Non-sequiturs and Pre-sequiturs: yet another random thread

[heather marie]

Josh, in the words of Richard: "you are pretty much the best dude ever."

[auto-da-fey]

This is the myspace of a guy I went to junior high and high school with.  ... So I am not surprised at all to see that his current hobby is apparently stalking celebrities and taking photographs of himself with them.

That and picking up a Ph.D. in two years, apparently.

[Doctor Bob]

Aaiight, so I'm going to a masquerade party tomorrow and need a costume. Any ideas that require almost no materials or effort?

Could you print out the photo of me in costume that I took last Saturday night and just tape it to your face?  (See the photo thread.)

[Andrew_TSKS]

This is the myspace of a guy I went to junior high and high school with.  ... So I am not surprised at all to see that his current hobby is apparently stalking celebrities and taking photographs of himself with them.

That and picking up a Ph.D. in two years, apparently.

i'm guessing it was by a correspondence course, a la Brian McNamee.

[andronicus]

Man, I am the Man with the Never-Ending Nose Bleed

There's something kind of sacral about getting nosebleeds, if you get them enough. 

Fuck off, I just wanna stop getting nosebleeds.

Sorry dude, I know what it's like!  Get better!

Do you have a humidifier? 

[jebreject]

Yes. It does fuck all, apparently.

I bought some saline nasal spray though, so that should help, although it's totally gross spurting salt water up yer nostrils.

[slow west vultures]

all that saline nasal spray probably isn't going to help your dry nose for the time being.  i know i get nose bleeds when i'm a little over zealous trying to keep my nasal passages clear.  sometimes you just have to let the gunk be there, and let the nasal membranes have a rest. 

[Mike24]

i know i get nose bleeds when i'm a little over zealous trying to keep my nasal passages clear.  sometimes you just have to let the gunk be there, and let the nasal membranes have a rest. 

it means you're picking it too much...or not enough.

[jebreject]

all that saline nasal spray probably isn't going to help your dry nose for the time being.  i know i get nose bleeds when i'm a little over zealous trying to keep my nasal passages clear.  sometimes you just have to let the gunk be there, and let the nasal membranes have a rest. 

I'm pretty sure the biggest part of the problem is that my nose is really dry in the first place. I mean, you're right, to an extent, but the dryness is the worst of it, so the saline will help with that.

[andronicus]

My nosebleeds are apparently the result of a malformed blood vessel; I took medicine for it when I was a kid that tasted like butt combined with vanilla and I still don't really like the taste of vanilla much.  It was always so intensely embarassing for me as a kid to have my nose just randomly started bleeding anywhere I was.  I would try to like secretly deal with it but someone would always be like WHY ARE YOU TILTING YOUR HEAD BACK. 

The big cause anymore of nosebleeds for me is large changes in relative humidity, so that's why I asked.  The up-and-down weather has definitely caused a few these last weeks. 

PS I'm sure this is hell of gross, but I don't know your method of stopping nosebleeds but I actually hate the 'tilt head back and stuff tissue up there' mostly because I hate having the feeling of a nose full of blood afterwards.  So I will like let it bleed and hopefully clot a little, and then just like blow my nose really hard and usually it stops and I can actually breathe from my nostrils.  This is a highly advanced technique that i only learned in high school, but it usually works.  This works best in the shower which is good because I get a lot of my nosebleeds in the morning; a sink is good too if you're diligent to prevent the horror movie splatter effect. 

Also cross-post and yeah especially dont go putting your finger up your nose after you got it to stop, but to me blowing your nose is much much less likely to re-trigger some bleeding.  Though I'm sure your nosebleeds aren't being initiated by such picking. 

OK enough nose bleeding talk.

[jebreject]

I've been getting nosebleeds at work, so the "just let it bleed" approach is a no-go. But yeah, changes in humidity DEFINITELY fucks me up. I mean, in a bunch of ways, not just with nosebleeds, but yeah, lots of nosebleeds.

[Courtney]

That and picking up a Ph.D. in two years, apparently.

Maybe it was British-style. Don't they give out one-year Master's Degrees over there?

[slow west vultures]

My nosebleeds are apparently the result of a malformed blood vessel; I took medicine for it when I was a kid that tasted like butt combined with vanilla and I still don't really like the taste of vanilla much.  It was always so intensely embarassing for me as a kid to have my nose just randomly started bleeding anywhere I was.  I would try to like secretly deal with it but someone would always be like WHY ARE YOU TILTING YOUR HEAD BACK. 

The big cause anymore of nosebleeds for me is large changes in relative humidity, so that's why I asked.  The up-and-down weather has definitely caused a few these last weeks. 

PS I'm sure this is hell of gross, but I don't know your method of stopping nosebleeds but I actually hate the 'tilt head back and stuff tissue up there' mostly because I hate having the feeling of a nose full of blood afterwards.  So I will like let it bleed and hopefully clot a little, and then just like blow my nose really hard and usually it stops and I can actually breathe from my nostrils.  This is a highly advanced technique that i only learned in high school, but it usually works.  This works best in the shower which is good because I get a lot of my nosebleeds in the morning; a sink is good too if you're diligent to prevent the horror movie splatter effect. 

Also cross-post and yeah especially dont go putting your finger up your nose after you got it to stop, but to me blowing your nose is much much less likely to re-trigger some bleeding.  Though I'm sure your nosebleeds aren't being initiated by such picking. 

OK enough nose bleeding talk.

nose bleed talk is over WHEN I SAY ITS OVER.     i was actually told to tilt my head forward.  you're not supposed to tilt your head backward because the blood goes back down your throat, and its not rushing to form a clot in the nose which will help stop the bleeding.  i was told to pinch your nose, just beneath the bridge and hold it there for like five minutes.  then see if its stopped, and if it hasn't do it again.  then the key for me is if it does form a clot, don't blow that side of my nostril for the next couple of days.  also warm showers help because of the humidity.  and i can't remember if a doctor a long time ago told me to put neosporin or vaseline in the side of each nostril with a q-tip.  i can't remember which it was, so i never try it, but i think neosporin would help. 

[coldforge]

Ice the bridge of your nose and the back of your neck.

[diesel_powered]

I was just on the phone with my dad and a voice broke into the line and said "Please hang up, an emergency call is in progress" followed by a string of dialing that was too long to be 911. It was the strangest thing. What's even more unnerving is that it happened almost immediately after I delivered a particularly vitriolic diatribe against the Bush administration w/r/t warrantless wiretapping. So, if the black helicopters come and get me, I'll see y'all in Gitmo.

[diesel_powered]

Needless to say, I'm expecting some sort of rescue in the form of a stunning daylight raid.

[jebreject]

WTF. That's one of the weirdest things I've ever heard.

[Wally]

Needless to say, I'm expecting some sort of rescue in the form of a stunning daylight raid.

If by stunning you mean acerbic and inept then absolutely,

[andronicus]

Needless to say, I'm expecting some sort of rescue in the form of a stunning daylight raid.

If by stunning you mean acerbic and inept then absolutely,

"Whaddya say, Dom?  You and me, like old times."
"I don't know kid.  I'm getting too old for this shit."
"Come on, just one more, for old time's sake.  Let's make this the big score.  Think of little Mikey out there, all alone."
"Mm.  Little Mikey."

Thus begin the chronicles of the Self-Loathing Gay Commando.

(and you know I say that with only the utmost love and respect)

[Wally]

the Self-Loathing Gay Commando.

I'm going to get a badge with this on it.

[coldforge]

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[El_Josharino]

It's time for a brand new edition of "Conversations Between Josh, a Friend of His and Said Friend's Fiancee"
We'll call the girl "H"
Setting: Fish Fry, a few beers in. H has just gotten a dish of ice cream which is topped with a cherry.
Josh: Hey, can I have the cherry?
H: Sure.
Josh: Check this out. (eats cherry, puts stem in mouth, works some tongue magic, ties cherry stem in a knot)
H: Whoa, no way.
Josh: Yep. Tell your friends.
H: Okay. (sends text message to someone reading "Josh just tied a cherry stem in a knot with his tongue.")
M (M is the other half of this engaged duo): Does she even know Josh?
H: Nope.
M: Isn't she on a date with (another friend of ours) right now?
H: Yep.
M. Okay.

[diesel_powered]

WE GET IT. IT'S AWESOME TO BE JOSH.

[Good Intentions]

Just an interesting little titbit I picked up from my readings:

When someone who delights in annoying
and vexing peace-loving folk receives at last
a right good beating, it is certainly an ill, but
everyone approves of it and considers it as
good in itself, even if nothing further results
from it.

Immanuel Kant - Critique of PRactical Reason

[guanajuato]

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