Well, I stayed home sick from work today. Some kind of allergy/cold thing. I watched a lot of daytime TV and slept. I wouldn't say it was nice, since I felt like crap for most of it, but I did learn some interesting things.
1. Bob Barker puts up with some crazy ass weirdos on that show. I'll bet that he is counting down the days toward his retirement with an unparalleled anticipation.
2. A lot of old people are home during the day. You can tell by the commercials that are played during a show who the network believes is in the audience. Soap operas - diaper commercials. MTV - video game and condom commercials. America's Next Top Model - e.p.t. and Cover Girl commercials. The Price Is Right - Colonial Penn Life Insurance and those little motorized scooter commercials. And Rx commercials. I can't count the number of times I heard the word "Medicare" today.
3. The human body is an amazing thing. All those Lipitor and osteoporosis commercials really made me think about the human body and what a finely tuned instrument it is. With all those organs and systems and cells and parts working together, it's amazing that we work at all. When you think of the human body as just an earthly vessel, it's not surprising to find that in the end we all break down.
4. The side effects of a drug, regardless of its benefits, are enough to scare me away from it. It amazes me that we ever found medicine in the first place, given that the medicine we're taking for our blood pressure or cholesterol affects our liver function and vice versa. Fixing one thing in the body can have far-reaching and unknown consequences in some other part. How do doctors even know where to look for side effects when they're testing these meds to be sure that they are safe? It boggles the mind.
5. Ice cream sandwiches must have been created with the intent of soothing a sore throat. They are cold and soothing (and delicious) with a layer of graham cracker-like protection to shield the teeth from too much cold when taking delectable bites. Their major flaw is that they aren't all that good for me and that they can't be ingested in a continuous flow.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Monday, March 19, 2007
reverse psychology
ok, so i am a book reader. i love reading, and i love books. i am often that person who read the book first and never likes the movie, because movies can never live up to the books that they're based on. it's a fact. like i would get really pissed about the harry potter movies, and how they would add elements to it that weren't anywhere in the book - like those stupid shrunken heads on the knight bus, and aunt marge floating through the neighborhood in the prisoner of azkaban, all the while leaving out the entire explanation of the animagi and the marauder's map. now, i know i sound like a total dork right now, but i think i stated above that i love reading.
so anyway, i get really mad when the movies don't stay true to the books. it's as if the book didn't provide enough wit or humor or feeling or plot, and the producers and editors and screen adaptors thought they could do better.
now don't get me wrong, i understand that books are far more dense than the amount of time available for a movie. so anyway, this time i did it the other way around. i watched the movie about a boy back when it came out, and i absolutely loved it. it took me a while to realize that it was a book first, and it took me even longer to find the book.
so now, i have just finished it today. and i must say that i am soooo glad i watched the movie first, because although it takes part of the excitement away knowing what's going to happen, i would have hated the movie had i read the book first. the movie sticks with the plot, and a lot of the lines were worked in, but the ending is totally different. and while the movie ending is cute, the book's ending is preferable.
look - only took the weekend off - i'm improving! even if this entry IS fodder.
so anyway, i get really mad when the movies don't stay true to the books. it's as if the book didn't provide enough wit or humor or feeling or plot, and the producers and editors and screen adaptors thought they could do better.
now don't get me wrong, i understand that books are far more dense than the amount of time available for a movie. so anyway, this time i did it the other way around. i watched the movie about a boy back when it came out, and i absolutely loved it. it took me a while to realize that it was a book first, and it took me even longer to find the book.
so now, i have just finished it today. and i must say that i am soooo glad i watched the movie first, because although it takes part of the excitement away knowing what's going to happen, i would have hated the movie had i read the book first. the movie sticks with the plot, and a lot of the lines were worked in, but the ending is totally different. and while the movie ending is cute, the book's ending is preferable.
look - only took the weekend off - i'm improving! even if this entry IS fodder.
Friday, March 16, 2007
ok, well
so i haven't done a very good job at all. half of march has gone by, and this is only my second blog. but i am making a commitment to do better.
i've been feeling depressed lately. not sure what it is. well, some things i can identify, and others i can't. por ejemplo, when i get bored i pore over myspace. i notice that some people say things like, "i love my life" in their about me's. even my boyfriend tells me he loves his life. and i think to myself, "what would it take for you to make that declaration?" sometimes i think i don't even like myself that much anymore. and i don't know why. i'm not a particularly horrible person. i guess i've always been insecure, but it seems to be getting worse with age.
i think a big part of it is that i don't feel like i'm doing anything with my life. i mean, i have a good job and i enjoy the people i work with and i like the company i work for. but i sometimes wonder if i'm settling. my problem is that college was my main goal. going to michigan state is the goal i made, and i stuck to it, and i graduated, but i guess i've felt sort of lost ever since. i was so good at school that even as a college student i wasn't really thinking about a career or being a grown up. i was just enjoying all that learning and having trouble figuring out where it was going to take me.
my freshman year of high school one of my teachers got mad at me, because i was in the standard pre-algebra class and not the honor's one. she kept hounding me to get into the honor's class, but math was my weakest subject, and i was afraid to do poorly, so i avoided it. also, it would require me to rearrange my entire schedule, and i already liked all of the people in my classes. one day she pulled me aside and, well, she didn't yell, but she lectured...and she told me that i was "coasting". "you are coasting," she said, "you should be taking the honor's class."
anyway, my point is that i know i'm coasting now. and there's no mrs. seymore to push me. i've always been afraid of failing, and i've always been seeking someone's approval, and i don't know what i should be doing. for fear of sucking i'm coasting.
so i guess i have to decide what to do about it. or maybe i need to work on being less critical and try to start appreciating all the things that i do have. or maybe i need to do both.
i've been feeling depressed lately. not sure what it is. well, some things i can identify, and others i can't. por ejemplo, when i get bored i pore over myspace. i notice that some people say things like, "i love my life" in their about me's. even my boyfriend tells me he loves his life. and i think to myself, "what would it take for you to make that declaration?" sometimes i think i don't even like myself that much anymore. and i don't know why. i'm not a particularly horrible person. i guess i've always been insecure, but it seems to be getting worse with age.
i think a big part of it is that i don't feel like i'm doing anything with my life. i mean, i have a good job and i enjoy the people i work with and i like the company i work for. but i sometimes wonder if i'm settling. my problem is that college was my main goal. going to michigan state is the goal i made, and i stuck to it, and i graduated, but i guess i've felt sort of lost ever since. i was so good at school that even as a college student i wasn't really thinking about a career or being a grown up. i was just enjoying all that learning and having trouble figuring out where it was going to take me.
my freshman year of high school one of my teachers got mad at me, because i was in the standard pre-algebra class and not the honor's one. she kept hounding me to get into the honor's class, but math was my weakest subject, and i was afraid to do poorly, so i avoided it. also, it would require me to rearrange my entire schedule, and i already liked all of the people in my classes. one day she pulled me aside and, well, she didn't yell, but she lectured...and she told me that i was "coasting". "you are coasting," she said, "you should be taking the honor's class."
anyway, my point is that i know i'm coasting now. and there's no mrs. seymore to push me. i've always been afraid of failing, and i've always been seeking someone's approval, and i don't know what i should be doing. for fear of sucking i'm coasting.
so i guess i have to decide what to do about it. or maybe i need to work on being less critical and try to start appreciating all the things that i do have. or maybe i need to do both.
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