My wacky sleeping hours have shifted slightly in a very annoying way. I seem to be making myself go to sleep a little bit earlier, which is good in theory. Now I wake up once in the middle of the night. That I’m used to, the part I’m not used to is waking up at 5am. 5am sucks because you just can’t go right back to sleep at 5am. Or at least I can’t. I know I’ll oversleep so easily. So I end up just staying up and getting exhausted. Maybe I should just go into work real early so I can leave early and take a nap.

The second issue is that I forgot I need to clean out the whole area around my sink this weekend. So now I need to clean up all the dishes and stuff. I really hope they get the new sink in today. I haven’t really dirtied anything major in the last few weeks, but it’s because ii haven’t been eating at home. This means I’ve been eating stuff that isn’t that great for me. I want to start being able to fix my own meals again.

I’ve been thinking a bit about this blog lately. I seem to go through periods where I look at it and wonder what I’m trying to do with it. In the end it really is a bunch of random snapshots of my life and thoughts from it, but I sometimes wonder if I shouldn’t have more focus.

As much as I don’t care if people view this or not I keep finding myself editing a lot of what I say. Maybe I should change that to “As much as I SAY I don’t care…”. On the other hand it is cool to find out that people I know come by here to see what I have to say or to see what interesting links I’ve found.

There isn’t much reason for this post, I just felt the need to ramble a bit. I think it’s the rainy weather having its usual effect on me (making me all grouchy).

Looks like DNS and stuff is back. Mail is flowing in, so I bet this site will be viewable again. Thanks Lukas!

I’ve been downloading and watching a bunch of new shows lately. A

number of them are shows that are coming out right now, so they are

only in the first few episodes. Here’s a rundown and some thoughts on

a number of them:

• Tenchi

  Muyo! GXP – I’ve only been able to track down one episode of this

  that had been fansubbed. So far I like it. If I understand things

  correctly it takes place after the upcoming new Tenchi OVA series

  coming out. This one focuses on the Galaxy Police, and someone from

  earth who joins up. It will be interesting to see where this one

  goes.

• .hack/SIGN – Welcome to the next stage in online

  roleplaying. Think of a high tech VR Evercrack. I’ve seen the

  first two episodes of this and we’re still learning the details. For

  the most part it focuses on this one character who finds he can’t log

  out of the system. I’ll be downloading more of this for the time

  being. My one complaint is that the story feels like it jumps around

  a bit too much.

• Chobits – I’ve already talked a bit about this

  one, but I just want to mention it again. I got the HREF=”http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1931514925/lifelistedchr-20″>manga

  for it a few days ago and it will be interesting to see how the two

  stories match up. I’ll definitely be following this one too, since I’m

  becoming a CLAMP junkie.

• PitaTen – This is an odd one. It’s about a young kid in school

  who meets this girl who seems to be an angel. This show also prompted

  my recent post “How come?”. I’m not quite sure what I think of this.

  It may be just a bit to cute for me.

• Alien 9 – It’s got a very catchy theme song, but I’m still not

  sure what I think of this 4 episode OVA. I’ve seen the first two

  episodes and the second was kind of enjoyable and more then a little

  disturbing. I want to see the rest before I pass final judgement on

  it. Oh, and the main character is even whinier then Akari from BAV

  (which makes it fairly painful at times).

That’s it for now. I think I’ll post updates on what I’m watching

now and then with comments, just to add some flavor to my blog.

My parents have the exact same problem with their oven. This article really resonated with me. We’ve forgotten the KISS rule with so many things in life.

Btw, with my parents oven, once it stops working one of them has to go down into the basement and turn off the power going to it then turn it back on, and it will work.

It seems there may be a problem with the host that forwards my email to me. This is one of those times I’m not too stressed about things. I get the service through a friend of mine, I know he’ll work on it because his mail goes through the same service (I’m assuming :)). Anyways, if you are trying to send me email and it is bouncing, this is why.

Note to self. Ask him what the best way to report problems is.

Faisal.com posted something that explains some of my thoughts on my blog. It’s the Life Cycle of your Weblog. I know I’ve been around that loop a few times.

Haagan Daaz has re-released one of my favorite flavors. They used to have a flavor that was vanilla ice cream with chocolate fudge swirl with chunks of brownie. It used to be one of my favorites. Then they stopped selling it in stores (I think you could still get it at their places in malls). Tonight I was in Store 24 and noticed they had it again. And this time it was in a little mini-container, with a spoon included.

Just what I needed for that sugar craving I’ve been having.

When you go onto the lung transplant waiting list they start watching your overall health fairly carefully (Actually, this is probably true for any transplant). One thing they’ve found is that people tend to lose a lot of bone density right after transplant. I think the number I remember hearing was as much as 50%. As a result, one of the tests you get when being evaluated is a bone density scan. When I first had it done, my bone density was just fine. Since I am on prednisone, the doctor I went to had scheduled a second appointement a year later so that she could see how I was doing (long term prednisone use can affect bone density). We found that my bone density had dropped 2%. Which was higher then it should have been. As a result I’d been perscribed a drug called Actonel. It’s an osteoperosis drug to help prevent bone density loss.

So, this morning I started in on a new drug. Luckily I only have to take it once a week, because it’s kind of a pain. I have to take it when I’ve first woken up, with 6-8 oz of water, and remain upright for at least 30 minutes afterwards. I also shouldn’t eat for at least 30 minutes so that it gets absorbed completely.

Groucho Marx. “She got her looks from her father. He’s a plastic surgeon.”

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