Event Log 06/18/2010

Today I stopped by the local Subway to get a sub for lunch. While waiting in line I stood under a spinning ceiling fan. The fan overlapped a light and the two together caused a strobe like effect. I've watched strobe lights before and have never had any ill effect from watching. In fact there's a pretty well known avatar that some people use on internet forms that flashes quite fast and displays the words "I hope you have a seizure". I've never experienced any ill effects for the display.

This time however, with everything bright except for the rhythmic shadows created by the fan/light combo, I could tell my eyes were reacting poorly. It felt as if my eyes wanted to cross and split into double vision. I covered the top portion of my sight to exclude the fan's blades and almost immediately felt better. When I removed my hand and begin seeing the fan again, I instantly felt worse. In fact I started to become very nauseous and I'm convinced if I had forced myself to continue to experience the display, I would have passed out. The nausea took a few minutes to pass after I left the fan's caustic effects behind me and I'm left with only the slightest bit of a headache right behind my left eye.