So there are still quite a few fireworks going kablooey out there at the moment. Today was fairly overcast, and a storm even came through, but the night ended quite nice and certainly clear enough for some fireworks awesomeness. There’s nothing better than celebrating the independence of your nation by blowing up a small part of it 😉

I went to the beach with Ruthie and a couple of other people. It was a really nice time, although I did get a little burned–nothing major, though. I caught up on War of the Worlds, which I am still trying to finish–I’ve been reading snippets here and there, and the most I read consecutively was on the beach.

I saw 3 or 4 sharks while I was there, or at least I think they were sharks. I know that on one of them I saw vertical tail and dorsal fins, so I know for certain that I saw at least one. Needless to say that I didn’t venture any further out than up to my shins.. Even that was probably too close for comfort.

Grr. Back to work tomorrow. It won’t be so bad; good project going on, and the week is only going to be four days. w00t! 🙂

I am most definitely going to have to see War of the Worlds again this week.

Today is the release day for War of the Worlds. Normally, I wouldn’t be so excited about a Tom Cruise/Steven Speilberg movie, but this one is just going to automatically kick ass. There’ll always be a place in my movie library for that ’53 version, though, with Gene Barry and Ann Robinson.

Anyhoo, I believe I’m going to go see it tonight. Review to follow 🙂

So there I was, just chillin out, dreaming.. When I had the oddest dream. I was actually in War of the Worlds. It was certainly a very odd dream; the only detail I remember of it is that I saw the “cylinders” that crash on Earth–I don’t know if the cylinders really exist in the movie or not, but they were in the dream. After that, the only thing I really remember is a lot of running. The movie comes out Wednesday. w00t!

This weekend was a pretty groovy one. I chilled for most of it. Ruthie and I got a bit further in Tomb Raider–it’s pretty awesome, playing that game again. The PS2 version of it certainly does the original PC games justice.

Cubbies are taking on the Sox today. The Sox are really suckin’ it, thank goodness. I knew the Cubbies would have their come-uppance sooner or later 😀

Oh, and I watched a lot of DS9. I’m finally into 7th season. I just watched the episode where Nog has to deal with losing his leg in the previous Jem’Hadar episode. He chills on the holodeck with Vic Fontaine for a little while, feeling sorry for himself.. And then he eventually comes to terms with things and all is right with the galaxy, once again. Overall, it was a nice episode. I don’t think I’ve seen it since the first time it aired.

I’m pretty much over the tonsillitis and ear infection, although I have a bit of a trace cough and my ear is still plugged up. The cough is kind of annoying because the only thing that triggers it is a little tickle in my throat–I never actually cough anything up. Very annoying.

I have the sudden urge to go read some War of the Worlds. I think I shall indulge that urge 🙂

Still a wee bit sick, but certainly better. I don’t really have a sore throat anymore, although it does get a little raw with all of the coughing I’m doing. It has gotten to the point where I really don’t cough anything up, but the cough is just a reflex reaction to a tickle in my throat. The ear infection may have spread to the other ear, but there hasn’t been any pain with all of the pain killer that I’ve been on. I definitely have diminished hearing, which kind of sucks majorly–especially since I don’t know when I’ll get it back. Kind of scary :\ I’m headed back to work tomorrow, though, ready to troop through what I think is the last bit of this.

Batman begins is one awesome flick.

So, I’ve been a bit under the weather for the past few days. It finally all came to a head yesterday afternoon. My ears were starting to plug up sometime just after lunch. I didn’t really think about it much at the time. I popped my jaw a few times, trying to clear it out. All it did was get worse. I started feeling pressure around the end of work yesterday. Still, I didn’t think all that much about it.

After getting home, the pressure was starting to get a good bit stronger. I was starting to get a bit worried about it. My doctor’s office was closed by that time, so I needed to find a medical clinic of some kind. I found one that was covered by my insurance and started out on a pretty agonizing journey.

As I proceeded down Hughes and Wal-Triana (two arteries of road in Madison), the pressure started turning into pain. The pain escallated quickly in-transit and by the time I got to the medical clinic, my left ear was literally burning. I was also suffering from a good bit of diminished hearing–maybe about half.

After signing in and waiting for a little while in the waiting room, I finally got my blood pressure & temperature taken and was given a room. The pain was getting worse and worse, and it got so bad that I paced around over and over. I felt a bit like a caged animal. My throat had been hurting the past couple of days, so I was being hit by a double whammy of pain (with a pretty vicious cough to go with it). It was getting truly unbearable.

Finally, after about 45 minutes to an hour, the doctor came in. He asked about my symptoms, checked out my throat and ears, and came to the conclusion that I had tonsilitis and an ear infection.

I haven’t had an ear infection since I was 11, and that was pure torture. Not only did I have it in both ears, but I was also relatively deaf for about 3-4 months. This time, it’s a bit better because it’s only in one ear, but I still have some deafness in that ear. It’s strange because it makes things sound like I’m either underwater or that the Borg are speaking to me on the TV.

I’m a good bit dizzy, perhaps because of the combination of medication and the ear infection. Taking today off of work and maybe tomorrow, depending on how I feel.

This sucks. I haven’t been sick in a long time :-\

God bless NyQuil 🙂

Thank goodness it exists. It has given the Conrad plenty of peaceful nights of sleep when sniffly, last night being no exception. Vicks Vapo Rub just doesn’t do it for me anymore–I think I have taken on an immunity to it or something 🙁 So, if I’m going to sleep with the snifflies and other such junk, then NyQuil is my only hope.

I don’t have anything big, I think. I had a bit of a sore throat over the weekend that seems to be rapidly subsiding, along with a smattering of congestion. The two are, of course, probably hopelessly intertwined *sigh*

Sleeping with a stuffy nose still sux0rs 😛

I got another new geeky toy over the weekend; the LifeDrive. It’s pretty rocking. I put my Tungsten E on eBay. The best part of the LifeDrive is it’s Wi-Fi capability, something that the Tungsten E sorely lacked in. I synced wirelessly for the first time yesterday evening, and it went by in a flash. Of course, Wi-Fi is a huge battery hog, so I don’t see myself doing any real hardcore surfing with it. It’s a pretty nifty little thing to have in a PDA, though. I can fit all my frickin episodes of Clone Wars on this lil thing 🙂

My bro and I accompanied my dad to his first viewing of Episode III. It seemed as though he liked it; it seemed to get the job done for him in tying things up. That’s all that the movie was really all about, anyway.

I did a good bit of gaming over the weekend, though it was only over the web. I finally played a little bit of Guild Wars after a bit of a respite, as well.

My mom is making some pizza burgers this evening. They’re really awesome and cool. Basically, it’s just a hamburger with pizza sauce and mozerella; quite tasty.

I need to get going on reserving some plane tix for Colorado in a couple of weeks. I always call these things close. Next time, I swear I’m going to reserve a month ahead of time 😛

Lost an LJ friend today 🙁 Good luck to mocha_nutt; destiny has swept her elsewhere. I enjoyed reading her entries because of her masterful use of the English language, coupled with her insights into life, the universe and everything. I wish her the best of luck as does all her other friends, I’m sure.

They still haven’t found that missing Alabama teen that’s missing in Aruba :-\ I do hope they find her alive. There are too many of these stories that end tragically. It’s been a while; one can only hope.

The rains have stopped around here, replaced by forboding gray skies. I think that it’s all over for now. Nothing violent really happened, thank goodness. We may be beyond tornado season, but you never know what mean stuff that tropical weather can create.

PS2 still rocks.