"The carousel begins to slow. I take my chances."

[greygirlbeast]

A rare alignment of cranial discomfort. Parallel lines of eye-bleeding hurt. I'm not sure Spooky and I have ever before had multi-day headaches at the same time. But we have now. And it sucks rancid weasel ass through a crazy straw, and it needs to fucking stop. My scalp feels like there's broken glass just beneath the skin

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[whiskeychick]

I know that you feel chained to your desk and that you and Spooky both are plagued with maladies that prevent the creative beauty inside of you, but you are both so inspiring.

Trust me (fellow migraine sufferer) when the glass on the underside of the scalp dances and you still work through what you have to do -- you are the victor. Slightly more insane, yes. But victorious with a capital V. But I've become convinced this year that we all are, truly. Normal is a bitter pill that we rail against.

I fucking hate taxes.

Love the abandoned places link. Thanks for passing it along.

[greygirlbeast]

Normal is a bitter pill that we rail against.

That's a very good sentence.

[whiskeychick]

Thank you. Now if I could only string many of them together worth of a publishable novel.

[greygirlbeast]

I would use that sentence in The Drowning Girl, if you don't mind.

[sovay]

Oh, in particular, I was soothed by this photo from Hellingly.

I can't remember if I told you about this at the time, but if you have not seen Stephen Wilkes' Ellis Island: Ghosts of Freedom, I recommend finding a copy posthaste. There was an exhibition about three years ago at the Griffin Museum in Winchester; they were some of the most haunting photographs of buildings I'd seen. The excerpt gallery online is small, but worth it.

[greygirlbeast]

I can't remember if I told you about this at the time

No, you didn't. Wow. Beautiful. Thanks.

I hope you're feeling better.

[sovay]

Wow. Beautiful.

The photographs in person are huge, the size of windows. Moving through the exhibit was like walking a maze of spirit photography.

I hope you're feeling better.

I am, actually; kind of aftermath-hammered, but better. Thank you. I hope the same for you soon.

[greygirlbeast]

The photographs in person are huge, the size of windows. Moving through the exhibit was like walking a maze of spirit photography.

I quickly looked, but will go back latter when I don't ahve to write and my vision is less blurred.

I am, actually; kind of aftermath-hammered, but better.

Well, that's something.

[coyotegoth]

That list of abandoned places reminds me of a short 16 mm documentary film I once made on Rye Playland in the off-season: all blowing leaves, dripping raindrops, and empty buildings. The soundtrack was a series of interviews I'd done with people about their fears related to loneliness and dying, with a soft underscoring of Pink Floyd. I wonder what ever happened to it?

[greygirlbeast]

all blowing leaves, dripping raindrops, and empty buildings. The soundtrack was a series of interviews I'd done with people about their fears related to loneliness and dying, with a soft underscoring of Pink Floyd.

That sounds very, very cool.

[pisceanblue]

I found the commentary for that article to be hilarious becuase it seemed so much more appropriate than a sort of somber acknowledgment.

Fringe has been so audacious this season (and last) that I hope the production team is allowed to be as weird as they like for as long as necessary. Because we need it.

My cranium offers its sympathies, as I recently emerged from a multi-day migraine in which I began to theorize multi-dimensional entities were torturing me for purposes unknown.

[greygirlbeast]

I found the commentary for that article to be hilarious becuase it seemed so much more appropriate than a sort of somber acknowledgment.

Agreed.

Fringe has been so audacious this season (and last) that I hope the production team is allowed to be as weird as they like for as long as necessary. Because we need it.

It has at least one more season, thank fuck.

[whiskeychick]

"....in which I began to theorize multi-dimensional entities were torturing me..."

I can so relate.

So many migraine sufferers on one page.

But it couldn't be like environmental poisoning or anything.

[greygirlbeast]

So many migraine sufferers on one page.

Perhaps it's digitally contagious, transmitted through the eyes.

[greygirlbeast]

Centralia always gets me to thinking about story potential.

"A terrible beauty is born."

I love that you wrote that Wikipedia article.

I've written lots of them.

Oh and the dirty nerd comment, well it was just hot.

Big brains are sexy. I get that. But dirty nerds?

[greygirlbeast]

We refer to it as a fugue.

My psychiatrist uses that word a lot, referring to my brain. Especially post-seizure.