I know this little girl her name is Maxine

[raybear]

Last night I had a pretty bad blood sugar crash. I sort of forgot how bad they are since I've been much better about eating in such a way to prevent such things (i.e. don't forget to eat, take chromium, consume lots of protein and fiber). But when it's bad, it's bad. There's the migrainish headache, the sluggishness, and the most strange symptom, puking. Why when I'm so hungry I'm about to faint, and then I eat something to keep from dying, does my body immediately reject it and eject it? Of course, then the best part is whatever I eat after that tastes good and stays down. Lovely images, I'm sure and I apologize to folks who are eating while reading this.

I made it to Cricuit, an hour late, but at least I was mostly recalibrated. As bad as it gets, honestly all I need to do is take a couple supplements, an ibuprofen, then lie down and nap/rest for about 15 minutes. It's a miracle cure.

The gig went well. I was just trying to survive, but I got lots of really good feedback so I think I was doing a better job of just reacting to the energy of the (small) crowd rather than overthinking. I missed seeing some familiar faces in the crowd who are often there but was still extremely grateful to see the folks I did. My set was also supplemented with songs from mix CDs given to me by Liza, snk, and of course, Damon.

At 4 am I made it home to a delicious and luxurious bed and slept pretty well, even when I woke up to move the car. I actually fell back asleep afterwards, which is rare for me.

If last night I had been playing what I wanted to hear and not cared about what I was being paid to play, it would have been lots of reggae. Well, maybe not lots because my collection is small. This morning I woke up singing "No, No, No" and I've listened to it three times already. The original and the Eve cover.

Help me expand my collection.

[Poll #161146]

Comments

Cosmic Twin Evidence Exhibit Q

[writeli.livejournal.com]

I had the HUGEST crash last weekend and lenny_wick had to be my co-sufferer. Luckily, I'd previously told him how bad it can get, so he was kinda forewarned, but the huge headache and the weak knees and dizziness and nausea - didn't think of how weird it might be for someone to witness for the first time. Ugh!

Oh yeah, and in my misanthropic mood for the past few days, i've missed responding to some of your posts, so you're about to get a billion now.

Re: Cosmic Twin Evidence Exhibit Q

[raybear.livejournal.com]

Yes! Lowenstein witnessed for the first time, and I think she feared she'd have to play ambulance driver or at least that I was absolutely crazy when I insisted I would continue to go to the club to spin for my gig. It was hard to explain that while I'm at this rather scary low point, it doesn't take long to get back to reasonable levels, but I never realized how bad it looks since I'd never really had someone around!

[saltjam.livejournal.com]

If you don't already have it and want to get some more reggae/ska stuff I highly recommend:
"Tougher than Tough: The Story of Jamaican Music" which is actually a great box set (for a change) that will likely introduce you to tons of new stuff. It's 4 CD's and about 95 songs.

My personal fav: anything U-ROY