So far, one comment and it's sopping in sarcasm.  Nevertheless, I appreciate it very much.  Thank you anonymous poster!

I got a haircut today.  After getting lunch at the food court in the mall near my apartment, I decided to try out the hair stylist in the mall - my hair was getting long and it was awful convenient.  I really didn't have high expectations at all, and accepted the fact that I might get mall-hairstylist massacred.  In the end, I think this is possibly my best haircut ever.  Normally, I shower right after getting a haircut because I'm so itchy, but there's no itch - she did a phenomenal job of keeping my neck hair free.  Also, she styled it and put gunk in.  As I knew I was going to the orchestra concert tonight, I decided to keep it in and styled.  I also wore nice clothes - something that was quite unnecessary for Orchestra London, but it made me feel oh so pretty!

Post #800

I recently realized that on the blog itself, there is no reference to how many posts I've done.  Blogger users will know that the program tells your how many posts there are in a blog, but nothing for you, my faithful readers.

I'm not going to do anything about this, because I don't think it's worth my while; rather, I just wanted to point out that I'm not just randomly pulling numbers out of you-know-where.

Eight-hundred posts - even I'm impressed at how much rambling, ranting, blabbering and word writing that is.  As self-referential as this post is labelled to be, I wondered the other day whether or not this blog will survive to one thousand.

Long story short, yes it will.

Long story - I think I'll probably blog until the internet ceases to exist for reason such as:

-It is a remarkable method of procrastination.  

-I like writing words.

-I like to rant.

-With the memory I have, I need this blog so I can account for the things I've done since 2005.

Thinking about whether the next 200 posts would happen, I thought ahead to the next year...

I realized that I have no idea of what will happen and things are always changing.  By post 850, I'll have finished my thesis and maybe even will have it performed.  By post 900, I will have graduated and will know the results of my multitudinous applications.  We all know that I will NEED this blog to properly voice my indecision.

The bottom line is that I keep changing and will likely continue to do so.  As a result, this blog continues to change.  I think back to the days when all I did was rant and complain about things; I think of how my blog has matured; and I think of how lame I have become with only blogging about my two topics these days.  I will keep blogging, and I hope that I still have readers.

[Reader Participation]

Readers, I'd like to thank you all for sticking with me, or dropping by on a rare occasion, or even those who might be reading for the first time.  I would like you all to leave me a comment and share your favourite memory of my blogging life!  

Maybe it was the time I spouted random diabetes-related numbers out and you have no idea what any of it meant; maybe it was the time I complained about my readers never commenting, or maybe it was when I posted those beautiful pictures of Hoppy the Hopster.  

Use the search function up at the top left of the page to help jog your memory.

Whatever it was, I would love to hear about it!

And readers, in true Michael fashion, you can expect a post in a few days complaining about how I've put my heart out on my sleeve, mumbly mumbly, and beg you all for the comments which you haven't yet left me!

Happy Anniversary!

little update

1)This is my last post in the seven hundreds.

2)I sent away my UBC application today and the Boston one went away yesterday.  I am officially done with applying for grad schools (in North America)!

3)After the negativity of my earlier post, my sugars have stayed flat since noon - within one mmol - that's amazing!  I'm very excited; despite being hungry, I'm avoiding eating supper for as long as I can so I can double check that my basal rate is accurate.