Sick

So sickness has me by my proverbial's,and I am already over it as they are bent on saying here in Sydney... What does this give me time to do? JH's new blog (re: Nut Job) seems almost marketing-like in it's timeliness, as while certainly not in the same boat, I have faced three days with not much to do (apart from the constant want of sleep) - So I listen to new music, and watch more Lost and try and be sympathetic to friends in rough places in different world venues (chin up, folks!)... The saving for world travels does grate, as does the inevitable waiting - We are busy and yet stagnant, which is a lousy conundrum...

So we smile and laugh, and have more silly conversations...and see more bands (it nearly killed us to go, but the Pixies were STAGGERINGLY good), and watch more docos, and make more plans :)

Apologies; I need to get more writing out there, but this whine was necessary as a 'cleanser'...back to some good stuff...

JK

Beginnings of New Beginnings......

Hey there fact finders, and welcome to the other side of a successful, if tortuously short/alcoholic/Baltic trip home over Christmas...

...and what have we discovered? That we miss home? yes, yes we do... That we think we've realized what we want to do for the rest of our days...well, yes we think we have....That we've finally decided that JH has gotten off far too lightly, and needs someone to annoy the shit out of him? DAMN STRAIGHT.

So we are coming home for good...eventually. Come Christmas time this year, we will forthrightly remove ourselves from Australia's ample sunny bosom, and return to the wet left nostril of our homeland.

This too means the completion of the Tour of Infamy 2007 (which may now be known as Please God Let Us At Least Get To Japan Before Something Goes Wrong 2011 - suggestions are accepted), before arriving in Dublin in May of that year....

So send messages and say hi if you have'nt in a while, and make sure you get JH's blog onto your regular reading pattern - he does tell such delightful stories....

CYL8R,

JK

Pains in the Back.....

Question:

How do you get rid of a pain in the back? Is it as easy as candy from a babe, or as tough as removing the proverbial monkey from the same body part....it's all relative I suppose, but still.....

Most will know that as a result of certain events, I have been having small difficulties with my lower back, and was seeing a physio/osteopath for the later part of last year...lots of explaining and exercises that made me look like a cat having sex in slow motion....

So I've had some more problems, and possibly through a Guilt pang, my guy in the 'trade' decided last week to bring out the fancy toys to appease me...and after getting an ultrasound for the areas in which I had the issue (cue the silly pregnancy joke i made that he NEVER heard before), he brought out a 12 inch knitting needle and jabbed it into my back...

Ok, so a little exaggeration, but it was basically a large acupuncture needle...that after finding the deeply located muscle (deeply as it its attached directly to my spine, on the inside),and jabbing it in to said spot....he flicked it.

Now I'm not so sure about all of you, but this slightly distressed me...especially when he gave no warning of what he was going to do....is flicking a medical method, that people are trained to do in college, with the correct style and pressure,and given marks on.. or is it just showing off; a physiotherapists version of pulling a wheelie.......but low and behold, all better, it reset the muscle and I have been (touch all the great Sequoia in Canada) all clear since....

So if a man flicks a needle in your direction, pay him due homage, but maybe try and get out of being charged $100 for his sadistic 'jollies'