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Thursday, December 17

Doctor's Note

To Whom It May Concern:

Please excuse g from any and all activities he may or may not have missed yesterday. He appears to be suffering from a mild case of a head cold (mostly stuffy and runny nose). Though he has some body aches, it appears to be secondary to the epic drive between Dallas and Houston, not the hallmark of flu-like symptoms (like a good boy, he got his seasonal flu vaccine, but is holding out on the H1N1 for those who really need it). He took an antihistamine and acetaminophen, so he should be okay for whatever lies ahead of him today, like a not-so-epic essay on Jazz.

He wanted me to let you know that he would have posted an entry yesterday, but his dad decided that $15/month was too much to spend to add DSL on top of home telephone service, so he will be trucking over to the local library to make use of their WiFi. He also wanted to sarcastically thank his dad for giving him so much free time to do worthwhile stuff like watch daytime TV (how does Wendy Williams have a talk show?) instead of cruising the internet to look for ways to improve his writing.

To those friends who were expecting him to show up to the Christmas party last night, he had taken a nap and woke up only to find that he still felt crappy ('crappy' is a legitimate medical term). He promises a handle of Crown or a fifth of Patron in the near future when he will be better able to partake of the gift. I can tell he was really under the weather because he had an expensive Gucci watch he wanted to show off, but the recurrent need to wipe his nose far outweighed any solicited praises he might have gotten on his watch that has 12 diamonds to mark the hours. On a side note, I've already treated his left wrist for frostbite.

For those people wondering if I'm really a doctor, I reply by saying that my diploma from the University of Houston does say 'Doctor' on it. Even though it is succeeded by 'of Pharmacy' I am enough of a doctor to recommend over the counter medicines and such. And in some states, I may even suggest cough medicines with small amounts of codeine; unfortunately, those 'some states' do not include Texas.

g wishes you did all the best on your tests and such, and will celebrate with some adult beverages soon. Just not last night.

Best regards,

Dr. T. Nguyen

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

yea, who and how did wendy williams get her own show? i rarely watch tv now because it's in the living room, and the living room is too cold for me.

-eggs, (writing fried is too long, lol)

g said...

i have some guesses, but apparently celebrities can sue bloggers for defamation. no bueno