8 THINGS RAYMI

ok tagged ophelia got me and so did a bunch of others outlaw too i think and someone else i forget. anyway i’ve not been avoiding this 8 things just kind of been pretending to be above it? also, i don’t think i have any secrets left but i will try. pretend everything you are about to read is brand new.

1. i had a seizure when i was a toddler and was hospitalized for two weeks, i had an ear infection and was massively dehydrated from vomitting and so i had a seizure, my mom walked in on me convulsing violently on the livingroom floor, it was during a blizzard so the ambulance took about an hour to get to our house. i am not epileptic. i do not remember any of it.

2. i got Henoch-Schonlein purpura when i was 7 this very rare fucked up rash on my thigh that was like velvety red and massive and everywhere. i had to give a skin sample and then got stitches for the first time and we went to several different doctors and all of them were like WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT? it wasn’t until going to my dermatologist that it was determined i had Henoch-Schonlein purpura.

Henoch-Schonlein purpura is an IgA-mediated, autoimmune, hypersensitivity vasculitis of childhood that results in a triad of symptoms, including a purpuric rash occurring on the lower extremities, abdominal pain or renal involvement, and arthritis. However, any of the triad may be absent, which often leads to confusion in diagnosing the condition. Although the cause is unknown, Henoch-Schonlein purpura is often associated with infectious agents such as group A streptococci and Mycoplasma. It has also been associated with food reactions, exposure to cold, insect bites and drug allergies. Treatment is supportive, and children affected by this disorder need close follow-up of renal status.

good thing i’m getting CLOSE FOLLOW-UPS haha.

3. i don’t like desserts anymore and it subtletly offends everyone around me after dinner.

4. in grade 3 i won a colouring contest and got a free/signed book from ted staunton and i won cos i hogged the class copy of taking care of crumley and copied one of the pictures and everyone was MAJORLY JEALOUS and i got to stand up in front of all the grade 3s and shake ted staunton’s hand and he gave me a copy of Maggie and Me and on the inside he wrote “and Lauren” so it was like Maggie and Me and Lauren. I FUCKING RULE GRADE 3!

5. i gogo-danced on a speaker at a kid koala concert in my underwear on halloween a few years ago at lee’s palace. my roommate was on the other speaker and he was wearing these tiny pink 80s shorts of mine, we looked hot. kid koala (eric) got me on stage to have a staring contest with someone out of the audience. i lost.

6. i got my belly button pierced when i was 15 and took it out the third time i was hospitalised cos i thought the ring was a tracking device or something, the ring could be metal-detected but the joke is on me those things are made of steel. the hole is closed up now. i think belly piercings are way tacky now and pretty ugly unless you are a shakira type person you know?

7. i met paul stanley

8. i spend a lot of time by myself.

i tag these people now and no tagbacks:

fil
jamie
jesustoast
hoo ha
merde
trueboy