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Swine Or Sheep?

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It seems I had to get a Swine Flu jab this morning. I’d been wondering about it: I’m eligible because I’m part of a so-called ‘risk group’ *no I ain’t thát old, hehe* but I didn’t receive information nor was I told anything when I went to get the regular flu jab weeks ago. So I was kinda surprised to hear that I was expected to show up this morning. Next week they’ve organised another day which will be the last of the sequence to get the first of two jabs…

But I’ve made up my mind months ago: I won’t be taking any precaution. I still feel that the whole situation is blown way out of proportions and a sickening media hype. Plus… why would I want to take risks? The vaccine hasn’t been tested properly and not much is known about the side effects. If I get ill then I’ll get ill… too bad, but in this particular case I’d rather let things take its natural course than try to influence them by taking more risks, it’s just not worth it.

I refuse to be the next sheep in line to follow the herd blindly…

©Codythelion… Follow blindly?

New Theme: Asian Style…

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I haven’t had much personal time, hence my absence from blogging but yesterday I felt like taking a break from building websites and have some ‘me-time’. I’ve wanted to change the theme of my blog for a while but never took time to do it. I love theme design and the challenge is to make it work cross platform which most seem to forget about resulting in bad coding and/or design. But then again that’s what makes me stand out *ahem*.

I haven’t written much because I also have to admit that I’m feeling a bit down in the dumps lately. It’s not bad bad but I have lost a bit of zest, mainly because I’m dealing with a few problems. One is a major allergy that has been acting up for two months now causing inflammation. It stops me from running along the canal (workout) and at times even from socialising. I don’t want to go into details but my health is far from good at the moment.

I’m postponing seeing a doctor as usual because I know she will send me to a specialist at the hospital and I’ll end up fighting the symptoms again and not the cause which is typically a scientific and medical approach which I try to avoid if possible. But I have to admit I’m close to being desperate and I want this condition to end asap and the only way to do that is taking the medication they’ll prescribe which is hardcore unfortunately.

It’s a vicious circle; the condition keeps me from sleeping because of the inflammation and because I have no sleep, healing takes forever or the condition aggravates. Okay… enough of that… but it is the main reason for not having the zest to write. So yesterday when I decided to do something for me, I was basically giving myself a gift by taking a break from clients (I have another Flash website lined up from Scotland next week).

So… what do you think? I collect fruit stickers -don’t ask!- and was inspired by the simple design of one so I changed it into my own and that triggered the rest of it… I thought it would be nice to have a green phase for a while. It represents nature, renewal, balance, love, self-control, healing, emotional safety and is soothing… No wonder I chose these colours *wink*. And for the design freaks: all is done in Illustrator…

(ps: don’t forget to clear your browser cache and refresh a few times, it might act pesky on pc *of course* mixing old and new design *hehe*)