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chattering-teethThis weak (sic) has been full of excitement. Thanks to the surgery which left me doped pretty much all week, I’ve gotten far less done than I wanted to. This is right down to having to push off an appointment from Friday to Monday as well as completely missing important mail from my land lady. There have been some highlights however.

  1. While I’m likely not using them correctly, I’m navigating Tomcat, Java, and Eclipse more efficiently now.
  2. I’ve done my first servlet code to push data back to the database from a client
  3. I’ve been working on a data entry app to make adding data easier. (It’s crappy, but it has some nice features including db lookup)
  4. I may have a potential Product Manager to start working with arranging the business end of thing.

On the agenda (aside from catching up on email and meetings)

  1. Data Entry Client
    1. Add versioning info to the client 02104.01.12..2250
    2. Add the data client to the continuous automation 02104.01.12..2250
    3. Gather the collected data for push back to the server
    4. Add a <strike>redacted</strike> to let me see where a <strike>redacted</strike> is.
  2. Servlet
    1. Finish the data PUT calls for posting data to the DB
    2. Learn how to automate the checkin of java code with CI to push it directly to the Tomcat machine.
  3. Client
    1. Use the new data managed in the DB to populate the existing interfaces
    2. Disable unused interfaces for Alpha distribution (keeping active for dev dist)

As you can see, the week ahead is fairly full code wise.

Time and code marches on!

image imageThe office has a nice tranquil room to let the drugs take over. At this point I am vaguely relaxed and laid back. The room has a lounge with a nice tribal-like blanket, an air purifier, several mood candles and a machine playing ocean sounds.

For my last procedure while I was here they gave me a crushed Halcion under my young to increase the effectiveness. Just now they gave me 3. I expect to be flying in about 30-45 minutes. Mind you Halcion sublingual is horrid in taste.

Today’s work will involve 5 extractions, 1 re-crowning, and a temporary appliance.

The Whovian in me looks forwards to saying, “New Teeth… That’s weird”

Despite the Valium in my system, I can still feel a small wave of anxiety… But I can also feel myself getting drowsier.

not sure why thawlonsmmam

imageI do not consider myself one to experiment with narcotics. But I do consider myself open-minded, observant, and philosophical about experiences.

Today I got to discover sedation dentistry and the kind and loving assistance of Triazolam. I went from normal to drunken stumbling fool in a period of an hour. The drug took about 30 minutes to start to have a noticeable effect.

Some log entries:

+37 feeling drowsy. Mind feels a little heavy. Slow unless I try to think and the. It works fine.

+48 more drowsy. When I close my eyes I kind of drift into a trance state. When I open my eyes im at about 80%. Slightly drunk feeling.

+61 navigation issues. Legs tending to wander. Small balance issues. I’m noticeably affected/impaired to friend.

+72 definite navigation issues, tend to meander when walking casually, almost tripping over my feet.tend to fall backa. Few steps when standing. Just end bumped a doorway on entry. At office now.

And then they gave me a second dose.

I have faint Vine like video memories of the procedure. Before the procedure I asked my girlfriend to take me to breakfast after it was done as I was starved. I think I remember bacon. I don’t remember going in, I don’t remember eating, leaving, or getting home for that matter.

I strongly recccomend the early 80’s kitchen science fiction film, “Looker”.

All I all it went well, but honestly the feeling didn’t really wear off until about 9:30 pm.

So, Halcion… Wow. That’s kinda up there. It had me all but staring at air. Such fun.

imageApologies to my Armchair Director readers for this delay and topic switch.

On the way to my first appt. Just took my first Halcion. I’m told this should be a fun trip. The Valium from last night is wearing off. I’ve been told to fast so I’m psychologically very hungry.

The appointment is dental work. Today is simply impressions to decide if I’m going to require a dental implant or worse a denture. Normally impressions are a simple process but due to a horribly overactive gag reflex they have to knock me out.

Theoretically the Halcion will seriously impair me. I’ve never done “oral sedation” to this degree before. I was given Valium a decade or so back for LASIK.

20 minutes in, I’m not really feeling the Halcion at all. I’ll keep people posted. I’m curious to try to observe the effects. If it doesn’t take me down too hard, I hope to have my next Armchair Director post up before tonight’s episode.

More later!

Still shaking the last vestiges of June-Goo ’08.

Tues/Thurs was the worst of this infestation. Which was really weird because I was utterly down for the count both days yet was functional in the office on Wednesday. Very weird.

Despite my hatred of the growing police state we live in, I signed away my life for some Pseudophedrine. The only think that kicks the crap out of severe congestion and flu for me.

The reason you have to sign for it now, is because some morons decided it was a great substance with which to make methamphetimines. And since the current US government treats its people as more likely to commit a crime than be honest, the drugs are no longer over the counter.

Amphetamines were known by another term in the 70s. Speed. Pseudophedrine is in fact related to amphetamines.

Which leads me back to this post.

We got in from Avenue Q last night around 11:30. I pretty much fell over in exhaustion congested to the back of my head at midnight. But not before taking to Pseudophedrine. At about 2:45 I woke up. Jittery and WIDE AWAKE.

This is not going to be very conducive for the rest of my day or weekend. I’m solo parenting “a” this afternoon and evening while “H” does mass. I obviously must be awake and focussed. This is humous while I sit here on a Saturday before 6am scratching at the feeling of the hair on my arms because I feel slightly like a strung out junky.

I suppose the good side of this is that I only get this wired on the stuff when it’s reaching the end of its usefulness. Translation: If I take it easy today (and its a non-work day) I should be healthy by the time I go to sleep.

This would be exceedingly good because the mantra I have this weekend is, “When I awake tomorrow, Grecian travelers will be en route home.”