Ugh. I can't believe I'm still alive.
I've spent the past two months with a cough that just won't go away. Nothing seems to shift it. Now it's developed into a long-running summer cold. Jamba Juice's "Coldbuster" helps dry things up, but only for a while.
So after very little sleep, I did a 10 hour day of work yesterday (not all hours paid), left the office at 7.30pm, raced home, picked up Miles, and raced back downtown, to KUVO, to do the 9pm-midnight show.
The show went very well, just like last week, but it was only a mix of Mountain Dew and coffee that kept me upright. I had lots of nice calls from real hardcore jazz fans, who appreciated my "pushing the envelope" approach to late Friday nights. I guess no-one else is playing Archie Shepp, Pharoh Sanders and Sun Ra.
I signed off at midnight, and was home by 1.30am. Slept the sleep of the dead. Woke. Back to the radio station for three more hours. It's a good job I love public radio broadcasting, and jazz.
Now, I'm sat in a new coffee place, near the station, and indeed near the office. Feelling kinda dazed.
It has just the right mix of decor and furniture, with that distressed look, favoured by American coffee houses. Excellent coffee and free Internet service, round out all the essential criteria to earn the DMfM stamp of approval. Heck, it even has a cool name!
Details:
Monkey Bean
2470 Broadway
Denver, CO
(corner of Broadway and Walnut)
What's Miles been up to lately? Haven't seen any new pictures in a while.
His fanclub wants to know. :-)
Posted by: Annica on August 22, 2004 09:14 AMI hope you are taking care of yourself!
Posted by: Brenda on August 24, 2004 09:39 AMYou have told that you were infected with cough. This is something about cough that you should bear in mind in future.
Whooping cough is the common name for Pertussis, a highly contagious infection of the respiratory tract. It is caused by a bacterium called Bordetella pertussis. One of the main symptoms is severe coughing spells, and the disease gets its common name from the “whoop” sound people often make as they try to catch their breath after one of these coughing spells.
The bacteria that cause whooping cough are spread through droplets in the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. You can also become infected through direct contact with discharges from the nose or throat of an infected person.
