X-Ray Vision Soon

Yesterday my Dad took me down to the hospital for another eye appointment; if my pupils were going to be dilated I wouldn't be able to drive home. I was seen by the same resident who took a look at me on Wednesday before being seen by the actual doctor. The doctor prescribed Muro 128 for the corneal edema she observed. She also instructed me to be more aggressive with the Prednisone, so I am now administering it every 2 hours. I have another appointment booked for early Monday morning where my cornea will be looked at more closely.

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Viral Conjunctivitis or Graft Rejection

So it seems that the pain in my eye is one of two possibilities. I have a viral infection of the conjunctiva or after 15 years my cornea graft is rejecting. I really hope it's the former, otherwise I might be booked into an operating room in the near future.

In other news I picked up some ciabatta buns to make some excellent sandwiches this weekend. I've got some salami and chicken to put on there, and I'm going to toast it all up with a slice of provolone for good measure. Check this page later for a picture of the end result.

32 MiB is Few

I made it down to the Hôtel Dieu today to get my eye looked at. The first person to see me was a senior medical student named Jennifer. Jennifer the senior medical student is a particularly attractive Asian girl who speaks English with a lisp, which I found completely endearing. She dyed my eye and took a look at it with the blue-light pain machine; her speculative diagnosis is that I have a viral form of pink eye. The attending Doctor booked an appointment for me tomorrow morning at the eye clinic with more equipment, which will be entertaining.

After my trip downtown I payed a visit to Derek to test out the infrastructure mode of the PSP. I downloaded the 2.71 firmware update and was quite pleased with the easy of installation. I was not so happy with the fact that it consumed most of the space available on my memory stick, and I have no idea how to remove the files. I need to pick up a USB cable tomorrow, hopefully that will help. I wanted to download the LocoRoco demo, but I have yet to register for playstation underground, so I was out of luck there.

Just Some Flesh Caught in This Big Broken Machine

Well I'm back from Toronto and staying with my parents for the time being. I'm looking for work in Kingston, anything will do for now. Something that takes advantage of my technical skills would be ideal.

In other news, Derek downloaded Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition at my request, and I bought a book to teach me the basics; it has been a long time since I have written a line of code. Markup is not code, and BASIC only barely qualifies as code. I'm happy to discover that the learning curve is more like a plane, but there is a good chance that is due to prior experience. Now I'm not actually writing anything of complexity, but it is still fun to learn something new.

Also, I wasted some money on a Playstation Portable the other day. I have adopted a pattern of buying a console when my computer is no longer up to the task of playing modern games. The day when I can no longer buy a new PC game is fast approaching, as Blood Money and Legend have shown me. So I decided to opt for a portable console this cycle. Liberty City Stories has been highly entertaining so far, and I'm thinking I'd like to get a copy of Lemmings in the near future.

The best thing about being home is I'm with my cat again, even though he bites my face. The worst thing is that I gave myself a vicious steam burn when cooking a ham the other day.

Rest In Peace Tim

Tim Wojna was one of the nicest people I knew. On Wednesday night he was killed in a fight outside of a bar in Ottawa by Mohammad Tabbara. Tim was a fan of Led Zepplin and the works of Tolkien. He was the person I first got drunk enough to sing with unashamed; we sang Hurt by Nine Inch Nails at the top of our lungs during a field party in Kingston. Even though I hadn't seen Tim more than a handful of times in the last few years, it is shocking and outrageous that he has passed on in this manner.

Mr. Tabbara should be drawn and quartered. From the article I get the impression that he had no intent or knowledge of what he did; that doesn't matter. I hope he gets anally raped in prison.