= Such Stupid Things =

This trip to the Philippines next month is actually coming together. Despite some hearty mocking from Marie and her family, paranoia finally got the better of me, so I scheduled a trip to the campus travel clinic. With their help, I've metamorphasized into a tropical Superman. I now have the power to fend off tetanus, hepatitis A, B and C, typhoid, malaria, MMR, and a broad range of gastrointestinal-distress-causing bacteria. I declined the shot for Japanese encphalitis, so that'll be a chink in the armor. But nevertheless, I'm feeling pretty solid.

I figure I should get the most out of these immunizations while they last, so if anyone wants to go hiking through Amazonia in the next five years, please let me know.