bluurgh,

this is the third day in a row i've been stuck in bed with this damn flu thingy . I think i may just be coming roud though (no hallucinations so far today).

So anyway i rang up work today to tell them i couldn't make it in and found myself saying 'sorry my flu's not cleared yet' and i have been lying here thinking about that word ever since. How can a three letter word that sounds so innocuos describe the terrible fever i have endured over the last few days or the pain in my joints and my muscles? When i phoned in my sickness to work and i said 'flu' it sounded like one of those all purpose skiving excuses like... migraine, stomach bug or the dog ate my homework.

I really think flu sould have a more dramatic name or a least should be called influenza more than it is.

sorry if none of the above made any sense, i'll review this article when i've stopped seeing double.

My birthday has been a little unkind to me this year.

Even though i had a great time
with some cool presents
and a wicked night
@ hospitality.

I was having my usual bout of existential dread after a heavy night on the town, but it seemed to go on a little longer than i had expected. I couldnt

even write
a post in
this blog.

So i decided that it was probably best to escape into my geekiness mode for a while. So i have been reading

Dan Simmons: hyperion and the fall of hyperion (geekiness!)

playing

with virtual dj (geekiness - i should be using records!)
star wars lego on the game cube (using an obselete machine - super geekiness!)

watching

Battlestar gallactica and GITS 2nd gig (need i say more?)

anyway i'm not feeling so withdrawn atmo, birthdays are really not good for my health. The same thing happens every year and the feeling intensifies the closer i get to 30. it's my 30th next year... i hope once i'm over 30 things might change.