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    Music Time

    By Brickeens,

    So I've been thinking I should start sharing some music because of reasons. And if anybody's interested, you're more than welcome to recommend me anything, because I need new stuff to listen to and I'm terrible at finding music I like.
     

     
    This is the Pacific Rim theme by Ramin Djawadi, AKA the guy who did the glorious music for the first Iron Man film.
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    Not Day 9

    By Brickeens,

    I was at the doctor's today for a review of the last week, and well, the diet is finished. I'm not going onto the next stage because I had no withdrawal symptoms and showed no signs of improvement. This means food allergies are ruled out.
     
    It's good in a sense, but also bad, because it means the health front is once again at a dead end, and I'm stuck in another bad spot. I was doing reasonably well during the summer, but since September things have gone way down. I can't draw (Very little mental clarity) I can't go running, I can't go to school now again, and pretty much all I can do is go for walks whenever I feel able and do my best to not go mad.
     
    There goes the light at the end of the tunnel.
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    Success

    By Brickeens,

    Today I got:
     
    - Burnt orange trousers
    - Purple trousers
    - Black trousers
    - Grey trousers
     
    All of which are far better than the stupid dark blue jeans I've been wearing for ages. Now I just need to find some good jumpers in complimentary colors.
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    Christmas

    By Brickeens,

    Belated Merry Christmas to all. I'm not going to bother making a list of everything I got, because frankly it all pales in comparison to a joint gift me and dad recieved.
     

     
    A freaking awesome new camera.
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    Great and not great

    By Brickeens,

    This happened a while ago, but basically, a guy I know straight up offered me a job in his photography shop. He said he's having trouble doing all the work himself and that he'd teach me how to edit, print and frame photographs to a professional standard. It was an amazing offer, because I mean, it's not every day you just get offered a job, let alone a job you'd actually enjoy.
     
    But of course I couldn't take it. I can still hardly cope with basic day to day life and there's no way I'd last working in a shop. It's been a while, but I'm still upset and frustrated about it, because it was such a fantastic offer and I don't know if I'll ever get an opportunity like that again.
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    Continuing from here, things have changed yet again. The good news is, the yeast is busted. Apparently I've been on such a strong dose of medication there can't possibly be any left. The bad news is, I'm still not better, so there are further problems. My doctor says it's quite likely that the yeast infection caused me to develop allergic reactions to foods. This isn't as terrible as it sounds, because if this is the case the allergies will be curable, unlike some other food allergies I have.
     
    In order to establish what foods I react to, I have to go on a 6 week exclusion/diagnostic diet, starting tomorrow or Thursday. Here's an extract from the form I have detailing the first stage of the diet:
     
     
    You get the idea. It's very strict. I don't know what the diet starts adding after the first 8 days, but yeah. Apparently the first few days are kind of awful, because you get withdrawal symptoms.
     
    Bring it on.
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    Snow

    By Brickeens,

    So I was in town this evening, and lo and behold, it snowed. It actually snowed. The last time we had snow was back in Christmas 2009. It's pretty much nothing compared to what the rest of you get, but for Ireland it's great.
     
    What's sad is, I live away from town and we hardly got a thing in my part of the countryside. I was thinking if the snow didn't melt during the night I could go out tomorrow and take pictures, but I guess that won't be possible. Ah well.
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    Catwatch

    By Brickeens,

    it's a dangerous business
     

     
    we're watching the suspect from cover inside the house, he seems to be waiting for a contact of some sorts
     

     
    wait, what's this
     

     
    he's crouching down, what could this mean
     

     
    wait, wait, he seems to be getting up again
     

     
    he's definitely doing something, keep the camera focused
     

     
    HE'S ON FOOT, HE'S MOVING, DON'T LOSE HIM
     

     
    he seems to be stopping again, this could be a trick to throw us off
     

     
    uh
     

     
    I KNEW IT, KEEP AFTER HIM
     

     
    HE'S GOING FOR COVER
     

     
    HE'S MADE IT, REPOSITION, REPOSITON
     

     
    GO GO GO GO
     

     
    WE HAVE THE SUSPECTS FACE, HE'S ATTEMPTING TO HIDE UNDERNEATH A BRUSH
     

     
    HE'S MOVED AGAIN, CHANGE ROOM, CHANGE ROOM,
     

     
    WE HAVE HIM
     

     
    HE'S MOVING UP
     

     
    WHERE'S HE GOING
     

     
    HE'S TAKEN COVER IN THE GRASS, AFTER HIM
     

     
    WE'RE GOING IN
    I MEAN OUT
     
    GOGOGOGO
     

     
    WE'RE IN THE GRASS, WE'VE GOT A GOOD ZOOM ON HIM FROM HERE
     

     
    WE'RE EDGING CLOSER
     

     
    HE'S SPOTTED US, HE'S MOVING, AFTER HIM AFTER HIM
     

     
    ALL AGENTS HAVE SHOOT ON SIGHT AUTHORIZATION
     
     
     
     
     
    curses
     
    he's escaped
     
    we'll get him next time
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    Sherlock

    By Brickeens,

    I'm late to the party as usual, but I've started watching Sherlock. I saw "A Study in Pink" last night and I really liked it. Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman are brilliant, and I was really happy to see that John's character was actually given justice. I guess I'll be watching the next episode tonight.
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    So I had blood taken last week to test my creatine kinase levels, which are muscle enzymes or something. Wikipedia will explain better than I can. The results came back, and my levels aren't normal at all. My doctors don't know what this means, so I'm being referred to a specialist who will hopefully be able to figure things out from there.
     
    I guess this would be bad news to most, but frankly, I'm really glad they've found something wrong, because this might offer some explanation as to why I've been unwell for the last three and a half years straight. I don't want to get my hopes up too much, but maybe, just maybe I'll have answers at long last?
     
    Here's to this not being a dead end.
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    My School Life

    By Brickeens,

    I think it can be best be described as working hard, getting sick, missing school, working even harder to make up for missing school, getting sick and missing more school, working even harder, getting even sicker, etc.
     
    I've always cared an awful lot about doing well in school, because how I perform in school is important later in life. I've always worked very hard in school.
     
    But what do I get for working hard? Depression. Health problems without solutions. Frankly, it isn't worth it. I feel like a shadow of myself every day, and I'd rather be left in peace to feel horrible than feel even more horrible with the pressures of school.
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