I get colds sure, but fevers, chills and muscle aches? Not so much. And since it's all over the news these days - I'm not messing around.
Snuggled in with blankets, tea, a cat, pajamas and all the technology you can imagine (laptop, phone, iPad and ereader) I think I'm in a pretty good place.
Which brings me to my next rant: television.
In the last few months I only turn the tv on in the mornings while I'm having breakfast to get the morning news. There is nothing worse than watching crap you normally wouldn't - just because it's the only thing that's on. Seriously?
In my opinion, television has to change or it's going to die. We now live in an on-demand society and tv just doesn't deliver. I can go online and watch pretty much what I want, when I want. Why pay all this money for cable when 90% of it is utter crap? And don't get me started on these 'tiers' the cable company still pushes on us.
I digress.....
In the evenings, we've been watching Cheers and now we have a new thing: Star Trek. I know.....
I've. Never. Watched. It. Before!?!?
I love Shatner. He delivers in his overacting, his shiny-chest-shirtless scenes, the way they light his face when it's a tense moment.....!? I love the paper mache rocks, the sweet 60's starship sets and surprisingly - the plots of the shows are thought provoking - especially for the time!?
So the flu....bah!!! Bring it on. I'm ready.
3 comments:
Take care of yourself, hon! The flu is nasty. My cousin in Van had Norwalk this month so extra soup for you!
And I haven't seen an ep of the original in a long time but I really should sit down and watch them again… So great. Shatner's the bomb. He's one of those celebs who "gets" the joke. Therefore, he rocks. Those All-bran commercials made me laugh for a long time.
If you're stuck on the couch, see if you can find two docs, "The Captains" - Shat interviewing the other Star Trek capts (awesome insight into Patrick Stewart) and "How William Shatner Changed the World" - a goofy doc about all the technology influenced or created because of Star Trek.
Sounds like you are having an okay sick-day! Knitting, reading, TV? Sign me up, ha-ha!
But it's great that you took time to stay home to recoup.
Feel better soon!
I hope you're feeling better! Just recovering from a bout of bronchitis (or something?) myself. I've never seen Star Trek either. Maybe it's time??
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