Reading (For Dummies)

Fear

I'm getting over my flu finally, though I'm still pissed at how sick I've been. Micha (a Russian friend) insists that the next time I'm sick, I should call him. He tells me there's a scientifically proven treatment (aka folk remedy) for the flu involving consuming several shots of vodka in rapid succession. I didn't think to ask if it was a cure or just something to relieve the symptoms...

Then there's the fact that my roommate has also been sick, so he's refused to do the dishes. I don't mean to complain, but...

Anyway, I'm beginning to fear online journals again precisely because of the above paragraph. Most blogs/journals/whatever, eventually degrade into pathetic snivelling about X cheating on Y, or Z being a bitch, or whatever, so I'll try to keep from that. I don't have an "Angst is Lame" button on my backpack for nothing, you know....

My sickness prevented me from attending the SGI chant on Sunday (well, sickness and the fact that my freakin' roommates were making a meal and arguing* in the kitchen between 2am and 5am...it's not their fault really, though...my bedroom is separated from the kitchen by two sections of plywood nailed to the wall, so noise travels...). Anyway what was I saying about not whining? :). The local SGI coordinator probably thinks I'm a chump now, though. He loaned me some books, then I didn't show up, and didn't call (tried to, but his phone is off, or mine is, or something...hard to say when the operator recording is in German, and the english operator recording says "Call not connected").

In the meantime I've been catching up on some reading like the Book-A-Minute, and it is hilarious. I've read far too many of the scifi books on the list, most of which are terrible looking back on them. Maybe things like Ender's Game wouldn't be so bad if I didn't know that the author extremely lacked creativity.

*Okay I have no idea if they were arguing, but all German sounds angry and argumentative :).