Archive | September, 2007
September 30, 2007 

More Good News

Well, just to start, if you’ll take a look up top, I made a new header tonight. I’d appreciate your comments on it!

Ok, on to the good (well, better. A new header /is/ pretty good news) news. This past Friday, after much hassle with the hospital, I finally got a copy of the radiologists report from the MRI that I had this past Monday (the 24th). They were looking for Syringomyelia (basically, small sacks of retained spinal fluid), and thankfully, they found nothing. That means that while I still have the Chiari Malformation, I don’t have to drop everything this semester and have it fixed right now. I can wait until the semester is over, which takes a huge amount of strain off of me.

I’m probably going to have the surgery come December, but I have one more doctor’s visit to go to October 10, to make sure that the hearing loss isn’t related to anything else.

I had a date and I found out that I can wait on having this surgery. I count it as being a good week.

I’ll continue updating as I know more.

September 30, 2007 

Some Much Needed Levity

Tonight, the Longview Symphony Orchestra played at the new Belcher Center for Performing Arts here at LeTourneau, and since this was the first symphonic show in the center, Beethoven’s 9th was the program.

Being relatively new to the classical music scene, I hadn’t ever heard the 9th, apart from “Ode to Joy.” Hearing that bit of music (in the original German, mind you) in the context of the symphony was astounding! Beethoven’s massive emotional shifts between movements was humorous, as the deep melancholy of the beginning of the ode gave way to the whimsy of the second movement. It can’t really be described, it has to be experienced.

But, the evening started out a little strangely. Liz, my date, ended up not getting back from her flight block until 6:40, a good 30 minutes after we were going to leave for dinner. She called, said that she was late, and insisted that I go ahead and go with the other couple that we were going to dinner with. I reluctantly agreed, and the three of us went off to dinner, and we picked her up on our wy back to the symphony. I was a little bummed about that one, but dinner was fun, still, and all was well.

After the symphony, we walked around, talking with some people that we knew who were there, and decided to go get some ice cream to top off the evening. As it turned out, several of our friends had decided the same thing, and we hung out with a bunch of them, eating ice cream and talking (though usually not at the same time).

In the end, we decided to make up the missed dinner some other time, and I’m looking forward to that, too.

Even if just for the night, all’s right with the world.

And there’s an awwwww picture after the cut.
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September 17, 2007 

Another Truth from Toothpaste For Dinner.


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Drew, you’re so awesome it hurts sometimes.

September 6, 2007 

Photo Scavenger Hunt

It’s been far too long since I’ve gotten out and about with my camera. So, here’s the challenge:

In the comments, post something that you want me to take a picture of, and I’ll do my best to find it.* If I can’t find it, specifically, I’ll find something close to it. (Or, I’ll get creative, and have some smart-ass picture for you. This is more likely.)

So, let ‘er rip!

*note: I won’t take any pornographic pictures.

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