Blast From the (Way) Past!

OMG!  20 years later, a Friday the 13th fan named Kurt...hi, Kurt!....has sent me a picture that I had to smile at.  And share with you.  It brings back memories of playing JJ the rocker, 2nd body of the film (whose title I shall not impart....if you're that much of a horror fan you probably already know), which we shot in Brittania Beach and Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver.

The picture is sweet because it's pre guitar-in-the-head wound.  Yes, she dies when Jason whacks her in the head with a (pink!) Flying V.   The death wasn't so quick in real life 'cause it took a few days to shoot.  I remember Dad patiently trying to teach me how to play air guitar to the piece they used in the film (no, I am not actually a playah, I can't even keep it in tune!), sitting in the trailer for HOURS getting my hair crimped, LMAO with Martin Cummins, and laying on the bottom of that cold, wet, gritty barge playing dead from my little wax head wound, and dreaming of a warm bath.  Sigh....it's good to be alive.  Thanks for the memories, Kurt and all of you who write about the Very Important Part I played!

Bad Diabetic!

Ugh.  I don't even want to post about this.  Because I'm that bad.  But maybe someone out there will understand and have some magic healing wisdom type thing to leave as a comment?  Talking about one's diabetes is worse than talking about one's dental work, I swear.  Mind you, if you've been all but ignoring your Type 1 Juvenile Onset Diabetes for the last couple of years.....it just can't be a comfortable topic.

Diabetes (Type 1, 2,whatever you have) is all about management.  It's also about compliance.  In order to run a healthy diabetic body, one needs to test blood sugar 4-8 times per day, either count carbohydrates or portions, and REMEMBER (good lawd) to take insulin or medications in a timely manner, and for many of us, moment to moment, hour to hour, throughout the day.  And exercise regularly.  And examine one's feet daily like a grooming monkey.   And blah blah blah blah.

A healthy diabetic is a REALLY healthy person.  It's like having a full time job.  Luckily, I work freelance and it's rare that I'm full on full time with my 'real' job.  It's just a hell of a lot of work and their truly is no 'vacation' from it,  not one that any of us could afford.  I've managed to balance all of this before during my 34 yrs of insulin. So where did I go wrong?

Well, it was after the second baby.....so tired, so busy, Daddy went on the road,  8 weeks of root canal appointments, a few family tragedies....and I just could not get interested in my blood sugar.  I just wanted to sleep.  Three years later I test begrudgingly, and not often enough. I eat because I am hungry and often can't remember exactly how much I ate as I belatedly estimate the carbs.  I don't exercise nearly enough.  Sigh.  I want to be a good diabetic,  I really do.  I'm just a little Crusty!  Thanks for lettting me vent... Anyone out there who wants to share...you've got the floor!

Seriously Radiant Health to you all this New Year.  In the words of my wise friend K,
Keep it Zen in Twenty-Ten.