Nose bleed / alter ego

Nose bleedOriginally uploaded by AnnaAniston

Colder climates, low humidity, heaters on inside. For me, it means the season of chapsticks and bloodsports.

Easily the 3rd nosebleed today. I’m so used to it, I just tilt my head back slightly and wait for the blood to congeal around the edge of my nostril. Though usually, some will run a line down to my lip, and then meet with whatever ran down my throat into my mouth and turn my tongue red. For more than a decade I have been able to simply keep going with whatever task I was occupied with - reading, typing, juggling fire - until the clotting came on.

I think there is something unnerving about the site of a woman nonchalantly licking blood off her lips while reading a penguin classic, because when someone invariably catches me, they rush to my aid wih a flurry of cold water, tissues, and “are you ok????????”

Our culture depises blood, snot, cum and shit. Gotta say I’m not big fans of the last two, but blood and snot are 2 secretions I have a fairly good rapport with. They come out my nose, and have cool colour codes that tell you very quickly just how sick you are.

This picture brings me speadily to my alter ego. You see, kate and others are having a party on friday with an alter ego theme. I’ terribly stuck for who or what to go as. With the small exception that this picture shows a change in hair colour for me - from blonde with green roots to jet blue-black. So its something to work with at least.