Getting Better

[rushthatspeaks]

At least, I think I am. Boston was very good. Thrud writes nifty novel which I want in hardcover so I can have her sign it. The apartment we looked at was nice and will be nicer when they have renovated the kitchen. We will buy it. Except for apartment-looking, I tried not to move the entire weekend, and it worked okay although we all stayed up too late. I have been sleeping eighteen hours a day or more since returning and it seems to help. At least, I don't seem to be coughing badly; I'm just in pain all the time and exhausted. This is dealable as, given the last few years, I am *used* to being in pain all the time and exhausted. I can't remember what it was like not to be in pain all the time and exhausted. Consequently, this is only a bit more aggravating than usual, since I have departed from my usual routine in that I know this will get worse if I do not baby it and so I am forcing myself to rest. Ordinarily I do not let pain and fatigue keep me from doing things because I know from experience that not doing things will not make the pain and fatigue go away. Except at the moment because this is actual illness. So life is just that tad more annoying. However I think this is getting better, maybe, and I think it has passed the point where I need to be paranoid about pneumonia. Especially since I mean it about the eighteen hours of sleep a day or more. Ghost and Phoenix are here and are exemplary houseguests in that they are delightfully sociable when I am awake and are delightfully quiet when I am not. It is quite nice.

In a weak moment, in Boston, I consented to watch 1-5 of Air Master, on the grounds that Thrud had said that it gets about twice as good with each passing episode, so I calculated that it would become watchable by episode 5 and if I didn't like it by that point I'd know I wasn't going to like it. I was expecting nothing because on the one hand episode 1 was the cinematic equivalent of pouring acid into my eyes and I would have committed emergency hara-kiri to get away from the ending sequence, which remains the worst one I have ever seen on anything, bar none, but on the other hand the recommendations were SO enthusiastic.

I take back anything I may have said about Air Master. It is in fact brilliant, and in ways no other anime I have seen is. You just have to grit your teeth and bear it until it gets there. Then it is worth it (assuming you like fighting shows in the first place...if not, the ways it transcends its genre may not be as noticeable, but anyone who liked Flame of Recca or Yuu Yuu Hakusho should grit their teeth through the first few episodes and then just glory in it). I am considering naming my next thesis after one of the characters as a method of encouraging myself to work on the thing (and also because I hope some of his coolness may rub off). I left Boston carrying 1-22 in my backpack, and when I go to Virginia I will be showing at least 1-5 to Sei, EVEN IF I HAVE TO TIE HER DOWN. THERE WILL BE NO ESCAPE. MWAHAHAHAHA. Nii-chan would like it too but I don't know what his schedule is so we'll just have to see.

I go back to sleep now.

Comments

Airmaster 7 (No Spoilers)

[odinsleep.livejournal.com]

I just this minute finished Airmaster 7 and am having a fanboy moment, but oh my is this a great series. I too was convinced by Thrud to take up this series. Thank you Thrud! I haven't jumped out of my chair and cheered for a character since finishing Utena. Woo-hoo!

If you will excuse me, I just about have time to watch episode eight before bedtime.

[wayman.livejournal.com]

I still don't believe it. You're welcome to tie me down and show me 2-5 if you like, because, well, you're all probably right, but please, PLEASE, spare me from the ending sequence!!!!!

[rushthatspeaks.livejournal.com]

No worries. I can't take the thing at all myself. Ada and Brent have started singing along with it, which is one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen. I, however, would really rather spend my time in more productive ways, such as watching more of the series.

[syonakeleste.livejournal.com]

Frighteningly, I've started singing along with it in my head when it randomly turns up there. I don't have the rap portion of it memorized yet, but the rest is nearly completely in my head.

[soapdemon.livejournal.com]

When are you coming to Virginia, Lila child?

[rushthatspeaks.livejournal.com]

I leave for VA tomorrow and am in Centreville, which is close to Vienna, until Sunday, when Eredien drives me back to the Mawr. Are you in the area? I am staying with my Latin teacher friend you met at the Renaissance Choir concert and it would be very cool to see you, although I have no transportation of my own. Also if you are close enough and talk to Eredien she could probably drive you back too and gas money would be cheaper than train fare.
Lila

Back to the Mawr

[eredien]

Hi. I would be happy to drive you back, as long as you can get reasonably close to Centerville so I do not have to drive a long time to get you and then drive some more back to BMC.

I don't really know who you are, but I took a look at your journal and you seem like the kind of person I ought to get to know, so let me know if you need a ride. I'm contactable through my livejournal (leave a comment) or Rush, or through email if you go click on my website and find the link there.

Re: Back to the Mawr

[soapdemon.livejournal.com]

"I don't really know who you are, but I took a look at your journal"
Oh, hey, that doesn't send me into a crippling spiral of self-consciousness at all!
However, I took a look at your journal and ditto the compliment; thank you so much for the offer, but my father offered to drive me up, and it wasn't so much an 'offer' as it was an 'indelible edict of power'. I hope you and Lila enjoy the ride, though. I predict you will be listening to much better music than Mr. "CD Commando" Shaw and I will.

[syonakeleste.livejournal.com]

Aha! I told you, I told you, I TOLD you! Isn't Julietta wonderful? I want one! Bwahahahahaha!

[rushthatspeaks.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I very much want one. And I AM naming my thesis after him.
Lila