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A Long Lonely Duel

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Sigh… These past two days, I have been fighting a lonely duel with my illness. Slowly I seem to be getting the upper hand. Saturday I had a “category five” headache throughout the day. Apparently my sinuses were mostly empty for the first time since this unfortunate calamity. So when I bend my head down, I could feel their presence. Unpleasant. Anyways we all went for a hike at Mt. Nemo that day. The walk which was supposed to be fun, was painful as my sinus kept of jarring my poor neurons. The worst parts occurred when climbing up or down the slope to the forested plateau above. I basically tried to be in good humour. However by the time I got home again, I was feeling very, very miserable. Yesterday the same misery continued, but without the headache. At first I thought it was a good sign, but then when one of my sinus became empty, the pain again cometh. So in summary these past few days I feel well… blah.

Can hardly wait for university to start up again. I really do miss it. Doing mental exercises will be a nice change, and meeting up with people again. I paid a good chunk of my courses on Friday. I kept just enough to buy books… and maybe archery equipment (if I am extremely lucky). I will need OSAP (a provincially sponsored student loan) and any scholarships I can get. I have decided against the PEY (co-op for 12-16 months) and I am going to take that statistics course. This means I will probably be out of university after next year. I just hope I can find a job after, but that is a risk I am going to have to take. Right now I have to prepare for the next semester. Set up my schedule, fish up some transportation, and look into my courses. Oh and finally get ready to work on the math website.

Anyways… since this the early morning I will see if I can get another blog entry later in the evening. Now off to take my medication (natural health supplements since the pharmaceutical stuff only caused me misery in my previous life), and try to get my wireless card working again.

Wrath. Reloaded.

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DIE SPAM!!! Or the battle cry of the last battle in Darwinia. The Temple level was big a challenge, but once you figure it out it is pretty simple. Wished I had rockets though, because that would of speed up the final bosses’ demise. I stayed up until 5:00am playing the game, and now I am finished. I must say I enjoyed myself throughly. But I am glad its over… I mean I can go and clean up the mess I made… but… nah. I have other more important things to do.

Life is a usual: nag, drag, work, nag, drag, work… ad nauseum. Starting work on Wednesday of next week. At least I will have money. Even if that is the only thing I can look forward too, as I still will have to do a lot of tasks at home. Have not even looked into archery equipment, or high speed net (which I decided I might leave until before school starts). Need to pay off school, and look for a way of getting my sorry excuse of a behind to school and back again. I will have to look at that immediately.

Yup. I have decided to start a new black op… a clone of the game Sinksub. I enjoyed that game, and now I plan to do in Python using pygame or C using SDL. Still should be fun. It is a short game, and not much involved in it. So I hope to make something in about an afternoon or so.

Oh well, have to run off and type up some more of the legalize that I have neglected to do. And do some groceries… I sort of miss my friends… but I have a fair bit to do. Bye for now!

Serenity before the Storm

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[Excerpt from the Art and Zen of Mlaren Racing]
Beware the violence of the sandstorms of Sand Ocean. While the courses seems easy, a sudden sandstorm can blow over leaving many stranded. One must be one with ones vehicle, and be one with the storm. Never exert against it, but flow with its intricate motions. The wise take heed and prevail, while others eat the bitter sands of defeat.

So the exam looms ever nearer… And so does the anxiety. I just don’t feel this one is going to go over smoothly. Please, please, just so I can pass this course. That is all I ask, God. Hence the above passage. The looming sandstorm is just there… waiting and brooding over it next victims. The course is not too bad, but I have done awfully throughout and the professor is known to give evil questions on tests, etc. A massacre in the making… 😉

Still working on the black-ops as usually, concentrating on the visualizations naturally. Not too much progress there. But I will continue on it.

Yay! Chatted with Dima and Sarah yesterday. Funny story on how they met… a mistaken MSN entry. And naturally with any chat with Dima, it degenerated into a crazy, drunken parody about us, Matrix, pink bunnies, the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and more. Thanks Dima! That was fun.

Life is the same as always… boring, a bit depressing. Hey, always look on the bright side. Two more passages and a few struggles, and then summer. A week and a half of relaxation is something to look forward to, and maybe a meeting with Katarina. Mmm… I have decided to go wireless with my network. Should be fun… I still have a bit of cash left. So I will grab a wireless router, and an archery set too. Just a bit of research needed, and I plan on getting a nice, (ok half decent) compound bow. Love archery…

Anyhow, as the storm looms on the horizon, I have to brace myself for its wrath. Wish me luck!