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Pre-bed rambles: TV, movies, health updates & art un-block
14 years ago
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Don't wait for the queue to shrink—the commission docket is rarely empty.The past few days have been pretty damn good to me. Those heart palpitations I mentioned back when I saw Dr. Spencer? I haven't had any since. I reduced my caffeine intake and noticed my heart went a little crazy after a good morning dose of coffee, so I've realized my caffeine tolerance was grossly overestimated... which is good, because it means I've cut down a great deal. I realized a while back that I crave carbonation more than caffeine, so non-caffeinated sodas (Fresca is amazing) are good for my soda craving and my coffee is more of a once-a-day thing now.
As well, I am a dumbshit... remember how I keep saying I don't know how to take proper care of myself because of my ADD? Well, sometimes it honestly robs me of my common sense. Case in point: I've been taking double the dose of the diphenhydramine sleeping pills this whole. Damn. Time.
See, some part of me sometimes fails to do common sense things like, I don't know, check the label and see if I'm taking the proper dose. I now recall that I started taking twice as much long ago for days when I was struggling, but the realization that it was twice as much as I needed never quite clicked later (when I no longer needed it), and I'd been taking two pills instead of one every time I needed to sleep. Thus, heart palpitations, grogginess, poor sleep. Because I'm an idiot.
I have started taking one diphenhydramine pill for sleep and one melatonin. The latter eases me into sleep and gives me comforting dreams. The past three nights have been amazing for sleep, and I've been bright-eyed and bushy tailed every day. It's really been great.
I recently discovered icefilms.info. This site is amazing. I don't have a TV in my office, so DVRing shows I like or watching anything that doesn't wind up on Netflix instant queue (let's face it, the selection is piss poor unless your tastes are obscure, and in a few weeks you've seen everything you'll want to see and the selection doesn't update much) is out of the question. Thanks to this site I've caught up on all the shows I missed and am now up to date on the ones I'd like to start catching on TV from now on. :3 It has absolutely everything, which has been great for keeping my ass in this seat and making me work on my art.
I saw "Tucker and Dale vs. Evil" yesterday and it's like, seriously, seriously funny. Brutally funny. I loved it. Go watch it, especially if you're a fan of Alan Tudyk ("Firefly's" Wash). (The sound appears to be off on the regular uploads. I watched the "screener copy", which was actually really funny, because it lacks most of the SFX, so you get shots where there is a caption that tells you what will be put in later... LOL.)
Watched "Dylan Dog: Dead of Night" this morning. It was nice background noise, and Brandon Routh (Todd Ingram from "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World") is very easy on the eyes... <3
I also saw all of season 1 of the US version of "Being Human". Not life-changing, I'll admit, but I enjoyed keeping it on while I worked.
And, because I am a giant nerd... I have been downloading a torrent of every episode of "Ghostwriter". If you know what that is... congratulations, you're old. If you don't... you missed out. The torrent is seeded by like... 2 people. So it's going to take weeks. *LOL* Worth it. That show was my whole LIFE as a kid. God. So funny. Growing up in northeast Texas in a small town, obsessively watching a PBS show about a bunch of very, very New York kids solving mysteries. I remember being like "they know an Asian kid!" like it was the most exotic thing I'd ever heard before. Diversity wasn't really a big thing where I grew up. I had to get my diversity from the TV.
I thought I had more things to say, but I think I ran out! I think it's time to read some more of "Hunger Games" and go to sleep. :3~ Nite!
As well, I am a dumbshit... remember how I keep saying I don't know how to take proper care of myself because of my ADD? Well, sometimes it honestly robs me of my common sense. Case in point: I've been taking double the dose of the diphenhydramine sleeping pills this whole. Damn. Time.
See, some part of me sometimes fails to do common sense things like, I don't know, check the label and see if I'm taking the proper dose. I now recall that I started taking twice as much long ago for days when I was struggling, but the realization that it was twice as much as I needed never quite clicked later (when I no longer needed it), and I'd been taking two pills instead of one every time I needed to sleep. Thus, heart palpitations, grogginess, poor sleep. Because I'm an idiot.
I have started taking one diphenhydramine pill for sleep and one melatonin. The latter eases me into sleep and gives me comforting dreams. The past three nights have been amazing for sleep, and I've been bright-eyed and bushy tailed every day. It's really been great.
I recently discovered icefilms.info. This site is amazing. I don't have a TV in my office, so DVRing shows I like or watching anything that doesn't wind up on Netflix instant queue (let's face it, the selection is piss poor unless your tastes are obscure, and in a few weeks you've seen everything you'll want to see and the selection doesn't update much) is out of the question. Thanks to this site I've caught up on all the shows I missed and am now up to date on the ones I'd like to start catching on TV from now on. :3 It has absolutely everything, which has been great for keeping my ass in this seat and making me work on my art.
I saw "Tucker and Dale vs. Evil" yesterday and it's like, seriously, seriously funny. Brutally funny. I loved it. Go watch it, especially if you're a fan of Alan Tudyk ("Firefly's" Wash). (The sound appears to be off on the regular uploads. I watched the "screener copy", which was actually really funny, because it lacks most of the SFX, so you get shots where there is a caption that tells you what will be put in later... LOL.)
Watched "Dylan Dog: Dead of Night" this morning. It was nice background noise, and Brandon Routh (Todd Ingram from "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World") is very easy on the eyes... <3
I also saw all of season 1 of the US version of "Being Human". Not life-changing, I'll admit, but I enjoyed keeping it on while I worked.
And, because I am a giant nerd... I have been downloading a torrent of every episode of "Ghostwriter". If you know what that is... congratulations, you're old. If you don't... you missed out. The torrent is seeded by like... 2 people. So it's going to take weeks. *LOL* Worth it. That show was my whole LIFE as a kid. God. So funny. Growing up in northeast Texas in a small town, obsessively watching a PBS show about a bunch of very, very New York kids solving mysteries. I remember being like "they know an Asian kid!" like it was the most exotic thing I'd ever heard before. Diversity wasn't really a big thing where I grew up. I had to get my diversity from the TV.
I thought I had more things to say, but I think I ran out! I think it's time to read some more of "Hunger Games" and go to sleep. :3~ Nite!
have a good sleep! <3
I hope you get the sleep difference which you had back and wish you sweet snuggly dreams
It's also funny that melatonin would give you comforting dreams. A good friend of mine takes it to help with sleep and he tells me it creates some very weird and bizarre dreams. I've read the same thing from several other people. Oh well, glad to know it's helping you sleep!