"A plastic bag full of wet newspapers"
"The dominoes looked so black I coul hardly see them"
Satu Mangrum (45)
I remember a woman walking toward me holding a plastic shopping bag, and inside it there was was this big wad of wet papers. smelled quite strongly but not in a way that was immediately recognizable. I thought at the time it might be some of those perfume-soaked fashion magazines (laughs), a really bad smell like that. But by then I was already having trouble with my eyesight and had developed a bad cough. The dominoes looked so black I could hardly see them! And I kept losing count of the score, such a simple thing but it gave me such a headache.
Looking back on it now, I can see I was in pretty bad shape, but at the time all I could think of was my duty to the group. And you see I had just eaten some saba at ( ) Sushi, (laughs) so it was easy to blame my symptoms on that. Leaving the meeting early would have been a serious affront to the Belligerati, or so it seemed to me at the time. Probably that was one of the symptoms as well - in many ways it was like being drunk on beer and sake and rum, all at the same time!
I don't hate the Belligerati for what they did - and in many ways I feel that I am still part of the BRC, and I always will be, even if I don't always agree with everything the leadership decides.
The doctors say I will get better, my liver just needs time to heal. The vision loss has already improved, and with the help of a strong light I think I can start reading the Barth book soon.
Satu Mangrum (45)
I remember a woman walking toward me holding a plastic shopping bag, and inside it there was was this big wad of wet papers. smelled quite strongly but not in a way that was immediately recognizable. I thought at the time it might be some of those perfume-soaked fashion magazines (laughs), a really bad smell like that. But by then I was already having trouble with my eyesight and had developed a bad cough. The dominoes looked so black I could hardly see them! And I kept losing count of the score, such a simple thing but it gave me such a headache.
Looking back on it now, I can see I was in pretty bad shape, but at the time all I could think of was my duty to the group. And you see I had just eaten some saba at ( ) Sushi, (laughs) so it was easy to blame my symptoms on that. Leaving the meeting early would have been a serious affront to the Belligerati, or so it seemed to me at the time. Probably that was one of the symptoms as well - in many ways it was like being drunk on beer and sake and rum, all at the same time!
I don't hate the Belligerati for what they did - and in many ways I feel that I am still part of the BRC, and I always will be, even if I don't always agree with everything the leadership decides.
The doctors say I will get better, my liver just needs time to heal. The vision loss has already improved, and with the help of a strong light I think I can start reading the Barth book soon.
