Here comes sickness

So it seems that my aching wasn't from the snowboarding wipe-out after all; it's from being ill! Last night I was hit with a sore throat, runny nose, fever, headaches, etc. It's not the end of the world since I have a pretty high pain threshold and hardly ever get sick. In fact, I think I could have powered through it with business as usual, but I've been farting a lot. Big, stinky farts that I don't want to take to the GR office. Wendy doesn't think that has anything to do with being ill and it's true that flatulance is not listed among symptoms on a Theraflu box, but I swear it's related. Maybe it's from swallowing phlegm or something?

So I spent the day at home and never even put on my contacts or shaved. Look at how burly yet intellectual I am.

Head on the couch and face toward the TV.

Around 10:00, I got a phone call this morning from GR store manager Michelle. She asked if I was going to be on Sawtelle. When I told her I was actually at home, sick, she was stoked. It turns out that she received my text message saying I'd be out, but didn't know who it was from. She thought it was from a store worker, and was hoping I might be able to fill in. When she realized it was me that was sick, she was so excited and happy.

I don't know if I'm happy to be sick, but it's nice to have time to dig into the stack of DVDs tI have to catch up on...

The screener of Taste of Tea arrived days after I bought an expensive import.

In the clear cases on the left are a bunch of Japanese movies that Viz is going to release: Linda Linda Linda, Train Man, Funky Forest. Viz is already dominating the world of manga, and now they're showing good taste in live-action flicks. I didn't tap them today, but I did watch the other three.

Clockwise from the top: You probably already know about The Host, the Korean blockbuster monster movie. What can I say, but it's awesome. Director Bong definitely knows his monster movie conventions, but it's the family dynamics that make it interesting. Next one down is the director's cut of Fearless. There's at least one more fight scene and the parts with Michelle Yeoh have been restored. (No, they're not the same.) It's definitely worth seeing, especially since it's how Ronny Yu intended it to be seen. Finally, there's Still Life. This is the newest movie of the bunch. My friend Prodip recommended it because of the UFO footage, but that's really not what the movie is about at all. It actually address the Three Gorges Dam and how it affects people.

Time for one more movie...