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Headaches
Shortly after TheQuestion's birthday do I was plagued with a bout of nasty headaches. I had them before a couple of years ago for a couple of months straight and they came and went pretty mysteriously. I never figured out what triggered them or what made them go away. My doctor at the time was pretty convinced they were 'cluster headaches' apparently common in men my age and just as mysterious to the medical world. I even had a MRI scan but to no avail. This latest bout was just as random and just as painful. I saw three different GPs, who this time decided that maybe they weren't cluster headaches even though the symptoms fitted and were the same as before, and were just as resistant to painkillers. After five weeks of hell though they once again magically stopped of their own accord. I suspect that maybe I haven't seen the last of them, but I'm glad they've gone for the time being.
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New Orleans
The best thing that's happened since my last update is my trip to New Orleans. The weather was pretty awesome for September, and the people and the food were even more awesome. Visited the Cabildo, the Cathedral, Brennan's for Breakfast, Cafe du Monde for tea and Napoleon House for dinner. Did a swamp tour and saw tons of alligators (and also ate some). Also checked out the Voodoo Museum, which was sadly a bit lame. The Aquarium was ok, but I've been to better places in Europe and Australia.
The highlight of the visit was actually to satisfy my nerdy gamer self - the Grand Masquerade event thrown by White Wolf Publishing at the Roosevelt Hotel (where I was staying). Did some Vampire LRP, some Vampire tabletop RPG and some Vampire CCG (V:TES). Was awed at the set dressing put up for the games and got some artwork signed. Was there for the company's 'big announcement' and the preview concept art they showed by the new MMO. Got utterly hammered at the two free bars set up on the Thursday and Saturday nights, danced until my feet got sore and hooked up for a while with a cool gamer girl from Florida.
A weekend made of win on all counts
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After several years of vowing to stay away from the thing like the plague I finally caved in to collective friend pressure and joined Facebook. It does seem to be eerily addictive in a way that Twitter (and even this site) isn't. And I haven't even touched the stupid games and other apps. The number of times I've caught myself hovering to see who's updating is quite scary. If you'd like to contribute to this madness then you can find me and are welcome to add me under my real name:
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FIlm & TV
I've lost my cinematic momentum a little bit and I've missed a couple of key films over the last few weeks. I'm most gutted by The Girl Who Played With Fire which was only out for a week, bastards.
I did see The Expendables (pretty lame), The A-Team (better, but nothing special), and Salt (nicely executed if a little po-faced). Next up will likely be Buried, Devil and The Town, assuming I can catch them before they disappear, tsk.
At home I've been slowly making a dent in my 'to watch' pile but I won't bore you with the shit I've been watching. One highlight though was this last weekend when a friend brought over a copy of Panic au Village, an animated feature by the Belgian crew who have also recently been doing the Cravendale TV adverts. Brilliant and insane - I can't recommend it enough! 
It was awesome.
Heheh, thank you good sir. You should definitely get some finger moustaches, they are highly amusing and perfect for all occasions. I may start a business.
Your trip to New Orleans sounds absolutely immense! Good work on slaying the free bars
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