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Jul. 13th, 2023 09:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bloodyrosemccoyDamn, I am out of practice with the blogging thing. Time was I'd go around composing entries in my head all day, commentating on the day's events with a very meta narrative voice. Now all my thoughts are bite-sized; 280 characters, tops. But I figure I ought to just jump in with both feet and try to get the hang of it again.
... Which reminds me I'd like to start swimming again. Only problem is, I was cursed by goblins and now my skin is itchy and I keep scratching so I'm tearing it off. Not real good in a swimming pool.
No, fucking really, goblin curse! I developed a Mysterious Rash a couple years ago, and after some back-and-forth with a dermatologist, a patch test wherein they stick little patches of allergens to your back and you spend several days wanting to wallow like a buffalo to tear 'em off, we determined that the only thing I was reacting to was nickel. Which led to a tentative diagnosis of Systemic Nickel Allergy Syndrome?????????, and I can tell you that has been a real adventure to try to figure out what food I can have now. I figure it was triggered by a really nice cast-iron tetsubin I bought; I think it must have had nickel in its enamel or something. I was drinking two pots a day, and it might have caused me to react. So I sold my cursed teapot with many dire warnings to a buddy and got me a nice clay one.
As for the goblin aspect, I got curious about the etymology of nickel the metal, since Mom has cacklingly announced that pumpernickel means "goblin farts," and I looked that up, and what do you know, she's right; Nickel is a diminutive for the Devil, rather like Old Nick. So I checked on the metal's history, and in medieval Germany, some miners found some ore that looked like copper, but when they tried to smelt it they didn't get any copper, but they did get a load of unpleasant rashes. This can only be the fault of Bad Fairies. So they called the ore Kupfernickel, goblin's copper, and it got re-shortened to nickel.
... Well, that spiraled. ANYWAY, as you can see, I'm still an etymology nerd, a folklore nerd, and a health disaster! Some things never change!
(Also I'd like to point out that I'll be darned; I am automatically HTML-ing quite well! Ha! Even post stroke, I retain my skills!
((Oh, you're wondering about my stroke? HA HA! Maybe I'll talk about it next time!)))
... Which reminds me I'd like to start swimming again. Only problem is, I was cursed by goblins and now my skin is itchy and I keep scratching so I'm tearing it off. Not real good in a swimming pool.
No, fucking really, goblin curse! I developed a Mysterious Rash a couple years ago, and after some back-and-forth with a dermatologist, a patch test wherein they stick little patches of allergens to your back and you spend several days wanting to wallow like a buffalo to tear 'em off, we determined that the only thing I was reacting to was nickel. Which led to a tentative diagnosis of Systemic Nickel Allergy Syndrome?????????, and I can tell you that has been a real adventure to try to figure out what food I can have now. I figure it was triggered by a really nice cast-iron tetsubin I bought; I think it must have had nickel in its enamel or something. I was drinking two pots a day, and it might have caused me to react. So I sold my cursed teapot with many dire warnings to a buddy and got me a nice clay one.
As for the goblin aspect, I got curious about the etymology of nickel the metal, since Mom has cacklingly announced that pumpernickel means "goblin farts," and I looked that up, and what do you know, she's right; Nickel is a diminutive for the Devil, rather like Old Nick. So I checked on the metal's history, and in medieval Germany, some miners found some ore that looked like copper, but when they tried to smelt it they didn't get any copper, but they did get a load of unpleasant rashes. This can only be the fault of Bad Fairies. So they called the ore Kupfernickel, goblin's copper, and it got re-shortened to nickel.
... Well, that spiraled. ANYWAY, as you can see, I'm still an etymology nerd, a folklore nerd, and a health disaster! Some things never change!
(Also I'd like to point out that I'll be darned; I am automatically HTML-ing quite well! Ha! Even post stroke, I retain my skills!
((Oh, you're wondering about my stroke? HA HA! Maybe I'll talk about it next time!)))
