last night, i had dinner with dj. i hadn't seen him in months, so it was great to catch up with him. he's in his final year at stanford law, and he is very busy with his schoolwork. we went to hyderabad house (an indian restaurant near border's on university ave in downtown palo alto), and we got the bhindi masala (okra) and chicken tikka masala. i LOVE okra, but they made it way too salty. still, it was good in moderation.
one of my readers, W, forwarded me a link concerning the side effects of topamax, the new med i'm trying out for my tics. the most common ones seem to be tingling in the extremities and soda tasting weird. i'm still in the low dosages of the drug, but coke definitely tastes different. i'm hoping i don't get the tingling; it sounds like it would be really annoying, and it would interfere with my sleep.
speaking of sleep, i accidentally took 100mg of seroquel this morning. this is the med i take to help me fall asleep, and man, i was drowsy this morning and early afternoon. i conked out after lunch, and i felt like i was in a cloud for a couple of hours. btw, for lunch, we went to e-noodle in milpitas. leek box! yum, i'm still burping it up.
i have a bad habit at work. i often put my head down on my desk. it looks like i'm sleeping, but i'm actually resting my neck. my tics make my neck muscles all fucked up, and it get to a point where it hurts to keep my head up. so i have to rest my neck by putting my head down. people who walk by must think i'm taking a nap or something. sigh. tourette's sucks. if you've ever had neck pain or aches, then you know what i'm going through, except that i have it every single fucking day. :(
i finally gave into temptation and chewed off my long right pinky nail today. it was getting so long (i grew it out for several weeks) that i could fold it under itself with my teeth. it was very satisfying to chew it, but now i don't have a means to scrape out my earwax. i guess i'll just have to wait until it grows back out.
ok. i've hit the blogger's wall. time to smoke!