It is sweltering. High temperature, high humidity, almost no wind. I woke up sweating. Taking a shower helped, but I had to get out of the house. I had to get someplace with air conditioning. I wanted to go some place with wireless.

Can’t go to Gone Wired. It’s usually hotter in there than it is outside. I went to Theio’s. The air conditioner was barely helping. Their DSL connection had crapped out again, so it was slower than dial-up. After trying to put up with it, and making myself nauseous by drinking too much root beer, I gave up. Got on the bus to come out to East Lansing. I walked into Espresso Royale. Doors are open, smelled a wee bit like unwashed hippie, and there was no A/C. Wonderful. Came in to Barnes and Noble, to their Starbuck’s (evil empire) cafe. Air conditioning in here is good, though my nausea is still making me feel warm. Opened up the laptop, try to connect, and…

AT&T wants me to pay for a wireless connection. $3.99 for two hours. Where is the Cool Cities wireless that was promised by Mayor Singh? What the hell are you doing, Barnes and Noble, by advertising wireless on the door, and then wanting to charge for it? Maybe I’m just spoiled. Maybe I’m just hot, nauseated, and angry. Now I’m stuck with this crappy Italian soda in an uncomfortable chair at a useless, tiny, round table, venting my frustration at all of you. Or -will- be venting, once I find a wireless connection.

LATER:

MSU Union. Duh. It was hell going outside to walk here, but I’m here. The study lounge on the third floor has A/C that is actually comfortably set (likely around 65 degrees), and MSU has super-crazy-fast-stable-intertube-connection. That’s mah werd. *shakes head* Anyway, the nausea is starting to calm down. I’m no longer sure that it was started by the root beer. Though, anything sweet or food-like is still flipping my stomach. However, I can adjust my position in these extremely comfortable study chairs without creating a surge in the nausea, which means that things are getting better. Also, I stopped playing Myst Online. The 3-d environment was contributing to the queasy, like Quake used to.

I think that my stress level is the major contributor here. I’m hitting several things on those medical stress lists. Thank the gods for this vacation.

Son of a… the Union is closing early. I’m getting booted out. Here we go again.