OK Virus, don’t make me count to five!
This sore throat and goopy eye thing is really cramping my style. I’ve had it for over a week now, and it doesn’t feel any better. I even went to the doctor on Tuesday. Did you hear that? I actually FOUND A DOCTOR and made an appointment. His name is, uh, Dr. Williams I think? Something bland like that. For some reason, I always like the moment when you have a new doctor and it walks in and you don’t know if it’s going to be a guy or a girl. There should be more gender-neutral whatever-those-are-called. Titles? I’m drawing a blank. It’s probably totally obvious. You know, like Mr., Mrs., Captain, Master, etc.
Anyway, I went to the doctor and he said I had a virus (my strep throat test came out negative) that was causing all of my woes at once. Since it’s a virus, there’s nothing anyone can do about it, of course. I just have to sit around with my throat feeling like I just gargled with steel wool until my white blood cells decide to stop being little pussies and kick some viral ass.
Maybe I’ll try the Charm of Making…
anaal nathraakh, urth vas bethud, dokhjel djenve
Yes, i just watched Excalibur for like the 900th time. Damn I love that movie! According to IMDB, that Anaaaal Naathrakh.. phrase was actually an attempt to pronounce the Old Irish phrase they list as:
Anáil nathrach, ortha bháis bheatha, do thuar dhéanamh.
But, since I’m a giant geek, I have to point out that the above phrase is in modern Irish, and in modern Irish would be pronounced something like “AH naw’eel NAH hrakh UR-ha VAW’EESH VEH ha do HOO-ur YAY’uh nav.”
In Old Irish it would be more like..
OK, I’m not going to get into it because I’m actually boring myself to tears as well.
Here, check out this echidna instead:
