Sunday, February 17, 2008

I slept even more after my last entry. I woke up around 8pm, and took my prilosec, returned a call from Michael, and went back to bed. I got up around 1am. I called Michael back again and chatted with him, then worked on my webpage for a few hours, before getting some food and chatting with Michael on yahoo. We made plans to hook up after I get out of work tonight. I slept a bit more and then watched "Bridget Jones's Diary" (which I'd never seen before). The gay character in the movie is played by the guy who plays Baltar on Battlestar Galactica; he's in part 2 also, though I haven't watched that one yet. Again, it's fun watching the movies on my shelf that I've never seen, but I didn't think this one was as good as it was hyped to be, and I'm not certain why it was such a huge hit.

I read for an hour or so.

I had a bit of a headache later. I still took the time to reply to some e-mail though, and I had a snack and tried to sleep, but it was extremely warm in my room. I thought I might have a fever or something and took my temperature: 96.6? Hmmm. I think I just need to get moving.

Mark is having a really bad day. He made this really horrible, yet human, mistake, which is causing him some horrible stress, and has ruined a lot of the work that he's been doing lately. It stresses me when he's stressed. I hope he can resolve this situation soon, without driving himself (or both of us) insane.

I need to have a snack, shave and get ready for work. I need to go to the bank and to Kroger after work. I got this V8 Fusion stuff last week and it was so good; I want some more.

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   Tuesday, February 19, 2008

I was slightly late for work Sunday night, but it was a mostly slow evening. It was rather warm out for this time of year, and it felt good, though it cooled a bit later on, and it was quite windy. I worked with Ruki & Bill. And I just remembered Ruki saying something about bowling on Wednesday. She's always telling me of work related outings and asking if I would go; I get the strong sense that she wants me to go to these things so that she can have someone to talk to there. Michael & his friend Erica came into the store to visit me, and they got to meet Ruki, though they didn't stay overly long, and Ruki left around 9pm. It was very nearly dead in the last 2 hours, and I was able to leave at almost exactly midnight.

I went to the bank and Kroger just as I had planned, and then headed home. I chatted with Mark, and straightened up my room a bit, before calling Michael and letting him know I was home so he could join me. He'd been sleeping. He joined me fast enough though, and we had some fun; you know what I mean! But shortly afterwards my stomach started feeling a bit odd. Actually, I had some rumblings before I called Michael, but I rebelled against them as I wanted to see him so much. Michael left shortly thereafter, and I rode out the stomach troubles, and eventually slept.

I woke up Monday morning as Mark was getting ready for work. I got up, pleased that my stomach wasn't troubled, and checked the news and e-mail fronts. Then, in a random act, I again updated some bits on my webpage, including a section for Michael, which you can see here.

Later, I ate and read nearly all of the first Narnia book, before falling asleep around 2pm, thinking it only a nap, but waking up around 8pm. Mark still wasn't home, but there was a message saying he was working late. I fell back asleep, and woke up again when Mark came in the front door. While I slept I dreamt I was in my old church and my cousin Michael Curtis had brought a gun to church and began shooting people, like they do now in schools. I escaped through the basement's exit door, and came back to find many of my family members had been shot. I distracted Michael, and shot him myself, then stood shooked, covered in blood, then woke up.

I spoke to Mark for awhile, and checked on some things. I read a rumor suggesting that Heath Ledger's final film project, which was not "The Dark Knight", might actually be finished with his recorded footage in tact, as it involves him stepping through 3 different mirrors into 3 different worlds, and his footage for those scenes have already been filmed. How they plan to finish the film, is to have him become 3 different actors (Jude Law, Johnny Depp & Colin Farrell) as he enters these different worlds, which would sort of rock in my opinion. Hopefully the rumor is true, and the movie is cool beyond the nifty concept.

I ate and finished the Narnia book. I'll finish the Mirror Universe story next, and then read some more S.C.E. stories before getting back to Narnia; or that's my current plan. I fell asleep again a bit later, and had another intense, bizarred dream, that I was living in my Aunt Marge's house, with my step-father and his daughter Jamie... I thought there was a giant insect in the room, but it was actually a small bird, which I captured, and then saw it was only a baby bird, and that a family of birds had nested in the upper corner of my window, which had refused to close. The nest was a mixed family of Cardinals & Bluejays, which didn't seem odd in my dream. I was afraid the baby bird wouldn't be accepted by his family now that I had touched it, but it had flown on it's own, so it was alright, or so my grandmother told me...

I woke up around 2:30am. I had a snack. I realized I hadn't taken the meds for my stomach, which reminded me that Jennifer had told me that when she doesn't take her meds she's tired a lot and she has strange dreams. Now I know what she meant.

Oh. And apparently Blu-Ray has won the HD-DVD war. HD-DVD is dead. I'm just glad the war is over. It still sucks for anyone who bought one of the loser players, and all the dvds.

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   Wednesday, February 20, 2008

I slept for awhile after the last entry, then got up around 9am. Mark left for work, and I had a shake. I read, and got ready for work. Mark picked me up, and I dropped him off...it was all very routine. Work was...fun. Just one of those cheery days where nothing spectacular happens, but it's fun just the same. After picking up Mark from work, and calling my Grandfather to wish him a happy early birthday (he's 80 years old tomorrow), I went right to bed. I woke up around 2:30am I think. My stomach was slightly upset, but not in a painful way, which was a relief. I read all of "The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe", as I rented the movie. I strongly disliked it in the theater, but I'm giving it another chance this week; that's the plan anyways.

I need to get some sleep soon. I'm planning on going bowling tonight, with my coworkers, and Michael too. Torchwood is on tonight as well, though I don't know that I'll get to watch it until late. We'll see.

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I'm awake. I need to contact Michael and let him know for sure that I'm going bowling. I need to get ready. Mark still isn't home from work.

The new Bionic Woman has been cancelled. Thank You Joss! :-0)

The season finale of Nip/Tuck was on last night and didn't disappoint, though there was another glitch in the copy I got. Hopefully Mollie will still be able to watch it.

And hopefully later I'll have a new Martha Jones on Torchwood episode to watch.

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   Thursday, February 21, 2008

Bowling didn't happen. I mean, I did go, but no one was there. I got in touch with some people, and they said they were coming later, but I went off and met Ruki, Michael (as well as Joe later on) at Aut bar for a drink and conversation. It was nice to see everyone. All of us had to be up next morning or were dead tired, and we were out of there by midnight. I stopped for some groceries, came home, read a chapter of my book, and went to sleep.

I woke up around 3:30am. I couldn't get back to sleep, so I watched the new Torchwood episode. I didn't want to watch it with Mark, because I was worried I'd ruin it in some way, but I needed have bothered to watch it separately. What I thought I knew about the episode was something very different than what was actually there. Still cool. Just very different. I kind of like my idea better, but their idea was a lot more flashy, and had ties to completely different aspects of the series than I expected. We're over half way through Season 2 now; 6 more episodes to go.

The Doctor Who team, supposedly just did a read through of the final episodes of their fouth season last week. Looking forward to seeing the Doctor and his companions again. I'm enjoying Torchwood, but with tv shows like this, I'm never sure what to make of them until their seasons end and I can look at the whole thing.

I may sleep, or read some more now. I'm reading the 3rd Narnia book, "The Horse & His Boy", which I've never read before. I like it just as well as the others I've read, and it's interesting reading the others that I'd read when I was younger, as I have quite a different perspective on them now that I'm older.

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   Friday, February 22, 2008

On Thursday, after the last entry, I did read some more Narnia; I have about 64 pages left in "The Horse & His Boy". I also read some more of my Trek book; the DS9 Mirror Universe story called "Saturn's Children"; I have about 80 pages left in that.

I rewatched "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe". I saw it in the theater with Mollie and found that I loathed it. I remember that I was happy with Lucy and Mr. Tumnis, and that all the kids were hot when they grew up at the end...but found little else of enjoyment in it, to which Mollie agreed. Rewatching the movie directly after reading the book (which takes longer than reading the book), I found I enjoyed it a lot more. It probably didn't hurt that I was able to pause it for a lunch break. But I was also able to appreciate all the things they had changed between the book and the film. I'm not a fan of slavish adaptations of novels; I'd much rather they spice them up a bit, and this film was done rather well. For instance, in the book, it's rather sexist, with Father Christmas telling the girls that war is an ugly thing when women are involved, while in the film they just say that war is ugly. Also, in the book, the girls don't use their weapons at all, while we see them practice with them in the movie, and we see Susan actually save her brother's life with her bow. I think the film handled a good many things far better than the book, yet I while I now appreciate the film as a grand adaptation of the book, I still don't find it to be an outstanding movie. It drags. I don't think there's a single moment that inspired awe, or much of any emotion really, though in many ways in improves on the source material, which I'm grateful for. I no longer hate this movie, and I'd watch it again, but it's nowhere near the top rung of my movie choices, even if I was limited to fantasy films.

Later I started getting a massive headache. I took my magic migrain meds and layed down in the dark, and starting letting my mind wander to all the things I could be doing in the condo. I thought about doing laundry, and cleaning the kitchen, and sorting the bottles and organizing all kinds of things. And soon enough my headache was gone...and I got up, and started doing the last thing that had popped into my head.

I hadn't put any pictures up in my room for nearly a month, and I'd had some pictures I wanted to use, but I've been sort of planning it out in my head. There is this graphic novel, called The Crow (which was the basis for the film of the same name), which has always haunted me with it's intensity of emotion. It's something that the movie captured in moments, but couldn't quite hold on to. It's something none of the sequels or tv series, or spin-off's have come close to, in my opinion. Because of this, I decided a few months ago to buy a new copy, and put the art on my walls... When it arrived, I even sorted out a lot of the work of separating all the pages I'd need and all that...but then I set it aside. Part of that was because it's a lot of work that I wasn't feeling up to, but mostly I put the project on hold, as I wasn't sure I was up to the task of telling this story the way I see it in my brain, because in all honesty, there are whole passages of the novel that don't mean anything to me. I guess the film got that part right after all. And the parts that I do enjoy are jumbled together, like a fever dream... So I was trying to figure out how I should present this to whoever came into my room, and yesterday I just decided it was best to follow my passion and not the exact story outline...and it turned out beautifully! However, it also took nearly 6 hours, in which time my headache returned, and Mark got home from work. I wouldn't let him see it until I was finished, but then stopped just short of completion to take more meds and go to bed. He said he really liked it, and made a note of all the work I'd done. I'm really proud of this new section, but my head was killing me.

I did eventually fall asleep. Mark woke me up later to ask if I wanted to watch Torchwood with him, but I passed as my head was still hurting. I took my last allowed pill, and went back to bed. I woke up around 4am, with my headache gone, and continued where I'd left off on the wall, but stopped shortly after to eat, and write this.

I might work on the wall some more, as there are about 10 pictures I'd like to add in the near future. I already started doing the dishes. I'll probably do my laundry next. I might read a bit, or just try to relax. I work later today, from 1-5:30pm. Michael wants to go to Necto tonight, and that's fine with me as long as I get some amount of sleep between now and then; probably after I get home from work.

Ooh. There's a new Aliens game coming out later this year, which I want. It doesn't feature the Predators at all (damn it), but it's the first PC Aliens game to come out in years, as far as I know. It's called "Aliens: Colonial Marines". I'll have to keep an eye out for it. I don't think it will be out until Autumn though.

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Since the last entry, my stomach got all upset for awhile, but I think it's ok now. But my headache is now coming back. But I'm in a good mood...so there is that. lol

I also did some laundry, and read a short story by Neil Gaiman called "The Problem of Susan", which is about the older sister from the Narnia books, and a response to where her character ends up in the final volume. I had ordered this book ("Fragile Things") so I could read the story when I was done with the series, but I was aching to read it and it was only 10 pages long, and I'm happy that I read it now...as it makes me think differently about all that is to come, which I like.

I might not be going to Necto tonight after all. Michael just left me a message, and it all kind of rests on if I want to go or not, but I thought he wanted to go as his friend Brandon(?) was going? Maybe I'm just deeply confused. I'll have to call him and find out what's going on.

Mark is still here, and wants me to drive him to work, but I don't think I can at the moment, which might cause problems for me later. :-0(

My head is really starting to hurt now, so I'm gonna back slowly away from the screen, and hope for the best.

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   Saturday, February 23, 2008

My headache did go away after the last entry. Sadly, my stomach rebelled shortly thereafter and I was left wretching for most of the day, with far more discomfort than I've felt for at least a month; probably longer. It was altogether a most unpleasant day, though I had good customers and good coworkers surrounding me. I slept after work, which was heavenly, and though I got up to join Michael at the bar, he was no longer interested in going, so I went back to bed, and woke up around 4am, I think...feeling much better.

I chatted with Michael for awhile, and some other random people. I was going to finally have some breakfast, when I got a bloody nose. Now I'm thinking I should probably call my sister and see how she's doing. It used to be that if I randomly got a bloody nose, then there was something wrong with my sister. Crazy. I know. But it always made an odd kind of sense before. We have this odd kind of connection. It's like she projects things, and I pick them up. But I don't really think that's what this is. At least I hope it's not.

I told Bryan I'd cover part of his shift today, so I'm working 3 hours for him, 2-5pm. I haven't worked on a Saturday in at least a year; probably longer. I remember it was usually pretty insane. Hopefully my stomach really is doing better today, and the nosebleed was just a fluke. I'd really like today to go much better than yesterday. lol

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