Still Sick

I'm still sick, wtf. It's been 2 weeks now and I'm still feeling shitty. I've already missed 4.5 days of work. I have a bit of a fever, although not as high as last week, cough, constant chills, loss of appetite, nausea (which occasionally leads to vomitting), night sweats, gasiness, aches and headaches. But the weird thing is that it's lasted so long and has gone away yet. I don't feel like doing anything at all (even surfing) and all I've been doing is getting as much rest as possible. What is wrong with me?

Even though I don't really have the symptoms for it, the doctor recommended a malaria test for me....yay.

Sick

I am sick with the flu. And it sucks. Day three so far, and no improvement. I missed work today as well. I've been having 16 hours of sleep per day the last few couple of days. Skip the rest of this entry as I'm just venting.

To make matters worse, there was a leak at my place. I was sleeping in my bed and I suddenly hear the sound of dripping water. Dripping water that is very close by. I look around for the source of the water and discover my pillow is wet. There is water dripping from the vent directly above me. I hurried to get a bucket to collect the water. Eventually we had to turn off the water mains. Being sick and not being able to use the washroom is no fun. Mike/Maggie called in a plumber to fix the problem (leaky/frozen valve) and it was fixed.

On top of all that, I had moved my computer away from the leaky area, in case it got worse and my computer got wet. I hooked it back up and discovered my graphics cards is not working properly. I have no 3D acceleration, and my computer is acting funny.

I can't check my work email either, because there seems to be connection problem with the webmail. So I'll likely have to go in sometime today....suxors.

Anyway, if you've made it this far, sorry for complaining so much. G'night.

24

Yeah, I've starting watching this season. Kitty watches and is really into it, so I started watching it. It's a decent show; I'm not obsessed about it like most people are, but I have to admit, it's exciting. Anyway, somehow, Richard was able to get the shows before they were released, I was able to watch them on my computer.

Why do Indians dudes always get tabbed to play middle eastern dudes? It kinda throws me a bit when I see it on TV. My guess is that there aren't that many Middle Eastern guys in Hollywood. But so far the highlight has been watching Kumar and Dr. Bashir play Middle Eastern guys. It's fun yelling out their names during the show. Also, anyone think it's weird watching Carlo Rota, who was on the Food Network play a character on the show?

Anyway, I should be posting more, but I seem to be pretty busy with work and other stuff. Other people should post, so I can read their thoughts!

Tickets to the Raptors/Maverick's game on Sunday [Update 1]

Is anyone interested in going with me? It's bad seats (Spritezone), but it's the Mavs!

Sunday, 1PM. If you're interested, shoot me an email.

[Update 1: Putting open invites to free stuff on my blog doesn't seem to work at all]

Global Warming and other random thoughts

What's up with all the people in Montreal over the holidays?

Victor & Victor + friends were there for skiing. T, Trinh and Phil were there and bumped into Victor and Victor at Schwartz. I was there for New Years. Mike and Maggie were there last week for skiing as well. Strange the so many people I knew decided to go, and all separately. Anway...

Speaking of skiing, it's so warm now that people can't even ski. The cause seems to be global warming, so I wanted to post some global warming related links. This article reports that the first inhabited island has disappeared from the face of the earth due to rising ocean levels. Speaking of oceans, there won't be any fish in the ocean in another 40 years.
      A likely good source of information is Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. I haven't seen it yet, but I want to. I was planning on seeing it in theatres, but Keith ditched me to go see it with a girl, but I digress.
        Recently Roz and Howi posted their thoughts about it. I read somewhere that the US gov't gives a subsidy to car manufacturers that make SUV type vehicles. Not sure the veracity of the statement, but if it's true, the (US)gov't is really sending the wrong message. There's already such a large profit margin on SUVs, they don't need more incentive. Obviously, the government should be encouraging fuel efficient vehicles for everyone's sake, not just the American car companies.
      What really pisses me is this article about how an oil company sponsored propoganda to confuse the public about global warming. They used the same strategies as tobacco companies. Despicable.

In the random thoughts section, I wish my RSS reader kept track of stats, like google reader does. Then I can figure which feeds to upgrade or downgrade. Does anyone find it ironic that Major Nelson, a Microsoft spokesperson uses Google?

In other random news, the inventor of instant noodles passed away. Choice quote: "I'm happy I've realized my dream that noodles can go into space" and "peace will come to the world when the people have enough to eat". That does bring up a good question...what would the world be like without instant noodle?

More WarioWare Videos

Next game I'm looking forward to is WarioWare. It's coming out on January 15th and features 12 player play! Too bad my Wii is broken, I won't even be able to play Madden which I just got for a birthday present. I just got the packaging to send the broken Wii back to them, so it'll likely be another 2-3 weeks before I get it back. Anyway, here is a video example of 12 player play in WarioWare:



With 12 players, there might be a lot of waiting around...plus how do you fit 12 players in the same room?

Anway, for a video featuring a trailer of the game, go here. So is it worth it to buy a game for $60, if all it is is a bunch of microgames? It's so different now that I have a job...when I was a kid, I'd have to wait until my parents figured I could get a new game, which was pretty infrequently. Now I can go get anything I want, when I want it. So should I wait until it becomes a classic and sells for $20? Now I know why the used game market is so big.

Happy New Year

The New Year Event at the Montreal club (Medley) had an open bar. Tickets cost $70, which is surprisingly one of the cheaper options. 13 of us arrived at the club, only 9 people made it to the countdown....Good Times!!!