Thank you to adorable reader Sam for pointing out that my .hover was set to white. D'oh!

I feel really bad. I am sick, tired and aching. but i cannot take any time off work because today i am the only analyst in. If i go home, we woudl ahve to shut up shop.

This also means that i have been doing both earlies and on call in the evening. Which makes for a very long day (roughly 18.5 hours). Right now i just want to curl up in a corner and sleep/die. Either would be preferable.

I was ready to drop at 9, but had to stay awake until 11. I read some more of girl with a pearl earring, and watched the sex and the city episode.

When i could go to sleep, i had revelations about my childhood and why i feel certain ways about things. I cried a lot, but it felt cathartic by the end. It isn't stuff i could really put on an open forum lke this, but i do have a diary-x account so i shall probably write it there and password it for my notify list.

But you know what day it is, right?

Yes! It's time for the Friday five!

1. Have you ever had braces? Any other teeth trauma?

Yes. I had the traintracks type on both top and bottom complete with headgear that slotted into them and came out like a cage around my head. So attractive. There are no photos of me with them on. I also had the plate type for my top set. I have very bad teeth, weak enamel and i live in a fluridated water area. Which has the affect of discolouring my teeth. I am considering getting them bleached or lasered. My top teeth are an ok shape, but my bottom set never straightened (my mouth is just too small, but i couldn't have more teeth removed)

I also have no nerve in one of my top front teeth (probably due to being kicked in the face in a kickboxing lesson). I had a filing in my last year at uni done by a dodgy dentist. It went bad within a year and i had to have a root canal. Sometime in the future i'll get it crowned.

I do not like my teeth.

2. Ever broken any bones?

no.

3. Ever had stitches?

No.

4. What are the stories behind some of your [physical] scars?
I find it hard to talk about this, because i have so many! Apart from the normal chicken pox, and TB vaccination scars, i have several scars from the strange skin disease i had back in 2000/2001. All of my torso, my upper arms and whole legs have very deep stretch marks on them. Gaining 7 stone did that. they are very unslightly and feel unpleasant.

I also have a scar on the little finger on my right hand where Lindsay's hamster bit me and held on... on my index finger of my right hand i have a small scar from playing unihoc, and a scar from where i had a wart cut out.

My face is scarred on the forehead from where my mother would squeeze my spots.

5. How do you plan to spend your weekend?

No plans. Sleeping, reading. Possibly cinema.

posted by small 11:57 AM