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2004 18 December :: 10.44am
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Don't take advantage of your ability to talk!
For the first time in my life, I have laryngitis.
I cannot speak above a whisper. My whisper is a whisper. My normal voice is a whisper.
It's exhausting. It doesn't hurt or anything but the effort it takes to talk just wears me out.
(What am I doing up so early? I fell asleep early last night so I guess that's it.)
My parents are taking us all shopping later today (hopefully) so I'll get you all your presents and get them to you soon. Somehow.
I can't wait until I can drive.
I love you all.
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2004 17 December :: 9.35pm
I'm no super genius. Or are I?
Voice update, I suppose.
I'm fluctuating between having to whisper and just having my voice sound really deep.
This happened after I stopped talking for a while but at least I could sort of talk.
I watched Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and I haven't talked for an hour.
So I'm just going to not talk for the rest of the night and maybe tomorrow.
Which, I'm sure, comes as a great pleasure to many people.
My parents went shopping and eating, my brother's at a party and my sister is upstairs writing her award-winning novel. So it's pretty easy to not talk. I'm sitting here, bored, listening to music on the random music stations on the stupid TV.
Wow. This break sure looks promising. Sarcasm, sarcasm.
Every time I cough, I can't help but think of that orphan girl on the one episode of The Simpsons. "But who will cure my whooping cough?" That was the most hilarious random ten-second thing ever. That was on the pie man episode. I have to find that now.
I love you all.
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2004 17 December :: 2.51pm
Okay.
So if you talked to me at all today, you saw heard my progression from me to a pre-teen boy whose voice is changing.
For some reason, my voice totally crapped out on me today. In was fine yesterday but during first hour, it started to crack and after our presentation in second hour, it crapped out on me.
It was the funniest if you saw me progress through the day. It's still funny enough that Katie almost choked on her food at lunch, Ben would not stop making fun of me and Nick thought it was so hilarious that he passed the phone to his mom so she could hear me.
It's cool, really. This kid in my Japanese class had to look away while I was talking to him so he didn't laugh in my face.
My throat doesn't hurt. In fact, it only hurts when I force my voice to sound like it normally does.
I think I'm going to grab my dry-erase board and wander around with that for the rest of the day.
I'll probably be on the messenger a lot tonight.
I better be able to talk tomorrow or I'm going to be upset.
I can't even laugh right.
How do I make it go back to normal?
I love you all.
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2004 17 December :: 11.40am
Sorry Tom, I didn't get your email. I checked it when I got home last night and there was nothing. Could you send it again please? I'll put my email up again just in case: angelladyrinoa@hotmail.com
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2004 17 December :: 6.17am
Nick's home.
Ben and I went over to Nick's and hung out with him, Jackie and eventually Pam.
We watched Collateral and the rest of I, Robot. I missed half of I, Robot before because I had fallen asleep. I missed some of Collateral because I fell asleep again.
Nick's doing alright. He's still in a lot of pain, which makes me sad, but all pain stops eventually.
If you can, you should go see him and give him a hug or something.
My cold has progressed into a cough that came out of nowhere.
I'm making up an AP Lit quiz before school on a poem that I haven't read and don't know the name of.
I studied for my French quiz in my sleep which weirds me out a lot.
I didn't do any homework last night but I don't care.
It's the last day before break.
Nick's home.
Life is good.
I love you all.
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2004 16 December :: 10.06am
NICK IS NOT IN THE HOSPITAL ANYMORE! I repeat, NICK IS NOT IN THE HOSPITAL ANYMORE!. He's at home now, they released him this morning. So I'll be going to see him there.
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2004 15 December :: 6.25pm
Nick's mommy just called.
He's been in the recovery room since 4 and is in a lot of pain but he's on drugs and doing fine.
Everything went cool. He had some bone growth they weren't expecting and didn't think they could get through but it went smoothly.
He'll be in a room as soon as they get one cleaned so he's in recovery until then.
Mrs. Hazen was going to call around to people, I think, so we'll see what happens.
She said she'll call when he's in a room.
I love you all. Thanks for the prayers and all that jazz.
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2004 15 December :: 4.47pm
I didn't know
Xmas has been used for hundreds of years in religious writing, where the X represents a Greek chi, the first letter of, "Christ." In this use it is parallel to other forms like Xtian, "Christian." But people unaware of the Greek origin of this X often mistakenly interpret Xmas as an informal shortening pronounced (ecks mas). Many therefore frown upon the term Xmas because it seems to them a commercial convenience that omits Christ from Christmas.
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2004 15 December :: 1.01pm
Penny Arcade on Spike TV's Video Game Awards and gamers:
I think that the process started by Sony's Playstation is now one hundred percent complete. I think that what has happened is that we [the gamers] are no longer relevant. Gaming culture has been seized, reconfigured, and commodified and programs like this are just the taut skin over a pulsing boil.
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2004 15 December :: 12.34pm
Nick called about an hour ago.
He's doing alright. He was just waiting around.
His surgery is scheduled for 1.
He's hungry, hates hospital gowns and blankets, bored and anxious.
He said the surgery will take 4 hours and he'll be in recovery for an hour or so.
He hopes to be coherent by 7 tonight and thinks he will be.
Mrs. Hazen is going to call everyone once he is coherent but doesn't think he'll be tonight.
He'll be in the hospital for maybe four days then stuck at home for ten days.
So by the time you all get home, he'll still be in surgery.
Wish him well.
I love you all. Thanks bunches.
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2004 14 December :: 10.50pm
Staying home tomorrow to get better.
Sent Wessely-sensei an email telling her to put Jerry Lacey in charge of anime club but if someone could please inform her (either that I sent her an email or that I'm putting Fire Sandwich in charge), I'd love you even more.
Sorry that Nick didn't come see you Katie. I feel really bad but he was being a guy and they got a new computer...
Tomorrow Nick has his surgery. Wish him well.
I love you all.
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2004 14 December :: 2.37pm
I'm home. Got back around 1:30, I cleaned my fish tank and got a little food. I still have to move my car though.
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2004 14 December :: 6.16am
:: Mood: refreshed
Last night, I took some medicine before I went to bed and (although I woke up a thousand times during the night) I feel a lot better.
Cool beans.
Nick goes in for surgery tomorrow at 1. He has to be at the hospital around 11. Please, keep him in your thoughts, pagan rituals, rain/snow dances and prayers.
I love you all.
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2004 13 December :: 6.02pm
Kelly, here's that goat thing.
For some reason, sometime, Kelly and I were over at Ben's and got on the topic of The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Kelly and I could not remember the ending so we googled it and found that.
It's the coolest thing ever. My favorite is the teenager goat.
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2004 13 December :: 5.32pm
I think I'm getting a cold.
Which means everyone should be careful. If I am sick, I'll be better in a few days but if you guys get it...
You know it'll be weeks until you're better.
So I'll try not to breathe on you and I guess we'll have to stop the late night rendezvous and make-out sessions. Someone will have to inform Kelly's mom for me.
I had some tea and five billion glasses of orange juice earlier. My throat doesn't hurt as much but I still feel like I got hit by a truck.
If I didn't have tests or quizzes almost every day this week, I'd try to skip out on this usual waste of school.
I know everyone is sick now and I really hope you all get better soon! Go to bed early and drink lots of fluids.
I love you all.
P.S. If Nick gets sick, I'll feel so bad... I think I might die. I'll feel really bad. I'll never forgive myself.
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