So Tired, Yet Again

[przed]

My last post was a whinge about being tired. Consider this a continuation, but with an added chemical component.

I think I'm still recovering from the rush of getting ready for and then getting through BistoCon, because I've barely felt the urge to get on the computer, let alone post or write or anything else. It feels sort of the like ennui that hits at the end of finishing a particularly long story or a particularly difficult vid, except with that sort of ennui there's a part of my brain that's champing at the bit to just get on with things. This time I'm just aware of the need to give myself some time.

But that's not entirely why I'm so tired today. This tiredness is connected to a stupid/weird thing that happened today.

It's day four of the Toronto International Film Festival (which hopefully I'll find time and energy to post about soon because I've seen some brilliant stuff) and I was waiting for a movie today with a friend. Since it was a noon film, I'd grabbed a bagel to munch on in line. Unfortunately, a wasp took a liking to my bagel as I was eating. Even more unfortunately, the idiotic insect then proceeded to fly into my mouth and sting me! (The sensation was like this: why is there something fluttery-feeling on my lip? OWWWW!)

After I spat out the offending beastie, I immediately took a half dose of Benedryl. The Benedryl seems to have kept the worst of the swelling down, but as it always does with me, it's also made me slightly stupid and exhausted all day. And the side of my mouth that got stung feels sore all the way to the bone, rather like it's had venom injected into it.

Stupid insect.

After this, I rather feel the universe owes me a film fest random-running-into of Benedict Cumberbatch or Viggo Mortensen. ;-)

Comments

[dawnebeth.livejournal.com]

Ow! Yes, and that is exactly how Benedryl makes a person feel. Glad you didn't have any really bad adverse reactions.

Oh, finished the zine Whisper to a kill--the beginning was really intriguing, the ending a let down. somewhere in the middle the story was lost. Can't wait to try the other two zines I got at Bistocon.

[przed.livejournal.com]

If I take a full dose of Benedryl, I'm out within 15 minutes, and stay out for 18 hours. Since the film we were seeing was one of my top picks, I took a half dose and kept my fingers crossed that I could stay awake and didn't have a serious allergic reaction to the sting. (I have serious random allergic reactions a couple of times a year, these days to, I kid you not, cardio exercise, so I always have Benedryl and an Epi-pen on me.)

Whisper is definitely one of those zines with a better set-up than follow through.

[krisserci5.livejournal.com]

Beautiful art, but the last third of the zine was flatter than a squished wasp!

[dawnebeth.livejournal.com]

Yep--I was really disappointed, the beginning and the end of the story didn't seem to be connected.

[moonlightmead.livejournal.com]

Hi there!

Have you not encountered the story before? How brilliant to meet it with all the lovely artwork attached. I agree. The beginning is fascinating, and then I wasn't so keen on the middle section (not always in the mood for a particular trope that crops up in it) or the ending (setting isn't one I like).

But I love the scene with the threesome. It's apparently pretty memorable (http://prosfinder.livejournal.com/86569.html) :)

What were the other two zines you got?

[dawnebeth.livejournal.com]

After the first twenty pages or so, I thought the whole zine derailed. I also got Arabian Nights and Angel in the Dark. I'd only read two other Pros zines before that--too busy writing my own stuff, I guess.

[moonlightmead.livejournal.com]

I have read what I imagine is a circuit version of the beginning of Whisper of a Kill, which gets to the end of the scene of the assassin and then stops with 'to be continued HEE HEE HEE'. :)

Arabian Nights and Angel In The Dark make an interesting contrast with each other. I had better not say any more! Enjoy!