Augh!

Glad to say that the philosophy presentation went well. We were worried that it wasn't going to be long enough (was supposed to be 30 minutes), but somehow it took us 45! That's not a bad thing. We raised several points that the professor and some students chimed in on, so that took up some time. I still think my part was a little confusing, but eh. One of the guys I sit near said that it wasn't and that it was interesting since he never really stops to think about the historical context of the works we read. And the professor gave me a topic idea for my final paper (it would be in place of an actual final), about when death was literally taken out of our homes-- how viewing of the deceased was moved into a funeral parlor instead of say, one's living room, why we stopped taking creepy pictures of dead people like they did in the Victorian era, etc. and tie it into the essay we just covered. Sounds interesting. I'll probably do it if I can find enough info.

A rare thing happened last night: I had a good dream! (see my past entry on dreams/nightmares if you don't know why this is rare) But you know. . .I almost think they're worse. When you have a nightmare, you're glad to wake up, relieved to find that nothing actually happened. With this good dream though, I was disappointed when I woke up because I doubt that it will ever come true. It took me a minute to realize that it in fact *was* a dream. Since I so rarely have good ones, and this one was so real, I was pretty sure it had happened!

I'm still under the weather, but I think the zinc chews are helping somewhat. I'm probably just going to lay down for the rest of the night and read, maybe watch the Apprentice, maybe play Katamari. Rich is out at a hockey game with people from work, and I wouldn't be surprised if they go to a bar or something afterwards, so he won't be home for awhile. His brother's here though, so use of the TV might be restricted. Blimey.

All for now.