i have this  playlist updated, now, which is actually a big step forwards.


and i'm going to stop to sleep...i've been awake since a little after midnight...

so, i have some good news in the sense that i got a full day in without serious headaches.

but, the real test is as to whether i wake up in the morning or not as i allow the aspirin's effects to wear off.

the windows have been closed for a few hours, and they have to be with the turn in the weather. the headache has actually stayed away, but it's like i'm walking a high wire act and prepared to fall off: i can feel the tension underneath, just waiting to reassert itself

i'm going to keep the windows closed for at least a few days, and we'll see what happens. do i wake up with a headache? does the aspirin work without opening the windows after all, and in such a way that suggests it's working as a blood thinner rather than an anti-inflammatory? and, if so what next...

i'm a little uneasy about this, actually. hopefully i'm still alive in a few hours and can get back to the more formal concert build-up.

in all seriousness, it would no doubt be a dramatic improvement if trump were to adopt something that is like our immigration system.

and, i'm not going to pretend like i'm shifting gears on the point, either. in fact, i've advocated the point for....i'm not old enough to say decades. not yet. but more than ten years, anyways.

so, sure: trump is right to look to our system as a model. it works.

now, if we could only get trudeau to hold closer to it....:\

but, if it takes hours for the aspirin to relieve the pain, and it lasts hours longer than the aspirin itself does, does that imply that i'm actually dealing with a blood clot and the effectiveness of the aspirin is in it's blood-thinning qualities?

is that why the tylenol is now ineffective?

is it why i experienced bruising after a two week delay?

does that suggest i'm in risk of a stroke? and, if so, is aspirin actually the preferred treatment, anyways?

hrmmn.

ok.

for the first time, the issue has resolved. and, of course the moment the words are typed....

solution: fresh air. & maybe a little aspirin, too.

i was expecting the aspirin to work within an hour, and then expecting to need to take more a few hours later. i can't isolate a single variable, but it may be the case that it takes closer to two hours to work and lasts for a good twelve hours - or at least does in the presence of fresh air. i dunno. i'm winging it...

do i have a mold issue?

if i do, i can't see it. it would have to be behind the walls. and, i've been here long enough to doubt that, as there's no growth anywhere at all....

the only possible exception would be underneath the paneling in the bathroom...

it's an easy answer. i keep coming back to it. but i just don't see the evidence.

i'm not done eating yet, and the headache is in fact almost back. it's currently pouring rain out. but, i'm not wasting another night. i have enough evidence to deduce that it's likely that i'd be able to get around the problem by leaving the windows open and sitting in the tim horton's for a few hours. and, if leaving the basement works two days in a row, i'm going to have to call the landlord directly and confront him on it.

we might have to rip some walls open.

http://www.poison.org/articles/2011-oct/mold-101-effects-on-human-health

don't be confused.

it's not really that trump wants the united states to be more like canada, although i'd vote for that outcome. it's really more that trump wants to be as popular as he thinks justin trudeau is.

and, this is the same thinking underlying his relationship with nigel farage: what he wants is the adulation. the praise. the positive op-eds. the fawning pre-teens.

i may have to invest in something like this to moisten the air up:

https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/sunbeam-34-l-warm-mist-humidifier-swm6000-cn/6000001838371?rrid=richrelevance

i just want to make sure i get a hot one, and not a cold one.

i had to get some "real sleep" this evening. i think i'm up...

i had to close the windows for the sleep because i let the temperature fall too far to keep them open. they're back open now.

while the headache hasn't come back in full, yet, i can feel the beginnings of the tension. more importantly, i can smell the gas...

i'm about to make some eggs. i'll check back when i'm done eating. but, the experiment is this: can i resolve the headache, should it come back, by getting some fresh air into the space?