Well, my ears still feel very weird. My throat is kind of on the mend, but it's still screwy too. I'm going to try to get to the clinic Saturday to see what they can do for me. I've been taking Benadryl as per my mother's suggestion in an attempt to dry out my nose/head. Having a ton of mucous is not going to help get this bacteria out of my system.

Paul came over for dinner last night. Originally, we had planned a more involved evening. You know, going out for dinner. Things like that. But then I came down with the plague/the dizziness brought on by Benadryl, and biking to a restaurant didn't seem like such a good idea. So he came over and we all ate leftovers, and it was a very pleasant evening.

I'm leaving this afternoon for New York. When I bought my bus ticket, I felt like I was going to be staying for so long. A whole week! I worried about wearing out my welcome. And now it feels like it all went by so fast. There were lots of things I wanted to do here that I just didn't get around to. (I'm going to chalk up a lot of it to my illness.) There's a neato used book store down the street that I wanted to check out. Or how about this crazy Mapparium? And Matt wanted to go kayaking. Clearly, I'll just have to visit again sometime. With cheap bus tickets from Megabus, getting up to Boston is pretty affordable. It just takes a long time, and I'm supposed to be doing that student thing. Oh well.

I'm definitely glad I came. Seeing Matt at the bus station made it all worth it; everything after that was just a bonus. I hope I start feeling better on my way back home, or else I might just have to sit out on the party Friday night. Check out how cute the poster is!



On a less happy note, I can't get over this news story. A 35 year old man was walking to a gay bar in DC (in my area of DC)with his friend. A 19 year old man attacked him, and he died a week later from his injuries. The attacker justified his actions by saying that the man hit on him and groped him. What the fuck? Even if that's true, I know that I for one can't go around killing everyone who hits on me. If I killed a straight man who hit on me, even groped me, in the street, I would be locked up for life and labeled a psychopathic, man-hating feminist. I would absolutely not be facing a maximum of 6 months and a $1000 fine. Is that what the life of a gay man is worth to DC? The attack itself happened last September, but the very lenient penalty is due to be handed down mid-October. This news follows so close on the heels of the stabbing of two transwomen on Q St. Shouldn't "the most powerful nation in the world" be past this? Shouldn't its capital be an example for the rest of the country? What kind of example are we living in?