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bluegreen17) wrote2002-06-07 01:02 am
bluegreen17) wrote2002-06-07 01:02 am
me,movies,jesus and dad
we're getting a beautiful soaking right now. i love to sleep when it's raining out.
took an unpaid day off today (i've used up all my sick time.) i really really felt the need to,even though now in two days i will be on vacation.
first,i've been pretty sick for about a week. i called the pharmacist last night and he told me the new drug could take a couple weeks to get used to. (it cuts stomach acid dramatically,so the food just sits there,which is uncomfortable,to say the least.)
it may also take a week or two to actually work in my favor as well,i'm thinking. because i still have pain after eating.but the idea is to cut down on the acid so the ulcer or whatever can heal. my blood test for the virus that is associated with some ulcers came up negative. anyway,i've had pain and discomfort since the prescription ibuprofen last august.
today i watched woody allen's 'bullets over broadway' which was a riot. woody wasn't actually IN this one. his movies always have such beautiful houses in them. dianne wiest is amazing,and i love tracey ullman,and john cusack is just sooo cute,no wonder so many women want to marry him.
i also watched another jude law movie,a sort of vampire flick that's more psychological than gory (which is preferable to me) called 'immortality'. another great acting job. the character he played was really interesting,to say the least.
and i started watching 'l.a. confidential' which i've never seen before. i like the set decor of that too,especially russell crowe with short hair. purrrrrr....and guy pearce plays a sort of obnoxious cop who is attractive in those specs (i love guys in glasses.) i know this is heresy to kevin spacey fans,but i don't think he's a great actor. he always seems like the same person to me,even in k-pax.by the way,that movie's ending disappointed me,but jeff bridges was brilliant as always.
i read a bit in a book about faith and the placebo effect...it's a book about self-healing. i also sent an email to a group on a spiritualist web page that does free distance healing. what the heck,can't hurt to try. the other distance healer didn't seem to be able to help me. maybe i'm 'blocking the blessings'. maybe even jesus himself couldnt heal me...there's a bit in the bible where jesus couldn't heal because the people had no faith...i'll bet a lot of followers of jesus don't pay much attention to that bit...i'm not knocking jesus,though,because even though i don't consider myself a christian (though baptized as an infant,raised and 'confirmed' at the tender age of 11 as a catholic),i certainly believe in jesus's message and example. i'm just curious about that.
and i'm happy to report that my dad did not have a bypass. he did have an angioplasty and two stents put into two arteries. i talked to him today and he's home and feeling pretty well. he sounded good. he said it was painful but all in all he considers himself lucky. when i found out he didn't have a bypass i almost started crying at work the other day,i was so relieved.
one other reason i stayed home today and lost a wopping $60 of my paycheck
(it may not sound like much,but it i need every cent) was that mom went to my sister's house for two days and next week i'm on vacation and i assume mom will be here just about every second. she's not awful or anything,but i just get no peace because she chatters because she's lonely. although a friend of hers from where she used to work called her up tonight,but she wasn't here!
so today it was nice to just be home by myself,with the rain falling outside and just relaxing without anyone else around.
took an unpaid day off today (i've used up all my sick time.) i really really felt the need to,even though now in two days i will be on vacation.
first,i've been pretty sick for about a week. i called the pharmacist last night and he told me the new drug could take a couple weeks to get used to. (it cuts stomach acid dramatically,so the food just sits there,which is uncomfortable,to say the least.)
it may also take a week or two to actually work in my favor as well,i'm thinking. because i still have pain after eating.but the idea is to cut down on the acid so the ulcer or whatever can heal. my blood test for the virus that is associated with some ulcers came up negative. anyway,i've had pain and discomfort since the prescription ibuprofen last august.
today i watched woody allen's 'bullets over broadway' which was a riot. woody wasn't actually IN this one. his movies always have such beautiful houses in them. dianne wiest is amazing,and i love tracey ullman,and john cusack is just sooo cute,no wonder so many women want to marry him.
i also watched another jude law movie,a sort of vampire flick that's more psychological than gory (which is preferable to me) called 'immortality'. another great acting job. the character he played was really interesting,to say the least.
and i started watching 'l.a. confidential' which i've never seen before. i like the set decor of that too,especially russell crowe with short hair. purrrrrr....and guy pearce plays a sort of obnoxious cop who is attractive in those specs (i love guys in glasses.) i know this is heresy to kevin spacey fans,but i don't think he's a great actor. he always seems like the same person to me,even in k-pax.by the way,that movie's ending disappointed me,but jeff bridges was brilliant as always.
i read a bit in a book about faith and the placebo effect...it's a book about self-healing. i also sent an email to a group on a spiritualist web page that does free distance healing. what the heck,can't hurt to try. the other distance healer didn't seem to be able to help me. maybe i'm 'blocking the blessings'. maybe even jesus himself couldnt heal me...there's a bit in the bible where jesus couldn't heal because the people had no faith...i'll bet a lot of followers of jesus don't pay much attention to that bit...i'm not knocking jesus,though,because even though i don't consider myself a christian (though baptized as an infant,raised and 'confirmed' at the tender age of 11 as a catholic),i certainly believe in jesus's message and example. i'm just curious about that.
and i'm happy to report that my dad did not have a bypass. he did have an angioplasty and two stents put into two arteries. i talked to him today and he's home and feeling pretty well. he sounded good. he said it was painful but all in all he considers himself lucky. when i found out he didn't have a bypass i almost started crying at work the other day,i was so relieved.
one other reason i stayed home today and lost a wopping $60 of my paycheck
(it may not sound like much,but it i need every cent) was that mom went to my sister's house for two days and next week i'm on vacation and i assume mom will be here just about every second. she's not awful or anything,but i just get no peace because she chatters because she's lonely. although a friend of hers from where she used to work called her up tonight,but she wasn't here!
so today it was nice to just be home by myself,with the rain falling outside and just relaxing without anyone else around.