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Mar 29 2005

Mar 29th 2005, 17:00 GMT

Well. There’re changes ahead. I’ve decided to work on certain things I don’t like, so… the next months ought to be interesting. At least that’s what I hope. :)

Don’t feel like talking much more about it, tho.

Mar 25 2005

Mar 25th 2005, 16:58 GMT

Modern American sexuality, according to the hilarious Natalie Dee.

I couldn’t tell, being European and all.

Edited on Mar 25th 2005, 17:01 by Gossip

Mar 23 2005

Mar 23rd 2005, 23:45 GMT

I succumbed to some fever-less freak of a flu. It’s awful. Started with a sore throat and sneezing on Monday, so around noon I went home and pretty much just blanked out on the couch.

Tuesday, I stayed home on the couch. Lots of sneezing, throat getting better, some annoying headache I came to terms with using some Aspirin. Dazed on and off all day long, which makes for one helluva messed-up inner clock.

Today (Wed) I called in sick again, assuming I’ll be fine by tomorrow. Nose was doing slightly better, throat was good again. Well, 20 minutes after making the phonecall the mother of all headaches made her nest in my frontal lobes. “Splitting” doesn’t even describe it. Couldn’t sit, stand, lay down or do anything. Basically I spent the day on the couch swearing at my head. I’m not kidding. The two Aspirin I took didn’t even make a difference, it was unbearable. At one point I got totally dizzy from the headache and threw up. It was somewhat better afterwards and I caught some sleep.

Since then the dazing routine took over again, so now I’m sitting here, my head is still hurting so much I start thinking about drilling a hole over my eyebrow into what feels like the Geneva Lake of snot building up behind my forehead. And of course I can’t sleep. Correction: I’m totally alert at the moment. Yay!

So, in a few hours I’ll go see the doctor. Dana is suspecting a sinus inflammation (that the word?). Well, whoopdidoo.

PS: I’ve had quite a number of headaches in my life, and I usually I try to take the pain it like a man woman, but I’ll be damned if I’m making this shit up. Argh.

Mar 17 2005

Mar 17th 2005, 08:30 GMT

Happy birthday, Fanboy! :) All the best, lad.

Mar 11 2005

Mar 11th 2005, 14:44 GMT

Got this from a co-worker today, think it’s great. :)

[Quote] The Washington Post’s Style Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are this year’s winners:

> 1. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
> 2. Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
> 3. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
> 4. Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
> 5. Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn’t get it.
> 6. Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
> 7. Hipatitis (n): Terminal coolness.
> 8. Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease.
> 9. Karmageddon (n): It’s like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it’s like, a serious bummer.
> 10. Decafalon (n.): The gruelling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
> 11. Glibido (v): All talk and no action.
> 12. Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
> 13. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you’ve accidentally walked through a spider web.
> 14. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
> 15. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you’re eating.
> 16. Ignoranus (n): A person who’s both stupid and an asshole. [Quote]

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