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cupcake_gothUp front: I’m fine, everything is ok. I went to the ER last night. I had sudden excruciating abdominal pain that caused muscle spasms that made it feel like my ribs were going to snap. Nothing showed up on a CT and X-ray, so they gave me a bunch of meds for acid and other stomach issues.
Because of all this, I learned that morphine doesn’t really do anything for me, and I am big mad about that. Especially because last night was the first time I described my pain level as a 10. Even with my ridiculously high pain tolerance, I was writhing in pain and wanted to be knocked out.
I’M FINE. We have no idea what caused this, but I’m fine.
Story! A Shaky Bridge
Aug. 1st, 2025 09:38 pmsoniaA Shaky Bridge by Marissa Lingen, mrissa. New medical technology, plus capitalism. We all know what could go wrong, and maybe we know some ways it could be made right again.
mrissa. New medical technology, plus capitalism. We all know what could go wrong, and maybe we know some ways it could be made right again.
Because Buffistas are always the Rhodas,
Jul. 30th, 2025 11:01 amchicatingallow me to share a "Merry Month of Masturbation" snippet that has enjoyed a strange(Because it's not May, when MMOM revives) new life this summer.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1562114
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1562114
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Jul. 29th, 2025 07:58 pmcupcake_gothGuess who won a chest X-ray, a nebulizer treatment, and will be picking up antibiotics, steroids, and prescription cough syrup? So fun.
The chest X-ray was totally fine, yay. And some of the rattling cough, congestion, and face pain are definitely due to a building sinus infection.
Looked back for the questions,
Jul. 29th, 2025 05:50 pmchicatingbut sort of decided not to revisit Friday. Like, at all.(my digestive system made my life tough for days last week, I'll just say that. A certain amount of...frankly, freaking out in other direction is not fully unusual, but since the thyroid thing, it's been more extreme. Not loving it.
-people are finding my MTM fanfic that I wrote years ago, for some reason. Nice compliment.
Had an editorial consultation today...had some good thoughts about my coronavirus story.
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-people are finding my MTM fanfic that I wrote years ago, for some reason. Nice compliment.
Had an editorial consultation today...had some good thoughts about my coronavirus story.
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Jul. 29th, 2025 03:36 pmcupcake_gothDamn, it's been a while since I updated. We went to San Francisco for the 2nd MCR show, and it was as fantastic as the first. There were some minor tweaks done to the non-music parts of the performance, and from what I hear more minor tweaks were done for the two L.A shows. Gerard Way is indeed living his best theatre kid life.
The SF "stage B" performance (when they perform non- Black Parade songs) wasn't as meaningful for me as the Seattle one. They didn't play "Thank You for the Venom" or "Vampires Will Never Hurt You", sigh. To the delight of others in the crowd, they covered "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" by Smashing Pumpkins. I say "to the delight of others" because I am a Seattle Old and Have Opinions about Smashing Pumpkins. (Not as bad as my opinions about Courtney Love, but I still Have Opinions.)
We also got to hang out with friends while in SF, one of whom was celebrating her 50th, yay! And we made a pilgrimage to Borderlands Books, where I foolishly looked in the rare books cabinet and then spent money on a first edition of The Vinegar Works, a three book box set of Edward Gorey books. (While I was dithering the Stroppy One said, "Will you regret not buying it?", which made it clear it needed to be mine.)
I brought a rotten cold home from SF; It's been slightly over a week and there's a crackling sensation when I breathe, so I'm headed to a clinic later today to (probably) get a z-pack and steroids.
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OH MY GOD THE TEASER FOR S3 OF INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE THE VAMPIRE LESTAT. Part of the teaser did confirm they're changing the name of the show, because the upcoming season focuses on my beloved egotistical vampire rock star boyfriend. Remember before the show premiered when I had concerns about Sam Reid playing Lestat, and how those concerns were blown to dust after episode one? Holy mother of god, Sam Reid has been possessed by the spirit of Lestat and I am frothing at the mouth about that teaser. I'm also stamping my feet in frustration because we have to wait until 2026 for the show omg I need it NOOOWWWWW.
So between MCR stuff and Lestat content, my Tumblr has been fannish incoherency. In L.A MCR played an unreleased song from the scrapped "Paper Kingdom" album. As I said over there, all I need now is for Hannibal S4 to be announced and my head really will explode.
Links: Instruments of healing
Jul. 27th, 2025 08:47 pmsoniaInstruments of Healing by Ashley Stimpson. "At Johns Hopkins Hospital, music therapists use stirring rhythms and soothing melodies to support patients and their families during the hardest moments of their lives." Content note: medical trauma, caringly described.
Tom Lehrer, legendary satirist from Cambridge, dies at 97 by adamg, with lots of youtube performance links. My parents played Tom Lehrer's records a lot when I was a kid, and his songs live in my head. His memory for a blessing.
Lesson by Zach Weinersmith, one of the authors of Bea Wolf. Who will save the world, and how, in a one-page comic.
What is Soothing Hand by Pamela Merritt at Way of Cats.
The Curious Case of the Pygmy Nuthatch by Forrest Wickman. "It was one of the weirdest errors ever committed to film. It took me months to uncover how it all went wrong."
Tom Lehrer, legendary satirist from Cambridge, dies at 97 by adamg, with lots of youtube performance links. My parents played Tom Lehrer's records a lot when I was a kid, and his songs live in my head. His memory for a blessing.
Lesson by Zach Weinersmith, one of the authors of Bea Wolf. Who will save the world, and how, in a one-page comic.
What is Soothing Hand by Pamela Merritt at Way of Cats.
The Curious Case of the Pygmy Nuthatch by Forrest Wickman. "It was one of the weirdest errors ever committed to film. It took me months to uncover how it all went wrong."
