When I was eight I began suffering from stiffness in my knees and hips. I was diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic rheumatoid arthritis at the age of ten, after extensive tests, including x-rays, CT scans, blood tests and once, painfully, the extraction of fluid from beneath my knee-caps. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disorder that ( Read more... )

First off:

PAIN.
Five and a half hours of exercise over three days should not do this to me.

And other things:

The Oxford Companion to Music has an article on soap operas.

One of the pieces in a piano book dawnduskdancer borrowed from my music teacher is called "Tiresome Prank Number Three"

princesspikeru, I think you'll like this