Well, I guess every day can’t be a good day. For whatever reason (and I could probably tell you if you want to know), I’ve started to avoid resolving problems the day they happen. And today, one of my skeletons caught up with me. I didn’t deal with the problem when I should have because I was worried about finals and just didn’t want to think about it. Not only that, the whole issue was completely my fault, and it seems it’s happened so many times before that I’m either becoming so mad at myself that I’m still messing up or so bored of dealing with the whole situation. But I guess I still have to deal with it, whether it’s the last time this happens or not…
And I found out that I didn’t get as big of a raise as I thought I was. But I guess a raise is still a raise…
And I have to revise my statement about Courtney being my favorite character on Dorm Life. She is the best at acting on the show, which is really what I meant all along. I’m saying this because she did a very bad thing last night. I was talking to Lisa S. about all the drama that unfolded last night (drama on Dorm Life is the only drama in my life, thankfully — I much prefer drama to be make-believe), and after we finished talking I realized what may be a difference between men and women, and it may reveal a double standard that I didn’t know I had. You see, I completely blamed Courtney for the illicit hook-up which is endangering the Perfect Plan to bring Mike and Britney together, but Lisa blames Coutney and Mike equally! Now the difference here is noteworthy, because I didn’t even think to blame Mike at all. Is that sexist of me? Comment and let me know what you think.
I didn’t plan on this blog becoming a media review, but I do want to mention an album I have been listening to a lot lately. I wish I had discovered it in December, because it probably would have helped me out a lot. It’s called “Seattle Sessions” by The Classic Crime. You can listen to a few of their songs here (Seattle and The Test are the only two on that site from this album though). According to the review on iTunes it is “themed around touring’s heavy toll.” If your initial reaction is like mine, you’re probably thinking, “OK, I’ve heard of people hating their jobs, but I think we’ve reached a new level when we have musicians, especially touring musicians (meaning people want to pay to hear them), who are envied by most and thought to have one of those one-in-a-millions jobs like playing in the NFL, who, according to this authoritative review, theme their second album around how demanding touring is.” But then I thought about the toll touring so often took on me, and I can really relate to this album, hearing them sing “We are so far from home,” and “the rigs look so empty when framed by their lights, and that’s how I’m feeling.” But I guess I’m just glad that I don’t have to feel that way anymore…
And for some reason, I keep getting asked about the course of therapy for tuberculosis wherever I go. So since I never really learned it in the first place, I’m going to type it here so that it might stick. The most common regimen for an active infection involves an intensive phase of isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol for 2 months, followed by a continuation phase of isoniazid and rifampin for 4 months. For latent Tb, 9 months of isoniazid at 5 mg/kg/day is recommended.
