Movies & My Life

[wynddancer]

Went to the doctor week before last. Spent $110 to learn that I had a viral respiratory infection and to not get any prescriptions. Bah. I'll be happier when my COBRA information comes so I file a claim and get some of my money back. I took Sambucus (black elderberry) to get over it. Mom's doctor is into alternative medication and that's what she told Mom to take for her walking pneumoniae the week before I got sick. I think the elderberry helped Mom and I get well.

Now, I've got a sinus infection. I had a nosebleed (a long one) happen last week. I was in the bathtub at the time thank goodness since it was easier to clean up that way. I bled so much it turned my bathwater a rust color.

Last week (the 18th) was my birthday. Yay. Didn't do anything for it other than be sick. Boy, I'm tired of being sick.Another year older and no longer to realizing my dreams and unemployed. Joy. Yesterday, I filed for unemployment insurance. I need to complete my workforce application registration. I missed an event (learning about music therapy) that I wanted to attend today since I couldn't find parking. Damn it.

Tomorrow, I'm running Mom's errands for her. I'm taking her car to be inspected, oil changed, getting gas, and returning stuff to Petsmart for her. The food she got for her dogs disagrees with them. The vet wants them to eat CD food, which the dogs don't like but the other brands of dogfood make them sick (Gertie gets crystals in her urine and pees everywhere when does and I think Boo's stomach gets upset).

Watched Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull today. What a meh, half-assed movie. Even the music was kind of meh--it didn't come across as powerful or dramatic to me. I kind of wished they hadn't made it if this was the best they could do.I mean aliens in an archaeology movie?! Maybe but it has to be done better than this. On the special features, Lucas and Spielburg talk about bringing the adventure stories of the 30s into the science fiction stories of the 50s. The more they talk on the feature the more I can see where they went wrong and why the movie went bad. What I didn't mind was the set up of Indy's kid (Henry/Shia) to make movies with the kid instead of Indy/Ford since Ford is getting old (mid-60s). Karen Allen's character, Marion Ravenwood, seemed to be dazed throughout the movie and not interested in what was happening around her. And the ending, where they see the spaceship disappear? What was that about? They seemed like it was another day at the office and kind of bored by it instead of excited (OMG! A spaceship!!!). I know I'd be freaking out if I saw something like that. What was up with the Russian's female officer looking like she was an extra from Star Trek--a Vulcan to be precise? From her haircut to her outfit (reminded of a science ST uniform). The Russians didn't bug me nor did the mythology or the Russian paranormal interest (those are accurate). If they had left aliens out of it then it would have been better. What the movie failed to do was meet audience expectations. The audience wanted a popcorn, adventure, action, mythology based (fantasy) movie. I think part of the appeal of the movies lie in the "historical" part of it and when you combine historical fantasy with science-fiction then you lose a lot people. I also think the pacing of the movie was off. Some scenes seemed too short (needed to be longer) and some were too long (needed to be shorter). Back to the library this dvd goes. Thank goodness I didn't spend money on it.