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By Orgy. One of my fave songs!
It's another old one. One of the best covers.
The original song was by New Order. To me, this is a much better version. More power, and more emotion. This version was a huge international hit.
Went to urgent care on Saturday, because my shoulder pain got a lot worse.
It's been aching since Friday night. T^T Usually the pain goes away within an hour. It's the thing that I thought was a dislocated shoulder, and then just a cramp. Apparently, it isn't either. They're not exactly sure, but they said it sounds like my clavicle (collar) bone is separating from my shoulder blade.
I can pop it back in, but it quickly goes back out.
They did an x-ray and didn't find anything.
So, they told me to put my arm in a sling (for comfort), not to make any sudden movements or exert it too much, take a lot of ibuprofen, and make appointments for both an orthopedist and my primary care doctor. Oh joy!
It does feel slightly better in a sling. It's my first time using one. But, I'm still experiencing a lot of pain, even with the ibuprofen. Maybe it's taking the edge off, though. Probably would feel a lot worse without it.
I didn't do something too outlandish for this to happen. So, it's weird. They told me that the orthopedist may ask for more tests, too.
Didn't feel like doing my little service on Saturday. (I wonder when I'll get back into that...
) But, I did read the portion again. Actually, this time it was a double thing again. The main portion's about Aaron and his sons becoming priests, there's a detailed description of their clothes, and a few of their duties. Lots of little details. The second 'extra' part was about Amalek. We're told to always remember them and how they attacked us. The antagonist of the Purim story, Haman, was descended from Amalek. It can be a difficult portion to read through.
The Amaleks are thought of as evil, and must be fought in every generation.
Finally caught up to the current episodes of Fairy Tail. It just keeps getting better and better.
Even the background music is sounding cooler. I looked through the first and a little of the second soundtracks online. It's pretty cool. Lots of Celtic themes. Which naturally peaks my interest. But, there's also a heavy energetic rock feel to some, too. Kind of refreshing. Added some to my mp3 player already, so look forward to hearing it too!
I also decided to go through what songs have been popular every year of my life. Starting with 1984. I was born in a weird time for music.
Some of it's ok, but not great. Probably won't get to the really 'good' stuff until the '90s. Oh well. It's still interesting. Kind of like I'm time traveling.
Tumbling made me tear up a bit. It's rare for shows to do that to me. I like the strong bonds of friendship the members are making. Even though they lost the competition they participated in, it felt good. It's getting better as it progresses as well. Gintama was just hilarious! A lot of old gags this time, but still great.
Managed to play my clarinet today, too. I took off my sling for it. It hurt, but it would have felt awkward to play with it. Sounded surprisingly good this time.
deviantART faves: APH: Taiwan Stars help me I did not make these! First a cool drawing of Taiwan from Hetalia. Second a cute pic of a marshmallow in, I think, a cup of hot chocolate.
Youtube:
A cool Naruto amv:
Mood:
By Cake. This is so old, but I still love it!I think someone gave me the CD as a birthday present back in high school. Such a fun and catchy song. Probably the best one on there. (Although, the whole album is great!) Turned me into a Cake fan.
Got to see them play a live concert at a fair a while back. They're known for incorporating a wide range of musical genres. Like, country music, Mariachi, rock, funk, Iranian folk music, hip-hop, and more. I love how they use a lot of different instruments, not just the norm of guitar, bass, drums, etc. But, trumpets, tambourines, organ, and many others as well.
This is my wallpaper for this month. It's Fairy Tail's logo with a little fire coming off it. Thought it was cool. Found a couple of other good ones of Fairy Tail, so look forward to those! (It's hard to find good ones of Fairy Tail...)
My Jewish calendar has an interesting Torah cover from the Netherlands from 1966. There's also a fancy looking pin cushion from the Netherlands from around 1775-1800. Interesting. The herb calendar has 3 different types of myrtle, 2 types of bay, and lady's mantle for this month. It's better than seeing the lavender in the shape of a heart last month. That was kind of lame.
But, this one's interesting.
Here's the month-long holidays: Bell Peppers and Broccoli Month, Berries and Cherries Month, International Ideas Month, International Women's Month, Irish-American Heritage Month, Music in our Schools Month, National Caffeine Awareness Month, National Craft Month, National Eye Donor Month, National Kidney Month, National Nutrition Month, National Peanut Month, National Umbrella Month, National Women's History Month, National Celery Month, National Flour Month, National Noodle Month, National Sauce Month. Some are important causes, some are to make you appreciate things you may take for granted, and some are just for fun. A lot of holidays this month! Mainly food and health related ones. Those are good to celebrate or raise awareness for.
I can't believe Purim's coming up so soon.
It starts at sundown on the 7th. It's kind of crazy. You dress up in costumes, listen to the story behind the holiday, party, there's drinking, carnivals, and more. We're supposed to have a lot of fun. I'm not sure if I'll make hamantashen this year. Didn't have time last year. And the gift that the congregation gives out, didn't have very many last time. Mostly had candy. Hamantashen is like a must for Purim...
So, we'll see.
I hope this month I can post more often.Sorry, I didn't post much last month. Mom comes back on Monday. It's been nice being by myself during the day. Although, it gets a tad bit lonely after a while.The cats seem to be on their best behavior when it's just me. Weird.
Speaking of cats, Rosie made a nasty cut on my thumb. Hopefully, it won't scar too much. It was totally by accident. We like to play rough sometimes. (Dangerous when a cat still has claws.)
I made some 'Vermont' curry tonight for Shabbat. (Cramp in shoulder blade thing came back while I was making it.) It's Japanese style. (They put a lot of stuff into the sauce, and it's amazing!) Vermont's, I think, one of the best ones of this style. I put some beef stew meat, new potatoes, onions, and carrots in. It was sooo good.
We luckily got a second loaf of challah last week. So, I just had to defrost the one for this week. And, since we haven't started the rocky road ice cream yet, I think that will be the perfect dessert.
Speaking of Fairy Tail, I'm finally getting close to the current episodes. Only about 3 or 4 more to go until I catch up. That's pretty good. I didn't like the start of this arc for some reason. But, now it's getting really good! Really awesome fights, a couple of new and interesting characters, etc. The guild was holding their S-class exam on a special island. After the first part, things went a bit out of hand for them. A really powerful group of enemies showed up with the orders to find Zeref on the island, and wipe out the Fairy Tail members. Fairy Tail was almost crushed by them, but one of the enemies decided to fight Erza fair and square. If he lost, he promised to restore everyone's magic energy. And, with a little encouragement, she beat him ultimately killing him. But, before he died he did as he promised. Then, Fairy Tail fought back, and they've beaten almost all of the 7 members of the enemy's guild. Now, Ultear is thinking of betraying her own guild by taking Zeref for her self. Gray caught on to her, and they're about to fight.
Watched the anime movie, Loups=Garous. It sounded like it'd be awesome. Wasn't as good as I had hoped.
It could have been half as long. Lots of pauses and staring. It takes place in the future, where a deadly virus has spread worldwide, and drastically reduced the world's population. Now, people have to eat synthetic food, and must avoid any physical contact. Only community centers (which were once called schools) exist and people can only communicate online. However, a group of girls start to pursue real contact outside of society. When a series of brutal murders occur, they decide to see the 'dark secrets' hidden within the closed off world they live in. Supposedly, one of the girls is a werewolf? Or a 'beast' of some sort. It was weird. Left me with an odd feeling.
I got a ride from someone to the cafe on Wednesday. She's part of the group that meets there to play Mahj. (The one Mom's a part of.) It was very sweet of her.
So, I managed to go there every week, while Mom was away. I had a caramel apple Italian soda. One of my faves!
Finished Boku to Star no 99 Nichi, or My 99 Days with a Star. Had kind of a weird ending. At first I thought it would be horrible, but then they manage to pull it in a slightly different direction than I expected. A better direction, but not necessarily a 'happy' ending. So, kind of wishy-washy to me.
I loved the show overall. It was hilarious most of the time. The cultural differences were interesting, and a lot of it was touching.
Finished reading what's up for Hamster. It's a really cute manga. More like just an observation report of the author and his hamsters. Well, next week I'll start another manga, there's so many great sounding ones. I'll also start another Jdrama next week.
deviantART fave: Nom Nom Nom I did not make this! Another cute, yet twisted drawing from an artist I watch. I love that kind of stuff. It's a cute bunny chewing on a skull.
Youtube:
2 Naruto Shippuden vids from someone I used to be subscribed to. They keep taking that person's account down. I gave up trying to keep up with it. But, nice to see these vids again:
