Does Pokemon make you want to vomit?
OK, so, I went to see Mystere (Cirque du Soleil) at Treasure Island the other night. It was my first Cirque show, and it was amazing- unbelievably eerie and so cool and weird and I just loved it. But the oddest thing happened… it was the late show (started at 10:30p) and I had just had a huge Italian meal and it was really warm in the theater, and I kept nodding off (shocker), but I was loving it so much that I was forcing myself to stay awake. I practically had to prop my eyelids open with toothpicks. Anyway, the big finale was, of course, huge, and full of sweeping lights and music and flying people and craziness, and all of the sudden, this wave of dizziness hits me- hard, fast, and out of nowhere. I’ve never passed out, but I swear that’s what was about to happen. I was nauseated and I really thought I was going to vomit. I closed my eyes and leaned back, and all I could think about was when that one Pokemon episode came out in Japan and hundreds of people went to the hospital with seizures. The room was literally spinning and my heart was fluttering and I honestly thought I was going to pass out. After about 3 minutes of gripping the arms of my chair, the finale was over and the house lights came up and it went away immediately. It was the craziest thing!! I have NO idea what happened, but I did a little internet research and think it was photosensitive epilepsy, or television epilepsy, which apparently can be triggered by flashing, colorful lights. Weird, huh? You know, come to think of it, I think Spy Barbie knocked out a planetarium full of scientists with a strobe light once.
If something similar ever happens to you, they say to cover one eye and turn away from the light (or screen) at an angle. This PSA was brought to you by the letter C and the number five.
November 17th, 2005 at 5:36 am
first off, hate the stupid friendster–makes me sign in and then takes me all over the place and when I finally get back to the “post” section, I’ve lost the excitement and freshness of making a comment.
okay getting back to my point about your episode of epilepsy….as my Swedish anatomy prof would say about your vertigo (feeling of the world spinning around you), “it makes you vant to wormit.” Not a fun feeling. Glad you are better!
November 17th, 2005 at 6:40 am
drinking beer with acid in it does the same thing to. i may or may not have been a golden god once. –Rozino
Ps. if you use firefox you can right click the sign in link to open in a new tab. then you can post here without having to do the additional work of finding jamie clicking her blog then reclicking post a comment. freaking friendster…
November 17th, 2005 at 8:09 am
Good idea, Roz! If you use Explorer, just hold the shift button down when you click the “sign in” link, and then once you sign in in the new window, you can close it and refresh the post. Brilliant!
November 18th, 2005 at 3:21 pm
Brilliant!
November 18th, 2005 at 3:22 pm
p.s. Almost Famous rocks!