Metal Health

The Korpiklaani show on the 30th kicked serious ass. Skipped the first band, showed up in time for Swashbuckle, who aren't great musicians, but have fun with it at least. First time I saw Tyr live; and I have to say I like their live show better than the recorded stuff I've heard so far. Less trying to be clever, and more just good headbangin' metal. Korpiklaani was as great as ever. Spent all of their set in the pit, getting the crap kicked out of me. Getting too old for this crap. But I got to say "hi" after the show, so that was awesome. :)

Unfortunately, I came home with more than just a few bruises and a new t-shirt. Thanks to some plague rat, I managed to pick up a case of SARS/Swine Flu/Black Death. Woke up sick the next day, and have been feeling profoundly ill ever since. And I know it was from the show, because nearly everyone else I know who went have also come down with this crud. Ended up taking 3 days off of work. Should have stayed home the entire week, but we had a major project I needed to be there for. Ugh. My chest feels like someone's taken a cheese grater to it, and I'm not even going to try and describe what I've been horking up. Looks like I'm hitting the end of it, and I've got my weekend now; so as long as I haven't developed pneumonia, I should be fine by the time I go back to work. Really screwed up some other plans I had, though.