My time in BC...it was memorable

From the Toronto Sun (for the record, it was actually 60 or 70 people)

About 40 people attending a student conference in Victoria, B.C., were hit by what's suspected to be the Norwalk virus Saturday night.

"They came down with vomiting and diarrhea, and even though we haven't confirmed it's Norwalk, it's very likely that it is," Suzanne Germain, a spokeswoman with Vancouver Island Health Authority, told QMI Agency Sunday afternoon.

"You feel like you wanna die, it's highly unpleasant," she added.

About 350 students were attending NASH74, the Canadian University Press' 74th annual student journalist conference, at the Harbour Towers Hotel and Suites. The event -- which gives student journalists the opportunity to meet with their peers, share skills, and participate in workshops and seminars hosted by professionals in the field -- began last Wednesday and wrapped up Sunday.

Germain said that about eight students were sent to hospital Saturday night, but "were hydrated and released immediately."

She said that about 30 others reported having Norwalk symptoms, which include nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

Since Norwalk is contagious, Germain said that students who are ill with it have been asked to stay in their rooms until the symptoms disappear.

Hey bloggies,

Sorry I haven't been around lately but guess what I've been doing? If you guessed "laying over a toilet throwing up saying 'I wanna die'..." you're right.

Pants aren't on the ground because they're stuck to your junk

Have you ever felt the desire to stare at someones crotch? I don't mean like a leering perv...seriously, I don't. I have a friend. His name is Anonymous. He likes his pants tight.

We're talking oil up his legs, jump from second floor into pants that have been clipped into a ring for his tooshie to fit in. I'm sure he has an extremely deep baritone voice but speaks normally because his testes are in the back of his throat.

Any tighter and one of two things are going to happen:

Option 1- He loses circulation in his junk and it falls off.

Option 2- He loses circulation in his legs and his entire lower body is destroyed.

Neither of these are optimistic outcomes.

He also does the 'whiskered' jeans which, to me say, "I am man, stare at my penis in awe and glorify it.' I'll get to being in the state of 'awe and glory' later.

My plan is, for his birthday, buy him pants like these. I really hope he likes them.

tomorrow

Tomorrow morning, I will be getting up and running around like a crazy maniac as I head to British Columbia. That's right - I'm off to a land that isn't freezing cold (well, AS freezing cold).

Currently, I'm swamped as I attempt to get homework done and a thesis proposal started. WHEEEEEE!

Have I mentioned I love my busy life? Today, I met with the Canadian Blood Services Mobile Unit for New Brunswick to get ready for a (hopefully) set blood clinic at the University. I'm unbelievably excited for this!

Off to homework. Gnight world.

The questions I wish I could ask

Have you ever had one of those days when you want to ask a question and just can't? Whether it's in a job (or outside the job because I don't post about work on here unless it's good things), I've had one of those days where everything I want to ask would be politically incorrect.

Instead of getting slapped numerously, I'm writing all the questions I wanted to ask but didn't...

Morning:
-Did you gain weight over Christmas?
-So, how good is he in bed to give him that much money?
-Are you stupid or just so cocky that you think you'll never get caught?
-Are your parent's siblings?
-Do you not check you e-mails or are you afraid of me?

Over lunch:
-Is there a reason you're speaking to me as though you're important?
-Aren't you just a glorified secretary?
-Isn't that your job?
-Do I care about your squeamish issues?

Evening:
-Why are you complaining about being fat when you're eating crap and admittedly not exercising?
-Why are you making me explain this yet again?
-Would you like to keep insulting me or would you rather I just slap you now?

If you think this may be about you, it probably isn't...but you may want to reevaluate why you think it is about you in the first place.

I'm done!!

Finished my liquid fast at 9:00pm tonight...let me tell you what...the mushrooms, red pepper, bit of blue cheese and 1/2 can of tuna (and jello with whipped cream for dessert) was AMAZING!

Tomorrow, I'm making a grilled haddock with veggies over a bed of wilted spinach. Pictures will most certainly follow!