Day 2: Rice Sock

I am typing this with a hot, rice-filled sock pressed against my face.

I was sick for most of the week, but this morning I woke up with my eye almost swollen shut. I was convinced that my face was rotting, so I made a desperate call to the school optometrist.

The receptionist said she could “work me in” around 3pm, so my work-day got off to a very late start. I walked the krakens around Calhoun and then spent the rest of the afternoon creating beats in Ableton. The Calhoun walk was pretty, if not a little hot.

I was thrilled to finally use the full-version of Ableton today. I wanted to start last night, but I spent the night gossiping with Alesus while waiting for Ableton to install. The instrument libraries were upwards of 32 Gigs. So installation took forever. My hardrive feels stuffed, and slightly ill as if it just went on a Taco Bell binge.

Today’s Ableton session went well. I have the beats down for two songs, and I just have to figure out vocals and how to shoot the videos. So much planned this weekend…

And I did make it to the eye doctor. The optometrist said that one of my glands was infected and that I should fill a sock with rice, microwave it, and then press it against my face four times a day. I waited for the punchline, but he was very serious.

So I rolled into the office around 6pm. I’ve worked nights all week because I hate being “disgusting flemmy cubicle neighbor” and being “disgusting flemmy cubicle neighbor with sock full of rice” is even worse. By about 10,000. Ugh. This is my glamorous life…