Brief update

[scarlettina]

The Not-so-Good:
—The computer is still a prisoner of The Apple Store. I say we storm the place and force the denizens therein to fix the thing forthwith!
—Writing on my PDA is not the same as writing on my computer, and while it will have to do for the nonce, I may make a complete and unseemly spectacle of myself at The Apple Store when my machine is finally ready.
—My shoulders hurt and are a shade of orangey-pink not normally found in nature. My face is a similar though less aggressive hue. And apparently, even the part in my hair is sunburned. (See below under "The Good" for details).
—A week in and I still don't have access to all the servers I need to do my new job despite my taking an assertive stance with Helpdesk.

The Good
—Spent a terrific couple of days in Vancouver with KA and LdM being girls and attending the Vancouver Folk Music Festival at which I discovered some cool new music (including Le Vent du Nord—Quebecois folk music and lots of fun—and Fruit—a group from Australia who have quite effectively targeted the Indigo Girls fan in me). I also got a vicious sunburn (a result of constant exposure from about 11 Am to about 8 PM) despite the application of sunblock level 30.
—Spent Sunday evening with varina8, webcowgirl and shadowdaddy (who's not allowed to cut his hair) attending Shakespeare in the Park in Capitol Hill and enjoying a most excellent abridged version of MacBeth.

Comments

[shadowdaddy.livejournal.com]

I say we storm the place and force the denizens therein to fix the thing forthwith!

I say we dust off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

Oh, wait, different goal.

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

::chuckle::

[chantry.livejournal.com]

SPF 30 is for people who actually tan. I recommend at least SPF 45, and the Banana Boat brand is actually quite good - I regularly make it through an entire day at the Highland Games in Enumclaw (this is in a kilt and T-shirt) without even a trace of pink.

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

Well, if I'd had any brains at all that day, I would have taken my own sunscreen with me, which has an SPF of 50 and was in my car. We took KA's car that day so I ended up using someone else's. Of the sunscreen available, my choices were either SPF 30 or SPF 5, and I knew that a 5 would be like wearing nothing at all. I figure it could have been a lot worse.

Still hurts though. :-(

[chantry.livejournal.com]

Owee! I did that once in high school - fell asleep at the lake, woke up feeling the first signs of a burn, and grabbed the nearest bottle of sunscreen, not realizing until later that I had grabbed my sun-worshiper brother's SPF 5. I couldn't leave the house for three days, because I was in too much pain to wear a bra. I now *never* go swimming without wearing a t-shirt over my swimsuit.

[markbourne.livejournal.com]

Dratted computer. You know what they say about a few bad Apples....

If you'd like to see Macbe--, Macb--, Mmmmmmuh ... the Scottish play again, you (and anyone else hereabouts) are welcome to join me at the production in Lincoln Park in a coupla weeks.

[quarkwiz.livejournal.com]

Bad sunburn? Aloe is your friend. Really. I went and got toasted last summer, the kind of burn where it hurts to take a shower, and smeared myself with aloe gel every morning and evening for the next five or six days. Look, ma, no peeling! So go get some aloe if you haven't already.

[chantry.livejournal.com]

I second this. Put the aloe on as soon as you can after the burn - it takes so much heat (and therefore pain) away so quickly it's unbelievable.

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

the kind of burn where it hurts to take a shower

Yep! That's the burn I've got. I've been using moisturizer every night and morning since. I still hurt, but it doesn't look as though I'll peel. (Fingers crossed!)

[kefiraahava.livejournal.com]

Owww. I've had that hair part sunburn. Major no fun. Sympathies, and secondings on the aloe recommendation...