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Apparently, I've got spondylolisthesis, meaning that a disk in my spine has slipped out of place (to a rather extensive degree, according to my doctor; it was a relief, at least, to have a professional tell me I wasn't just being pathetic).

It fucking sucks. I'm laying in my bed now and I cannot describe to you the ways my back pieces currently feel like they are moving, except to say that the sensation is pervasive and unpleasant. Before I went to the doctor, I spent eleven days barely able to stand. I only left my bed to use the restroom and even that was an iffy prospect.

It's unclear if this makes it better or worse, but the most likely cause for this that has been put forth so far is hilarious ... And embarrassing.

Anyway, I've been enjoying this debilitating situation for a few months now and the next opportunity to potentially fix it is thirteen days from now. I wish it were today.

Now it's a genre.

So they made their own fixes.

I've only bought a few...

I made a vague reference to this movie elsewhere a day or two ago and have been annoyed with myself for not being about to identify it since then. I apologize in advance for the lack of detail. The things I remember:

• The movie is about chosen ones trying to save the universe (I think), found and identified by a similar mentor. Yes, much like Mortal Kombat ... And others.
• Early in the movie, there's a fight scene between the aforementioned mentor and primary antagonist; the fight takes place, I think, in a night club and the antagonist uses telekinesis to direct a spinning vertical CD as a weapon (this is my main memory of the movie).
• The mentor counters the CD attack with his own telekinesis, which holds the "weapon" in place, but then the antagonist endangers bystanders, distracting the mentor, who has to release the CD to save them. He barely dodges the disk and I think gets a cut on his forehead.
• The mentor collects the chosen ones and proves they're chosen by them all having the same birthmark. For some reason this happens on a boat. They all show their birthmarks, other than one who assures them that he has one but it's in a private place. Says something like "you don't want to see it, but trust me, it's there."
• I think the final showdown takes place in a parking structure, but I might be misremembering.
• This one is pure conjecture, but the movie reminds me of eXistenZ. That might be because of any kind of overlap or I might just have seen them in the same timeframe.

Thanks in advance!

I feel like I used to have a satisfactory layout for years but haven't since found a consistently comfortable arrangement. I like to have a fairly thick pillow or two under my head to accommodate my bad shoulder, a pillow between my thighs to avoid chafed skin, and a pillow for hugging - also mostly for my shoulder.

The head ones tend to get distorted really quickly and it's really difficult to find a good hugging pillow.

I'm not really sure why.

Yesterday I hurt myself sufficiently that I wasn't really able to leave my bed. As such, I did three things: work, sleep and read. I did technically eat, but I couldn't sit up long enough to finish my meal. I did not shower, sadly.

Anyway, because that's not the first time this has happened, I keep a cache of books in my bed to read when I'm immobilized. Most recently it was these two. The one on the right is the one I started last night and the one on the left is the sequel.

Out of the corner of my eye, I keep thinking they're the same book. They're both from 2019, so it's not impossible AI was involved, but it's not terribly likely.

edit: Visuals aside, it's a pretty good series. The books pictured are numbers eleven and twelve and I like the characters enough to have made it this far into the series.

But there's something about them I find distracting.

I didn't think my cats would care, but since my dog died, Maze has been ... Aggressively affectionate. To the point that I need to shoo her away if I need any alone time. She wasn't this loving any time over her past fifteen years or so of life and didn't seem like she cared about the dog, but she's been completely transformed since then.

I mean, just look at it.

edit: For anyone wondering, it's from the first few seconds of HARDY - Sold Out.

Later in the day, the water flow collapsed the culvert under 50% of my driveway and made a pretty cool waterfall. Fortunately it turns out the town is responsible for repairs!