Sunday, May 29, 2005
Testing
(I fixed my comment problem.)
Unfortunately all old comments were forever lost to the void.
Current Mood: Bored
Currently listening to: The Beatles (White Album) by The Beatles
Last movie I saw: Layer Cake
One line review: Good ending, very entertaining, but a little hard to follow.
On a scale of 0-5 sucks (0 being the best): 2.0 sucks
(0) comments
Unfortunately all old comments were forever lost to the void.
Current Mood: Bored
Currently listening to: The Beatles (White Album) by The Beatles
Last movie I saw: Layer Cake
One line review: Good ending, very entertaining, but a little hard to follow.
On a scale of 0-5 sucks (0 being the best): 2.0 sucks
Monday, May 23, 2005
Top 10 Most Influential Albums
So I finally got around to making a list of my top 10 most influential albums. I think that title is a little deceiving, though, as I wouldn't really say most of these have had a lot of influence on my current musical tastes. Currently, I've been into a lot of music from the 60's and 70's, as well as experimental, alternative, and indie rock. Rather, this list represents my musical tastes at certain points in my early life. I only started really getting into music when I discovered mp3's in high school. However, I didn't really start getting into albums until my freshman year of college, when downloading them became easier. I limited my list to music that I discovered before the summer after my freshman year of college. It was really after that point, however, that I started getting into a lot of the things that currently influence me. Some of the albums on this list I still listen to, others I now look down upon as "below" my musical tastes. Nevertheless, here they are...
(10) Billy Joel - River of Dreams (Best track: The River of Dreams)
This was one of the earliest albums I could come up with. Way back in elementary school I remember listening to my mom and dad's cassette tape over and over. I don't think we even had a CD player at that point. My parents were pretty big Billy Joel fans and I got sucked into it through them. One of my distinct memories of this album is trying to make a copy of the tape by playing it on one stereo and recording it to a blank tape through a microphone on another tape player. I never did get it done though, because my mom found out and yelled at me for messing with the stereo equipment.
(9) Blink 182 - Enema of the State (Best track: Adam's Song)
This album is from my high school years and my freshman year of college. I never had the entire album, but I listened to quite a few Blink songs, particularly the singles. This really goes back to my "TRL phase", where I would download a lot of the singles from bands I liked from the daily MTV show. I remember one of the few times I went out to lunch with some of my high school friends they played a mix CD with Blink on it as we were driving around in the car.
(8) Korn - Follow the Leader (Best track: Freak on a Leash)
This was another album from my high school years and the TRL phase. I remember being blown away by the video for Freak on a Leash. To this day, I still think it's one of the coolest music videos out there. Again, I didn't ever have the entire album, but I did listen to a lot of Korn and harder rock back in high school.
(7) Eve6 Horrorscope (Best track: On the Roof Again)
This album was a big part of my freshman year of college. I got into it through my next door neighbor in my dorm. I remember listening to this album pretty much daily for a period of several months. I burned it to a CD and would listen to it while I was working my campus job. Really, this album is representative of a lot of the punkish music that I got into freshman year because of my neighbor.
(6) Cake - Comfort Eagle (Best track: Shadow Stabbing)
This is another album from my freshman year of college. I think it was my brother who introduced me to Cake. This got a lot of play in my dorm back then. It's one of the few albums on this list that I still listen to occasionally. I remember one time my semi-insomniac friend down the hall told me he was going to take a nap and to wake him up in a few hours by playing crappy music. I didn't think Cake was crappy and so I started playing it pretty much immediately. Evidently it was a little loud and my friend didn't like it. I remember him coming into my room, turning down the volume, and saying, "I told you to wait a couple hours."
(5) Limp Bizkit - Significant Other (Best track: Break Stuff)
This was another album from my hard rock high school TRL phase. The first mp3 I ever downloaded was Faith by Limp Bizkit, which was on their earlier album. By the time this album came out, though, I was hooked on Limp Bizkit and downloaded all the tracks. This was one of the first albums I got after I really started getting into music.
(4) Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory (Best track: In the End)
Yet another album from my freshman year of college. This was a holdover from my harder rock loving high school days. Along with System of a Down's Toxicity and album #2, this got me through those tougher times from that chaotic freshman year. I remember blasting Linkin Park in the dark after I got stood up one time.
(3) The Dave Matthews Band - Live in Chicago 12-19-98 at the United Center (Best track: Jimi Thing)
This album represented the flip side of my freshman year of college music listening. My brother introduced me to Dave Matthews and at first I was hesitant to embrace it for fear of being too soft. However, repeated playing of this album just about every night as I was drifting off to sleep made me come around. Dave Matthews is still one of those bands that I'll listen to every once in awhile. Maybe subliminal stuff works after all.
(2) Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles (Best track: Guerrilla Radio)
My brother got me this CD for Christmas one year. (I think I was still in High School.) It's one of the only actual CD's I own, though now I just listen to this album on my computer or iPod. I still love Rage Against the Machine and wish they hadn't broke up. Audioslave just can't compare. Zach really put them over the top in intensity and gave the music a certain legitimacy, even if I never really cared about the causes they were promoting.
(1) The Beatles - 1962-1966, 1967-1970 (Best track: too hard to decide)
And finally here it is, or rather they are. Number one, and another number one. I remember these as the red and blue cassette tapes that my parents bought back when I was in elementary school. I listened to these over and over. Back then I think the earlier (red) tape was my favorite, so if you must have one number one then that would be it. This was some of the first music I really got into, including some of the first songs I memorized the words to. As I got into Junior High and High School, of course it became uncool to like your parents music and so I drifted away from The Beatles. It wasn't until my sophomore year of college that I started getting back into The Beatles, as well as other classic rock. The music became cool because it was a classic and had stood the test of time. Currently, I still listen to The Beatles, though I've been enjoying a lot of their later stuff more. Also, I listen to their studio albums rather than compilations. Currently I'm listening to Sgt. Peppers on vinyl. So I guess that takes us full circle. From the Billy Joel cassette tape in elementary school to hard rock and punk mp3's in High School and college, back to cassettes and vinyl of music I liked in elementary school and am now listening to after college.
The almosts
So as I was coming up with my list, I came up with a lot more albums than I thought I would. I tried to pick the ones that I have the most significant memories of. In addition, I tried to get a good cross section of music representing the different phases I've gone through. From the early cassette tape and parent influenced era, I also considered the following albums:
Take 6 - So Much 2 Say
DC Talk - Jesus Freak
Boyz II Men - II
Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View
So you see, we had the catchy stuff off the radio, as well as some religious stuff. After I discovered TRL and mp3's and started to "rebel" I got into some harder rock, or at least what was popular back then. Here were a few albums that almost made it from that period:
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - The Dirty Boogie
Metallica - S&M
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
Papa Roach - Infest
Again, I never really listened to these full albums, but rather the hit singles that I downloaded as mp3's. As I moved on to college and started listening to full albums, I also started to get into more punkish type music. Here's a few more albums that got heavy play my freshman year of college:
Sum 41 - All Killer No Filler
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Blow in the Wind
Weezer - Pinkerton
Godsmack - Godsmack
System of a Down - Toxicity
Saves the Day - Stay What You Are
Incubus - Morning View
The Ataris - End is Forever
I continued listening to some of the harder rock, but also got into a lot of popular punkish stuff which I'm now not too fond of. It wasn't until my sophomore year of college that I discovered Radiohead and started getting back into classic rock. Starting then I think you'd find more albums that influenced my current musical tastes. I like to think that I'm a fan of all types of music and that my tastes are always evolving and adapting. I know that I'll continue to adapt and explore new things in the future.
So there you have it. My top 10 as commissioned by JP. In the end it took a lot longer to compile than I expected. What really spurred me to come up with this list now though was my brother's posing of a new challenge. The other day he asked me what my favorite song of all time was. That, I think is an even tougher question, and I haven't come up with an answer yet. Perhaps a top 10 favorite songs of all time list is coming in the future? That's an invitation to anyone who's bold enough to undertake the challenge. It would definitely be interesting.
Currently listening to: Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan and Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles and This Year's Model by Elvis Costello
Last movie I saw: Saw
One line review: Disturbing, a little far fetched, but overall better than I expected.
On a scale of 0-5 sucks (0 being the best): 2.0 sucks
(0) comments
(10) Billy Joel - River of Dreams (Best track: The River of Dreams)
This was one of the earliest albums I could come up with. Way back in elementary school I remember listening to my mom and dad's cassette tape over and over. I don't think we even had a CD player at that point. My parents were pretty big Billy Joel fans and I got sucked into it through them. One of my distinct memories of this album is trying to make a copy of the tape by playing it on one stereo and recording it to a blank tape through a microphone on another tape player. I never did get it done though, because my mom found out and yelled at me for messing with the stereo equipment.
(9) Blink 182 - Enema of the State (Best track: Adam's Song)
This album is from my high school years and my freshman year of college. I never had the entire album, but I listened to quite a few Blink songs, particularly the singles. This really goes back to my "TRL phase", where I would download a lot of the singles from bands I liked from the daily MTV show. I remember one of the few times I went out to lunch with some of my high school friends they played a mix CD with Blink on it as we were driving around in the car.
(8) Korn - Follow the Leader (Best track: Freak on a Leash)
This was another album from my high school years and the TRL phase. I remember being blown away by the video for Freak on a Leash. To this day, I still think it's one of the coolest music videos out there. Again, I didn't ever have the entire album, but I did listen to a lot of Korn and harder rock back in high school.
(7) Eve6 Horrorscope (Best track: On the Roof Again)
This album was a big part of my freshman year of college. I got into it through my next door neighbor in my dorm. I remember listening to this album pretty much daily for a period of several months. I burned it to a CD and would listen to it while I was working my campus job. Really, this album is representative of a lot of the punkish music that I got into freshman year because of my neighbor.
(6) Cake - Comfort Eagle (Best track: Shadow Stabbing)
This is another album from my freshman year of college. I think it was my brother who introduced me to Cake. This got a lot of play in my dorm back then. It's one of the few albums on this list that I still listen to occasionally. I remember one time my semi-insomniac friend down the hall told me he was going to take a nap and to wake him up in a few hours by playing crappy music. I didn't think Cake was crappy and so I started playing it pretty much immediately. Evidently it was a little loud and my friend didn't like it. I remember him coming into my room, turning down the volume, and saying, "I told you to wait a couple hours."
(5) Limp Bizkit - Significant Other (Best track: Break Stuff)
This was another album from my hard rock high school TRL phase. The first mp3 I ever downloaded was Faith by Limp Bizkit, which was on their earlier album. By the time this album came out, though, I was hooked on Limp Bizkit and downloaded all the tracks. This was one of the first albums I got after I really started getting into music.
(4) Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory (Best track: In the End)
Yet another album from my freshman year of college. This was a holdover from my harder rock loving high school days. Along with System of a Down's Toxicity and album #2, this got me through those tougher times from that chaotic freshman year. I remember blasting Linkin Park in the dark after I got stood up one time.
(3) The Dave Matthews Band - Live in Chicago 12-19-98 at the United Center (Best track: Jimi Thing)
This album represented the flip side of my freshman year of college music listening. My brother introduced me to Dave Matthews and at first I was hesitant to embrace it for fear of being too soft. However, repeated playing of this album just about every night as I was drifting off to sleep made me come around. Dave Matthews is still one of those bands that I'll listen to every once in awhile. Maybe subliminal stuff works after all.
(2) Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles (Best track: Guerrilla Radio)
My brother got me this CD for Christmas one year. (I think I was still in High School.) It's one of the only actual CD's I own, though now I just listen to this album on my computer or iPod. I still love Rage Against the Machine and wish they hadn't broke up. Audioslave just can't compare. Zach really put them over the top in intensity and gave the music a certain legitimacy, even if I never really cared about the causes they were promoting.
(1) The Beatles - 1962-1966, 1967-1970 (Best track: too hard to decide)
And finally here it is, or rather they are. Number one, and another number one. I remember these as the red and blue cassette tapes that my parents bought back when I was in elementary school. I listened to these over and over. Back then I think the earlier (red) tape was my favorite, so if you must have one number one then that would be it. This was some of the first music I really got into, including some of the first songs I memorized the words to. As I got into Junior High and High School, of course it became uncool to like your parents music and so I drifted away from The Beatles. It wasn't until my sophomore year of college that I started getting back into The Beatles, as well as other classic rock. The music became cool because it was a classic and had stood the test of time. Currently, I still listen to The Beatles, though I've been enjoying a lot of their later stuff more. Also, I listen to their studio albums rather than compilations. Currently I'm listening to Sgt. Peppers on vinyl. So I guess that takes us full circle. From the Billy Joel cassette tape in elementary school to hard rock and punk mp3's in High School and college, back to cassettes and vinyl of music I liked in elementary school and am now listening to after college.
The almosts
So as I was coming up with my list, I came up with a lot more albums than I thought I would. I tried to pick the ones that I have the most significant memories of. In addition, I tried to get a good cross section of music representing the different phases I've gone through. From the early cassette tape and parent influenced era, I also considered the following albums:
Take 6 - So Much 2 Say
DC Talk - Jesus Freak
Boyz II Men - II
Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View
So you see, we had the catchy stuff off the radio, as well as some religious stuff. After I discovered TRL and mp3's and started to "rebel" I got into some harder rock, or at least what was popular back then. Here were a few albums that almost made it from that period:
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - The Dirty Boogie
Metallica - S&M
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
Papa Roach - Infest
Again, I never really listened to these full albums, but rather the hit singles that I downloaded as mp3's. As I moved on to college and started listening to full albums, I also started to get into more punkish type music. Here's a few more albums that got heavy play my freshman year of college:
Sum 41 - All Killer No Filler
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Blow in the Wind
Weezer - Pinkerton
Godsmack - Godsmack
System of a Down - Toxicity
Saves the Day - Stay What You Are
Incubus - Morning View
The Ataris - End is Forever
I continued listening to some of the harder rock, but also got into a lot of popular punkish stuff which I'm now not too fond of. It wasn't until my sophomore year of college that I discovered Radiohead and started getting back into classic rock. Starting then I think you'd find more albums that influenced my current musical tastes. I like to think that I'm a fan of all types of music and that my tastes are always evolving and adapting. I know that I'll continue to adapt and explore new things in the future.
So there you have it. My top 10 as commissioned by JP. In the end it took a lot longer to compile than I expected. What really spurred me to come up with this list now though was my brother's posing of a new challenge. The other day he asked me what my favorite song of all time was. That, I think is an even tougher question, and I haven't come up with an answer yet. Perhaps a top 10 favorite songs of all time list is coming in the future? That's an invitation to anyone who's bold enough to undertake the challenge. It would definitely be interesting.
Currently listening to: Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan and Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles and This Year's Model by Elvis Costello
Last movie I saw: Saw
One line review: Disturbing, a little far fetched, but overall better than I expected.
On a scale of 0-5 sucks (0 being the best): 2.0 sucks
Friday, May 13, 2005
R.I.P. Cecil (11/18/1983 to 5/5/2005)
Cecil was a good friend of mine. I never really appreciated him as much as I should have. Even though he stabbed me in the back right before he died, I still feel empty inside now that he's gone.
Cecil was my gall bladder.
Last Monday night was not a good time for me. I had one final exam left at 8:30 the next morning and I was in no mood to study for it. I had been slightly uncomfortable for most of the day and right around dinnertime a persistently intense abdominal pain had set in. I'd had this kind of pain before; 3 or 4 times in the past semester. Usually, the pain woke me up early in the morning and continued for a few hours before finally easing and vanishing. It was an intense pain in my upper abdomen, right around my diaphram, worse in front, but wrapping around to my back as well. It was like an internal pressure straining against my muscles. I was pretty much crippled by it. Sitting, standing, laying down, I couldn't find a comfortable position. More importantly, I couldn't even get to sleep. By 2 AM, things hadn't gotten any better and I decided that I couldn't take it anymore. I decided that I needed to see a doctor. I proceeded to get dressed and walk myself over to the emergency room at University Hospitals. I figured I would have to walk almost as far if I tried to drive and park anywhere. So in the middle of the night, I found myself in the emergency room. At first, the doctor just gave me a pill and some liquid stuff to "coat my stomach". After about an hour or so with no improvement, they decided to give me an IV and test some blood. After another hour or so of lying around in pain, they came back and told me they wanted to take an ultrasound of my liver and gall bladder. Sure enough, it turns out I had a nice big gallstone blocking my cystic duct. (That's right...gallstones, typically found in obese middle-aged women.) After another couple of hours of lying around (I still couldn't get to sleep) and talking to different doctors and surgeons, they finally admitted me to the hospital and set me up in a room. This was around 8 or 9 in the morning. After about an hour of lying in my room, they took me somewhere and did a procedure on me to remove my gallstone. They had me lying on my stomach and gave me some partial anesthesia to supposedly put me in a daze. They put a camera and instrument down my throat to remove the gallstone. There were no incisions or anything. It's actually quite amazing. I don't remember any of it though. I figure at that point I was so tired that I just passed out when they drugged me. I do remember waking up as they were pulling the thing out of my throat and choking on it and vomiting into the pillow. It was all very Matrix-like. I gradually woke up more and more and they moved me back to my room. Finally the pain was gone and I was feeling great except for some gas and a sore throat.
They told me that everything had gone well and I would be able to be released from the hospital the next morning. By this time, Matt, Jon, and my parents (from New York) had come to visit me, which I really appreciated. Thanks also to Mark, JP and Amber for visiting later that night. When they told me that I would be released, my parents went back home. They told me that I would probably have to get my gall bladder removed at some future time, so I figured that I would get it done when I got back home. The next morning, however, I got a visit from a surgeon who said they could schedule me for an operation the next morning. I consented and spent the rest of the day lying around and catching up on sleep. They kept telling me that I could eat real food, but all that they brought me was broth. Luckily, JP and Mark brought me some Quizno's when they visited that night. Jon visited too, but left shortly after breaking the other bed in the room. Thursday morning I got woken up at about 5:15 AM and about an hour later they took me down to the operating room. My surgery was scheduled for 7:15. This time they would put me fully under anesthesia and do a laproscopic procedure to take out my gall bladder. I remember going into the operating room and seeing the bright lights overhead and then getting strapped to the table but everything after that is blank. I woke up slowly and remember being very cold. I was just exhausted and didn't feel like moving at all. They moved me back up to my room and I just went to sleep. My dad came back to visit and got there about an hour after I got out of surgery. I spent most of the afternoon sleeping and they wouldn't give me anything to eat or drink other than ice chips even though my mouth was really dry and I was dehydrated. Finally late in the afternoon, my surgeon came by and said I could be having all the fluids I wanted. All day I was in quite a bit of pain. There were 5 small cuts made in my stomach for the cameras and instruments. There were only supposed to be 4, but apparently I have a floppy liver and they had to make an extra cut to put something in to hold it out of the way. Hence, my liver is now named Floppy. My stomach was in quite a bit of pain. The muscles were just really sore and it was hard to move. Almost worse than my stomach though, was the pain in my shoulders and neck. I had a lot of soreness and sharp pain which they said was from the way they had to lay me on the operating table to put in my breathing tube. Other than a one milligram dose of morphine, they didn't give me any painkillers. As the day went on I got slowly better. Still, surgery took a lot out of me. Much more than I thought it would. My dad left that night to go to Columbus to pick up my brother from college and he came back around 1 the next day. I finally got released from the hospital on Friday afternoon when my dad got there. He drove me around to get medication and groceries. Friday I was feeling a little better, but walking still was sort of painful. Each day since then I've felt a little better. Now I'm almost back to normal. My stomach still gets a little sore when I walk around a lot, but I'm off my painkillers now. I took my last final this past Tuesday and now I'm all done with schoolwork. Overall, the past couple weeks have been quite crazy. It wasn't terrible and I'm glad that I won't have any more gall bladder problems anymore, but still, it isn't an experience that I would recommend. Thanks to everybody for your support and visits. Now I guess it's off into a world without Cecil.....
Current Mood: Empty
Currently listening to: Hot Fuss by The Killers and "Modest Mix" by Modest Mouse
Last movie I saw: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (again)
One line review: Entertaining and better than I expected, but doesn't get better with repeated viewing.
On a scale of 0-5 sucks (0 being the best): 2.5 sucks
(0) comments
Cecil was my gall bladder.
Last Monday night was not a good time for me. I had one final exam left at 8:30 the next morning and I was in no mood to study for it. I had been slightly uncomfortable for most of the day and right around dinnertime a persistently intense abdominal pain had set in. I'd had this kind of pain before; 3 or 4 times in the past semester. Usually, the pain woke me up early in the morning and continued for a few hours before finally easing and vanishing. It was an intense pain in my upper abdomen, right around my diaphram, worse in front, but wrapping around to my back as well. It was like an internal pressure straining against my muscles. I was pretty much crippled by it. Sitting, standing, laying down, I couldn't find a comfortable position. More importantly, I couldn't even get to sleep. By 2 AM, things hadn't gotten any better and I decided that I couldn't take it anymore. I decided that I needed to see a doctor. I proceeded to get dressed and walk myself over to the emergency room at University Hospitals. I figured I would have to walk almost as far if I tried to drive and park anywhere. So in the middle of the night, I found myself in the emergency room. At first, the doctor just gave me a pill and some liquid stuff to "coat my stomach". After about an hour or so with no improvement, they decided to give me an IV and test some blood. After another hour or so of lying around in pain, they came back and told me they wanted to take an ultrasound of my liver and gall bladder. Sure enough, it turns out I had a nice big gallstone blocking my cystic duct. (That's right...gallstones, typically found in obese middle-aged women.) After another couple of hours of lying around (I still couldn't get to sleep) and talking to different doctors and surgeons, they finally admitted me to the hospital and set me up in a room. This was around 8 or 9 in the morning. After about an hour of lying in my room, they took me somewhere and did a procedure on me to remove my gallstone. They had me lying on my stomach and gave me some partial anesthesia to supposedly put me in a daze. They put a camera and instrument down my throat to remove the gallstone. There were no incisions or anything. It's actually quite amazing. I don't remember any of it though. I figure at that point I was so tired that I just passed out when they drugged me. I do remember waking up as they were pulling the thing out of my throat and choking on it and vomiting into the pillow. It was all very Matrix-like. I gradually woke up more and more and they moved me back to my room. Finally the pain was gone and I was feeling great except for some gas and a sore throat.
They told me that everything had gone well and I would be able to be released from the hospital the next morning. By this time, Matt, Jon, and my parents (from New York) had come to visit me, which I really appreciated. Thanks also to Mark, JP and Amber for visiting later that night. When they told me that I would be released, my parents went back home. They told me that I would probably have to get my gall bladder removed at some future time, so I figured that I would get it done when I got back home. The next morning, however, I got a visit from a surgeon who said they could schedule me for an operation the next morning. I consented and spent the rest of the day lying around and catching up on sleep. They kept telling me that I could eat real food, but all that they brought me was broth. Luckily, JP and Mark brought me some Quizno's when they visited that night. Jon visited too, but left shortly after breaking the other bed in the room. Thursday morning I got woken up at about 5:15 AM and about an hour later they took me down to the operating room. My surgery was scheduled for 7:15. This time they would put me fully under anesthesia and do a laproscopic procedure to take out my gall bladder. I remember going into the operating room and seeing the bright lights overhead and then getting strapped to the table but everything after that is blank. I woke up slowly and remember being very cold. I was just exhausted and didn't feel like moving at all. They moved me back up to my room and I just went to sleep. My dad came back to visit and got there about an hour after I got out of surgery. I spent most of the afternoon sleeping and they wouldn't give me anything to eat or drink other than ice chips even though my mouth was really dry and I was dehydrated. Finally late in the afternoon, my surgeon came by and said I could be having all the fluids I wanted. All day I was in quite a bit of pain. There were 5 small cuts made in my stomach for the cameras and instruments. There were only supposed to be 4, but apparently I have a floppy liver and they had to make an extra cut to put something in to hold it out of the way. Hence, my liver is now named Floppy. My stomach was in quite a bit of pain. The muscles were just really sore and it was hard to move. Almost worse than my stomach though, was the pain in my shoulders and neck. I had a lot of soreness and sharp pain which they said was from the way they had to lay me on the operating table to put in my breathing tube. Other than a one milligram dose of morphine, they didn't give me any painkillers. As the day went on I got slowly better. Still, surgery took a lot out of me. Much more than I thought it would. My dad left that night to go to Columbus to pick up my brother from college and he came back around 1 the next day. I finally got released from the hospital on Friday afternoon when my dad got there. He drove me around to get medication and groceries. Friday I was feeling a little better, but walking still was sort of painful. Each day since then I've felt a little better. Now I'm almost back to normal. My stomach still gets a little sore when I walk around a lot, but I'm off my painkillers now. I took my last final this past Tuesday and now I'm all done with schoolwork. Overall, the past couple weeks have been quite crazy. It wasn't terrible and I'm glad that I won't have any more gall bladder problems anymore, but still, it isn't an experience that I would recommend. Thanks to everybody for your support and visits. Now I guess it's off into a world without Cecil.....
Current Mood: Empty
Currently listening to: Hot Fuss by The Killers and "Modest Mix" by Modest Mouse
Last movie I saw: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (again)
One line review: Entertaining and better than I expected, but doesn't get better with repeated viewing.
On a scale of 0-5 sucks (0 being the best): 2.5 sucks
