i'm coming down with something. at first, i thought it was just my allergies. this is the time of year they usually kick in full force. now though, i can feel the congestion in my chest, i have a slight headache, a light fever, and the lymph nodes in my neck and axillary area are swollen. it's apparent that i have inhalation anthrax. i haven't opened any suspicious mail or, to my knowledge, been exposed to an unknown white powder (that kilo of cocaine i received last month doesn't count), but, in these frightening (and hysteric) times, what else could it be?

so i pledge to everyone that i will continue to blog as the infection grows ("last of the great tolkhans: the Anthrax Series"), relaying first hand accounts of the terrible toll the microorganism takes on my body, posting photos of any mucilaginous discharges, until i either succumb or am cured. or if the doctor tells me it's just a cold. or until the weekend, when i don't blog anyway.