Last night I was about to go to bed, was flipping through some of the HD channels, and I noticed that Universal HD was having a Battlestar Galactica marathon. I had seen bits and pieces of the show before, but this was the first time I had seen an episode from beginning to end. Not only was the show itself enjoyable, but between the HD video and 5.1 channel DD audio, it was quite the experience. :-D Unfortunately the marathon ends right as I get home from work today, and it probably wouldn't have been the best idea to stay up all night watching it. I'll definitely have to catch the show when it's on again though.
On the not-so-good side of HD, I found out that TNT has an HD station, and they're showing British Open coverage on it. Unfortunately, Cox doesn't give us TNT-HD. >:-O
Woo drugs! :-P I'm now taking Topamax for my headaches, which should be interesting. It was originally prescribed for people with epileptic seizures, but a 5-10x smaller dose is given out now for headaches. The side effects seem to be an odd combination of the good and the bad:
* Taste alteration - or as my doctor said, "carbonated drinks will probably start to taste kind of weird". I think I'm starting to notice this, but I'm not sure yet.
* Reduced appetite/weight loss - can't really go wrong with that.
* Tingling/loss of feeling in extremeties - uh...wha? Oddly enough, my doctor said that taking a vitamin c supplement fixes this, which I don't quite understand. But then, I'm no doctor. ;-)
* Confusion - this one should be particularly interesting. I guess the most common form of this is a slight inability to find the right word when you want it, while some say that it just makes them stupid. Time will tell!
Once I'm over this cough I'm going to try playing tennis again, see if the headaches come back. Autocrossing this weekend should be interesting as well, but I'm betting it'll be ok, and things are generally looking up. At the same time, it's a little discouraging to think that I may have to take these forever. :-\
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