► My anxiety is starting to get more overwhelming the closer I get to Friday. I really do not want to leave the apartment this week, although I should go to the electric company and the pension offices and just get that over with. I could try fitting everything into next Friday, but that'll just turn it into an even bigger hassle since I have a ( Read more... )

► I spent the weekend test running my new TV by watching some DVDs. A couple of the movies looked fantastic, which a few others looked really splotchy and full of blurred artifacts. Another problem I found was that despite most of the DVDs being "anamorphic widescreen", they weren't fitting the TV's 16:9 dimensions properly, and the image was ( Read more... )

► I really need a haircut. It's been over three months since I last cut my hair, and by god it's an unruly mess now. The best I can describe it is Han Solo in the original Star Wars film crossed with that yack-hair wig Lou Ferrigno wore in the Incredible Hulk TV series. Yeah... not good ( Read more... )

► I called my grandmother, Mum, earlier to see how she was feeling. My aunt had stressed how tired she was after getting released from the hospital on Monday, that I thought I should wait an extra day. She seemed a lot better than I expected (not quite as depressed as she's been the last couple of times I've called her). I hope she gets better ( Read more... )