Tonight Chelsey and I are sitting out on the screened in porch. I’m installing Windows 7 on her old laptop, and she’s browsing for information on thunderstorms. Tea will soon be had. I like these quiet nights 
P.S. My face is really clearing up. The meda are doing the trick!
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It’s been seven days now since I started my new acne medication, and I thought I’d write a little status update. So far things seem to be going okay. I’m noticing that my skin is much drier than usual (which is good, because that’s what the meds are supposed to do), especially around my lips, though my forehead is also dry. I’m also kind of itchy, but that could be attributed to some mosquito bites
In order to combat the dryness, I’ve been using ample amounts of lip balm, as well as a moisturizer for my forehead. Hopefully I’ll be able to keep this under control so the medication can do it’s thing without making me too uncomfortable.
I’m starting on some new medication tomorrow that should help me control this latest bout with acne. Throughout most of my teen and adult life I have been prone to sudden and fierce breakouts. Though I was able to mostly control them, and eventually clear them up, my breakouts were aways “all or nothing”. I never really got only one or two pimples. I was either totally clear or my forehead was covered.
This latest batch has proven to be a difficult foe to conquer, so I’m enlisting help from the powerful Accutane. Hopefully this will finally eradicate my skin issues once and for all, or, at least for a few years. Wish me luck. I’ll be posting updates on my blog.
Side Note
I’m going to be starting a new exercise routine Friday (I am fasting right now for blood work tomorrow, so it makes sense (at least to me) to delay this until Friday). This routine is nothing fancy: it involves walking, pushups and sit-ups (or planks, depending), and a few other simple exercises that I can do either at home or in the lab when it is empty. I will also be posting updates about this
Please document your code. No matter who you are or what you write, document it! I’m sick and tired of having to guess how to build your project. Another thing: if your project runs a C program as an intermediate step, please name it something other than the default a.out. Don’t be lazy. I’m not asking for a full Makefile and doxygen output (it would be nice though). All I need is a simple 5 line README file saying “this file is this, that file is that, build with this, get beer”. Oh well, back to work I go.
Today was a beautiful day here in Windsor so Chelsey and I headed down to the riverfront for a nice picnic. Nothing is better than spending a nice day outdoors.
Windsor has a really nice riverfront. Everything is nice and green, and since it’s spring, in bloom. Contrast this with our neighbour, Detroit, who’s riverfront is quite built up with towering buildings. Chels and I went for a nice walk through Coventry Garden’s, which is right smack in the middle of Riverside.
I really hope we have more days like this this Summer. Not too hot, not too cold, blue skies. Everything was perfect.
This is a test blog from my phone. this is so neat
I started my new job this week. I now work in Dr. Frost’s Language Engineering lab. The work is pretty cool (I get to use Haskell) and I can really see myself enjoying this kind of work.
An excellent post from Rowdykittens. 22 ways to practice the art of relaxation:
Today I decided to update my Blackberry. I own a Storm, and overall it’s a decent enough phone, but sometimes it would just lag to shit. I attribute this to the Java-based apps that I run on it, but that rant is a different story.
Anyways, I plug in my Blackberry and fire up the Blackberry Desktop Manager for Mac OSX, and it tells me that I have some updates to do. So I start them. Something happens midway through and essentially my phone turned into an expensive $50 a month brick. 
Plugging the phone into my computer didn’t do anything; my phone kept telling me I had some sort of error. Basically my OS was hosed. Through some stroke of pure luck after about the 5th time of plugging my phone into my computer, my phone was recognized and I was prompted to install an OS onto it. So I start the installation and thank God, everything seemed to work flawlessly.
So I restart my phone, and tadah! New OS! My phone seems a lot more responsive now, and a few small UI tweaks give it a much better experience. Though I was sweating bullets for about an hour this afternoon, I must say it was worth it for the new OS.
And that’s today’s story, kiddies. Run along and enjoy the weather
So today is Valentine’s Day. I’m not big on huge fancy dinners or elaborate plans, and thankfully neither is my sweetheart. Today will be spent in with good food; a good movie; and, of course, a good gal.
