Upside/downside

[offbalance]

It was a week of ups and downs, definitely.

On one upside: I was reminded about how awesome my friends/loved ones are. Because you are. ::hugs:: Thank you all for reminding me that it's actually *okay* to put yourself first if needs be.

Down: Going back to the place that doesn't exactly make me feel loved tomorrow. We'll see how that goes.

Upside: Actually feeling 90% like a real person again! Imagine that!

Downside: 90% ain't 100%. But we'll see how things go.

Upside: There's been some great media to enjoy the past weekend:
1. Go get your hands on Metals by Feist. Immediately, if not sooner. It's SO GOOD. It's always gratifying to see an artist you like do something amazing.
2. j_bkl and I watched a fun, bizarre little film called The Baker (aka Assassin in Love) tonight. It's on Netflix streaming right now, and honestly if you're a fan of oddball British comedies, you could do much worse with your time. (It also features the hotness of Damian Lewis and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau [Jaime Lanister], plus Michael Gambon [Dumbledore!] and Kate Ashfield [Liz from Shawn of the Dead] also are in it). It's Grosse Point Blank's weird Welsh cousin, and I mean it in the best way possible.
3. Many, many, many thanks to rockradar for taking pity on my deeply held desire to watch The Beatles Anthology again and lending me his. After seeing George Harrison: Living in the Material World (which is awesomeface, btw), I felt like going back and revisiting the Anthology. And it was good. I don't think I'm going to need to watch that again for another 15 years or so.
4. I'm also reading a book about the breakup of the Beatles, entitled You Never Give Me Your Money. It's a bit dry, but also fascinating. And it really amazes how much the remaining Beatles wanted to let bygones be by the time the Anthology came around. Shit got ugly. Massively ugly.
5. Caught up on Vampire Diaries, finally. Holy heckfire. I can not even put into words how much I love this show. I'm riveted, and usually pleasantly surprised.

Downsides:
I wasn't expecting much from Love and Other Drugs, but it let me down anyway. How can a film with a cast that good be so very, very bad?

Hardly any of the new shows are retaining my viewership. Pan Am is a lot of fun, and I'm enjoying it for the sugar cookie that it is. Ringer is basically a telenovella in English, and I'm loving every silly moment, Hart of Dixie is the love child of Doc Hollywood and Sweet Home Alabama and just delightful, and Revenge is so very, very awesome - twisty, complex, dark, and just enough soap to make it all gel.

But so far I've tried and rejected Person of Interest (been there, done that), Prime Suspect (I'm sure the original is better), 2 Broke Girls (so bad I'm angry, because it has a mostly good cast and odd premise, but I can't get over the show's awful writing and racist jokes), Homeland (too much of a downer and not enough storytelling), and The Secret Circle (the secret? It's BORING!)

Mega downside: This weekend, I missed two birthdays of two of my dearest friends. Both who are kind of having it sort of tough right now. And who I plan to make it up to once I'm plague free. :/

And now, sleep. Off to face the lions tomorrow. At least I get Castle tomorrow night -- that's definitely an upside.

Comments

[stacyinthecity.livejournal.com]

I'm enjoying person of interest, but otherwise agree with your assessment on the keepers and the goners.

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

I think the problem is that I watch too many things of a sci-fi bend, so to me, this is a trope that's been positively done to death. My parents disagree, though, and they watch as much sci-fi as I do if not more, so to each their own, I guess.

[angelicillusion.livejournal.com]

Yay for feeling better! You friend the neighborhood pharmacist says that while 90% is a great improvement from the -100% that you were feeling due to the plague please don't push yourself to the limit now that you're at 90%. Start low, go slow is one of my favorite mottos - not just in terms of dosing medication but also when mending and recovering :)

[quasisonic.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU. She never listens when I say it.

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

:P I did this time!

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

That's the plan, ma'am. I'm trying not to push myself too hard in any direction, and it's been easy to do (or not do) based on how frigging tired I always seem to be. So I'm trying to listen to my body about how it wants to be cared for, and that's all I can really do.

[firynze.livejournal.com]

Glad you're back up to 90% at least! *hug*

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

Thanks, doll. And I'm a bit worried about you - there's some Martian Death Flu on the march right now, so take care!

[firynze.livejournal.com]

I have no idea if it's deathflu or allergies...I'm not sure which to hope for at this point!