I hate bronchitis.

Or whatever malaise infests my chest cavity. The coughing has become less frequent, but more painful when it does show up. I didn't see Argonautika on Friday, and I didn't see Pleasanton today (bringing the counter to 6.5 months). I still attended Softy's class, but I tried to avoid physical contact. Most likely I'll take school off tomorrow to recover.

Here's a slam poem I wrote a few days ago for Poetry class. It won't make much sense unless you keep up with Internet fads.

who needs a microscope to examine viruses
when you can examine the internet and find
a teeming mass of memes and message board fads
more than you can fit into a container which you don’t even have because
NOOO THEY BE STEALIN MY BUCKET
you can’t insinuate yourself into that social network without
strapping on your armor of insulation against illiteracy
and running the gauntlet of repetition like
LEEEEROYYYY JENNNNKINNSSSSSSS!!!!!
and once you’ve battled your way through three hundred
jpegs and youtubes
of gerard butler screaming, “THIS! IS! SPARTA!!!”
and that weird little face intent if not hell-bent on-a FIRIN HIS LAZAH
you may be able to locate those rebellious snippets of intelligent conversation
half-buried in hairballs the lolcats coughed up
now I’m not saying the serious threads are any good
most likely they could be spiced up with a little ASCII or
moar Mudkipz which I heard u liek
no argument on the boards is complete without its counter-argument delivered
in the form of a deafening
OBJECTION!!!
by Phoenix Wright pointing his finger so ferociously it may be mistaken for a
FAL-CONE PAUNCH!
which inevitably incites a flame war over the relative manliness of
Captain Falcon to Chuck Norris
who roundhouse kicked the world into existence and don’t you forget it
who WANTS TO BE THE VERY BEST, LIKE NO ONE EVER WAS
then before you can say “you have no chance to survive, make your time”
you are buried in the brawl
between n00bs and trolls
between Star Wars Kid and Potter Puppet Pals
between Captain Planet and an unexpected Jinjo
between Rick Roll and the L-block from Tetris
between the O RLY? owl and badgerbadgerbader
and Gandalf the Grey and Gandalf the White
and Monty Python and the Holy Grail’s Black Knight
all presided over by the prairie dog’s DRAMATIC LOOK
until the sum of banned posters reaches
OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAND!!!
at which point
your computer crashes
your frontal lobes liquefy
and
all your base are belong to us

And I close with another homespun verse to "You Are a Pirate:"

Yo ho, anchors aweigh!
We will find mountains of treasure today.
Drink up the rum till your liver is grey;
You are a pirate!