The title says it all. The third installment in the Super Smash Bros series came out over the weekend for the Nintendo Wii. My cousin had it reserved. He picked it up Sunday. Between Sunday and Yesterday, I put it at least 20 hours of play. It's an awesome game.
Aside from my video crack, what have I been up to? Not much. I joined Barra Brava (the DC United Fan club...one of the largest in the MLS). They're the ones who sing and jump up and down all game and throw smoke bombs when DC scores. They're also the best tailgate in DC for United games.
Soccer coaching starts this week. Looking forward to getting back on the pitch with the kids. If they're half as successful as my teams have been over the last year, I'll be ecstatic.
Snowboard season is more or less done for me. I only went on 3 trips this year. 2 day trips and one weekend trip. It was a very slow year for me. I blame the warm weather, me getting sick, and too many other weekend obligations. Oh well, there's always next year.
Wedding season is approaching. Early congratulations to Alice (Lee) & Chris as well as Pammie & Hee. Also almost time for graduation. Congrats to everyone graduating from Tech (and other schools as well). You guys are officially the last group of people to graduate from school that attended undergrad with me...so welcome to the real world. I'll see you at Happy Hour.
March Madness is almost here. Time to study my bracketology. *single tear drop* for my Hokies who fell slightly short of the Big Dance this year. Looking forward to big things in the future from this young squad.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Monday, March 3, 2008
Eff the Flu.
Eff it indeed. So last week I was the latest victim of this serial flu going around attacking everybody. I have never felt so helpless in my life before. I began getting sick Tuesday evening. The following 3 days, I was a zombie...drifting in and out of sleep and hocked up on all sorts of medicines. At one point, I was probably on a cocktail of 5 or 6 drugs at once. It sucked. After coming into work Friday to put in half a days work (just to clear stuff I had missed), I sped home and leapt into the bed.
Saturday was the first day I began to feel better, but even so I still suffered from coughing, stuffy nose, and sporadic headaches. Even today, 6 days after my initial onset of the flu, I still have a stuffy nose and cloudy head. That virus is no joke. Eff that bitch.
While we're on the subject of effing bitches, I'd like to eff the American medical system as well. Thanks a-holes for diagnosing this year's flu bug incorrectly. For all of you who don't know, the way that the flu shot works in our wonderful country is that every year, the doctors try to play Miss Cleo and predict the strain of flu that will make its way across that winter. They then choose the appropriate vaccine to prevent it, and distribute it for preventive use that year. This method is flawed for 2 reasons. First, as we've observed this year, when the flu bug is not predicted accurately, we get the wrong vaccine and the flu runs rampant. Second, and this is even more important, the flu virus gets stronger every year. Once we are treated with a vaccine for one strain, the virus just mutates and gets a stronger strain the next year. This may sound flawed on my part, but here's what I think the US doctors NEED to do. Wait each year with several flu vaccines prepared. When the first flu hits, diagnose it and determine the CORRECT vaccine that should be used....then prescribe it. This way, we get an accurate flu shot for millions of people. Call me crazy, but I like to pay for drugs that will actually keep me from losing a week of my life to illness. That's just me.
Other than that, life is hunky dory for me. Looking forward to recovering completely.
Saturday was the first day I began to feel better, but even so I still suffered from coughing, stuffy nose, and sporadic headaches. Even today, 6 days after my initial onset of the flu, I still have a stuffy nose and cloudy head. That virus is no joke. Eff that bitch.
While we're on the subject of effing bitches, I'd like to eff the American medical system as well. Thanks a-holes for diagnosing this year's flu bug incorrectly. For all of you who don't know, the way that the flu shot works in our wonderful country is that every year, the doctors try to play Miss Cleo and predict the strain of flu that will make its way across that winter. They then choose the appropriate vaccine to prevent it, and distribute it for preventive use that year. This method is flawed for 2 reasons. First, as we've observed this year, when the flu bug is not predicted accurately, we get the wrong vaccine and the flu runs rampant. Second, and this is even more important, the flu virus gets stronger every year. Once we are treated with a vaccine for one strain, the virus just mutates and gets a stronger strain the next year. This may sound flawed on my part, but here's what I think the US doctors NEED to do. Wait each year with several flu vaccines prepared. When the first flu hits, diagnose it and determine the CORRECT vaccine that should be used....then prescribe it. This way, we get an accurate flu shot for millions of people. Call me crazy, but I like to pay for drugs that will actually keep me from losing a week of my life to illness. That's just me.
Other than that, life is hunky dory for me. Looking forward to recovering completely.
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