PIGFLU at BROWN!!!!!

Brown University student confirmed as having swine flu
7:10 PM Wed, May 20, 2009
Richard C. Dujardin

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Brown University informed its students and faculty Wednesday that one of its students has been confirmed as having swine flu.

"This individual was likely exposed to H1N1 in New York, and is recovering well," Russell C. Carey, Brown's senior vice president and chief risk officer, and Margaret Klawunn, the school's vice president of campus life and student services, wrote in an e-mail to the Brown community.

The disclosure comes as relatives and friends of graduates and alumni are set to visit the university this weekend for forums and reunions related to Sunday's commencement.

The adminsitrators said they have been advised by the Rhode Island Department of Health, which confirmed the swine flu case, that there is no need to adjust any of the weekend events.

"The most important thing Brown community members, and our guests arriving on campus this weekend, can do to prevent the spread of illness is to practice preventive behaviors, including frequent hand washing with soap and water or use of hand sanitizers and staying home if you are sick," the administrators wrote.

The administrators said the school will have hand-sanitizer stations in high-traffic areas this weekend.

Chinatown Hair & Obesité

Went to Chinatown with Ian today for my $7 haircut.

He got a $7 shampoo and head massage (it's $2 if you get it with a haircut) while he was waiting for me.




I am happy with it.



Afterwards we went next door to Joe's Shanghai. It is truly awesome.



Fried Rice Cakes.



Soupy Pork Dumprings.



Fried Pork Dumprings.



Heaven.

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For dinner I met up with TL at Ippudo near Astor Place which is known for having the best ramen in the city.



She looks adorable, right?



DO NOT BE FOOLED.

What TL failed to tell me prior to dinner was that SHE IS INFECTED WITH VIRAL PIGFLU. (Possibly Zombie Pigflu.)

I forgot to bring my rifle to dinner, so if you see this girl please shoot her on sight.



Actually no. Don't shoot.

I may have the pigflu now too.

I suppose I wouldn't mind dying with TL. We would make heaven so much more fun.

Or hell...

Probably hell.

ZOMBIE PIGFLU

Holy shit this is CRAZY!!!

Klebe just sent me this article.

http://bouncewith.me.uk/europe/8027043.htm

Apparently the H1N1 swineflu virus has mutated and now kills its victims and then brings them back to life for two hours where they behave extremely violently and lash out at the people around them....like zombies.

London has been quarantined.

Read more here.

Have you heard anything? Is this real? Or is Klebe just playing a zombie-killer trick on me?

LAX -> JFK... PigFlu = Empty Flights!

So last week, I introduced you to the beautiful KristinaKlebe.

During her photoshoot, I confessed to her how I was terrified of flying to NY this week amidst the whole PigFlu ordeal and how I was planning to wear a mask regardless of what people might think or do.

Well she admitted that she felt the same way!

I was amazed. Kristina kills ZOMBIES for a living!

Anyway, she had been wanting to go to NYC for a few auditions and because her family lives there. So she bought tickets for my Delta flight so that we could travel together in style.

(By the way, her 24 audition apparently went awesome and though she hasn't been called back, they are shooting in NYC next season and I just have a feeling deep within my soul that she is destined to be a recurring character on 24 if not next season then at some point soon.)

So yay. Traveling with friends makes life so much more fun.



Goodbye awful urban sprawl!



Hello Rocky Mountains!



After enjoying one of the most yummy meals I've ever had on a flight (short ribs with wasabi/garlic mashed potatoes)...



We braved walking through the flu-infested peasantry and headed to the back of the plane to find it almost completely empty!

Yay PigFlu!

Yay full rows of seats all to ourselves!



Still, we took precautions. Better to be safe than swineflu-ed!



Klebe totally rocks a flu-mask the way Danny rocks geek glasses.



Fierce!



Flu mask also functions as a great eye-cover for sleeping! Amazing!



I LOVE DELTA 4 EVA!!!

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OK. It is 3:50 am NYC time.

Still on West Coast time but I really must sleep now because we're going out 4 nights in a row starting tomorrow...well today.

Yoinks.

Apparently I am not alone in my fear.

Bobbo flies to NYC tomorrow.



Pray for him that he does not get the pigflu.

ME NO WANT PIGFLU

I'm flying next week.

Little bit nervous.

Hopefully I will not have to sit with the peasant-y proletariat.

Thank you Dr. Dan for providing surgical masks.