skip class, to sit on the bathroom floor, and cut myself, and hit my head on the wall; because I was bullied so badly that I couldn’t even bring myself to go. Teachers told me that I needed “a thicker skin”. Eventually I was thrown out for being “a distraction to other students”. Mt. Carmel High School is a building that deserves to razed.

Can you parallel park in 3 moves?
Depending on the situation, two.

A job you had which people would be shocked to know you did? 
I tended bar at a Mexican bar, for about three months. I was desperate, but the food was exceptional. I also learned that a LOT of American television shows and popular songs are dubbed into spanish, not all of them particularly well done. - Mexican “Hercules The Legendary Journeys” is hilarious.

Do you think aliens are real? 
Three words: The Fermi Paradox.

No, no one’s coming here from a distant planet to look up our butts. Whoever started that myth was obviously sexually frustrated. Freud would have a field day, with the apparent anal fixation.

Can you drive a stick shift? 
Only if you want the clutch destroyed.

Guilty TV show you watch? 
I feel no guilt for any of my entertainment choices. The strangest is probably The Mighty Boosh; or possibly my love of the reddit r/watchpeopledie . Most people that watch other people getting killed probably don’t laugh as much as I do. I love watching people get hit by cars, especially.

Would you rather be too hot or too cold? 
I have sensory processing disorder, including an extreme temperature sensitivity. Either one incapacitates me. So neither. One of the things propranolol helps me with is the summer heat, but it doesn’t eliminate the issue. I shake, I get dizzy, I move more slowly, and I get headaches.

If the world ends do you want to be one of the survivors? 
If it’s a zombie apocalypse, and I get to shoot or take a ball bat to everyone else, sure. Actually, if I get to see lots of people suffer and die, that’s enough incentive for me.

Sweet or Salty? 
Neither. Semi sweet, or slightly salty.

Whoever wrote this survey can take their extreme temperatures, and their extreme food, and go jump off a bridge. Preferably over concrete.

Do you enjoy soaking in a nice bath?
That’s a very stupid question. Don’t the vast majority of people?

Do you consider yourself strong?
Compared to the bimbettes who populate most public places, absolutely.

Something people do, physically, that drives you crazy? 
They reproduce, then they take their offspring to restaurants and let them scream and squeal. I should start taking my cats to restaurants, in carriers, and let them cry. - Either get a sitter, stay home, or figure out a way to shut the kids up. Just because they chose to burden themselves with screaming toddlers, that doesn’t give them the right to infringe on everybody else’s rights!

I have to wear earbuds, cranked up and playing white noise, then put a pair of gun range earmuffs on over the top of them, when I’m forced to share a space with screaming children. It gives me a headache, as in literal pain.

If I ruled the world, we’d de-scream kids whose parents can’t or won’t control them, the same way some people de-bark dogs. - Get rid of the larynx; problem solved. And spay or neuter them while they’re under the knife, because those “people” do not need to continue breeding.

Something you do, physically, that you are sure drives other people crazy?
My mere existence is an offense to most of the people who’ve met me. So I return the sentiment, and wish most people dead. It’s only fair.

Do you have any birthmarks? 
I did when I was small, but not now.

Favorite childhood sport? 
I do not now, nor have I ever, liked any sport.

To watch? 
I want to find the author of this stupid thing and stomp on her toes. Hard.

Do you talk to yourself? 
Sometimes it’s the only way to get any intelligent conversation.

Do you like doing jig-saw puzzles?
No.

Would you go on a reality show? 
I’d go to jail if there were a cameraman recording everything that I said. So no.

Tea or coffee? 
Do I look British? Do British people even have coffee makers? Do they put tea in them? Is there such a thing as an electric tea maker?

First thing you remember wanting to be when you grew up? 
An archeologist.

No matter how much money you have or don’t have, what are you an absolute snob about? 
The only shoes I’ll wear are Doc Martens. I will not wear denim anything. My clothes have to be black, and made from soft fabrics like satin, or silk, or a polyester blend.