Ask Me Anything (June 30 Deadline)

I'm back!!! Sort of... Just a few things on what I've been up to. Now that my internet seems to be up and running, I'll be more present on the internet.



"Ask Fernpixel" Rules:
1) Ask me a question on this blog entry (or on the attached YouTube video)
2) Please don't ask anything weird or too personal - I won't answer those
3) You can ask more than one question if you want
4) Ask before June 30th

Answers to the questions will be posted on a video in the first week of July.

I disappeared again!

Oh man! Its been an on-going war with the internet company, but it appears to be fixed. If the internet guy has to come over my house for a third time, I'm switching companies. How annoying!

Anyway... not much has been going on, I'm only starting to explore the culinary world again. For a while, I was playing it safe and eating boiled carrots, yogurt, and chicken soup to take it easy on my stomach. I've been ok, so now I can start eating more interesting SCD meals which I miss.



Here's a really late video!!!
I'll see if I can start up those retro entries again. :)

Colonoscopy Preparation

Hi Guys! I'm finally catching up on video editing! Huzzah! So here's the second part of my colonoscopy preparation. Its not a how-to video or anything... really, its just showing me drinking that horrible mixture for the procedure. I'm not a chemist or anything, but I read the ingredients for it and it looks like it was made out of baking soda and salt.... yikes... I hope my kidneys will be ok!



I heard that there are pills now, but you still have to drink about 20 cups of liquid. I'm not sure if one is better than the other.

Just for my reference... the MoviPrep kit costed me $50 with my insurance (its $65 without). Bleah... medication has gotten so expensive! Its tough not having a job. I am living off of my savings right now. I've had this mentality of counting all of my dollars and that really isn't a good way to live. However, I've been feeling healthier. Staying at home has its advantages. I am eating well and exercising. I'm not quite ready to jump into a job yet even if I'm feeling good now. I've actually had a job offered to me a few weeks ago, but I turned it down because I knew it was going to be stressful. Working too soon might make me spiral into a flare again and I'm not going to let it happen. I'll go when I am ready.

I'm here.. sort of...

Hey dudes! Many apologies... I thought I was going to have lots of time for the internet since I'm not working, but I've been so busy! I can't even believe it myself. I'm so behind with my video editing... I left all of you guys at a cliffhanger! haha! Well... the colonoscopy was a success other than finding a mild flare. Which I'm recovered from by the way.

So the question that everyone keeps asking... Where have I been?! The truth is, I spent some time to chilax in Florida!





So now I'm back and hopefully I'll have time to get into my video editing... I had it all scheduled out too! But between packing and finishing up some stuff, I really didn't have any time. I'll see if I can get something out soon. I'm involved with a few art projects at the moment so we'll see how everything goes.

Recognize Your Mental State and Defeat it

I found this article quite helpful. It links Ulcerative Colitis and Depression. Probably better than I could describe.

Ulcerative Colitis and "The Depression Cycle"
Ulcerative Colitis and "The Depression Cycle"
http://www.associatedcontent.comarticle/644561/ulcerative_colitis_and_the_depression.html

Quick things about YouTube

Hi All,

I heard that YouTube will be changing their interface pretty soon. I think its going to be very much like Hulu.com where you can watch and not so much create. I don't know what's going to happen to my channel. I don't know if the site navigation will be weird or difficult or if anything is going to happen to my videos. I guess I'll have to see what happens when the update comes. If anything you can find me here on my blog or email. And to keep everyone connected, I started a Twitter account. I haven't posted anything yet, but I think it'll be easier to keep everyone up to date with blog posts, videos, and silly random things that Twitter users tweet about.

http://twitter.com/fernpixel

I'll let you know if I have to move my videos somewhere. Its still too early to tell.

I'm still alive!

Apologies everyone! I've been ok after the colonoscopy. I had to take it easy after a few days. Then I thought I'd have some time to do video editing but never got around to it. Actually, I kind of got sucked into watching a lot of TV again which is bad... but I'm getting back into the swing of things now.

Thanks everyone for all your thoughtful messages and I'll be back shortly.