Quicklet

( Just a quicklet! Art under cut )

Done! *runs off to work*

Teabreak edit: Planning on putting a kind of "materials tutorial" up on my site - as in, the sort of "which are good materials to buy", the pros and cons of the various media, markers, pencils etc type thing. Would anyone find that vaguely useful? As I have plenty of the various materials AT home, I could probably get some kind of halfway useful comparison of the types up, especially since when *I* started using markers, *I* didn't realise how much they were apt to bleed, so it stands to reason not everyone ELSE will either. (Actually, I'm going to write the "tutorial" anyway, I just wondered if anyone would have anything in particular they'd want to see.) Although in my OMG MAKE ROOM FOR ART mega box-buying session the other day I realised just how MANY different materials I had - 4 brands of markers (Prismacolours, extortionately imported from the USA, and a few each of Trias, Promarkers (read: cheap Trias) and Copics), PITT india ink pens, ZIG double-ended brushpens, lePlume II pens, wax pencils (various brands), watercolour pencils, ink pencils, watersoluble graphite pencils, drawing inks, ink-pads, watercolours, acrylics, gouache, and beads. And that's probably not all of it. See why I have nowhere to work, now? :P Keaalu = magpie.

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What is it with people not asking questions when it's about something as important as a medicine, something DESIGNED to have a BIOLOGICAL EFFECT on your body?

*le sigh* Granted, not all medicines are suitable for everyone, but hey, that's why we tell you to read the goddamn leaflet (not say "oh I didn't read the leaflet because it scared me so I didn't realise") and report ANYTHING that doesn't feel right (even if it's not on the leaflet) WHEN IT OCCURS. Don't ignore them and hope they go away, if you feel funny and you've just started a new medicine then REPORT IT, ASAP. Don't wait for it to get severe before you go "hey I wonder if this is to do with my new medicine", and don't assume that if it's not on the leaflet it's not your medicine - not all side-effects are obvious from testing, and how is anyone going to know it there's a potential new one if you don't tell them you're getting it? (We have the yellow card reporting scheme for a reason.)

Yeah, I'm biased, I'm a pharmacist, medicines is what I do - but damn, people, don't blindly trust your healthcare practitioner, if you're not sure about something or you think something's not quite right then you ASK THEM. It's what they're PAID FOR. Better to ask and waste a few moments of a GPs time than to NOT ask and suffer for it. Your health is too important to take chances on, people. Please.