Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Maybe "kelp pills" will replace "pinecone extract" in my google searches, because I still don't know what pinecone extract is: Random Tuesday Thoughts


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Whee! Here I am. It's Tuesday!

And, I'm sorry to be a lame-o* but I've never felt less like writing a Random Tuesday post. I woke up with kind of a sore throat, and it just went downhill from there. My usual strategy of attacking the illness with naps did nothing. Nothing, I tell you!

*I know, who says that anymore? Clearly I'm not in my right mind.

My boss, who bitches constantly that I don't work Mondays, just sent me an email bitching at me to stop answering email on my "day off". Oh, so THAT'S what a Catch-22 looks like.

In the ongoing campaign to restore my body to some semblance of the one I know & love don't mind, I went to the health food store for kelp pills. Thyroid issues run in my family and though mine was tested last spring, sometimes the blood panel doesn't catch it.*

So, kelp pills. Except they were out of the pill form, they just had the powder. Did I want the powder? Sure, I'd take the powder. The label read, "can be used as a salt substitute due to its salty flavor".

Uh, no. It doesn't have a "salty flavor". It tastes like fucking KELP. Kelp that's been lying in the sun for three days. And then been pooped on by seagulls.

At least I'm not burping it up. Nothing says, "Come give me a kiss, honey," like breath that smells like rancid seaweed.

*I would just go back to my doctor and get her to re-do the bloodwork except, well, I don't have a doctor anymore. Shortly before Christmas she just closed up her practice and went home to raise her babies (who are 5 and 7). No letter, no phone call, just a vague message on the clinic's answering machine and a tiny announcement in the local paper. Thanks a lot, lady.

Needs no explanation:


Epic duel by *IsisMasshiro on deviantART


Did I mention I feel like shit? Yes? Well, it bears repeating. Since that seems to be the only thing in my brain right now. Other than mucus.

I'm not going to submit a logo to 99designs today. I re-worked one and re-submitted it, so I'm counting that.

(Apparently I even fail at 2-week Resolutions. Oh, don't act like you're shocked.)

And, yeah. That's all I got. Tune in next week when I promise to take psychotropic drugs or something to provide you with a more interesting post. You see the things I do for you guys?

Random up, link up, yadda yadda, blah blah. Where's my Neo Citran at?



54 people talked back :

otin said...

The kelp thing was hysterical! Rancid seaweed! hahaha!

only a movie said...

Wow, my post today is short on positive as well. Also feeling like shit. But thanks for the reminder - I have to call my endocrinologist. Kelp, eh?

Feel better soon. Thanks for hosting as always. xo

Terra H. said...

Learned something new today. Kelp is good for you, and it tastes crappy. That's how most things are that are good for you. Hope you feel better soon.

Jenni said...

I cannot believe you were fooled by kelp. Fucking kelp, man.

And that dinosaur picture? Peed my pants.

Casey said...

I think you should get to call in sick to RTT if you're under the weather. It is sort of like a job, right? An unpaid, sucky job where people treat you like crap by linking up and not even leaving a comment or any money on the nightstand.

Sorry. Feel better. Kelp, eh? I might have to check into that. Bleh.

Laufa said...

Great picture! Feel better soon!

Ginny Marie said...

I'm sorry you're feeling so crappy! I hope you're feeling better today. Even when you're sick, you manage to not be lame-o!

Stacy (the Random Cool Chick) said...

Awwww! Sorry you're not feeling well - hope you feel better soon!

My doctor closed up shop a few years ago, too - what is it with not being notified that it's going to happen? I got a letter in the mail announcing his retirement...4 months after he retired.

Princess Nagger is going to LOVE the picture of the 'Epic duel'! :)

Good luck with your kelp breath...hope you don't have any cats that might want to attack your face! ;)

Otie was so sweet adding my link for me while I was sleeping - I think that's the first time ever I've been in the first spot! :)

Elle said...

Kelp powder in place of salt? I'm going to pass. Thanks for the heads up. Sorry you're not feeling well.

Wicked Step Mom said...

My favorite doctor left the state. I am still angry with her over that...

I hope you feel better soon!!

Ellie Belen said...

My favorite day to call off sick was Monday too. Mostly sanity days rather than sick days.

Martha in PA said...

Kelp - ewwww! I hope you feel better soon!

Mrsbear said...

I'm sure the kids would appreciate me dusting their popcorn with a smattering of seaweed dust. Mmmm.

My OB stopped delivering babies right before I got pregnant with my last because she wanted to dedicate more time to her family and the middle of the night I'm-in-labor phone calls were putting a damper on that. I took it personally.

Feel better.

Shelly said...

Kelp? No thank you. After that I wouldn't take it even if my doctor told me to. Oh wait. I don't have a doctor.

Hope you get to feeling better and can refrain from checking e-mails on your day off.

Jan said...

It must be an epidemic - my post today, to quote onlyamovie, is also "short on positive."

I hope you feel better soon. I will feel better as soon as it's April. *sigh*

Ashley D said...

Hope you feel better soon :)

The Crazy Coxes said...

Kelp powder? Suddenly, I'm not so hungry for the snickerdoodles I've been saving for breakfast.

Life is a Catch 22!
I hope you feel better!

Jamie said...

Leaving money on the night stand? No wonder you'all are so into this blogging shit.

I am sure that I am not totally getting the epic battle picture but it most hilarious to me because I see something else entirely.

Kelp for thyroid? Very interesting. I will be sure to get the capsules without the seagull poop.

suzicate said...

rancid kelp breath...thanks for the visual, ah not visual but uh virtual scent!

Mama Badger said...

I say it's the kelp that's making you feel krappy. It's your body saying "I don't want no salad, not even sea salad. Take that."

Jennifer said...

Zyrtec. Get on it and stay on it through the winter. I swear it has saved my life.

Cassie said...

Wow I'd have to be feeling like one foot's in the grave to even consider taking Kelp. Blech. Feel better soon.

slommler said...

Sorry you feel so rotten!! But Kelp? Yuck!! That has got to make you feel worse! LOL!
Love the rancid kelp breath..LOL!! I think I can smell it from here.
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Hugs
SueAnn

Peggy said...

Aww, feel better Keely!!

kyooty said...

Feel better soon, get on a list for a dr fast, because it's hard to get a Dr. we only got ours here because he was doing clinic time, and then opened a practice with 4 others.

Wild Child said...

Hope you get another nap in!

Captain Dumbass said...

Mmm... mermaid kisses.

storyteller at Sacred Ruminations said...

Hope you feel better soon ...
Hugs and blessings,

Margaret aka: Fact Woman said...

Kelp- Yuck!
Sorry about your Doc leaving you. I hate finding good new doctors.
I hope you feel better soon.

Melanie said...

I take kelp supplements too. I DID once try to use this kelp salt substitute thing, but OMG CRAP. I like Japanese food, but I'd prefer seaweed salad, at least that's how it's supposed to be. In my head, anyway.

Miss Angie said...

Sorry you're so sick!

Mama Zen said...

Kelp powder? Ewww!

Vancouver's Enviro Girl said...

That dinosaur picture just made my day. No, my week!

Hope you feel better soon!

rxBambi said...

Grrr. I screwed up my link. Can you unlink me then link me again. It gives an error saying that I don't exist! That's really crushing for someone like me. Thanks :)
ps- #67

Blogging Mama Andrea said...

I have to say fish oil pills are worse than kelp. I tried one of the kids gummy omega 3 vitamins once, holy god that was disgusting (going down and coming up).

Ane Fallarme said...

We have a lot of pine cones here, but I have never heard of a pine cone extract... Hmm..

at least your boss wants you to not answer e-mails on your day off, mine want me to work 4 hours on my days off...

Kelp pills, interesting. Kelp powder, even more interesting. Reminds me of Spongebob Squarepants... :D

I feel like crap too.

That is the best picture of 2 dinosaurs fighting.. :D LOL, reminds me of Barney, that stupid purple t-rex who isn't tempted to eat the kids around him..

See you next week, you had me at psychotropic drugs... LOL :D

Happy Tuesday! :)

rxBambi said...

okay, I fixed it. If you could delete 67 that'd be awesome.

69 is the good one.

Yeah, that's what he said...

Christina said...

Kelp? Really? Ewwww! I've heard of using coconut oil, but not kelp.

Hope you feel better soon.

w said...

kelp pills sound about as intriguing as cat's claw (my mother tried to push the stuff on me).

also. cat's claw is a plant. i didn't know that. so obviously i was all grossed out.

K said...

My son's first doctor just disappeared too.

I didn't find out until I tried to make a sick appointment one day.

Hope you feel better soon.

PJ Mullen said...

You know what tastes just like salt? Salt. I can't even fathom using kelp powder. Hope your feeling better soon.

lynn @ human, being said...

Yeah, I hate it when I feel like shit and all the tests say Oh, you're fine!

That's why I see a naturopath because she drugs my thyroid to the point where I have no symptoms, instead of to the point the tests say I SHOULD have no symptoms.

My post, in which I rant about Massage Envy and confuse my 2-day-old nephew for a dead talk show host, is up.

Cole said...

Kelp powder?! Wow, you're brave. Hope you're feeling better soon!

MomsReality said...

sorry you're feeling crappy but thanks for the laugh today. Be well!

Frogs in my formula said...

Mmm, seagull poop. That'd be hilarious if it said that on the bottle. Well, funny for everyone but the person who just ate it.

Ew.

Feel better. Fast!

Michele said...

Kelp, isn't that what you wrap sushi in?

Eileen said...

OK, I am not a blogger but HOLY CRAP i had to tell you how much you had me peeing my pants here! I have been on TONS of random supplements, yeah...for thyroid too. I have figured out that really the only plus of some of this crap is that it tastes like it and maybe you might lose a few pounds while you gag it down.
I hear you on the doc thing too...Mine goes out of the country a LOT, like a month at a time, but we dont get notice at all.
Hope you feel better! I cant wait for the next couple weeks ravings on the psychotropes...you're awful funny without any HELP!

A Mother's Thoughts said...

Have you ever just tried plain warm water and salt and gargle your throat. It's aweful to feel like crap but tis the crappy season! Feel better soon.

Figgy said...

How is it you have time to do up a logo everyday, but only blog once a week? ( ̄へ ̄)

Maureen@IslandRoar said...

Your doctor just left? Shouldn't that be against the law or something?
Feel better!

mo.stoneskin said...

I'm not sure what pinecone extract is but I imagine it tastes a bit like my favourite acorn drink.

Elisa @ Globetrotting in Heels said...

Kelp, spirulina, chlorella, are all SO good for you! But not good per se - taste wise. In fact, they all taste like crap.

Try blending it with a chunk of banana and a bit of orange juice. That's the only way I can stomach the powder!

Feel better soon!

Cascia said...

I hope you are feeling better soon.

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