Really, I did not die…
June 15, 2008
I am back with an update. I seem to go through cycles of posting every year or two.
I have been very busy working. Things are going really well and I have some interesting opportunities that I am pursuing. My Kona coffee spa line has been a big success. Plus, it is fun to create something that you really enjoy. It also gives me something to do with the coffee & espresso grounds! I have also been spending a lot of time working on developing a clothing line (just tees for now) to accent the handbags, jewelry, and footwear that I have been creating. I think I am really going for a “lifestyle company” concept. It is great fun…
Not much else is going on right now - things are just sailing along smoothly. Alternatively, I have been working so much that I haven’t paid attention to much else! At any rate, things are going well.
I just finished reading Cyrano de Bergerac and Lady Chatterley’s Lover. I enjoyed Cyrano greatly and disliked Lady Chatterley’s Lover. It is most certainly not Lawrence’s greatest work. Why do most people actually enjoy it? I thought it was extraordinarly shallow and lacked the depth that The Rainbow had in great amounts. I still think The Rainbow is his finest work only equaled by Women in Love. Sons and Lovers was very good but it was not of the same caliber as The Rainbow. Any opinions or thoughts?
The only other thing that I have been doing is creating new and unusual beads and strange art with polymer clay. I will have to post some of the things that I have been creating. I am thinking about getting into making stained glass. I talked with a stained glass artist and he passed along some suppliers and other people to talk to about it. It seems like it would be very interesting. Unfortunately, I don’t have a kiln so I would not be able to do some of the things I would want to do. I might think about getting into using a torch. We shall see!
I did have to check myself into the hospital last week for some tests. That was a thrill. I was having some gall bladder pain (definitely not the first time) and went to the doctor to chat about it. They did a ton of blood work and sent me to get an ultrasound of my gall bladder. That was a total waste of time. The idiotic technician at the hospital spent an hour and a half probing my abdomen and she couldn’t locate my gall bladder! She found my liver, spleen, kidneys, and stomach. She even built a 3d model of my internal organs but she could not locate my gall bladder. She asked me twice if I was there because I had it removed! She also lost my file and had to go search for it. She did the ultrasound in some hallway with a half curtain - I had to get undressed in front of people! It was my first time at the delightful Hilo hospital and hopefully my last time. When she finished the ultrasound she did not know what she was supposed to do with me. She said she wasn’t sure if she was supposed to take me to the surgeon for a consultation or if she was supposed to release me. She decided to release me since she couldn’t find my gall bladder and therefore it must not be a problem! That place is a hell hole. Anyway, I did all of my labs and I am waiting for the surgeon to call me and setup an appointment. Of course, I will never let anyone cut me open on this island for any reason. They would kill me. In the mean time, the doctor said I could develop gangrene of my gall bladder from the chronic swelling and infection. Or I might already have it… Good times!
Anyone else taking up any new and fun hobbies? Anything exciting going on? Any interesting politics, books, or information to discuss?
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