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Isabella Valentine @prismaticowl.bsky.social · 7h

The Loaded Potato Skin Pringles probably do the smoke/bacon thing better than any other chip we've tried. But that still doesn't mean it's very good. There's zero flavor of cheese or chives, it's all smoke. It's faint... but still a bit too much if you eat more than a few. C-. Not awful, not great.

Isabella Valentine @prismaticowl.bsky.social · 11h

I can no longer slouch down in my computer chair if I wish to use the mouse, because I'd need to raise my arm up too much and that sets off the pain. I'm not sure how this happened. It's almost like a muscle got torn and healed improperly or something. Whatever it is, it's very annoying.

Isabella Valentine @prismaticowl.bsky.social · 11h

Getting the floor swept, doing some dusting. Cleaned the bathroom the other day, that felt nice. Making things harder is my upper right arm growing more and more useless rapidly. Reaching for things, picking items up, even stretching, they all just cause my arm to start screaming.

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Isabella Valentine @prismaticowl.bsky.social · 11h

It's very difficult getting things done like this. I want to do things. I have the drive to do things. But our wonderful busted brain combined with the physical exhaustion that a lack of sleep brings really stymies any attempt at accomplishing much. I've been mostly aiming for small victories.

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Isabella Valentine @prismaticowl.bsky.social · 11h

Well, I got my one bi-weekly good night of rest yesterday so it's back to being sleep deprived for awhile.

Still feeling physically crummy, too. I was feeling fairly queasy when I turned in, and I'm not sure why. I wasn't dizzy, but something definitely wasn't right...

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Isabella Valentine @prismaticowl.bsky.social · 21h

Y'know how when you're really tired, your eyes start to blur? Mine have been doing that like 6 hours out from when I want to even think about going to bed lately. It's genuinely very annoying. Maybe I need to get a coffee maker, I dunno. Gotta do something for days like these.

Isabella Valentine @prismaticowl.bsky.social · 23h

STARSET - ICARUS

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Isabella Valentine @prismaticowl.bsky.social · 23h

Go on then, Icarus, take your turn
You always fly right up until it burns
Your wings you never could change
Always the victim, into the flames again

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Isabella Valentine @prismaticowl.bsky.social · 1d

Today is very much an "I want to spend the entire day laying in the floor and watching movies" kinda day.

I might.

I'm considering it. I don't feel good, man. I could be a vegetable today. The meds are keeping me in a daze anyway. May as well make the most of it, right?

Isabella Valentine @prismaticowl.bsky.social · 1d

Antihistamine helpin' out with the dizziness. But I still think I'm gonna take a Dramamine at 6.

I'm glad there are multiple channels on Youtube devoted to just ambience. Someone went "Yo, you want 12 hours of soft, smooth jazz?" Yeah. Yeah, I do. Thank you kindly. A nice, chill, dizzy overnight.

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Isabella Valentine @prismaticowl.bsky.social · 1d

The good news is I slept a reasonable amount and reasonably well.

Bad news oh my god the world is spinning so much. This is a crazy bout of dizziness. Took a couple minutes after I got up to really hit me, but good lord. If I so much as move my eyes, the world spins.

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Isabella Valentine @prismaticowl.bsky.social · 1d

Ohh, I get it. This is all part of a storyline where Joyce finally learns to open up and eat new things!

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Isabella Valentine @prismaticowl.bsky.social · 1d

Slouched down in my chair and nodded off for... some amount of time. I'm genuinely not sure how much. Enough to make my neck really hurt, though.

Still probably a better sleep than I'll get in bed, but we'll see...

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Isabella Valentine @prismaticowl.bsky.social · 1d

When even the picture on the front of the box can't make the product look appetizing, you know it's gonna be extra-raunchy...

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Isabella Valentine @prismaticowl.bsky.social · 1d

Cheez-It Frozen Pizzas: For when you absolutely, positively need to eat something hell of grody and then get violent diarrhea.

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Isabella Valentine @prismaticowl.bsky.social · 2d

...Best Choice continues to have hits. Their Cherry Cola is a pleasing mix between Coke and Pepsi in terms of flavor. It skews slightly sweeter which, like Wild Cherry Pepsi, gives it an edge, especially at room temperature, and stops it from feeling as flat. Just a real solid cherry soda.

Isabella Valentine @prismaticowl.bsky.social · 2d

Also woke up with RHCP's Snow in my head, so it's gonna be a real day today. I'm gonna try and get back to Episode I today, though, sleep deprivation or no.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6GI...

Snow (Hey Oh)

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Isabella Valentine @prismaticowl.bsky.social · 2d

Another 3-4hr sleep night and my physical form gets closer to the generated pixel art avatars.

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Isabella Valentine @prismaticowl.bsky.social · 3d

Been averaging 2-4 hours a night lately. I feel like -something- is wrong and I just can't focus down on what it is, and the problem won't fix itself until I can. I can't focus on a lot of stuff right now. I haven't gotten back to Episode I yet because of this! Let me sleep so I can watch it!

Isabella Valentine @prismaticowl.bsky.social · 3d

Sleep's been... pretty bad lately. Not sure what to do besides cycling back through potential sleep aides. We've tried quite a few through the years, and a lot of them just seem to have no effect for some reason? Nyquil does nothing. It's like doing a shot of water. No idea why. It's annoying...

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Isabella Valentine @prismaticowl.bsky.social · 3d

They're all just comin' back looking like this. And listen, yeah, acute sleep deprivation doesn't lead you looking very upbeat and chipper, but I'm pretty sure I'm not this worn-down looking yet...

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Isabella Valentine @prismaticowl.bsky.social · 3d

Genned up a couple rounds of potential avatars, wanted to try and make myself. I didn't have 'sad,' 'grumpy' or any other emotion in the keywords but every single one of these is frowning or looks like someone just told them their dog just died. 😔

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Isabella Valentine @prismaticowl.bsky.social · 3d

God, I thought I was awake but then I tried reading that sentence and it took about four attempts before I got through it correctly...

I did not have enough coffee for this Mary Worth panel.

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Isabella Valentine @prismaticowl.bsky.social · 4d

Struggling to stay awake. Again. I keep getting sleepy like 12 hours into my day. This sucks. And it's raining out, which is great but it isn't helping me stay awake at all.

Isabella Valentine @prismaticowl.bsky.social · 4d

Okay. Almost made it to noon. Exhausted. Good enough. Let's see if I can get more than 3 hours of sleep today, huh? Oof...