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I feel a little uncomfortable making a post asking for anything but advice, but I'm going to do it anyway!

For the first half of today, I can't eat anything. Then I get to wear an acid monitor (down my throat) and purposely eat foods that trigger my symptoms for 24 hours. So basically I get to force myself into feeling like I'm having a heart attack and like there's pooling nasties at the bottom of my throat.
On the up-side, it'll be my first time eating chocolate, spicy curry, Mountain Dew, and pizza in over a year.

THAT SAID.

I could use some cheer! Link me to your favorite cat macros, heinous .gifs, ytmnds, youtube clips, fanmixes, fanfiction recs, whatever. This lasts until mid-day tomorrow, and residual pain might last through Friday, so if you read this Thursday/Friday, still link to hilarity! [Fanfic recs can be "serious business," they need not be funny.]

If you want a play-by-play, it'll be on the twitters - ribbonknight
I follow fewer people on Twitter than I do on Dreamwidth, sorry in advance.

SO.

The Dark Horse omnibus of Cardcaptor Sakura has been released.

Even though I already own the whole series, buying it in this newer (larger) format is enticing to me. It seems kind of ridiculous to buy things twice? But if it's better quality and something I love, it's probably a good choice. I do intend to buy the re-release of Revolutionary Girl Utena, even though I already own it. Better image/sound quality FTW.

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In addition to How to Train Your Dragon, I watched Castle in the Sky with a niece and my nephew. I've only seen it once before, and I liked it a lot more this time. I enjoy everyone else's dub performance, especially Anna Paquin's, but I CANNOT get over Dawson Leery as Paku to save my life. I'm pretty eager to try watching this one subbed.

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I read all of Osamu Tezuka's Dororo this weekend. At this point, I am frankly petrified to read Princess Knight. Tezuka's treatment of gender and trans issues is lacking, to say the least. I know that "he wrote in the fifties and sixties!" but that doesn't really erase it for me. Tezuka's status as "the godfather of manga" does not make his manga enjoyable to me. I think that the closest thing I came to enjoying was Astro Boy, but for that, I'll just read Urasawa's Pluto and have a much better time.

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I watched the first five episodes of Saiunkoku Monogatari (Story of Saiunkoku) yesterday and absolutely loved it.

Basically: In a fantasy kingdom, a young girl from an aristocratic family that's lost its wealth jumps at the chance to become the king's consort for six months so that her family can get paid lots of money. The king's advisors made this scheme because they wanted Shurei to get the king to actually care about his duties and actively govern the kingdom. The king is rumored to prefer men over women, so Shurei is hopeful that he "won't try anything weird."

It has yet to pass the Bechdel Test, but the series focus on 'history of a kingdom through the eyes of a woman' is endlessly interesting to me. There is political intrigue and discussion of economics/taxation, and Shurei is the one educating the king! I hope that the series continues as strongly as it's begun.

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Health Update is: When I told my doctor, "I still feel the same way!" she basically threw up her hands and referred me to a gastroentrologist. It will probably be a couple of months before I can see the gastroentrologist? At any rate, I've discerned that I must wait for them to call me.

In the meantime, I have scheduled my first acupuncture appointment for next Wednesday. My insurance does not make these visits free, but it does partially cover them. This is my first time trying alternative medicine. :O

Seeing the dentist in an hour, got my flu shot last week. Come on, body! I am nice to you! Now be nice to me!