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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

It’s hard to believe, but erwintang.com is now four years old as of today. Our readership has grown quite a bit in the last year. I want to thank everyone who takes a little time out of their day to visit. Some of the work I do on this site I do for myself, but I work harder knowing that people expect something good when they come here.

Once again, thanks for stopping by and I hope you’ll be enjoying this site for many more years to come.

COLD UPDATE

My sore throat was much improved this morning. I actually made it to my class on time even. I was feeling great for a while, but then I could some congestion coming on and by the end of the class I was not so good. I was damn tired too. A nap before my lunch time class helped, but I still wasn’t exactly refreshed.

I was feeling fine this evening, but about an hour ago, I began to feel the effects of a cough coming on. The telltale signs of an irritated throat are indicating that I might be coughing up a lung by tomorrow night. I hate coughs, they are the worst. I’d rather have a stuffed up nose for five extra days than have a cough. I hate all that hacking you do and no one around you wants to hear that either.

Right now I can control the urge to cough, but I wonder how bad it will be by tomorrow. I’ll probably be going to the drug store tomorrow to pick up a cough suppressant and some cough drops.

Well, I’m off to bed… in about an hour… or two.

SEVERAL THINGS

I woke up this morning with what seemed to be a large grapefruit in my throat. It hurt like hell to swallow and I wasn’t feeling too great. I had an indication of things to come last night when I got the chills and was a bit achy.

I was alright during the day and I did what I needed to do. I napped from 4:30pm to 6:30pm and I was a bit groggy when I woke up. I didn’t really wake up completely until I was halfway through dinner.

I kinda feel like putting my head on my desk and closing my eyes, but I need to do some work. I wish I could skip my morning class, but I already skipped one of those classes last week. I guess I could go get a doctor’s note, but I’m kinda lazy.

On a completely unrelated note, if you are indeed reading this post, count yourself lucky (relatively). For some reason, this site has been sporadically unavailable to some points of access on the UBC campus. Unfortunately, a large percentage of my readership comes from UBC, so it’s really frustrating. So far, I’ve made an educated guess that a router upgrade at UBC is causing this problem.

As always, if you’re curious as to the status of this site, please a take a look at www.geocities.com/erwintangdotcom/ which will give that info.

One last thing, it’s Lord of the Rings week at the SUB Theatre this week. If you’re interested, take a look here.

Ok, I’m going back to work.

DO IT

Well, on Friday I was feeling the effects of a long week. Do it… That night, I went to the Varsity Theatre for the first time. Do it… I went and saw Starsky and Hutch there. Do it… It was pretty funny. Do it… I think Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson work well together.

SPRINT TO THE FINISH

I have never pulled an all-nighter before, but I came pretty damn close last night. I worked pretty hard from after dinner on, but I was very effective after midnight.

I took only a few breaks for food and by 5:30am, I had finished a big question in my assignment. I rolled into bed around 6:15am and by then it was light outside.

Before sleeping, I briefly entertained the thought of going to my animation physics class at 9:30am. It was about only three hours away. It didn’t make any sense though, either I’d be sleeping in class for sure or sleeping in my bed. I chose to sleep in bed.

I set my alarm for 11am and I dozed off.

11am came way too soon and I got up kind of groggy. My assignment was due at 5pm. I had about six hours left to do as much as I could. My first thought was that I was thirsty and hungry. A cup of hot water slaked my thirst, but I had no food in my room. It was nearly lunchtime and I wanted to get a hearty meal that would last me until 5pm. I decided to get a burger from The Barn. They’ve got nearly a pound of ground beef in them. It took me less than 15 minutes to come back with my food.

After consuming my food, I started worked again until 12:30pm. I worked steadily throughout the afternoon. I was amazed. I was not distracted in the least. Usually my mind wanders quite a bit when I work, but not this time. I was very focussed. Around 4pm, I managed to hammer out the last two questions in my assignment, though I was missing parts here and there. The last part clearly was going to take several hours, so I was done.

At 5pm, I went to class and handed in my assignment. I won’t get an “A”, but no one can doubt the effort I put into it.

I am going to enjoy sleeping in tomorrow.

ST. PADDY’S DAY

The people from SJC who went out for St. Paddy’s Day just came home. A few people are inebriated. There’s some talk about underage dating. The drinking is continuing in the foyer. My assignment still beckons me.

By the way, Wikipedia… you are my saviour.