► For the past few days I've had an unusual sore throat. Normally a sore throat means itchy and scratchy pain, but this time I don't have that. Instead the pain feels more like a crushing pain, as if someone is digging their fingers into the sides of my windpipe. I haven't been able to tell if this is a physical pain caused by eating something ( Read more... )

► I think I'm finally inching towards a nervous breakdown. Yesterday I was feeling really good and chipper all day, until last night when my computer suddenly started going ape shit and I started getting hit with the full force of all my pent up worries and fears. Things have been brewing for awhile now and I'm starting to really feel it now. ( Read more... )

► What Kind of D&D Character Would You Be? - My friend Matt sent me this link after he took the (rather lengthy) questionnaire. I'm underwhelmed and confused by my results.

I Am A: True Neutral Human Bard (3rd Level)

Ability Scores:
Strength-11
Dexterity-13
Constitution-11
Intelligence-14
Wisdom-15
Charisma-12

Alignment:
True Neutral A true ( Read more... )

► Tough night, took a nap around 4:00pm and woke up at 8:00pm feeling really ill and rundown. No doubt it's just from sleeping with the window open while the weather outside is cold and very damp. Moving about and drinking a couple of glasses of water should clear that up.

► Now that was a welcome surprise this morning. I opened my front door ( Read more... )

► Just a few days until Dad leaves for his 2 week trip in Italy with Claire. Two months in Myrtle Beach followed by two weeks home and then two weeks in Italy. I'm sensing a pattern here.

► I read my latest comics and I really have no idea what's going on in Stormwatch. I don't know if writer Paul Cornell is just making stuff up or if I ( Read more... )

► There's an artist online named Rantz (Randy Kintz) who's drawings I've seen a lot of over the years. Last week I stumbled onto his Ebay auctions and found that he posts rough figure sketches that if you bid and win he will complete the drawing as the character of your choice (with ink and markers). In the auctions he had around a dozen that ( Read more... )

► This week while my vertigo has worsen, I've also some how managed to find myself on an almost "normal" sleep cycle. Oddly, however, I'm not feeling rest. I woke up around 10:00am this morning, which means I should still be alert and awake, but I've been sluggish and dragging since late in the afternoon. I just feel really wiped out ( Read more... )

► Sleep proved to be a very elusive prey last night and this morning. My nerves were so jittery that each time I started to drift off I'd suddenly start shaking awake. Eventually I did manage to get a few hours of sleep, but I've been feeling partly groggy and partly frazzled since I woke up ( Read more... )

► Almost every day I briefly think about my mother, and her death in 2002. Yesterday I was thinking about her and the loss, but it didn't occur to me that it was actually the anniversary of the day she died, October 28th, 2002. What makes that weird is that I've been aware of the date coming and had even thought about it frequently in the past ( Read more... )

► So Dean missed work again today and will tomorrow (has it been 2 months?), and Dad is staying in Gananoque for a few more days helping out my younger sister who's back is still out ( Read more... )