Dammit
What in the hell, body? I’m sick again. It started right after that cold snap last week, so for a while I just assumed that it was because I froze my pipes while out in the weather like an idiot and that it would go away in a couple of days. It hasn’t gone away. I don’t know if the weather contributed to the sickness; temperature isn’t supposed to have anything to do with virus transmission, but I figure it’s called a cold for a reason.
This cold is annoying in its mildness. I don’t have a fever or aches or anything other than the “above the throat” symptoms that Internet says are not affected one way or the other by my continued biking to work. I just have a case of the sniffles and a nasty headache once in a while. I could go for some delirium just to break the monotony. Today was the first that I decided to stay home from work. I woke up with a head full of junk and a wicked pain behind my eyes, so I just sent an email to the office and went back to bed until about noon. I’m really bad at sleeping during the day. I spend most of the time skirting the border of consciousness, so I at least had some vivid dreams, but they were mostly about insurance claims. I’m not sure if the extended nap helped or not.
I actually have had some aches, but they have nothing to do with the cold. I got a Wii for Christmas. EB Games delivered on the rain check, and the parents brought the system when we helped Kat move last weekend. I got it hooked, bought a pile of accessories I haven’t used it, and popped in Wii Sports. As far as gameplay it’s a fun demonstration of the system, but man is it exhausting. Sure, it’s possible to play Wii while sitting on the couch and making little movements, but, as Penny Arcade describes, that method is incorrect. The whole point of the thing is that you get up and move and really get involved in the game, and it’s a blast. Those people who flung a wiimote through their expensive television screens were using a really fun system the way it’s meant to be played (and not using their wrist straps). After a couple round of Wii Boxing I’m sweaty and a little winded. Maybe I don’t need to annoy my neighbors with DDR to get some exercise out of a game system.
I’ve since picked up a copy of Zelda, but I’m a little nervous about starting it. I don’t know a whole lot about this particular game, but the franchise has a habit of producing the best game ever, so I fear that once I get going I may not stop until it’s over.