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Woah Nelly…I’m Dizzy

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Whoa Nelly is an understatement.

My head has been spinning out of control off and on for over a month. And I mean that in the literal sense.

I am DIZZY.

Yep.

But let’s dispense with all manner of revelry right now, shall we? I am dizzy, and I am also blonde. That doesn’t make me a dizzy blonde.

You wouldn’t be alone to begin to think maybe I have a little Munchausen’s thing going on after all of the surgeries and procedures I’ve had in the last couple of years..  

I would think so myself, if the rest of the world weren’t so damned upside down right now. It’s tough to navigate life while I bounce around it like a cartoon character in a bumper-boat pinball game.

The doctor thought at first it was something simple like positional vertigo, which would mean I would simply do exercises to reset the crystals in the brain, bringing them back to normal (as in this video). Now, after extensive “dizziness” testing with their Audiologist, she thinks she’s ruled that out and believes I have an inner ear condition called Superior Canal Dehiscence (“opening” in plain English), and if this is the case, the only fix is surgery.

Shit.

I’ve had enough surgery in the last couple of years of my life to stuff one little tiny procedure at a time down the throat of every doctor in LA until they all become rolly-polly pudge-meisters, wobbling down the block and floating up into the air in Beverly Hills.

Floating Pudgy Doctors

 

This is some serious shit.

But I’ve decided surgery is NOT how this is going down.

I may be dizzy, but I haven’t lost my mind….

….

Just…

…

don’t say a word.

….

My point is, I’ve decided I am in charge of my body, and I will be the one to decide what is wrong with my ear (if anything). It is not going to be the imperative surgery situation the docs are thinking.  Since this fabulous news, I’ve been doing those exercises and my brain has been “engaging” with my little inner ear canals and other body parts, to tell them point blank:

“No, ear, you do NOT have any sort of “opening.” This is me, your BRAIN here, and I am in charge. I’ll say when there is an “opening” you hear? (pun intended). But we’ve got to stick together. So here is the plan:

Bone: These openings happen because of lack of bone, so you are in charge of making sure you are fortified so there ARE no… openings…  whatever is going on down there, it’s your job to strengthen the front lines and fortify that canal!  Do you hear me? If you need resources, talk to me… I’ll send extra blood, whatever else I’ve got… but you are NOT going to fall apart here.. do you understand?  

My little ear and all of your little parts: Well we are all here for you.  We are not going to let you go down, so by GOD man, buck up! Toughen up and we will get through this together!  

And finally, blood, tissue, and every other part: Pay attention!  Stand guard! Be ready to jump when I say jump. If we need you it’s going to be fast. If you need something get me a message any way you can, so I can send in reinforcements.

In the meantime I’ll be over here balancing the crystals with those exercises.  The medics say that isn’t the problem, but I believe it could help, so by God that’s what we’re going to do.

All of you listen up: I don’t know what kind of mayhem has been going on here that this even happened, but we are going to straighten this up STAT. Do you hear me?” 

This time next week, I plan to have a whole new story of a non-dizzy blonde who is large and in CHARGE, come hell or high water.

NEWS FLASH!

What could be better than an egg full of money? Post: http://wp.me/p102Du-2M8
What could be better than an egg full of money?

Starting this week, I began posting a short, witty paragraph or two a day for a segment called the Daily Mischief here on Ms. Cheevious.  Additionally, M.C. Nugget has agreed to take a random photo a day for a segment called Daily Nugget.  I hope you’ll pay a visit regularly (there are links to all of the stories for Daily Mischief and Daily Nugget on the navigation of any page of MsCheevious.com). In keeping with our once-a-week-subscription email policy (because, who the hell wants too many emails in their inbox, right?) I do not plan to email these posts out.  Daily Mischief is loads of fun, with  quickie stories like “A work at home situation that needs resolution” and “The day we succumbed to television peer pressure,” and the Daily Nugget has offered us such Pulitzer prize candidate photos (at least we think so) as “Which Came First? The Chicken or the Egg Full of Money?” and other such nonsensical fun images. Why? Because we can.

 

See you next week (unless you show me how much you love me by visiting the Daily Mischief and Daily Nugget) my lovely little turnips.

xoxo,

Ms. Cheevious

aka Lisa Jey Davis

Editor in [Mis]Chief

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The day we succumbed to television peer pressure

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When our friends Bogey and Bacall raved about the new television drama “House of Cards” only viewable on Netflix’s streaming service, our eyes were opened. We’d held out for so long on principle. That Netflix would charge more money to view things via streaming, and we could get a larger selection of films cheaper if they sent us a disc, infuriated us (M.C.). The new original content they were producing and streaming hadn’t deterred us (M.C.) until now.

I looked my money crunching honey in the eye from across the courtyard of the Bogey/Bacall’s bohemian courtyard (from whence we created our own episode of “LOST – the Mar Vista Experience” in our heads) and said, “We’re in this business. I think it may be time to pay the few extra dollars a month to see some of these shows.”

It’s been downhill since then.

We binge-watched the entire first seasons of Homeland and House of Cards within the first month and a half. I have many thoughts about the incredible writing and acting on each of these shows (not to mention every other art form represented in the making of television shows, which actually deserve mentions in these two cases).  I’ll save those for another time.

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Once we’d finished these shows, we were left with the … well, nothing.  It’s that void that sets in to remind us of how lame we are, that we have nothing better to do then to plop our butts down on a sofa in front of a fifty-inch box of moving light and color every night…

But once there was a void, we searched for our next fix (hmmm… Net Flix / Next Fix). That’s when we landed on Mad Men. We chose it because people had been raving about the show for years. I can’t really say which “people,” except one or two friends in the flesh. The more I think about it, the more I realize how much my newsfeed on Facebook (chock full of posts from over a thousand friends, most of whom I do not know in person), and my Twitter Feed (even more of whom I have never met) probably influenced this decision.

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So, since, oh about April we’ve gone through almost five seasons.

It’s not necessarily because every show is incredibly compelling, no; far from it. Our (my) newly formed habit required a fix, and this for now (since we also plowed through and finished the first season of Game of Thrones on loan from a friend), is it.

I turned to M.C. Nugget after watching an episode from season 5 last night and said, “You know? If you think about it, it’s not really that great of a show. It reminds me of bad daytime drama sometimes (notice I said “bad” daytime drama, because not all daytime drama is bad).  If I had watched the show from the beginning, a few episodes like this one, and they would have lost me. But I think because of the mania surrounding the show I have held on.” We deliberated this point for a few moments, before shrugging and heading to the kitchen for peach cobbler. But we decided it must be the craze that keeps us (me) going. Maybe from here on out it gets more incredible?

We had to face it. We succumbed to television peer pressure… over Mad Men, the craze.

Me. I am just mad. But then again, I always finish what I start. Where will you be tonight?

 

 

 

 

Daily Nugget: Which came first, the Chicken or the Egg full of money?

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I’m happy to announce the start of a daily post “Daily Nugget” that will feature a photo taken by M.C. Nugget (my beau, for you newbies). Every photo will be offered up by Nuggie, from his mind, and promises to scream everything CHICKEN, and RAPPER… like no other posts can.

I’d love to say this inaugural image is one for the Who’s Who of America book … but it’s more of a What’s What… and it begs the question: What came first, the chicken, or the egg full of money?

I dare you to answer.

 

Egg Full of Money

A work-at-home situation that needs resolution

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One of the great things about being able to work at home is that I get to wake up and walk straight to my desk, sans makeup, hair-brushing, teeth brushing, and regular clothes. If I’m lucky I have left-over coffee (oh yes, it gets better) that I can heat up so I don’t have to wait my turn for the coffee pot (M.C. drinks fully leaded, and generally remembers every night to program his coffee in, so I simply defer to whatever happened or was left-over from the night before). After I’ve started up the Big Screen, answered any pressing emails, checked in with my networking groups and pages on Facebook, and answered all of the droves of questions on all ten or so of my Twitterverse accounts via Tweetdeck, I generally shuffle away from the Big Screen to make fresh coffee, brush the teeth and get back to my desk. I get that this is pure paradise rolled up into one big huge ball of privilege, I really do. I am incredibly lucky to do what I do from my home “office.”

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That isn’t to say that working at home doesn’t have it’s drawbacks.  I could name any number of them, and I would take odds on how many of you would say that all of the above paragraph are drawbacks. But there are plenty, one of which is the fact that on days without appointments or meetings, unless I have a workout class, I sit in my big PJ tee shirt and underwear most of the day. If I do have a workout to go to, I end up in my yoga pants and tank top all day. Let’s just say Nuggie prefers when I have a workout to go to. (Although he might have warmed up to the whole pajama idea if said pajamas were at least (ehem– insert shameless ad-link) sexy).

Granted, when I stopped working full-time in a job where I wore a suit or some combination of professional attire on a daily basis, I was over the moon at the fact I could roll out of bed and be at work in no time, with little or no effort.

But this? This is definitely a work-at-home situation in need of resolution.

 

Nelson Mandela International Day

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I’m a little behind the eight ball on this, but in honor of a great man – Nelson Mandela – who spoke for peace, racial equality and human rights  – on his International Day (it was July 18, 2013)… well I’d like to share this info-graphic about him to teach some of you kiddos about TRUE LEADERSHIP. Enjoy!

 

Mandela