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Oh, fun!

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The past two days have seen me having quite a fun time.  I went to the ER Monday morning with what I knew was a kidney infection due to the fever and intense pain I had in my back.  Yup.  Sure was.  As the day progressed, my slightly sore throat turned into the worst I’ve ever had, so much so that I couldn’t eat and my fever returned.  My teeth ached so badly that chewing was out of the question, but it didn’t matter; I couldn’t even swallow saliva without agonizing pain.  Mom had enough of it and forced me to see yet another doctor last evening.  After a quick injection of steroids and penicillin, I woke up this morning in a pool of sweat with a HUGE smile on my face.  I was better!  Completely!  I’ve never thought such a turnaround could be possible, but it happened.  It could also be due to the homemade biscuits and gravy my mom made just for me.  :love:

Now, geekspeak.  Coldplay’s album is laughably bad.  Maybe it will grow on me, but it’s definitely not on the level of the last one.  Awww.  Too bad that 1) I don’t care for Lost anymore 2) I don’t vid anymore.  There are two songs I could make the most corny vids to.  One is actually titled “Lost” and would be a good Locke vid, no?  The next is “42” and has Hurley written ALL OVER IT.(“Those who are dead are not dead/They’re just living in my head.”) Bwa!  I have no doubt those vids will be made by others, and done well, of course.  I imagine there will be one of the “Lost” song for every character at some point.  It’ll be interesting to watch.

Fandom, Movies

I need help

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I finally watched Prince Caspian tonight.  I found it enjoyable enough, but after, um, about the third fight of humans versus humans, minotaurs, mice, badgers, etc., I actually said to myself, “This isn’t as believable as the first one.” NOT AS BELIEVABLE?!?

In what state must I be to think that a wicked ice queen, talking, resurrecting lion, and fighting, time traveling children are believable?

I need my head examined.

Movies

Omens, good.

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Thanks to a wonderfully geeky transfer student, I was loaned a well-worn copy of Good Omens this weekend. I’ve been urged by Ben to try out Terry Pratchett, but something about the student’s enthusiastic offering of his book made me break down and read it. Though it’s actually by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, it should count toward Ben’s column, no? For a quick little read, I found it charming. Fortunately, I was able to discard the environmental junk and focus on the humor. I’m lucky that way. I’ll seriously consider reading Hitchhiker’s Guide at some point.

Two more British familial castings I knew nothing about: Lupin (HP) is married to with Chuck (PD). Wow! Also? The Doctor’s daughter, IS The (Fifth) Doctor’s daughter. *head spins*

Hurray for Election Day, even if I have no need of primaries. Being a republican in a democrat state gives me nothing more than a day off work; which I’ll take. 😉 Oh, and the day is made all the better by the SG-1 marathon (of sorts) on Sci-Fi!

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Reason #45434

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It’s no secret that I’m going to die alone. Out of the thousands of reasons, one is that I watch either Evil Under The Sun or Death On The Nile every night as I go to bed. Both are films based on Agatha Christie books featuring my favorite portrayal of any sleuth ever- Sir Peter Ustinov as Hercules Poirot. Imagine my glee (and extraordinarily geeky *squee*) that next week’s Doctor Who is all about Agatha Christie. Oh, yes, I was giddy. Still am.

I had dreaded this week’s DW, but I ended up liking well enough. I don’t think I’ve enjoyed the way Martha was written this whole season, but just having Freema around for a bit was good enough. I certainly hope to see her in the Whoverse, be it DW or TW.  I believe there’s a bit more for her in each.