Hello all. I am currently cleaning the room and simultaneously studying for my midterms. As I logged onto the internet to check something, I saw two news stories that caught my attention. Both of these sound like they should be in the Onion, but are actually Reuters stories.

The first, was that Afghanistan's ONLY pig was quarantined for fear of swine flu.

The second, was that one provincial Chinese government ordered all of its officials to smoke 23,000 packs of government approved cigarettes a year. If you didn't smoke enough or smoked non-Chinese brands you would be fined. Then tons of people began throwing shit fits and the government reversed the order.

Anyhow, I am doing well, although I was sick as a dog all of last week and I'm still coughing a fair amount now. Having fun at school, and this friday I'm going to do a demo at a middle school on how to make chainmaille and sword fight and stuff for my medieval reenactment group.
My computer is also acting up. The drivers that control the keyboard and mouse got deleted, so I literally cannot do anything once I turn my computer on (stealing Chessie's for now). So my stepdad is mailing me his Windows re-install disk, so hopefully I can fix this soon.
I should go back to cleaning and studying now.
How's everyone doing? I hope all is well.