A Non-shitty Monday? OUTRAGEOUS!

Today was a not-so-bad Monday. That's saying something; my Monday usually consist of about 24 hours of pure misery with tiny, delicate threads of misanthropy weaved within. I guess it's the fact that I was actually PREPARED for class today. Rarity of rarities!

Not really that much on my mind today, but I'm really trying to update this thing on a consistent basis. Not that any of you bastards really read this thing, but what the hell? It's a nice way to vent. Diaries are for wimps anyhow. What's the point of revealing your innermost feelings if you're not publishing it for all to see?

Spring Break is only five (four, technically) days away, and frankly I can't imagine a more opportune moment for this glorious week of rest to arrive. This stupid Pertussis is ruining me physically, and I think it's getting to my head, too. I feel handicapped with this damned disease always hounding me, preventing me from doing the things I'd like. Hell, I can't even do the things I don't like; I find myself bursting into coughing fits in the middle of class, raising the inevitable "Holy shit! Are you okay? You should get that cough looked at." Been there, done that.

I had been planning on going to San Diego for the week, but then ol' B. Pertussis (the "B" stands for Bullshit! I'm so clever!) kicked in, and it looks like it'll take a couple of weeks before things look up. That said, I still wanted to be able to hang with the boys for at least a little bit, so I decided it would be great if instead of the usual plane ride, I'd hitch a ride with my buddies. It should be a lot of fun.

On the gaming front, I've rediscovered Left 4 Dead. Having not been able to access the 'Net from my XBox most of the time, I had forgotten how fun it is to be able to play with other people. Some cool guys out there. Of course, you'll end up in the occasional lobby where the game creator seems to be unable to do anything but make weird sex noises into the mic, but other than that there's some pretty level-headed people playing L4D. Thing is, though, I'm always playing Campaign, where everybody's working toward the same end. I've played a few Versus games, and I can imagine that the crazy's a bit amped up in that neck of the woods.

The World Baseball classic is a joke. The US obviously doesn't think it's worth their time to establish their country as the NUMBER ONE NATION IN BASEBALL. No, they'll just let Japan or Cuba take it again. Peavy gets lit up in the opening innings, and you let him stay in the game because you think he could use the "practice?" What a crock.

Pirates will dwell in the basement yet again. That's a given. The Halos, on the other hand, are a mystery to me. I'm sure Mike Scioscia knew what he was doing when he raided the free agent market for people I didn't know existed (with the exception of Abreu, of course), but I won't know what to think of these guys until they start the season. As it should be, I guess. That's the fun of it.

Hulu is retarded. All I want to do is watch Family Guy, and all I'm getting is a TWO MINUTE LONG commercial featuring Danica Patrick that refuses to load correctly. As far as broken sites go, I think this piece of shit will forever have a special place on the leaderboards. "Here's an idea! Let's allow people to watch our shows on the Internet! But wait...we have to make sure that the site stops loading altogether as much as possible, and make the commercials REALLY FUCKING LONG!" "BRILLIANT!"