March 2006 Archives

Seven spares and two strikes. I made a personal record tonight with that bowling score. What an incredible game. Odd too, since the last time I had the opportunity to go bowling was probably about a year ago. In any case, I thoroughly enjoyed that. And I actually finally got all of my cans and bottles refunded and the space underneath the sink is clean for once. I think that in itself is a miracle. All in all, a fairly decent day.

On the other hand, I got precious little productive done, and hence, I will spend all of tomorrow studying for a quiz, midterm, paper, and getting caught up in some readings. That and I have a curious overheating issue with my computer that demands to be worked out soon. And of course I need groceries...

As some of you may know, we recently moved into spring a few days ago. Or at least, according to the calendar. He in Edmonton, spring doesn't really roll around until June or so. But I am used to this world of white now, and it could just be cold and brown outside. Oddly enough, this is preferable, though I miss the use of my bike. But still, usually we have just a thin layer of snow, so it was great to see a significant snowfall for once.

It has been extremely busy for me lately. In fact, I have had little time to anything fun. This week is class registration, so I am trying to hammer out some sort of acceptable schedule for next year. It is not easy though. And of course, I had two quizzes, an eight page lab report, and the usual complement of studying and working while trying to find a job for this summer. Needless to say,I have done a serious bit of running around.

It's hard to even start detailing everything I have been up to since the last time I posted, but there's been a game's night, St. Patty's day fun, and theological discussions with Jehovah's Witnesses just to start... Next time, perhaps.

As so often happens in university, there is a great volume of needed stuff to be accomplished and only very limited time for it all. This weekend, due to my inability to write this paper earlier, finds me trying to write a 300 word essay about some facet of love en français and study for what will surely be a grueling midterm about virulence factors, exotoxins, and immunopathologies. I had wanted to get more of it done before this weekend, but quite frankly, I couldn't find a great way to start the paper. I don't like those questions...

Still, irregardless, I have to have something to turn in on Monday which means that irrespective of my feelings, I will be writing something tomorrow. I can only hope that it's something good... For the same reasons, I am sure I'll be up to my elbows in reference literature and notes preparing for my last midterm on Monday. It'll feel good just to be done with them all, I suspect. Then I can move on to focusing on papers and finals. Such is life.

Ironically enough, the day that we talked about Streptococcus pyogenes in class, the lead story on MSNBC was about a woman in her forties who succumbed to necritising fasciitus caused by that organism. They amputated her arm and a substantial amount of tissue from her torso before she passed away anyway. Really quite creepy, and it happens really fast. Docotrs thought that from infection to death was about 3 days in this case. That's not a whole lot of room for error.

i started out this morning without the habit which I so often indulge. Blood testing does not allow so much as a stick of gum within 8 hours of the test, so i hd to make do with a nice cold glass of water, the only thing that actually is allowed.in any case, it was a pleasant lunch when I was finally allowed to choke down a hot cup 'o jjoe. Well, that, and have a sandwish.

Normally I stop by at the Chaplain's office around noon for a cup of coffee as it's free and there's usually a good conversation, but there's been non of that this week either, except for a few minutes on Monday. The head chaplain headed out of town for his brother's funeral, leaving me looking for another way to satiate my habit. it wasn't a bad idea, I have killed a lot of precious hours chatting about current issues.

Besides that, America's favorite beverage, and potentially Canada's too (aside from beer) has been taking a lot of flak lately. Today's article on slashdot was actually all about how coffee may not be as healthy as once thought. Not that i have ever cared much about a beverage's healthiness, but at least now I can feel less disappointed about it's absence.

Sanctus Real's recently released single is a fantastic song, in my opinion. It's well done melodically, if not lyrically. You can also find it at iTunes. I kind of just stumbled across it, but it's definitely worth a listen.

Yesterday was of course Ash Wednesday. It's now open season on repentence, and that's probably something that everyone could use a bit of. I have not really given anything up for Lent yet, but I am considering it. As we go into this season, I think it is appropriate to think of what in our lives we should change and make good on that.