Journal

What a weird expression “keep your chin up” is. You keep your chin down, your teeth clenched, your eyes on your opponent and your hands up, damnit! :)

So, two days ago, my mother was told that she was done with the radiology on the tumor in her lung. They had utilised a relatively new way of applying radiology, namely that they concentrated the waves on the tumor, instead of her entire body, which is what used to be normal. They bombarded the tumor, and while it’s still there, they claim the cancercells have all been destroyed. I’m pretty skeptical, so I’m not celebrating just yet. They’re going to check again in three months to see if there’s any chance, and to see if her brain is still clear of cancer, and they’re going to keep periodically checking (once every three months, then once every six months, then once a year, etc.) but for now, they consider the cancer to be in remission. Crazy, but finally some good news!

This friday, Big Jim is going to be fighting for his, and all our honour in a bout against an as of yet undisclosed opponent. This is a 3 2-minute round American kickboxing fight in which he’ll give it his all. He is either leaving a defeated opponent or his pride in the ring, and I’m not sure his frail ego can stand a crushing defeat like that, so keep your fingers crossed and send him all the karma-chi-love-vibes that you can muster. :)

.: Issues
Issues; we all have them. My sister jolts awake every night at the exact time my father died. Me? The last time I went swimming was the day I heard my father had cancer. The time before that was when I heard my mother had cancer. I didn’t want to go swimming again. Today I forced myself to go swimming. I almost chickened out. When talking to my step-father once, I told him that I had come through our childhood relatively unscathed, unlike my sister. He laughed at me and told me I was wrong. He said that the things I’m afraid of I actively seek out and confront. While I don’t think he’s entirely right in that assessment, he does have a point. This is another example of it. If today I get any bad news, I’m going to be crushed, but I’m defiantly terrified and confident that I won’t get any bad news.

.: Old Shadowrun Website
I shelfed my old Shadowrun website with the intention of putting up a new one. I had thought my intended new Shadowrun campaign would have started by now, but so far it hasn’t. I am considering putting the old pages back online after scanning the referrals to this website (most of them from Shadowrun pages linking this website as a good resource of third edition material.)

.: The Fountain
I’m feeling a bit melancholy, but I’m sure that has something to do with listening to Clint Mansell a lot, lately. Right now I’m listening to the score of The Fountain, which is one of Aronofsky’s films I haven’t seen yet, and I can’t really say why. It kind of flew underneath the ole radar, I guess.

.: Work
Another release is out the door. We’ll most likely get some support on it in the coming weeks, but hopefully my schedule remains clear for me to focus on some of the internal .NET projects that I need to clear off my desk.

.: Reminder to Dennis
Don’t forget the Rollins tickets, guy!