Films, Australian Gladiators, Poll

[slemslempike]

At the weekend we went to see Step Up 2 The Streets and Son of Rambow. I liked both of them more than I thought I would. The dancing in Step Up 2 was quite great, though I think that they could have cut back DRAMATICALLY on the amount of white people telling black people what to do. I liked that they had Tyler from the first film at the beginning, though I'd thought that Andie was the sort-of-sister that he had a great relationship with in the first film, but she wasn't. I think I would have got more out of Son of Rambow if I'd ever seen a Rambo film. I'd been rather meh about the trailer, but it wasn't too cloying or awful - I liked how the French boy was seen as a dork by the other French students.

When we got back we watched the first episode of the new Australian series of Gladiators, which was bizarre. It's the same as ever, which is good. I suppose I actually mean that it's the same as the British version, as I haven't seen the Australian one before - the main differences are the accents, and on the Eliminator both the men and women do the monkey bars, and they rope-swing through water instead of paper, which upsets me a bit as I really liked the paper breaking bit. Anyway. The gladiators are ODD. The women are mostly blonde and look the same - there is one with blue hair and one with huge brunette hair, but apart from that they all look freakily similar. One is called Angel and has feathers in her hair. ANGEL. What kind of a name is that for a gladiator, hmm?? The men are slightly better, but all of their costumes look the same, and don't fit terribly well. My man was a tree surgeon and won. I am looking forward to the new UK series now.

This poll is quite intrusive, so obviously people should feel free to skip it altogether or only answer whatever they feel like. Also people who don't menstruate probably don't have anything to say to the first two questions. Basically, I have never even tried to keep track of my periods, and am never expecting them to show up, and have lately been wondering if this is a dire failure at womanhood. Then I thought that as I was being nosey anyway I might as well add in the question about nipple-licking that I had been pondering for some time.

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Comments

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

What's an NSAID? Mine have generally been quite irregular, and when I was first on the implant they went away for a year, which was quite nice.

That sounds impressive! Do you also do the thing of banging your head on the pillow to wake up at a certain time?

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

NSAIDS are non-steroidal anti-inflammatories - painkillers in the same family as ibuprofen, such as mefenamic acid/Ponstan, and in my case prescription-only. They also as a bonus side-effect reduce blood loss. However because they kick in quite slowly, it's a good idea to start taking them a day in advance or at least make sure you've got some in the cupboard to take immediately. Also, they can be supplemented with paracetamol when an extra boost is needed. Can you tell that I believe in the power of modern pharmaceutical products?

Do you also do the thing of banging your head on the pillow to wake up at a certain time?
Yes, but it doesn't work.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

Ah, right. I had Ponstan for a bit, actually, but it never did anything for me.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Individual response varies quite a lot. I had Ponstan for several years, but developed a tolerance to it (which is pretty common) and then it took three attempts to find a new drug that worked for me.

[whatho.livejournal.com]

That's useful to know - I've been taking it for a few months now and sort of feeling it doesn't really work that brilliantly. I almost feel Ibuprofen worked better, which seems silly when mefanamic acid's meant to be kind of womb-specific. It does seem to kick in a bit more potently after a day's taking it though.