so i'm completely off haldol now. i am ticcing a lot more, and what's worse, smoking doesn't help, and neither does lying down. i'm going to give myself one more week of this before deciding if i should get back on the medication.
the bummer (if i do get back on haldol) is that i seem to be peppier. my friend will noticed today that i have more of a bounce in my step, and i seem to be happier instead of all lethargic and shit. sigh. i guess there are trade-offs, huh?
yesterday, i bought this rice krispie treat. it wasn't made by kellogg's, but some third party. it was very big, like a brick of rice. i ate the whole thing in about half an hour, and it was a whopping 690 calories total! man. i don't think i'll be getting it again, because it tasted a little salty. ick.
not much going on today. because of my frequent tics, and all the energy it takes to combat them, i'm feeling a little tired today. i just want to go home and sleep. hm.
yesterday, espn aired a story about this guy walked all the way from his home in arizona to wrigley field in chicago. it took him almost 6 months. it's a wonder that he didn't get bored, because i surely would if i did that. and what's amazing is that he walked those 2000+ miles on one pair of reebok's!
my tongue is out of control. it keeps coming out and licking all these areas near my lips. it's like the bottom half of my face is constantly covered with my own saliva. i wonder if this is tardive dyskinesia, a side effect of the haldol. either that, or i just like licking things. :)
i wore shorts to work today. that caused a bit of head-turning, since very few people (if any) wear them at the office. but i was afraid that if i put on my standard pair of mavi jeans, they would chafe my sunburnt knees. they're still red, although not glowing red like they were two days ago.
i saw a semi-cute girl at the day at the meadow on sunday. she was wearing this short navy blue skirt. i love skirts (and dresses) on women. it's so feminine, you know? not that i mind girls wearing jeans or pants, but once in a while, it's nice and refreshing to see a girl in a sundress or a nice flowy skirt.
has anybody seen _war of the worlds_ yet? is it any good? it got only two stars from roger ebert, and not that i agree with him 100%, but i used his judgment as a baseline for seeing how good a movie is.
i can't believe it's july already. man, where did this year go?
well, i'm back! not that i went anywhere, but i'm blogging again.
friday night, i had pho with alan and ting. they were going to be busy both saturday and sunday with a wedding, so i didn't expect to see them during the weekend. sad.
saturday, i was completely bored out of my mind. i called a few people looking for stuff to do, but the search proved to be fruitless. so i took a nap on the couch with the usual baseball game to lull me to sleep. i did have dinner with paul and mike c at pizza chicago. mike got ravioli, and paul and i each ate half a pizza (the great chicago fire). it was hearty but good, although i was disappointed they didn't put enough garlic.
during dinner, paul invited me to channel 104.9's "day at the meadow," this benefit music festival in san jose. as i was lacking anything to do on sunday, i happily agreed to go. we were there from noon until 6pm, and the bands (mostly small unknowns) weren't very good. we left while bowling for soup was setting up. i would have liked to have seen them, but i was tired of the sun.
my knees are badly burnt from sunday. they were glowing bright red for two days, and only now is the color slowly starting to fade.
anyways, after the day at the meadow, four of us hit a pho place (my third pho dinner in 5 nights) in san jose somewhere, and i went home and hit the sack.
monday was another boring day. i did call jeremy up, and we chatted for half an hour. i had previously talked to him on saturday, but their newborn daughter started screaming, and i had to let him go. i love jeremy, and i hope he and kate return to the bay area someday. i took another nap to a baseball game to while away the time.
i had dinner at chili's with jay, margaret, alan and ting, and it was so nice to see the group again. i showed off my knees, and alan kept on asking me if i needed some aloe. i got the cajun chicken pasta, which i must remember to never order again. it wasn't very good. afterwards, we hung out at alan's new house for a bit, and then i went home and went to bed.
all in all, a decent weekend, although i really need to find some things to do during the day. we'll see. maybe i'll start reading books or something.