{"id":686,"date":"2005-03-27T20:15:15","date_gmt":"2005-03-28T03:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.m-dnovember.com\/?p=685"},"modified":"2005-03-27T20:15:15","modified_gmt":"2005-03-28T03:15:15","slug":"on-being-sick-and-other-life-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.m-dnovember.com\/?p=686","title":{"rendered":"On being sick and other life events."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems that it was my turn to contract the post-SXSW cold.  I&#8217;ve said it before, but I&#8217;ll say it again &#8211; being sick sucks.  My diet this weekend has consisted of DayQuil, orange juice, chicken soup, and NyQuil (with the occasional round of toast), I&#8217;ve been getting plenty of sleep (although, let&#8217;s face it, that&#8217;s my normal weekend routine anyway&#8230;), and needless to say, I haven&#8217;t left the apartment since I got home from work on Friday.  I&#8217;m doing all the things I usually do to shake a cold, but this one seems to be lingering longer than normal.  Someone at work joked that &#8216;maybe I&#8217;m getting older&#8217;.  I prefer to think that the cold viruses are just getting more robust.<\/p>\n<p>On the upside, I have finally managed to catch up on my laundry.  And I got the chance to re-watch &#8220;The Incredibles&#8221; on DVD last night &#8211; still an incredible film.  (And you MUST watch the &#8220;Mr. Incredible &amp; Friends&#8221; short with the commentary on Disc 2.  Trust me on this.)<\/p>\n<p>Turning to more upbeat news, some &#8216;happy-happys&#8217; are in order:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Happy first anniversary to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.accidentaljulie.com\/index2.html\">Julie<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/lojjic.net\/blog\/index.rdf.html\">Jason<\/a>!  (I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s been a year already!  It feels like just <a href=\"http:\/\/homepage.mac.com\/critic\/PhotoAlbum8.html\">yesterday<\/a> I was in Austin&#8230;meeting them both in person for the first time&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>Happy housewarming to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merazdesigns.com\/blog\">Stacey<\/a>, who officially moves into her new house this weekend.  (I still haven&#8217;t seen the place myself, save for the <a title=\"Large file, requires QT\" href=\"http:\/\/www.merazdesigns.com\/photoalbums\/staceycondo.MOV\">video tour<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Belated happy birthdays to my good friend Margaret (who may or may not even read my blog); to that fast-talkin&#8217; mo-sucka&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bryandouglasonline.com\/\">Bryan Douglas<\/a>; to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiveandtwenty.com\/spike\">Spike<\/a>, although he got his on the day of, courtesy of everyone at Break Bread w\/ Brad; and to anyone else born in the month of March who I may have forgotten.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One last note:  I didn&#8217;t accomplish anything with regard to the afforementioned &#8216;side project&#8217; this week &#8211; I&#8217;ve been too distracted by the coughing and sneezing and whatnot.  I&#8217;m hoping to plow ahead this coming week.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all for now.  I hear a bowl of chicken soup calling my name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems that it was my turn to contract the post-SXSW cold. I&#8217;ve said it before, but I&#8217;ll say it again &#8211; being sick sucks. 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