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Don't call it a comeback!

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What's that over there?!

Ps-See? I'm healing spectacularly!

**We are listening to The Cure. What are you listening to? Or better yet, what's your favorite Cure song?? Mine: Lovecats**

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One month ago today.

What a fucking lucky girl I am!! I got a concussion (brain injury, essentially) by how hard I ate the concrete and hit my chin/nose. Yeah, I lost some teeth, but had I turned my head any other angle before I hit the ground, this would have been a MUCH different story, and I probably would not have been to tell it. I almost flatlined two plus times in ERs that week that followed. And most of that was from the neglect of the nurses on duty, who I overheard, on multiple occasions, making racist comments and then would blatantly ignore me when I was in need. However, 5% of the doctors I interacted with gave me the attention I needed and deserved as another human. This 5% helped me out more than their salary required (one amazing doctor in particular stayed an extra 4 hours beyond his shift to make sure I was the first person to see the oral surgeon when he got in at 9 am). He treated me like I was a person. I am still trying to figure out his name to contact and thank him. I know what happened to me is a drop in the bucket compared to what other people go through on a daily basis, but I may be more grateful and respecting of life (and death!) than I was before. And to be honest, even though I am dark humored and can come off negative when I just think I'm being straightforward and honest, (among many other faults!!) I think I had ample respect for life before all this junk.

I don't mean to sound dramatic in any way, but life is short and life is painful and life is the craziest most awesome and beautiful thing you will ever experience. So go do it!!!! Just, y'know...wear a helmet when it's called for, keep your heart and mind open always, surprise someone and brighten their day with a smile, tell the people you love what they mean to you-it's rarer than we'd think, make sure you have health insurance if at all possible and all in all, take risks, but take care.

Ok, so all that I just wrote is a little to do-good for my taste. I stand by it, but I still am going to go puke in my mouth a little. :)

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Vicked Vitch

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Time for worrrrrrrk!

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I don't feel like taking a photo today.
So here is a painting my friend Nix created of me after meeting me once, from memory!
It's called 'The Little Birds Lied'.

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Just got home from work. Lounging with a glass of vino before heading out to meet some friends.
And uhm....OWL RING!!

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Catacombes De Paris.
This map behind me was carefully created of 4 x 4 sheets of paper attached with invisible scotch tape years ago. It was given to me on the Metro at about 2 am by two young beautiful French boys, Aleski and Philip. I knew right away they were cataphiles.
I begged them to take me and show me the underground world and told them about how, before arriving in Paris, I had contacted many "Urban Explorers" and asked them to give me an unauthorized tour of the underground network of tunnels dated back to the Roman era. And basically got a resounding "screw off, you don't speak French, it's very illegal and it's a private affair". I respected that and reluctantly gave up.
These guys were amazed that I had even heard of the catacombs and reciprocated my enthusiasm. Aleski pulled this map out of his dusty bag and wrote his phone number on it. I called them the next day and we set a date.
It was the beginning of one of my most frightening adventures. It was absolutely terrific.