f**king ailments

i am a walking malady.
so i think we all remember the "week of the laryngitis," brought on by lovely allergies. well i got a nice allergy bout last night and now we are at the "day of the bronchitis." there is far too much "itis" in my life. so i now have antibiotics, some harsh, five-day regimen that burns the hell out of my stomach but will work faster. and a new inhaler for the asthma. and nose spray. and cough syrup spiked with codeine. and the most exciting pharmaceutical purchase?

NICOTINE PATCHES.

i've been sick for far too long and i blame the demon tobacco. and i don't feel ready to try again, but i am having a really hard time breathing. and you know what? even though this patch doesn't stay sticky under a sleeve for a very long time, once you tape it on with medical tape it does offer a soothing release of nicotine. and i haven't really felt that creepy withdrawl urge... i have the urge to go out on the porch and light up, and driving w/out smoking is not easy to get used to, but i don't feel terribly edgy. yet. i remember how shitty day two and three are, so i'm really looking forward to that.

and i'm still ahead of p-funk in blogs. ha!
he says:
"Passed me!?! Bah! Bah, I say! I have quality in depth posts counting for mine and you have a crap load of pictures taking one post a piece. I am the king! Some toast! Some toast! My kingdom for some toast!"

now, i am pretty new at this whole blogging phenomenon, but using HELLO to post pictures in my blog, it posts them as individual blog: this was not some way to out do paul or his evil twin, joe mammy. take that, toast man!

i would also like to do a few things on my page, such as:
show links i like
tell people what i am doing today, listening to today, etc.
add clever profile picture of someone that is not me,
and things of that nature. however being inept i don't know how to do these things. any thoughts, folks? and by god, make it easy... i'm wearing a patch and i'm not afraid to whip it across the room in a fury of technology frustration.

this weekend? well i think a viewing of "open water" might be in order; the meaghan wants to see "troy" at the dolla' theater; will be attending closing night of dustin's fringe play; just tonight and sunday left to catch it, so do it! and write a review! might also accompany terry to see "manchurian candidate" this weekend.

i'm coughing a lot. and i have another half-hour before i can take more cough syrup. nuts. and i'm SOOO GLAD that my daughter is complaining about being bored whilst i do my best to impersonate a victim of "the consumption." yeah, that's helping a great deal.
nah, she's a great kid --- can't blame her for being bored, and yet i can't cure that boredom. time to be a bad mommy and offer up the electronic babysitter: the dvd player.