Monthly Archive: October 2007

My music notes – October 2007

Recent CD Purchases:

  • Matchbox Twenty – Exile On Mainstream
  • KT Tunstall – Drastic Fantastic
  • Nelly Furtado – Whoa, Nelly!
  • The White Stripes – White Blood Cells
  • The Arcade Fire – Neon Bible

After last month’s light spending on CDs, I kind of splurged at the beginning of this month but haven’t purchased anything since then (save for some occasional digital singles). I guess I was catching up on some CDs I should have gotten a while ago, like Whoa, Nelly! and White Blood Cells. Also wanted to get some new stuff like The Arcade Fire. So far, I like their style.

Mmm..can’t think of much that I’m interested in over the next month, but I might be surprised. Who knows?

It blocks the airways

[10:06:51 AM] crunchy frog: acute bronchitis sucks donkey balls
[10:15:31 AM] jenelle: hahahahah
[10:15:35 AM] jenelle: sucking donkey balls just makes it worse
[10:16:34 AM] crunchy frog: it blocks the airways
[10:16:39 AM] jenelle: hahahaha
[10:16:42 AM] jenelle: agreed.

“I thought I got rid of you”

When I arrived at work I greeted everyone and to my surprise my voice, though existent, made me sound like I was a mob boss.

Now, a someone there who has a reputation of being a “plague spreader” came up to me and said “I thought I got rid of you.”

I replied in a totally unintentionally sinister voice “got to work harder to get rid of me.” It felt like a demon was somehow coming out through my vocal cords. Everyone started laughing.

Eh…I guess you had to be there. *shrug*

Film crew close to home

This morning on the way to work, I noticed a whole line of trailers lining a residential street around the corner from mine. I was kind of intrigued but didn’t have time to stop and investigate. This evening, on my way back, I noticed that one house was brightly lit up. That’s when I realized, holy crap, it’s a movie shoot! Or maybe a TV shoot? Whatever the case, it’s so close to home!

What the heck could it be? What’s filming in Toronto right now? Mmm…dunno. Maybe Love Guru? I mean, Mike Myers is from Scarborough, right? Heh. That’s a stretch.

My neighborhood is a low traffic area. It’s pretty good for shooting, no? I wish there was some news on it, but so far, nothing. If anyone has any news, I’d like to know.

(To tell you the truth, in all likelihood, I don’t think I’ll ever know…)

Cyclical illness

I was over at the medical labs this morning to get my blood tested. The past few times I’ve gone in I was able to get in an out within 10 minutes. This time the lineup was ridiculously long. I had to wait for an hour and fifteen minutes just to offer a vial of blood. Craziness. The waiting area was packed. When I looked around I noticed that half of the people there had coughs or colds. It was kind of disgusting. I realize that I was one of those contributing to the general cloud of illness in the labs, but still. I was working hard to suppress the cough, but I slipped up on occasion. My coughs sounded kind of loaded.

By the time I got out, it was about 9:30 or so. If I went to work, I’d arrive there by 11. So, because I was still feeling generally crappy I decided to call in sick. I popped online and asked my manager if he objected to me taking a proper sick day. He said he didn’t. Last week, yes, I stayed at home, but I had no time to rest because of all the work. That’s why I didn’t consider it to be recovery time, you know? Now that the release is over, I feel like I can take time off in good conscience. And I did. I slept away the work day. Right now, I’m a little light-headed but the cough is dry and isn’t happening as often. I’m going to switch meds and take some flu-related pills because of the light-headedness. No more waiting for things to get better: I’m going to battle harder.

There must be something about this time of year for me, eh? Over the past few days, I’ve been looking at that “Around this time…” widget on the left and I saw a lot of entries related to illness popping up. It’s almost strangely cyclical. I think next year, around this time of year I should actively try to beef up my defences. Maybe a lot of echinacea or something like that. Any home remedies or recommendations? How do y’all stay healthy? Or do you?

Hail normalcy!

I behaved this Sunday by not joining in the long run. Unlike the previous weeks, I realized that I needed to give my body a break. I’m on the mend, but a run today would’ve set me back a couple of days. Yes. Thing is, today, they started doing 8km on the long run. I really wish I was there to get a feel for running that distance at a slow pace. Man, I’m not really getting my money’s worth out of this clinic this time. Out of 9 runs, I’ve only joined in on 4 of them. I know, I know, it can’t be helped. I’m just worried though that when the 10K race comes I wouldn’t be in as good condition as I could be. Of course, my goal right now for that race is just to complete it, but still, I want to complete it with my head held high, and not completely worn out. Anyway, this Wednesday is the next run, so if I’m feeling decent I’m going to make an effort to join that one. Before that though, I need to attend to my shoe issue: I’m going to resolve that one come hell or high water.

I’m able to control my coughing for most of the day as long as I’m drinking enough fluids. So, I plan on heading in to the office tomorrow. Hopefully I won’t make an ass of myself and put other people’s health in danger. I need to get back into a normal routine. The past few days have been way too strange in terms of scheduling. I’ve lost weight (lost almost 3 lbs) because I haven’t been eating properly while chained to the laptop. Heh. How messed up is it that I eat better when I’m away form home? As long as I’ve got a bottle of Tylenol and a box of Sudafed, I should be good to go. Hail normalcy!

Innocence roared

neurosis only
attaches itself to
fertile ground
where it can flourish

the thrill of fear
thought I’d never admit it
the thrill of fear
now greatly enjoyed with courage

-from Innocence by Björk

In stability

Someone drew my attention to this about a week ago. It seems that I’ve achieved some equilibrium state in my life, leaving me seemingly at peace with a lot of things. I don’t doubt that. I mean, I’m in a decent position, and the way I’m coming off in my writings as of late seems to be reflecting that. It would be nice if I could attribute that to becoming more mature, but who am I kidding by saying that? Yeah, right! Really, it’s just that there have been no events as of late that have rocked things. Maybe I can compare it to a game of KerPlunk. I have all the marbles in a steady position, but nothing has been coming along to pull the sticks out to cause things to shift a lot.

Good thing? Bad thing? Well, does it have to be a “thing” at all?

Eh, OK. So my life isn’t all that exciting right now. However, I feel so blessed to have some peace at all. Some people my age are still struggling with so much, and here I am with a cough and feeling mildly overworked. Anyway.

(I can sense it though…something is coming up on the horizon. It’ll happen sooner than any of the events that I’m currently anticipating. It’ll nudge me out of my current stasis. I just don’t know what it is…)

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