List 15 books you've read that will always stick with you -- Don't take too long to think about it. The first 15 you can recall in 15 minutes.

1. The Etched City, KJ Bishop
2. The Orphan's Tales (series), Catherynne Valente
3. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
4. The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
5. The Last Unicorn, Peter S. Beagle
6. His Dark Materials (series), Phillip Pullman
7. The Neverending Story, Micheal Ende
8. Harry Potter (series), JK Rowling
9. The Privilege of the Sword, Ellen Kushner
10. Dragon of the Lost Sea, Lawrence Yep (I haven't read this since I was a child, and it still sticks with me)
11. Breath, Donna Jo Napoli
12. Viriconium (series), M. John Harrison
13. Grendel, John Gardner
14. The Icarus Girl, Helen Oyeyemi
15. Larklight, Philip Reeve

So the GI doc thinks I probably have gastroparesis for some godforsaken reason, meaning my stomach muscles have suddenly decided to be even lazier than I am. It seems a reasonable theory. I suppose I should be glad my case isn't worse than it is, since apparently it can get really really bad. However, all I can think is "doesn't this piece of shit body have enough wrong with it already?"

I have never been a glass-half-full type of person...

I go for an ultrasound on Tues. to rule out gallbladder dysfunction. (There was talk of the possibility of doing a HIDA scan if nothing showed up, but I don't know if they actually plan to or not...) I cannot eat or drink after midnight on Mon. Considering that I get nauseated if I don't put something plain in my stomach every couple of hours (one symptom that doesn't seem to fit the gastroparesis diagnosis) I don't know how the hell I'm supposed to do this. Also considering I am ridiculously thirsty all the time. (Which is nothing new; I've always been like that.) Seriously, I wake up in the middle of the night needing water every. single. night. I do not go to bed without a glass of water beside me. This is going to suck.

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In other news! Somebody did fanart for my Alice/Raven fanfic. *sparkles*

I am trying to write Break/Raven now. (Why yes, I do love making Raven suffer, why do you ask?) It is not going so well. Mostly because it is difficult for me to imagine Raven not shooting Break in the fucking head if he tried anything, u-um.

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eta: Right after I posted this I just heard that we've had the first confirmed case of swine flu in our county. ZOMG!!!11eleventy