Why Mono Sucks

So I've had Mono for over a month now and it is probably one of the most annoying things to ever happen to me. It isn't that bad, just really annoying. At random times I will just happen to get really tired out of nowhere and be really upset about it because it means I will just be getting farther and farther behind in school. Besides the occasional fevers, sore throats, and coughs, the worst part of mono though is trying to figure out how sick you really are. I'm never really quite sure because you keep going in and out of felling good and bad. It doesn't help though when you keep getting all sorts of conflicting advice about Mono. For example, I went to the doctor last week because I thought I was getting an ear infection. I didn't have an ear infection, but the doctor told me "I'm surprised you still have mono symptoms. Usually you would be doing a lot better by now as it would be going into remission". Then on the other hand, I'm being told stuff like "you should probably drop out of school for the semester because it takes months to get over". Just the other day, Trevor told me that it takes a year to get over mono. My mom, who also had mono in college, says the same kinds of things. I did some research on the internet and also got conflict results. So I'm not really sure what is going to happen.

Klaus Nomi

I keep wishing I had been alive to be part of 80's Pop culture. This longing was renewed recently by the discovery of the 80's new wave sensation Klaus Nomi. Klaus, a classically trained opera singer from Germany, moved to New York right around the time when New Wave was taking off. His music spanned the genres of Pop, Disco, New Wave, Performance Art, and Cabaret. So pretty much he comes on to the scene in the late 80's, his music isn't excepted very well in the United States, so he moves to Europe where they love him, and he dies like a year later from AIDS (he was one of the first celebrities to die of AIDS or as it was called at the time, "Gay Cancer"). He was kind of forgotten until recently when a documentary called "the Nomi Song" was made about his life. I got the documentary off of Netflix and have been totally infatuated with him since.

I think the thing about Klaus Nomi that I find so intriguing is that since his career was so short and obscure, nobody else has really copied his style. Although it is 25 years old, it is still unique.

Here is a sampling:


Klaus Nomi- Simple Man





Klaus Nomi- The Nomi Song





Klaus Nomi- Lightning Strikes




Klaus Nomi- Total Eclipse



After the Fall


The Cold Song