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Today, while in the bathroom at work, I noticed an eyelash had fallen out and landed on my face. I decided to disregard it and left it there. When I got home from work, I found that it was still there. Amazed, I decided to see how long it would stay. Needless to say, the temptation to remove it then became unbearably powerful but I managed to take my mind off it.
The eyelash survived until 12:51am.
I estimate that it had been sitting on my face for at least twelve hours today.
I still haven't taken any allergy medicine since the treatment and my nose has been perfectly clear (which is rare any time of the year for me), my eyes haven't itched, and I haven't sneezed any more than is normal for a person in one day. But, the weather has also been pretty crummy and it's been raining. That helps too. On the other hand, I went to Lee's house over the past weekend and she has a cat but no ill effects were felt. I also touched my eyeball with a piece of cat hair that was stuck on James' shirt. Once again: I was okay.
Amazing.
More needles this Monday...
Graduation has come and gone now but it wasn't without some difficulties. This year's allergy season has been out of control. Pollen counts are skyrocketing through the roof and I've been having trouble sleeping thanks to itchy eyes that are crusted over when I wake up, a scratchy throat, lots and lots of sneezing, and a seemingly endless supply of snot.
When my parents arrived from Seattle they came armed with an arsenal of prescription medicines that worked pretty well during the day. But, they'd wear out overnight and I'd still wake up at five in the morning feeling like I was about to die.
The next plan of attack was to see an acupuncturist. We went on Sunday and the place was packed full of people. The waitlist spilled out of the generously sized waiting room and into the hallway. Unexcited about being stuck with needles in what I figured would be my face, I made an appointment and managed to put off the process until the following Friday.
Yesterday, I finally went in and discovered the whole process to actually be quite soothing. Although a bit skeptical, I figured it wouldn't hurt to try. I went into the little operating room and the doctor took a look at my tongue and gave me a look of concern/disgust. He then told me to lie down and asked me if I was scared and whether this was my first time. Then, in Korean, he told me it wasn't going to hurt and started sticking needles in my arms and on my back. The whole process was painless and felt really nice although the initial shock of seeing a needle sticking out of my arm was a bit weird. But, the room was nice and sterile and there was Chinese muzak playing, life was good.
After the doctor was satisfied, he told me to come back in a week and left. One of his assistants then came in and attached some sort of electric device to the pins I had in my arms. I'm assuming that the device was sending jolts of electricity into my arm because for the next half hour I sat there as my arms twitched over and over again to the point of becoming sore.
Now, my nose is feeling much much much better, my eyes haven't itched since the operation, and I've sneezed only once or twice since then as well. I haven't taken any sort of allergy medication since the morning before the operation. Whether I can attribute this to the acupuncture or to the fact that weather.com seems to be indicating that the pollen count is slowly dropping, I don't know.
In other news: Graduation week was nice and painless. It was nice to see my family again and there was a lot of gooding eating; topped off by lunch at Momofuku earlier today.
Sometime around June first, I'm moving to a one bedroom apartment in Park Slope. It's on DeGraw street between 4th and 5th. Soon after I'll be getting a new mattress delivered since my parents were so appalled by the crappiness of my current one. Then, I'll be doing a lot of organizing around the apartment before my life screeches to a halt in honor of the World Cup.
Oh yes, a Radiohead concert is also going to be squeezed in there somewhere. And of course, there's work as well. June is going to be busy busy busy.
Lastly, Lucidscreening.com is thriving. In March, we had about 800 unique visitors, in April that increased to 1250, and May is on pace for about 1650. This month, we're averaging about 100 visits a day and making about a dollar a day via Google AdSense. Plans for the near future involve getting more writers on board so that we can hopefully start updating it more frequently than we already do. Someday we plan on being the Pitchforkmedia of the film world.
When I read the title on the setlist it sounded like it was going to be an instant classic in the same way we know that Snakes on a Plane is going to be the best movie ever. This video has me a little concerned. BUT, the recording is really crappy so it's only fair to wait until we hear a better recording. With Radiohead's track record, they at least deserve that much.
The setlist from the first show of their tour:
Everything In It's Right Place
Planet Telex
Bangers and Mash
Open Pick
Karma Police
Black Star
Nude
15 Step
Street Spirit
Wolf At The Door
The Bends
4 Minute Warning
Pyramid Song
House Of Cards
idioteque
Spooks
There There
E1:
Bodysnatchers
You And Whose Army
Let Down
Paranoid Android
E2:
Lucky
After a heartbreaking morning yesterday in which two tickets to one of the NY shows slipped through my fingers thanks to an error on Ticketmaster's website, I got two tickets to one of the Boston shows this morning!