Tacky in a pretty sort of way

[clevermanka]

I'm sending today's xkcd to the people who manage KU's website. Yes, I am. I just have to figure out who the fuck they are. I sent it to my contact in University Relations (who loved it and passed it to her web guys), but not even she knows who "flies the plane these days" as she put it. The search continues.

Acupuncture last night was an interesting and new experience. Kiva started a treatment to help with my metabolism issues. This involves putting little gold tacks in my ears and leaving them there until they fall out all on their own. She warned me that it would hurt a lot, but I was all "eh, it's ears! how bad can it be?" and really, it wasn't bad at all. The tacks do go down into the cartilage, but I tell you what, it wasn't half as bad as when she puts needles in my toes and it hurts so bad my opposite foot starts to cramp.


There are seven in each ear. One has TwoThree have already fallen out. All from my left ear. =(

Much worse than the discomfort is the issue that I can't sleep on my side. Or wear earplugs. Last night was incredibly unrestful. It was, in fact, pretty damn miserable. But don't they look awesome? So pretty. I hope they help.

Because I was awake way early enough to do my workout this morning, I did. It wasn't as wretched as Day One by a long shot. Although it's possible that I'm just better at these particular movements, I think the ease factor is on purpose. My jump-roping this morning sucked balls, though. Work-out write-up in a separate post.

Edit: Oh! Oh! I forgot to mention, about the ear tacks. Kiva said I was her first patient ever who was able to tolerate having all fourteen tacks put in during one session. Most people only can handle two or three per ear before calling in quits. *preen* I'm special!

Comments

[nataliesee.livejournal.com]

How long is each tack? I mean, how far do they go beneath the surface? They do look sort of painful.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

They're teeny. Maybe two millimeters long. Kind of like a sewing needle, but with a definite arrow-shaped tip.

I'm trying to save them (they're GOLD after all), and have one here at my desk if you have time to mosey over and look at it.

[annamatic.livejournal.com]

LOVE that xkcd.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

For. Real.

And I still haven't figure out who manages the KU website. *sigh*

[ms-danson.livejournal.com]

Cute. Adorable.

How will you know if they work?

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

I was just going to ask if you're doing your best to find and save them.. they are precious!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Aren't they, though? I like them.

I'll know the treatment is working if/when my energy levels increase and I start to shed some fat. Kiva's (justifiably) hesitant to treat patients who want acupuncture for weight loss, but we agreed that everything I've been doing since April should result in some fat loss. My not dropping any weight at all means something weird is going on. The hope is that the treatment will signal to my body that it's okay to metabolize like a normal person and use some of my stored fat for energy instead of just shutting down the energy levels.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Oh, definitely! I've saved two and lost one so far.

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

That actually is kind of a nifty adornment, there. Hope it helps!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I hope they help, too!

Acupuncture is such a weird thing for me. My brain keeps screaming "This Can't Possibly Work" while my body continues to slowly improve under treatment. Very strange.

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

I haven't much experience with acupuncture, but I remember experiencing a lot of relief from shoulder pain with just a few treatments. In its own way, it's SCIENCE, right?

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

In its own way, it's SCIENCE, right?

I have no idea! One assumes they proved their theories somehow, but I really haven't a clue about Chinese Medicine.

[stuology.livejournal.com]

That comic is hilarious. I bet the person who manages the KU website will like it too, since they don't control what's on it either.

OMG, I went through the almost year long committee process of re-doing University Relation's website. They weren't even quite done when I left. The final product they came up with a few months after I was gone for my next job is the current one they have now. I left in 2000.

If it took over a year to of crapin' committee meetings to get their simple website done, I'd never touch it again either.

The one who probably needs to see the comic is Lynn Bretz. Her humor is ... touchy. She's the ultimate head of the people who control the marketing design and content of KU's main website.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Lynn Bretz. Dang. Don't know her. I was hoping it would be someone from the comp center whose name I might at least recognize. =(

[stuology.livejournal.com]

Nope. I think Julie Loatz (or Loats?) was the last type of person in that manner to have much control on what is on KU's main website. Once they hired their first marketing firm and started some other big committee type project to re-org KU's admin staff line back in 1999-2000, the computer people lost that power. The look and organization and content belong to marketing.

The templates that you have to try to figure out how to use is done by the computer people, but the fact that you have to use them is the fault of that marketing arm of the communications office.

Honestly, when I need something at KU I go straight to the A-Z listing.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Well at least the marketing people understand ADA-compliance. Something that Ms. Loats totally failed to do. Despite having it explained to her. Twice. In one meeting. Where I was present.

=b

[stuology.livejournal.com]

She wasn't well received during her tenure by many people.

[stuology.livejournal.com]

And I just peeked. She's still around.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, she's still around.

[tama-grey.livejournal.com]

You are the most adorable preener EVAR.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

It's because I'm special.

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

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[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

I will also note that while the main pictorial and headline material is XKCD-like, a great deal in the other circle of the diagram is also available on the front page of the KU site -- or is it that I see the other stuff because I am a geek?

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Alas, I know both those people, and neither of them are web designers. =(

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

Am I a web designer? Was John Daniel? If you can code HTML, you can become a web designer. It's not rocket science. The tech guy may have designed the site. Maybe his girlfriend did.

Unless you ask him, you won't find out.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Um...what? There's no way in hell I'd want to be a web designer. I was wondering who it was so I could send them that cartoon, not join their ranks! HA!

Good god, no. *shudder*

[e4q.livejournal.com]

foot ones always hurt. there is a reason why torturers do feet.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Great. Now I'm going to be thinking about that during Thursday's session. D=

[e4q.livejournal.com]

meh. it is still only acupuncture and not torture. does hurt but never more than it does, if you know what i mean.