hypochondriac's corner

*** NOTE! not only have i had a doctor tell me not to worry too much about it, the results are in and after four months together my girlfriend is in the clear, even though i'm not. so i don't know how much of this post is valid ***

this is what i have, and this is what terrifies me. IANAD* but i find it hard to understand how the rate of infections is so low considering how simple transmission appears to be.

unless i'm mistaken, the high concentration in saliva and the survivability of the bacteria outside of the body makes it a social (sharing cutlery or drinking from the same bottle) and sexually (kissing) transmitted disease. i hope i'm wrong, but the general lack of scientific confidence doesn't give me hope.

* i am not a doctor - i wouldn't usually explain but my mommy reads this

by that line of logic, i find it hard to see why i'm not constantly reinfecting myself whenever i drink from a bottle, shared or not :/

on a completely different note - i went through a battery of tests a couple of years ago and was informed that my heart's just fine. why, then, would i be exhibiting more than half of these symptoms?
further proof that the internet is not a safe place for average joe's medical enquiries.

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i woke up, ate (while reading beowulf instead of comics online), and returned to sleep a little more. when i woke up again, i rotated my wheels before heading out...
i may have reached this conclusion before, but rotating wheels is an absolute must! i can't believe how much easier my travelling has been on my ankles today, and how much more stable i was... i definitely need to rotate more often.

i was horrified to discover what i assumed was a rat dropping on my patio, but according to a quick google images search must be something else entirely. i don't know if i should be relieved or not.

the first order of business when coming into my office - fixing the fan. unfortunately, no matter much hair we pulled out of the rotating shaft the motor just didn't have have the power... i now know where the company trash cans are located :P

i was just getting into a groove when the boss rushed in to call me to an urgent meeting - i didn't feel that i had time to make coffee, which was a mistake. two and a half hours later we walked out of a knowledge transfer - one which could easily (and quickly) have been performed just as well by sending us the powerpoint slides :(

at least i was taken to a good place for lunch by the others - i had a decent burger while we all bitched and moaned and laughed about the meeting and then turned to more important matters, like whether d&d's "nerd stigma" is justified :P

just as we sat down i received an sms from the pretty rollerblading girl - a quick chat pushed us into a situation that appears to have potential :)

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i finally found a starting point for fixing my flex problems... for some reason flex builder doesn't allow modifying the flex server settings through its interface, but it can be set manually by editing the "hidden" project definition files.

that makes sense.

i still can't see my changes reflected on the server when i try to debug, though, but i assume that i'll figure that one out eventually.

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i tried to return home without exerting myself, but even walking in this heat counts as exercise... apparently it's not a huge deal as long as i don't exaggerate, but i'm still worried about it affecting my healing.

the bad news is that i've been signed up for orange content services since i upgraded my phone - and i didn't realize until now what a large percentage of my bill was going towards that when i *never* make use of them. of course they don't mind my lack of attention - they've scored half a grand off me for nothing :(

the good news is that i've finished two of the three courses of antibiotics, and have a week to go on the last one. i napped for an hour or two, then woke up to eat and play syndicate before heading off to work...
oops. i almost played myself late - i left fifteen minutes prior to our shift starting and if it wasn't for the rollerblades there wouldn't have been any way for me to get there on time...

i'm impressed at how fluid the dosbox installation was, and how easy configuring it as well.

it was my turn to show someone else the ropes tonight - it was a surprisingly busy night, although it went more or less smoothly.

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tycho on professionalism vs racism (how is that racist?)

a colourful xkcd? what's going on? (pretty!)

this sa dictionary is quite interesting: "china" is cockney?!?!

i haven't a clue how dinosaurs popped into my head.

i didn't expect the shift to end with me being shown a video on youtube of a chimp raping a frog. nor of kermit watching the same frog, a short while later. i don't know if it's as horrifying as it is funny, and i really feel bad for the amphibian.

i'm not linking that.