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I Don’t Feel Any Older

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Well today is my birthday, and I don’t feel any older. I was a bit depressed going into today since this is my 30th, but now I don’t feel that bad. I am going to fill myself up with sugar at starbucks in a little while and let the day go by. Hopefully nothing major breaks and today is not too stressful. What are the odds on that actually happening?

No snow yet. I am told it really will snow at some time today. I await the white stuff. I like snow as long as it does not disrupt my commute to or from work.

Why I Don’t Like Politics Most Of The Time

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I am never one to be very political. It is a very polarizing topic. But I had to say something about the latest headlines between Kerry & Bush. Kerry claims that foreign leaders told him privately that they hope he wins over bush in November. Bush says if Kerry doesn’t say who, he made the whole thing up. OK, come on people. The odds that one or more leader of the many governments that disagree with Bush probably did say something to Kerry, but if it was in confidence do you really think Kerry will say anything? Of course not. Story over. Kerry probably should have kept his mouth shut. Can both sides get back to the issues?

A White Birthday???

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Tomorrow is my birthday. It is supposed to snow 5-8 inches in NYC tomorrow. It was 50 something today. Is the big guy sending me a sign? I don’t know, but it sure is weird that it was hot today and will probably snow tomorrow.

I am so tired from today. I am going home and lying down. Maybe if I am awake I will do my laundry. That remains to be seen. Of course if I need closes to last the week I will do it. I am away Thursday through Saturday so I wont have time later in the week to do it. I am out tomorrow night at Rich’s so I can’t do it then. That leaves tonight and Wednesday.

Migraine Alert

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My migraine from yesterday did not fully go away. I had to take a furiset today. it made me feel better but taking the medication is never good. I am getting renewed pressure from my family to see the head ache specialist again. I need to make an appointment.

Birthday Dinner, Well Almost

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I was supposed to go to Peter Luger’s for dinner with my family tonight to celebrate my birthday. That got canceled. I woke up this morning with a headache and it developed into a migraine. I took Zomig, but it didn’t work. I ended up sleeping most of the afternoon. Once I got up I was feeling ok and was thinking about still doing dinner. Little did I know that my dad called about an hour and a half before the reservations and figured if I didn’t answer the phone I was still sleeping the migraine off. he said if I was still asleep I was still not feeling well and canceled the reservations. He was of course correct, but I wanted to get some steaks. We are rescheduling for 2 weeks. My brother in law and my dad both have to work next sunday, and this week is bad for everyone so we cannot go during the week.

Because of the migraine I did very little today. I had a food delivery from Fresh Direct, and looked at a server problem after my afternoon nap.

Of course it is now 10:30PM and I am not tired since I slept most of the day due to the migraine. I am hoping to goto sleep soon so I can try and get a normal nights sleep.

Air Hockey

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I went to Jillian’s last night with Alison. That place is a fun diversion, but only after 10PM. Before 10, it is filled with kids. After 10, it is 21 and over. I had a good time even though I got beaten at air hockey 3 times:( I would be lying if I said it was a close three games. I got beat bad 2 out of 3 of them. I am going to stick with Skee ball and foose ball. Not sure if that is how you spell it, but I always liked foose ball. Of course I blame the lack of alcohol on my air hockey loss.

We had dinner at TGI Fridays. As homer simpson would say: Mmmmm jack Daniel’s grill.

The Big Three O.

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My birthday is next week. I turn 30. Not exactly a super happy birthday for me. I feel like I am getting old. You know why? Because I am getting old.

I am more worried about the fact that my sister called me last night wanting to know my work address. She is like I don’t have it, what is it? Now I don’t believe in coincidence’s. My birthday, plus her asking about my address at work = she is going to send something to work. I am all for celebrating my birthday, but in a low key way. Now I am worried.

The next weird thing is my brother in law called today asking if I wanted to go out for dinner tonight with them. that is also curious. No complaints about hanging with them, but they don’t exactly go out all the time since they have a 1 year old. I will see what time I get home from the train station and I will decide if I will go to eat with them.

The other down side of this birthday is that I will be the first of my friends to turn 30. In college I was the first of my friends in my year that turned 21. That was a good birthday. This isn’t so good because until everyone else turns 30 I will get the I am an old guy jokes:)

Other than that, I am looking forward to my B Day. I always do. It is right before St. Patrick’s day, and right after the eyes (not spelling it correctly) of march. I think it is like a 3 day holiday!

I Am Back

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I have not written in a while. I was sick with the flu for almost all of last week. I am finally back and felling alive again. It was hard to believe but I think I was worse off last week than I was when I was sick in October. Lets just hope it is completely over.

I lost like 5 – 10 pounds last week. I need to switch belts because the one I am using is too big. Unfortunately this phenomenon will be short lived. I will gain the weight back in a few weeks. it will be nice while it lasts.

The Treo 600 Shipped

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I got an email a few hours ago saying my long awaited Treo 600 finally shipped out today. Fedex says that it will arrive tomorrow (Tuesday). Hopefully they are right. I hope I actually get good use of it. From what I saw when I had the AT&T Treo 600 for two days in november I think I will be happy. I will know tomorrow.

Maybe A New iPod???

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I have been pondering purchasing a new iPod. I like the one I have, but I am running low on disk space. Unfortunately I don’t use the iPod as much as I would like to, but sometimes it is a life saver on the train. I am trying to figure out if it is worth it to upgrade. I would make a few $$$ on my old one, and the new one would have a bigger hard drive.

I have over 9 GIG’s of music now. In order for me to get everything I want on my current iPod and still have drive space for other stuff I need to filter playlists in order to keep the music under 8 GIG’s.

I am starting to use the iPod as a portable hard drive. it is nice to drop stuff on it, and plug it in at work and use it. As a portable hard drive it is a bit expensive, but as a music player / personal storage, it is nice.

Instead of buying the new one, I am also looking at spending AMEX points for one. Not sure if I want to waste points on gear. A decision is forthcoming…