Still sick. Probably even more sick, somehow. I haven't been going out, haven't been working, haven't been doing anything! It's swelteringly hot in here. I nap as often as possible, drink endless hot water and eat hot oatmeal. Sometimes I watch movies if I'm unable to sleep. Not even any video games! And what has it gotten me!?! Where has that superman's immune system gone to?

I just noticed today that all my cough medicine expired in 2010. (Apparently the last time I was significantly sick was in 2008.) So tomorrow I'll get new medicines. And go see the doctor. Bleh. I hate going to see the doctor normally, and going to him sick is just asking for trouble. He'll probably take advantage of my weakened state and abuse me with his medical instruments.

And my phone is still broken. I tried pulling out the battery, letting it sit, and then rebootting it but that didn't work. More extensive measures to come.

I think the taxi driver on my way to the airport got me sick. I guess he thought we had bonded because he wanted to shake my hand before I left. Or maybe some guys slip their tip into a handshake like a gangster.

So I've been sick for two days now. Actually, since Sunday in California, but only on sick leave for the last 2 days. It's nice to have a job that doesn't care whether you're there or not. Though I have a case that's going to be due so I can't be sick tomorrow.

I think you don't appreciate being healthy unless you get sick occasionally, and I hadn't been sick for a very long time. Like when you're trying to sleep with a stuffed up nose, and then there's a moment that your nose miraculously clears. Sheer bliss.

Back to napping. My phone is on the fritz so don't try calling. I'll fix it next week.

I was about to send an attorney a document calling his statement an "unclear jumble" and then had a sudden worry that maybe "jumble" has some kind of racial connotations. I had to look it up in the dictionary to be sure it wasn't. That's how you know you've been working too long. I'm not sure how I would have even picked up racist words, but anything could happen.

I'm watching New Girl. It's sort of a girly show, but I find it highly entertaining. Surprisingly, mostly because of the character Schmitt. He's the superficial one of the group. He constantly takes his shirt off, which is weird and something I don't think any roommate outside of a frat house would tolerate, but other than that he has all the best lines. He's like Jonah Hill in Superbad. If Jonah Hill was physically fit and loved to take his shirt off.

I've been meaning to write more here. But not now. In 2 hours I'm flying to California for a cousin's wedding and a late Christmas. And there's barely any Internet access out there so I'll updated again next week.

I'm flying tomorrow. So if you hear about a plane crash, worry for me. I always worry about flights for some reason. I start thinking about leaving a will and putting all my affairs in order. The problem is you're so dependent on the system when you're flying. If there's a problem and they can't solve it, there's nothing you can do. It's like being an astronaut, something I would never be. I would like a personal parachute and an eject button on my seat. Then at least I'd have a hope, an illusion of self-reliance. I've read too many plane crash reports on wikipedia I think.

I was reading an interesting article about why black and white film is more flattering for some movies than color, and somehow I clicked a link to this. Apparently an internet sensation. Rebecca Black - Friday. You're welcome.

I've removed my link on the left to ars technica. I've gotten tired with how a lot of their articles are news with interspersed author opinion telling you what to think about what's being reported. It's the Fox News of technology websites. It's like the opinion you'd hear if you were getting your news from Sheldon Cooper too. Lots of backhanded condescension. Bleh.

The cashier girl at Chop't today wished me a happy Valentines day. Is that coming up already? We just had Christmas! And Kristen's birthday is like directly after Christmas. They should move Valentines day to the summer. Saint Valentine was born in April, they could move it to April.

Watching more Hoarders on tv. They say it's a sentimentality about these random things, and I can kinda understand that. Sometimes I feel irrational about getting rid of things like birthday cards or ill-fitting clothes. These people on the show always seem like they're mostly stable people, and their one vice is hoarding junk. So it's like me, but a little more extreme about feeling bad about tossing things.

The one thing I don't get is how you go from hording stacks of junk to storing jars of urine in the corner of the room. Okay, so the water was shut off. But don't you start making phone calls when the water gets shut off? You get the water back on. Urinating into a bottle would not be something I'd even consider. And then storing the urine? This sounds questionable now that I'm saying it, but why not pour the urine down the drain? I know, I know, different pipes go different places. But it's gotta be preferable to storing the stuff in a bottle on the floor.

These's some hidden element to this disorder that I haven't figured out yet. I need to watch a few more episodes and then I'll be an expert.

I don't know about The Big Bang Theory anymore. Last night I watched the newest episode and it had what seemed like a 10 minute scene of Sheldon saying "I have wood," when talking about his boardgame, and the other two guys snickered and egged him on. It went on for an unbearable length of time. This is material that, back in the earlier seasons, would have amused one of Penny's idiot boyfriends. Then the smart guys would make a joke about him being a neanderthal because of his idiot jokes. But now they're all idiots, and judging by the enthusiasm of the laugh track, the audience is Penny's old idiot boyfriend.

Raj has been de-empahsized because he doesn't have a girlfriend. All Howard really had going for him was his creepy pickup lines and constant rejection, and Bernadette has killed that. She was good for a few episodes, but now she has been hanging around for way too long.

Same with Amy Farrah Fowler. Actually, I never really liked Amy. Maybe it's because I don't know any girls like that. But I also think her flat line delivery and constant smirking isn't very convincing. None of her lines flow out like they're being naturally said by a person. Apparently she's played by an award-winning actress, but someone told her "walk and talk like a robot" and that's exactly what she does. She needs a different role.