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pacificpikachuI got all bitten up by some sort of insect! Maybe a spider? I have around seven or eight bites, and they're quite a bit larger than that of a mosquito. One of them is on my face, clearly visible, which is really irritating. They're itchy/annoying, and one of my arms seems to be swelling a bit from them. Googling right now for clues, but the bites are non-specific. Basically just swollen red areas, about the size of a dime, but not bright red or anything. They just look like giant mosquito bites. I hope they go away soon, though, as they are definitely bothering me.
I told my mom, though, and she flipped out. She seems to think there's an insect infestation somewhere in my (messy) room, but I highly doubt it, as there are no signs of such, and the bites just appeared last night. Anyway, she got all upset/frantic, proceeded to basically tear the room apart (which I was not happy about), and...anyway, there was much upset and shouting involved. Of course I've washed all my sheets and bed matter, though, so hopefully that'll do the trick if anything was hiding in the blankets still. I put my room back into relative order after several hours of decompressing, because I lose literally all my energy in the face of that much negativity. Someday I'll properly clean it, but it's hard to get to it when I spend most of my time exhausted, and we repeatedly have vacuum problems.
I really hope I don't get any more bites. It's going to be much more problematic if I do, because then I'll definitely think something must be lurking or right around my bed. Whatever it is, these bites are not fun.
For another chapter in how much of a derp I am, I watched A Necessary Death. However, I somehow misread the summary before starting it and thought it was a real documentary--it's a fauxumentary--and spent my whole time bouncing back and forth about whether it was real or not. (EDIT: Upon further reading, it is intentionally deceptive about being fictional; the audience is supposed to assume it is non-fiction, it seems. So, now I don't feel as stupid!) It is expertly shot, and in some cases feels very real, though there were aspects of it that made it questionable. In the middle it became relatively obvious, at least to me, that it was fake (and the whole time there were telltale signs in hindsight), but I was still uncertain because I was under the impression that it was non-fiction. Consequently, my heart was really pounding towards the ending. That made it quite an experience! But, it was quite thought-provoking and fascinating, and well-done, so I do recommend it! It's a weird movie, but asks a lot of complex moral questions, is quite intense and heartbreaking at parts (especially if you're half-thinking it's real :P), and it is presented in a pretty fascinating way. I do wish it had used less melodrama and silly things like that, as it gradually lost its believability as a result, but I still thought it was an interesting movie.
I told my mom, though, and she flipped out. She seems to think there's an insect infestation somewhere in my (messy) room, but I highly doubt it, as there are no signs of such, and the bites just appeared last night. Anyway, she got all upset/frantic, proceeded to basically tear the room apart (which I was not happy about), and...anyway, there was much upset and shouting involved. Of course I've washed all my sheets and bed matter, though, so hopefully that'll do the trick if anything was hiding in the blankets still. I put my room back into relative order after several hours of decompressing, because I lose literally all my energy in the face of that much negativity. Someday I'll properly clean it, but it's hard to get to it when I spend most of my time exhausted, and we repeatedly have vacuum problems.
I really hope I don't get any more bites. It's going to be much more problematic if I do, because then I'll definitely think something must be lurking or right around my bed. Whatever it is, these bites are not fun.
For another chapter in how much of a derp I am, I watched A Necessary Death. However, I somehow misread the summary before starting it and thought it was a real documentary--it's a fauxumentary--and spent my whole time bouncing back and forth about whether it was real or not. (EDIT: Upon further reading, it is intentionally deceptive about being fictional; the audience is supposed to assume it is non-fiction, it seems. So, now I don't feel as stupid!) It is expertly shot, and in some cases feels very real, though there were aspects of it that made it questionable. In the middle it became relatively obvious, at least to me, that it was fake (and the whole time there were telltale signs in hindsight), but I was still uncertain because I was under the impression that it was non-fiction. Consequently, my heart was really pounding towards the ending. That made it quite an experience! But, it was quite thought-provoking and fascinating, and well-done, so I do recommend it! It's a weird movie, but asks a lot of complex moral questions, is quite intense and heartbreaking at parts (especially if you're half-thinking it's real :P), and it is presented in a pretty fascinating way. I do wish it had used less melodrama and silly things like that, as it gradually lost its believability as a result, but I still thought it was an interesting movie.
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Date: 2013-06-21 04:42 pm (UTC)Iif not. Im thinking perhaps this could be an allergic reaction to something since you mentioned arms and one on the face . I broke out over night once and thought it was bugs as well. Take some benadryl and see if that doesn't help cool things down. You'll probably feel sleepy afterwards though, at least I did.
Sorry skin irritation is the worse for me I symphathize
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Date: 2013-06-22 08:27 am (UTC)I know you're not gonna like this, but it works. Put the affected areas under hot water for around a minute. It'll itch like hell, but the histamines are being released, so the bites shouldn't itch for hours afterward. Don't forget the hydrocortisone.
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Date: 2013-06-23 07:53 am (UTC)I had a weird, random infestation of these weird bugs in my room once! That was years and years ago, but it was a huge hassle.
It's not really a mockumentary, as it's definitely not a comedy. It did hold it the whole way through, and was actually fairly convincing (to the point where I wasn't completely sure if it was fictional or not all the way through, even though some of the plot twists seem too movie-like). I do recommend it, though it's very intense and upsetting in parts. My heart was pounding at the end and I was all shaky, and I don't normally get that physically affected. If you feel up for it, give it a shot--it's really fascinating and ethically/morally complex.
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Date: 2013-06-23 07:56 am (UTC)Thanks! My mom is a nurse so she's all over offering me meds. The bites have been bothering me, but not too much, and I didn't want to take Benadryl because of the sleepiness factor. They're thankfully fading away and not bothering me much now, so they should be gone in a few days. :)
Yeah, skin irritation is really not fun!
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Date: 2013-06-23 08:00 am (UTC)That's good advice, thanks! My bites did seem a bit less itchy after I soaked in a hot bath last night. :)