Oh man… am I sore!

My whole back is bruised and I feel like it’s been used as a punching bag. Just rolling over in bed last night was enough to wake my ass up in pain (and my wife too). Good times!

It’s not quite as bad yet this morning, but it’ll get there.

Today’s plan:
I have to go back to the neurosurgeon’s and sign some paperwork so that they can share information with my short term disability insurance company (this HIPAA thing is out of control). Then I’m gonna sit back and watch the Red Dwarf DVD’s that my cousin Shawn dropped off for me (seasons 1 – 4).

Oh… and I’m sure that drinking beer will fall into there someplace or another.

As it’s nearly 3am and I can’t sleep, I decided to run with an idea I’ve been toying around with for a while.

I own a domian that I’m not doing much of anything with and decided to place an un-moderated and somewhat abandoned forum on it. I’ll check it from time to time to see if it’s in use, but that’s about it.

I present to you: shitdanish.com

This can be either wildly entertaining, or completely boring, depending on who moves in and makes it their home.

I did, however, make a few statements in the TOS that release me of any legal liability and also warn that I can shut the damn thing off at any point for any reason.

I had my surgery this morning, and true to the surgeon’s word, I was discharged 3 hours later and am currently at home.

Being that I’m all sick and stuff…. I took a couple pictures for ya (they’re links that will pop up in a new window for those with sensitive stomachs).

My back.

The screws they removed

An old x-ray showing the screws in my spine (links to an old post)

So… I’m off work for the next couple of weeks for recovery, but I’m feeling pretty damn good at the moment. That might have everything to do with the drugs, so we’ll see how I feel tomorrow 🙂

I met with my neurosurgeon today for a few last minute things.

My surgery is scheduled for tomorrow morning at 11:30am. I have to check in at 10 am so they can prep me. Oh, rapture!

For those who aren’t following along, I’ll do a brief summary:

When I was young and stupid, I got run over while riding a motorcycle twice. Then, years later, I was shoveling gravel for a charity and that finished off my back. I had two surgeries (a discectomy and a fusion), and now they’re gonna remove the hardware in my back.

According to my surgeon, this should be an easy gig and I should be home tomorrow night.

Other news:
While coming home from the neurosurgeon’s office, our durango got creamed by a white pickup truck. We’re fine, but the durango is at the body shop. It’s not too bad, but it’s not exactly gonna buff out. We were sitting in traffic and a guy backed out of the parking lot across the street from us… straight into us.

*sigh*

He said we were in his “blind spot”. Um… yeah… you didn’t notice us sitting there… not moving… surrounded by cars that were doing the same? Whatever. He’s paying for the body work, so I’m cool.

The lan party was a success for the most part. We had a few technical issues with the server, but that was about it for problems.

We started just after 6 and went till about 1am.

The game of the evening was classic Unreal Tournament. We ran as a straight deathmatch, then we played CTF, and finally assault.

I got my share of kills in, but there were some brutal people in-game (read: I got my ass kicked on a few levels).

Here are a few images from the fun:

Dave had the sexiest damn computer on the room!

A pic of the room early on… more people came later but I was too busy playing to take pictures.

I’m getting pissed at my son for handing me my ass for a hat.

All in all, good times! It wasn’t a huge party (15 players in house and one remote), but hell… that’s the max the game will handle, so it was perfect! Huge thanks to my good neighbor, Ben, for hosting the party!!! Special thanks to encap as well for providing the 40 port switch!

I do have a few extras items after the party ended that need to be claimed: A black CD case (full of burns) and an extension cord. If these belong to you… fire off an email to me.

I didn’t get to bed until 4:30 am (there was a small post-lan gathering at my house). We had a few beers, made fun of each other, and laughed a lot.