Welcome back to Chicago, Sarah! On my first day back from the relaxing Jersild Day weekend, I experienced:
Also, Mary sent me a picture of the horrors of Syndrome de Jersild. I won't link to it, as it's foul. Suffice it to say that Syndrome de Jersild is typically suffered by women who engage in anal sex with someone who has syphilis, chlamydia, gonorrhea or something equally nasty. If the prospect of dying of AIDS didn't convince you to use condoms, let Syndrome de Jersild be a lesson to you: Even if you don't die, there are plenty of nasty STDs out there that can make you wish you were dead.
I was hanging my head in shame about having an STD named after my family, but Jane, being an intrepid medical reporter/editor, reassured me:
jlowers79: I've checked out Jersild Syndrome in the Merck Manual and Dorland's Medical Dictionary, which has just about everything, and it's not in either. So I think you can rest assured that it occurs only in French people.
sjerslix: Thank god.
jlowers79: Funny, I would have thought Jersild syndrome involved cats and angst.
sjerslix: Exactly. We were coming up with possibilities -- anxiety disorder, lousy eye sight, clumsiness -- but no such luck
jlowers79: I've checked a data base of medical research, and so far Jersild just brings up a couple of Swedish docs who write about suicide, euthanasia, and the influence of major Russian authors on their careers.
jlowers79: good lord you're a grim people
sjerslix: This is a surprise to you?
jlowers79: no, I was just admiring the consistency.
sjerslix: Ah. Well thank you
jlowers79: Just jealous, actually. My last name is a present-tense verb, and I end up with a lot of hits to self-published fiction.
- Sub-freezing weather
- Snow to shovel
- Public transport delays
- A trip to the dentist, including cavity and filling (ow ow ow)
- Looking slightly like a stroke victim, as I couldn't move half my face until the Novocain wore off
- The alarm in our tenant's apartment going off, causing the alarm company to call us and me to flee back to the house to see what the damage was (Answer: Nothing -- the tenants set it off accidentally. Must speak with tenants.)
- Wishing the Novocain didn't wear off.
- A CAPS meeting, meaning I couldn't tape and watch both Buffy and Smallville, due to a quirk of my VCR/cable.
- Retaliatory cat vomit. (That'll show me for going away for the weekend!)
Also, Mary sent me a picture of the horrors of Syndrome de Jersild. I won't link to it, as it's foul. Suffice it to say that Syndrome de Jersild is typically suffered by women who engage in anal sex with someone who has syphilis, chlamydia, gonorrhea or something equally nasty. If the prospect of dying of AIDS didn't convince you to use condoms, let Syndrome de Jersild be a lesson to you: Even if you don't die, there are plenty of nasty STDs out there that can make you wish you were dead.
I was hanging my head in shame about having an STD named after my family, but Jane, being an intrepid medical reporter/editor, reassured me:
jlowers79: I've checked out Jersild Syndrome in the Merck Manual and Dorland's Medical Dictionary, which has just about everything, and it's not in either. So I think you can rest assured that it occurs only in French people.
sjerslix: Thank god.
jlowers79: Funny, I would have thought Jersild syndrome involved cats and angst.
sjerslix: Exactly. We were coming up with possibilities -- anxiety disorder, lousy eye sight, clumsiness -- but no such luck
jlowers79: I've checked a data base of medical research, and so far Jersild just brings up a couple of Swedish docs who write about suicide, euthanasia, and the influence of major Russian authors on their careers.
jlowers79: good lord you're a grim people
sjerslix: This is a surprise to you?
jlowers79: no, I was just admiring the consistency.
sjerslix: Ah. Well thank you
jlowers79: Just jealous, actually. My last name is a present-tense verb, and I end up with a lot of hits to self-published fiction.
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