Thursday, November 17, 2005

Wednesday morning, I felt weird. I couldn't get comfortable, and I was warm. I had a fever. I called in to work; DJ said he'd call Nate, and I told DJ that I could work the Saturday Shift that he asked me about on Tuesday, which is 10-6pm, though he says I could probably leave by 5 or earlier if I want to. Working that shift gives me more hours than I would have if I'd not called in, and not taken the shift, so that works out. And I covered 2 full shifts for Nate a few weeks ago, so if he covered my sift I don't have to feel guilty about that, so that's a huge relief. I always feel a tiny bit of guilt when I call into work at Hollywood. I've never had that anywhere else that I've worked because all the other places I worked...I despised. Hollywood is like a family though, only cool.

The day went by slowly. I did eventually sleep, and when I woke my fever seemed to be gone. I later ate, and watched the first Harry Potter movie with Mark. Mark had told me that he's been enjoying reading again; he's been reading the 4th Harry Potter movie for months, trying to finish it before seeing the movie; he only has a chapter or two to go. He said he wanted to take a break from reading Harry Potter, but not reading in general, mentioning a Stainless Steel Rat book I bought for him years ago. But while watching the movie, Mark said that he might start reading the Harry Potter books from the beginning and read them all. He's only read the 3rd & the 4th volumes; both in preperation for seeing the movies in theaters. That would be neat, because we could talk about the books - even though he has very different reactions to them than I do.

Before the movie was over I did something I now, mostly regret. I baked 6 chocolate chip cookies. I used to eat chocolate chip cookies all the time. I haven't been able to have chocolate for more than 4 years, which usually isn't as horrible as it would seem. 4 Years ago, the acid reflux that had plagued me (and my family as well) grew out of control for me. I gave up caffeine & orange juice and all sorts of other things that I enjoyed eating and drinking. I do drink the chocolate flavored High Protein Boost, but that doesn't seem to bother me for some reason; I'm guessing the concentration of caffeine is much lower than in Nestle chocolate.

Anyways, Monday night while at Kroger I bought one of these chocolate chip cookie dough things, because lately I've been having a HUGE chocolate craving, and I thought if I only had a couple and tossed the rest out, I'd probably be ok. Well, I ate 5 cookies in 12 hours; I slept from around 11pm-3am. The cookies were so delicious...but...I've been throwing up all day, and I've had diharea so bad that my asshole is on fire! Pretty sexy huh? I guess the moral of the story is that chocolate is not better than sex for Jason.

Mark asked me if it was maybe worth it, and I told him the cookies were really good, and that if I ever have the craving again, that I'd maybe try just having one. But then again, maybe I just won't give in. Maybe I'll be stronger next time? But this is seriously the first time in 4 years that I've had any, and that's pretty good.

So I have today off; which is nice, because I'd hate to have to call in again, and though I don't have a fever, as far as I can tell, I'm feeling so much worse than when I did. I watched Episode III on dvd for the first time this morning. And I was again struck by how pointless the first 40 minutes or so really are; there's just nothing to connect with in all of that. I don't feel a damned thing for any of that. I think the only scene in all of that where I come close is Anakin fighting, and killing Count Dooku. There's a nice moment between Anakin & Palpatine at the "opera" which just looks really crappy to me, though the scene makes up for a really annoying plot point in Episode I, though the movie doesn't really get good until Palpatine reveals to Anakin that he is Darth Sideous; after that, almost everything is fantastic. But up until that moment, the movie is a dud. They obviously worked very hard on the effects and such for the opening rescue and everything, but it's all so...empty. I'm not sure why I don't enjoy it, but I just don't. I think that Episode II was a much more balanced film; it's the only Star Wars movie that I don't want to fast forward through, but when Episode III finally gets good - it's better than anything in the other 5 films. Oh - and when one of the Wookies gives that Tarzan yell, it almost makes up for the similar scene in Return Of The Jedi, because it kind of makes it a species trate, instead of a stupid joke...almost.

I wonder how Mollie is feeling? Carrie called me a little while ago to tell me that she loves me, and misses me. That was sweet of her! We talked about maybe going to see Harry Potter next week; she sounded willing to see it tonight at a sneak preview, but I told her I wanted to wait at least until next week, in hopes of seeing it with as few children as possible. We didn't talk long because Carrie doesn't like talking on her cell & driving a the same time, and she was entering a construction zone.

I wonder if Mollie haw watched anymore Enterprise, and how she's enjoying (or has enjoyed) the Xindi arc. She said she was tired of the episodes not relating to each other, and that she was looking forward to seeing the crew do something important, so the final 2 seasons seem designed with her in mind; though the final season is filled with so much continuity from previous Treks that I'm a little worried that she'll miss that stuff, and not find the new episodes entertaining as a result. Though, she seemed excited at the prospect of seeing the 2-parter that explains why the Klingons look different, and which also introduces Section 31 - both plot points that were mentioned or introduced on DS9 - which Mollie loves. I've been thinking about watching the first season of DS9 - but I've been watching other stuff.

Yesterday, when I was feverish - I was trying to watch a movie, but my win.dvd wasn't working - so I watched Desperate Housewives instead. I haven't been watching my tv shows lately because I've been waiting to watch them with Mollie, but I was sick, and I just really wanted to not think about being sick. I then watched all the Nip/Tuck episodes that I've missed - they did not disappoint. But I'm dying/living for the rest of them now!!! I don't think it will bother Mollie overly much that I jumped ahead; I just wish I could give them to her on dvd so she could watch them too.

I'm so exhausted.

They are going to start releasing Teen Titans in Seasonal boxed sets; the first one should be out around February or March of '06. That means nothing, because I already have all of season 1 on DVD. But it will mean more when they release the other seasons in boxed sets. The final boxed set of Batman will be out December 6; as will the 2nd boxed set of Superman. The final boxed set of Superman should be out around June 2006. And now there are rumors that we'll be seeing boxed sets for Batman Beyond, Justice League, and Star Trek: The Animated Series in 2006 as well. That all rocks. I still haven't finished my DCAU episode chronology, but I'm slowly making my way. I've got the first Batman series over half way indexed; when that's done I can start deciding how I prefer to watch them; so far, it looks like the series would best start with "Robin's Reckoning, Parts I & II". Perhaps that will change, but at this point, I doubt it. When I have it figured out I'll post it on my webpage.

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