vampires: beware.

i would like to fully dedicate this post to my dear friend courtney.

as i am still feeling like shit today, and as i do not feel like venturing out to beg a pharmacist for antibiotics (i dont look miserable enough - i know i would not get them), i turned to my most trusted, reliable source for information...the internet. yes, when a google has a problem, she turns to google. 'sinus infection cures' brought up hundreds of responses. its amazing how many people suffer from my woes. everyone has their own little cure-alls, from cayenne to honey to garlic to god only knows. i found one that said to boil a bunch of onions and garlic and cayenne and ginger. i did not have ginger or cayenne, but i do have garlic and onions. and i had picked up some chicken bullion cubes (mmm, tasty) yesterday, so i decided to concoct a soup. before i decided to concoct my soup, however, i decided to peel a clove of garlic, slice it in a few pieces, and top a piece of swedish toast with some chevre and fresh garlic. yowza. when they say 'that will clear your sinuses,' they aren't fooling around. one clove down. i then proceeded onto the soup. i do believe i put somewhere near eight or nine cloves of garlic, all just cut into three or four big chunks. i added a half a red onion, some shallots, a couple carrots (for color), and two delicious chicken bullion cubes. while it was cooking, i ran down to my new boulangerie and picked up a pain aux cereales, a delicious loaf of bread, chock full of nutty goodness. when my soup was finished, i dumped in some ementhal cheese, cuz that's how the french would do it, and ate my potent little lunch. it wasn't all disgusting, i definitely have been tasting garlic all afternoon, but i hope it helps. i read online that garlic is a natural 'anti-fungal.' im not sure if i have a fungus in my nose, but whatever is up there does not stand a chance against all this garlic.

now for the real fun. brace yourselves, friends. i have done what i never imagined i would do. i irrigated my nasal passages. no, this is not some sort of sick, sexual endeavor. one generally uses a device called a neti-pot. well, as i do not have one of these and do not feel like going back to my neighborhood pharmacy to be sold more fucking caffeine pills in hopes of finding a neti-pot, i opted to use what i had. i found myself a teapot and washed that baby out. some warm water, salt, and a few attempts later, i was successfully cleansing my nasal cavities. for a very entertaining demonstration of such a feat, click below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQm7YpxgOnA

for the time being, i can breathe! ill keep you posted on the jolly fun times i am having. and if you have any of your own cure-all remedies, do send them way.