It should have been a great weekend being a holiday weekend and all (Labor Day) and having Monday off, but really, how great can it be when you spend the whole time sick with a nasty cold? I started with a sore throat late Friday night and by Monday night felt like I'd been ran over by a truck and had wool shoved up my nose. Then during the night I alternated between chills and sweats, so I knew I wouldn't be going into work on Tuesday. I didn't do much, didn't feel like doing much: read most of the weekend but by Monday afternoon my eyes hurt too bad from sinus pressure. Instead, I caught up on DVR stuff and watched movies and Netflix. It became a John Cusack marathon - I watched America's Sweethearts, Must Love Dogs, The Raven, The Factory, and Gross Pointe Blank. I love John Cusack! I love that dark hair and eyes and quirky smile - he is just all kinds of good :) I have to say though, that while The Factory was a good movie, I once again got hold of a movie with a less than satisfying ending. Excellent movie right up until the end. Now most people would probably like the ending because it was a totally unexpected twist, but (SPOILER ALERT!!!)..... it completely sucked that Cusack's character, Mike Fletcher, died at the end and one of the bad guys got away the way that they did. It made Mike's death in vain and left me without closure :( As I have mentioned before, I hate when the main character dies. Now, having said that, I did really like The Raven, but I knew in advance that the story was loosely based on the unexplained missing hours prior to Edgar Allen Poe's death, so that probably made a difference.
My very favorite John Cusack movie is Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil with Kevin Spacey and a very young-looking Jude Law. Excellent movie - it has a little of everything, drama, mystery, comedy, and some spooky, too! Fantastic performances by all. Hmmm...I think I'm going to have to watch that this weekend. It's kind a long movie and I ran out of time yesterday. I have it on DVD, and the main reason I didn't watch it Tuesday was because I had zero energy and I didn't want to get up to hunt through the DVD's. Everything I watched was on the DVR, TV, or NetFlix. I know, right? But I was sick, so it's okay. And if you gotta be sick, well, at least hanging out with John Cusack is pretty sweet, yeah?
My very favorite John Cusack movie is Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil with Kevin Spacey and a very young-looking Jude Law. Excellent movie - it has a little of everything, drama, mystery, comedy, and some spooky, too! Fantastic performances by all. Hmmm...I think I'm going to have to watch that this weekend. It's kind a long movie and I ran out of time yesterday. I have it on DVD, and the main reason I didn't watch it Tuesday was because I had zero energy and I didn't want to get up to hunt through the DVD's. Everything I watched was on the DVR, TV, or NetFlix. I know, right? But I was sick, so it's okay. And if you gotta be sick, well, at least hanging out with John Cusack is pretty sweet, yeah?
Work today was kind of tough, but at least it wasn't a super demanding day. I used my nasal decongestant spray this morning and did pretty good. The extreme congestion is what makes me feel so crummy. When I can breathe, I feel much better, even with the sneezing and coughing. The only problem was that it didn't last the full 12 hours today. I used it last night before bedtime around 10pm and didn't use it again until about 11am today. But by about 4pm today, My nose was getting pretty stuffy. I'll hold out as long as I can before using the spray again because I can't sleep with my nose all stuffed up - it's miserable!
I leave you with a cheery photo of a pretty flower taken after a recent rain shower. It's almost the weekend again - yay! I finish up with my Concept Development class this Friday and then I start Digital Imaging on Monday, so I have an exciting week coming up.
