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Thunderbird is a go! More later.

I must have been bitten at least five times by mosquitos last night as I sat in my room. Where the hell did these little bastards come from? I haven’t had many problems with skeeters all summer. My left leg is patchy red in several places and it itches like a sonuvabitch.

In other news, there’s a summer advisory about the West Nile virus at UBC.

I have decided to upgrade to Windows XP. I probably should have done this a long time ago but I hesitated. Anyways, this will be no small undertaking. I’ll have to backup all my data just in case something weird happens during installation. I’ll also have to re-install all my applications again. What a pain in the ass.

The backup will probably take several days. I can see this all going to hell at the critical hour. If you don’t hear from me for several days, it will be because of the upgrade.

I had to walk across campus today to go to a meeting. What a nice day for the walk! Thumbs up!

I officially have bad hair. With my work schedule it’s been difficult to get out to where I get my hair cut.

My hair is straight outta the early 80s now. It’s got no style to it. It just exists. Somehow, I grew this huge wall of hair out front. I can’t control it. It alone decides where to go on my head. My hair is also getting kinda long in the back. It’s still not mullet length but it’s damn close.

I bet you’re wondering why I haven’t taken a picture of my hair and posted it here. Well for one, I’m not really sure this is something I’d like to save for posterity, and two, it’s getting late.

I really, really need to get my hair cut this week.

Last week we had a little birthday party for Carolyn and Rhonda. Here now are some selected pics from the event.

Tonight I went and saw Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle. The TV commercials may look kinda stupid, but as far as comedies go, it’s a pretty good movie. There are plenty of laugh out loud moments. It’s also got Neil Patrick Harris in it. You can bet any movie with NPH in it will be a good one.

I also enjoyed the movie because, for a change, the two male leads weren’t your typical “Hollywood” actors. When was the last time you saw a Korean and Indian guy carry a movie? The movie touched upon the reality of being a visible minority in North America, but in a very funny and entertaining way.

And for the record, Phil and I went to get some fast food after the movie. Extreme!

I have decided I will take tonight to clean both my room and my bathroom. I will use my new citrus-scented Swiffer Wet cloths.

If you know me, two things I love talking about are Will Ferrell and the White House. Lucky for me, I’ve found something that combines the two. It’s called White House West. Go have a look. Be entertained. Get informed. Thanks to Matt Farish for the link.

As I type this my site and e-mail are down, but of course, if you’re reading this, then everything will have been fixed.

I’ve put a call into the proper parties and I hope they can figure out what has gone wrong.

Thank you for your patience.