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"that thing on your face is getting bigger"

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2003.12.07

Over the course of the past two days, a nasty rash has lit up on the side of my face, just down from my ear.

This morning, when my girlfriend told me, "That thing on your face is getting bigger," I decided it was time to go to the walk-in clinic. I'm now on some very expenses antiviral pills. Apparently I have shingles.

rand()m quote

It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

—Anne Frank