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So, I came across an interesting article today about the top ten highest paying internet search terms as of January 2006.

Highest Paying Search Terms

From what I have found, below are the current top 10 higest paying Internet search keywords.

mesothelioma $84.08
mesothelioma attorneys $80.93
mesothelioma lawyers $69.04
malignant pleural mesothelioma $55.95
Asbestos Cancer $54.17
mesothelioma symptoms $53.66
peritoneal mesothelioma $52.27
trans union $51.91
lung cancer $43.12
search engine optimization $30.19

Interesting. who knew a disease like mesothelioma and different varients of mesothelioma could make people so much money on the internet. Crazy world, eh?

Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd.

Probably one of my favorite songs of all time if I had to pick favorites. Ive been sitting here listening to various covers of it, and even a few different instrumental versions. It’s been just about the only solace I have left for the immense pain I’m in/ have been in. For the past week I’ve had a terrible toothache. the past couple days it’s been too much to bear. I’ve been lucky enough to even get 10 hours sleep total over the past 2 days. I cant go get it fixed, I’ve not been at my current job too long, so there’s that whole paycheck transition thing. You know how it goes. That and, despite some of the perks of my current job, one of them surprisingly, is NOT health/dental insurance. I have to wait a long time to have hopes of getting that. Grrrrr. The other night I kinda drowned the pain in vodka and 1500mg of acetominiphin (sp?) because it was the only thing I could think of to ease me enough to be able to at least get a few hours of sleep. I probabaly shouldnt have, I rarely drink, I was just in a lot of pain, and felt rather out of options and needed to get enough sleep so I wouldnt fall asleep at work. Now I’ve just been hitting the tylenol every 6 hours til I can find or afford a solution to this problem. It sucks.

On a lighter note, my job’s been alright, not as bad as I thought it was gonna be, but still pretty dull. at my last job I sometimes liked to sing to myself at work. just a quirk of mine, and no one seemed to really mind. Now im at a job where you have to be quiet as soon as you get on the work floor, and stay that way til you leave. Sometimes I get a song stuck in my head and it takes all I have to keep my mouth shut.
I got a wedding announcement in the mail the other day. From Amanda Bevan. It was a bit much to take in. Just kinda weird to see her getting married and all I suppose. She looked absolutely beautiful in the pics in her annoucement. I recall sitting there looking at them and thinking back on good memories. A lot were from when her and I sat next to each other in the back of psych class, some from drama / theatre stuff, and some from many various other things. Funny thing about amanda… she knew how to get under my skin. I think she knew how to incite argument out of me about anything. She knew what made me tick sometimes, and had fun with it. And to be honest….I secretly kinda liked it. She made me think, she knew how to push me beyond what I thought I was capable of sometimes, I was always thankful to her for that, though I never said anything. And of course, if you’ve read this far, you’ve probably figured out that it goes without saying I liked her a lot a time or 2. Nothing ever happened, if ever I had a chance, I never took it. I was probably scared to, and or likely figured that due to the huge differences in our backgrounds, is was probably a waste of time anyway. And now this beautiful girl is grown up, and getting married. Time flies. It’s simply amazing.

Moving on, I’ve been getting pretty excited for one of the most exciting holidays of the year coming up: St. Patricks Day. I guess im weird compared to most, but this is one of my favorite holidays. Whether you’re celebrating St Patricks missionary work bringing christianity to Ireland, or you’re one of those who believe he was a guy who drove legions of snakes out of ireland, It’s more importantly about celebrating Ireland, The Irish, and if you’re irish, like myself, your irish roots. I’ll definately be sporting my green, and, if all goes well with this toothache thing by then, perhaps I’ll cook up some corned beef/ bacon and cabbage, and champ. Hopefully. I made the same last year for st patricks day and it was absolutely delcious. If you’re one of those people who think cabbage is dull or not a fan, you’ve never had my cabbage. The entire meal is awesome really.

Oh yes…one other thing before I go…
It has begun:

Planning for my roadtrip. dont know when, or how, etc, but I know Im overdue for one and would like to take another one since it’s been a while. To make the process a little easier and a bit more fun, I bought a us fold out map and started push-pinning places I’d like to go or see along the way. Should be fun.Anyway, aspirin is kicking in again, better go see if I can sneak in some sleep before it wears off. I’m outta here, g’night everyone.