It's not Christmas

It's that time of year again. Wait, no it isn't. It's October. But already, people are talking about it. I've seen some of my Facebook friends liking Christmas related pictures. One or two talking about Christmas shopping. Christmas adverts. Oh god, this is when the freaky dolls start appearing on telly. Baby born, baby born. I hope that tune is stuck in your head.

Dudes, at least wait until Halloween has finished before going on about it. Better yet, wait until after bonfire night. I don't think people outside the UK would know much about bonfire night. It's on 5th of November. It celebrates when someone tried to blow up the houses of parliament, but got caught. The only honest person to go in to the houses of parliament.

Anyways, the point is, it's not freaking Christmas yet. It's 2 months away. Stop going on about it. Stop liking Christmas crap. You're probably not even Christian, why are you celebrating a Christian holiday? You don't celebrate eid because you're not a Muslim.

Anyway, that's all I wanted to say. Have fun

My Girlfriend's Fibromyalgia

Hello friends. There's something serious I’d like to talk to you about today. Most of you read my blogs because you're a geek, because you have an interest in technology, gadgets, games or Linux, geeky things like that. But today i might attract a slightly different type of person.

As you may know, my girlfriend (her blog can be found here) has something called Fibromyalgia. In short, it's a disorder that mostly causes pain throughout most of the body, and it can also cause sleep problems, stiff joints, numbness and tingling as well as some others. But they are mostly what Tracey gets. Here is a picture of the symptoms:

An illustration of Fibromyalgia symptoms

The problem is that, because there no external symptoms, i.e. symptoms that can be seen, people tend to think that it's all in the head. It isn't. It's there. I know i can't imagine what it feels like because it hasn't happened to me. There is also no known cure for it yet.

And that means i can't do anything about it. Medicines don't do very much, they get rid of the pain a bit, but it obviously doesn't cure it. And I am totally helpless. Not just because she's in Dublin and I'm in Birmingham. Even if I'm there with her, there's nothing i can do. I just have to sit there, knowing she's in pain. At best I can cuddle her and do things for her. But that isn't enough. I don't want her to be going through this pain. But we have no choice. There's nothing anyone can do except try to relieve the pain when it appears.

If you want to read more about it, the Wikipedia page is here.

On another note, I have recently came back from seeing Tracey in Ireland. As usual, it was amazing and we had loads of sex. We always have an amazing time. I love spending time with her. I love just cuddling with her. I try and touch her, hold her hand as much as i can. I love every moment with her.

And oh yeah, my Galaxy Note is a bit broken. It doesn't charge properly anymore. So i'm going to leave for work early and take it back to the 3 shop. I miss my Note. I've been using my Nexus S.

Anyway I have to get ready for work. Toodle pip