Just when Penguin editor Jennifer Deseo thought she was over the flu, she found her ass back in a sling.
Deseo, 37, spent all of Monday night and most of Tuesday morning hugging the bowl, praying the porcelain god would show some mercy. According to Penguin photo editor Ron Pace, Deseo’s gastrointestinal ills could be a resurgence of the flu, which wiped her out last week; or a case of food poisoning.
“Can I get a freakin’ break?!?” Deseo said Tuesday.
The downtown resident has been placed on a diet of saltine crackers and water, and will take Tuesday off, she said. She will resume her editorial duties Wednesday morning, she added.
Last week, Deseo came down with chills, fever, cough and post-nasal drip immediately after visiting the University of Maryland for a presidential campaign rally. At the time, the university campus was experiencing a flu outbreak, ABC-7 News reported.
Then on Monday night, after returning from a meeting of Silver Spring’s pedestrian safety committee, Deseo began to experience what she described as “Linda Blair-esque gastrointestinal distress”. She would not speculate on what could have made her sick, for fear that the thought of it would trigger more violent convulsions.
In lieu of gifts or flowers, The Penguin staff is requesting heartfelt pity for their editor.
“Lay it on thick, people!” Deseo said.
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Maybe you should take a vacation. You know, go on a cruise or something: http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/02/26/cruise.ship.illness.ap/index.html
Just kidding. I hope you get well soon!
Now _that_ is the kind of hard-hitting blogging news I come to the Penguin for!
Actually, I got a really nasty flu recently – took me like two weeks to recover from. Three if you count the week I was incoherent from the lingering effects of the illness and the drugs I took to combat it.
I’ve always liked the phrase “talking to dinosaurs on the big white telephone.”
Hang in there!
Hey, Penguin! I got sick after visiting College Park as well! Us grownups should stay away from those germ factories! But seriously, try seltzer water and ginger ale instead of water water. I appreciate the way you schleupp to all those obscure but vital meetings and do the hard work of taking notes and writing stories.
Jennifer, if you’re going to regurgitate, do it into some kid’s mouth, just like all the other penguins do.
Seriously, get well soon. I’ve had a mild flu for going on a month now. Ain’t no fun.
According to March of the Penguins, penguin barf is very nutritious.
Get well soon!
Feel better, Penguin!
So sorry you are engaged in porcelain god worship. Many friends, family and coworkers have also been similarly stricken. Let’s hope this flu season soon passes.
Beware of false gods and get well soon.