c’mon, i can take it

forget everything i said yesterday. there’s no new computer in my immediate future. i got home from class last night and took a good, strong look at the books and realized there was no way i could spend that amount of money on something non-essential when there’s the possibility i might be on strike in the coming months. therefore, all thoughts of upgrades are suspended until such time as my union has a ratified contract.
there are no words to describe how upset this makes me. i didn’t realizehow much i had my heart set on it. don’t worry, i’ll get over it pretty quick. i hope. feel free to send donations, though!
otherwise, i’m in a goodly amount of bodily pain today. it feels like i have whiplash, even though there’s no cause for it that i know of. my entire upper back and neck feels like it’s shattered automotive glass that’s about to collapse. i’ve already taken two huge bufferins, but it’s done very little to ease the discomfort. add to this condition a severe catching up of sleepiness, and i’m in a pretty shitty state for a thursday. thank goodness for coffee and jeremy or i might just kill someone.
also, i find it interesting that once vancouver got a day or two of showers suddenly there’s no more news about the fires in the interior. are they still burning? are people still evacuated? kind of like the iraq war, one day i realized they just weren’t talking about it anymore. i wonder if i can phone up the tv station and ask for an update.