January 2006
Not dead yet
I’m starting to get another round of “Are you dead?” email, so I figured I’d better poke my head up and assure you all that no, I’m only mostly dead.
Incredibly, I still have bronchitis - this is two full weeks that I’ve been sick, long enough for even my doctor-avoidant self to seek medical advice. But I’m told it often lasts up to three full weeks,...
Reading
So I finally finished Atonement, which took me longer than it should have because I forgot it at home for a couple of weeks and had nothing to read on the train. My new train book is The Columnist, and for bed reading I’ve just started The Great Book of Amber, which was recommended by a coworker. It was a little slow to get going, but I’m fairly well into it now and it seems weird...
Happy Birthday to Me
That’s right, I’m 25 today. This year I thought I’d shake things up a little and give myself a present somewhat early, so I went ahead and got a nice case of bronchitis that’s already kept me in bed since last Saturday, coughing up various internal organs and generally having a blast.
Okay, it’s not that bad. I probably won’t be going out tonight but birthday...
Urp
The weather’s been almost alarmingly warm the past couple of weeks. While we’re actually well within my ideal temperature range right now - I think it was 55 today - it freaks me the fuck out that it’s this hot in January. Because what does that mean for this summer - highs of like 150? 200? The Rapture? I guess we’ll see.
I don’t know what it is that Chris and I...
Buh
I’m settled back into my normal work routine, now, and still fighting off that cold for the past few days - but I think I’m pretty much always either fighting off or recovering from a cold, so it’s no big surprise there.
Not much else is new in my world for the moment, just the usual cycle of work, sleep, and Warcraft. There’s plenty I could mention with regard to the...
Blech
I’m still struggling to get back to my pre-vacation sleeping schedule. As I knew I would, I started going to bed later and later until I wasn’t asleep until about 3am around New Year’s. Since I now get up at 5am again, this is a problem. I think a week of sleep deprivation has helped to correct my inclination to stay up late, though. Last night I crashed at about 11:30 and...
Avert your eyes
My apologies - this is just a little nugget of geekery that nobody who doesn’t play World of Warcraft will appreciate. But in any case, an odd quirk of instance reset timing this week (thanks to patch day) resulted in many guilds (including mine) killing Onyxia on three consecutive nights - Monday, Tuesday, and tonight. That’s an awful lot of new Tier 2 helms floating around Orgrimmar,...
Huzzah
Okay, okay. This time I’m really back from my Internet vacation. For reals! Mainly because I’m fully back from my real vacation, as well.
Chris and I more or less ignored New Year’s Eve, again, but that’s the way we like it. It’s not like we really need a special occasion to excuse staying up till midnight and getting drunk, anyway. And speaking of staying up late -...