anti-[everything]

I've been sick for almost a week now. I guess I had a cold or a flu. My temperature was 101°F on Saturday. It's been a while since I've had a fever. I didn't really enjoy it and wouldn't recommend having a fever to anyone else.

In addition to being sick, I've been teaching myself how to use R. Previously I've done all of my statistical analyses in SAS.¹ I've wanted to learn R for a while, but have been putting it off. I don't have anything against SAS except that it's expensive and requires a remote connection when I need to work. Also, there's no Mac version. I mostly worked with SAS, batch mode, over a ssh connection from home. The biggest benefit was that I didn't have to leave the house. Now that I can use R, I don't have to worry about Internet access and I can run it off of my own machine. Plus, I hear all of the cool kids are using it for their statistical analyses.

Being sick has also meant I haven't been able to exercise. Since February, I've been making an effort to exercise. Sitting on my ass in front of a computer 10 out 12 months of the year hasn't done much for my general fitness. I'm not a huge fatty or anything, but huge fattiness runs in my family. I guess I should do something to avoid that. I'm not doing anything terribly hard exercise-wise, just some basic routines and some running. I have to admit that it isn't as fun as not exercising and smoking. To balance out exercise and otherwise generally clean living, I've been drinking more gin. I've also been trying eat healthier, which means eating more vegetables. I hate vegetables.

I guess that's all I have to say for now. Oh yeah. I applied for application to the reforming Shitty Blogs Club. I think this should help fulfill the requirement that I blog occasionally. I'd hate to have my membership rejected.

I did not proofread this post. You'll get over it.