I've had the sickness now for a solid week, and I've decided to make a list of pros and cons about the swine flu

Pros

1. University will send me food
2. Don't have to attend any classes
3. Roommates are scared of me and thus will do anything I ask
4. I can bestow my virus upon anyone I choose
5. Nyquil

Cons

1. I don't want to eat any food, I've lost 5 pounds already this week
2. I am getting behind in classwork
3. Constant fever is not that much fun
4. Cannot have anyone visit
5. Roommates constantly Lysol everything I touch

That's a solid 5 vs. 5 right there, the pros and cons list could make a sweet pickup basketball game.

24 hour Pharmacy

I've contracted flu like symptoms so I went to CVS to get tamiflu. I don't think I have swine flu, but I have been hungering for pig meat...

I had my parents write me a prescription so I could circumvent the school's shitty public health system. Hooray for private healthcare! As the pharmacist hands me the drugs, he asks, "You're not sick right now right, this is just for 'just in case' right?".

Sure, Mr. Pharmacist, I came to the CVS at midnight to get anti-flu medication as a pre-emptive strike on my future flu foe. Maybe he was obligated to ask so I just let him hear what he wanted to hear.

Summer Movie Round-up Pt. Deux

I am finishing up my summer movie thoughts well into August.

District 9

Crazy. The first half was uncomfortably engaging. The movie changes pace midway through and it isn't very subtle. Overall the production was too messy for me, but the CGI was fantastic. Hard to talk too much about the movie without giving anything away.

500 Days of Summer

Funnier than Funny People. Easily. Surprisingly different than normal chick flicks. Zooey Deschanel is very attractive.

Inglourious Basterds

That's my first curse word. Boom. The gloves are off now. Anyways, this was my favorite movie of the summer. Tarantino's homage to different eras in European cinema shone scaldingly bright. Enjoyed all the characters and the tension was fantastic. My buddy who came with me thought it was too slow, but I felt it had great pace. The movie is on the longer side, 2 hours +.