Category Archives: MOT

Mac Addict

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I’d been planning on working on another website design this weekend but I’m forced to stay away from my beautiful G5 for a while. I absolutely dislike having to cut off the power cord cold turkey but I guess my body is warning me to take things slow. I’m having trouble focusing on the screen for three days in a row now.

My right eye has a disturbed vision that contains unformed black and white flashes like a cool artistic graphic moire trompe-l’œil. Unfortunately the immediate effect is not so cool and follows in the shape of an interesting migraine. It’s always amazing to see how life seems to catch up on you if you try to fool yourself into something.

The migraine is bad timing, I’d also planned to do a clean install on my Mac. It’s going to take me at least three days to install each application that I’m using. I’ve adjusted so many settings and prefs. Designed and added brush sets for Photoshop and Illustrator that I’ll need to import all of these again after the installation.

Something I never look forward to because I end up looking for stuff for days, screening all back-ups for brush sets, settings and preferences. Time that I need to use to design instead of getting my machine ready to work for me. But I have had a few kernels and crashes this month telling me that something needs to be done.

It has to wait for now though, I’m gonna quit the Mac addiction for the moment and try to give my eyes and head a welcome break… Let’s see how long I can keep it up *hehe*.

© Christoffel Pierson 1631-1714

Bad Practice

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Noticeable Oddities of the Day:

I have a blocked Eustachian tube for months already causing a cracking sound and earache on and off. I’ve tried to relieve the symptoms with steam inhalation which was ok for a while but not very effective. I need it to be clear since I’ll be on a plane to Amsterdam soon and I really don’t want a perforated eardrum again, that would be the third time.

I’ve been trying to make an appointment with any GP of the surgery I’m registered with since my own seems to be retired in the meantime *so I was told* I had to call the snobby receptionist each day to see if there was an available spot. One can only book an appointment a week ahead, which basically means that I won’t be able to see a doctor before I’ll leave.

It’s an annoying system but I guess that’s the price you pay for free health services. I got so fed up with this that I called the hospital yesterday evening and explained the situation to them. The receptionist told me that a doctor would call me back within the hour. An hour and a half later I was on my way home -after I’d seen the doctor at the hospital- with my medication.

It doesn’t make sense to me that a hospital covers for a practice because the practice is so busy that they can’t cope… but I’m not complaining, I praise this hospital for their excellent service given to me in the past and on this particular day: to me it’s the best in London. The doctor even told me I could see him again this Saturday if I had to… Now… isn’t that nice?

© Zesty Gal, Sweets for my Sweet, sugar for my Honey (never had them in this bright Magenta colour…)