05/04/05: Pink Eye, Erasure postpones, laptop, etc.

Argh. Pink Eye, aka conjunctivitis, sucks. Last Thursday night, overnight actually, I developed a major case of it in my left eye. I went to work Friday anyway, as it really wasn't painful or itchy, with the only burden being the funky mucus (clinically called 'discharge') I had to wipe away every other hour or so. Of course, I looked like something from Dawn of the Dead. This bothered some of the people in the office who coerced me into going to an urgent care center in FC. I was proscribed some antibiotic eye drops to use every six hours for the next three days. That told me I had an infectious form of the illness, so I stayed in the whole weekend, missing the first meet and greet our Kickball group had Friday night at Tom Tom, plus the club night my friends over at Medusa Promotions put on at the nearby Zucchabar. I stayed in Saturday, Sunday, and took Monday off as well. I went back to the UC as per their request on the third day, and a new physician there decided I wasn't where I should be medicinally, so I was proscribed another set of drops, to cover possible allergic symptoms, and a gel I get to squeeze into my pulled out lower eye lids just before I turn in. Big fun.

Anyway, I did return to work yesterday, mainly because I didn't look all that scary when I got up. I was to have been looking forward to the Erasure show I was raving about in a post I made previously, only to have that hope postponed like the two DC shows were until next month.
Oh well, I suppose it was for the best, to not hit the 9:30 Club while still recovering from an infectious condition.

So, how did I keep myself from going stir crazy over the weekend? My brand new Dell Inspirion 6000 laptop! It's faster than my desktop, with faster RAM, widescreen display, built in WiFi (g)that sniffs the wireless router I have in the apartment with no problem, even customizable chassis kits to give it a different look. Rock on! The built in USB ports are now going to be my route for uploading to the iPod now that I am sure the USB card in my desktop is DOA. Soon, one of these blog posts will be coming from me in my bed on my cushy Serta ;-P

Movies: I went to a preview of the new Hitchhicker's Guide film last week. While not the end all of future geek standards, it was an enjoyable film that works like a cigar: you enjoy it while it is burning, but once it goes out, well, you don't give it a lot of thought afterwards. Kinda like Zaphod without his other head.

Yes, damnit: I still need to upload some pics of the car. I will this weekend, weather permitting.