Did Pinhead Take Fish Oil Too?

I went for my first visit to a naturopath and accupuncturist today. It was quite the experience. Sitting in an armchair with little pins stuck in your face and hands is an interesting way to spend 10 minutes. It doesn't hurt much, although a few spots on my face were a little sensitive when the pins initially went in. Afterwards, though, I'm still feeling strange sensitive sensations in all the spots where the pins were stuck. Perhaps my chi is realigning itself? My stomache feels a bit funny too, but that's probably hunger. And it's a good thing I'm not squeamish about needles anymore.

In any case, I'm happy with my decision to try this out as a solution to my allergies, although I'm a little concered with all the supplements the doc prescribed. Part of my reasoning in persuing alternate means of allergy treatment was to try to avoid spending too much money on pills that didn't help. Instead, I now have 3 different natural supplements to take. The difference between a supplement and a pill? One is made from natural ingredients. But I can't say I'm really excited to be spending a ton of money on hippie-friendly pills instead of the chemical kind. And I'm skeptical that if the chemical pills don't help why should the supplements be any different?

In any case, I'm going to continue having pins stuck in me and see how it goes, but I'm going to try and slowly weasel my way out of all the supplements.

Ideally, somebody would come up with a magic cure to my problem. But since there's no such thing, I guess the magic of chinese medicine will have to do.

Down with Crippled Cell Phones!

So I got a little bored tonight and decided to plug my phone into my PC and see if I can remove the Telus default menus and icons. See, the default colors, images, tones, and backgrounds are all set by Telus and are different than the menu items that would ship with a stock non-branded Nokia phone of the same model.

The way to remove the Telus images and icons is well documented online and seems like it should be very easy to do. In fact, with the right software and a data cable, it should be a simple matter of removing one file from the phone.

However, the instructions also make a note of backing up a series of files to your PC first, in case something goes wrong. This is always good advice. But the software required to copy these files requires you to purchase a full license for $40. Otherwise, you can only copy a few files before the demo license restricts you from going any further. I haven't been able to locate a crack to work around this.

I'm tempted to just delete the file and see what happens. At the very least, I can back up that same one file. In theory, if I screw things up all I need to do is replace that file again. I shouldn't even need to worry about that other folder I'm told to back up.

But you never know with these sorts of things. Removing that file could have other unforseen consequences. And if I do this and it fails miserably, I'm not just out a file and some icons on my phone. I'll essentially be screwing up my phone and necessitating the purchase of a new one. That's another $400 I'll be looking at spending, instead of a measly $40 to back up the files. On the other hand, if I try it and it works it won't cost a thing and I'll be happy.

I think I'm going to sleep on it, before I make such a rash decision. Who knew that deleting a little tiny data file could be such a big decision.

Things That Have Made My Week

1.) Checking my work e-mail from out of town to discover that I've been granted an MVP award for my efforts on my project over the past month. Said aware also comes with a certificate for dinner and a movie for two.
(I'm still working on the "two" part before I use them.)

2.) Having a bonus added to my paycheque this week for appreciated proactiveness at work. This is in addition to, and separate from, the aforementioned MVP award.

3.) Finding out that I've passed my 90 day probation and will be recieving full extended benefits as of friday.

4.) Having a personal compliment paid directly to me by the CEO for some additional work I've been doing to help improve productivity. Again, this is separate from points 1, 2, and 3.

5.) Knowing that numbers 2 and 3 mean that I can get my bike fixed this week, see my chiropractor again, and book and appointment with my dentist. Further steps to living healthier!

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A Little Bit of Vanity

Because you asked nicely...