Blurg...?

Well, much to my astonishment, my stomach has settled down today, after several days of imitating a Hound of Tindalos, that is. All started on Sunday- I was out visiting a friend on the Island, and we'd just watched- because we're strange like that- The Young Poisoner's Handbook, a British comedy/drama about, well, poisoning people. Sorta like Heavenly Creatures crossed with A Clockwork Orange by way of... well... whatever. Anyway, we were sitting in the Glen Cove station parking lot, waiting for the train, when I began to feel lightheaded; me being me, I immediately joked that he'd poisoned me, and he jokingly agreed that he, in fact, had. All fine and dandy- except that I felt more and more ill as the train (with those icky- smelling new plastic seats- aargh) dragged back to Jamaica; would've hooped a cab, but couldn't find one :|
So, home- by that night I was shivering, and then reenacting my favorite scenes from The Exorcist- a fun way to kill a few hours... sick from work Monday and Tuesday (I'm sure they LOVED that, on top of my back surgery), although I'm back now, time sheets and all.
In happier news- talked to Julieanne for the first time in forever the other day; always great- although since Verizon has arbitrarily decided to cut off my phone service AGAIN *storm clouds gather*, who knows when that will be... She said something pretty telling on AIM last night, too: "Fred- you can't always be the hero." Now, that might not seem all that pertinent to people who don't know me well- in casual conversation, I'm sure I come off more as the Snidely Whiplash type- until you get to know me better; then I come off more as the cynical bastard who goes through the wallet Clark Kent left in his pants while he's off fighting crime as Superman, or something... heh. But no- waaaaaay deep down, so far down it's usually buried under a sludge of apathy and poor nutrition, I do want to make things better for the people I care about... all five of them :P I dunno- maybe something to do with Mom- but that's an overblown entry all its own. So, yeah- gold star for perceptiveness to Julieanne, and I'm glad Phil's back :P
Other than that- our apartment is downright dirty and stinky right now (damn rare for us, but we're both sick- Aaron not being a factor in the cleanliness equation); Lynn's also down because a first date didn't go well, which never helps :( Nor is Gremlin helping, with his persistent attempts to water the furniture *sigh* I LOVE cats... I LOVE cats...*beats head against desk*