linusvanpelt

My illness lingers on and on. I actually ended up calling out of work today, which I really hate to do, because it wipes out my overtime. I slept a bit more this morning and it helped. If I was able to sleep for more than a few hours at a time I think I would be able to get past this, but I manage...
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I have a cold. I am too exhausted to sleep and am achy all over (and not in the cool Billy Ray Cyrus Achy Breaky Heart way either). My head is all kinds of floaty feeling right now. I am congested and have a headache. I have been naseous a few times, but thankfully have yet to throw up. This sucks alright.

I did go...
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If you live around the suburb area (like me) and want to see decent movies sometimes it can be a challenge. There Will Be Blood, which is critically acclaimed-oscar nominated-and making money in limited release, is not playing within 40 miles of where I live. It isn't opening around me at all it seems. This puts it on a list along with a bunch of...
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RIP Heath...

I am stunned when anybody young dies (especially younger than me). The obvious answer has to be that he died of drugs, which is tragic and stupid and avoidable and all that. What's sad is that it is already decided that is what it definitely was (and truth be told that was my first thought when I heard). It doesn't make it any...
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Just saw Cloverfield. It lived up to the "hype" as they say. It was nice to see a horror movie that wasn't making constant ironic reminders that it's only a movie, or "paying homage" (stealing) to other horror movies. Plus, nobody gets tied to a chair and threatened with a drill (which passes for horror movies lately--although the last few have tanked so hopefully we're...
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As somebody who was "dying sick" for almost two years, I still would say I hate car trouble more than anything else. I am pretty sure I have "car hypochondria". Today I had to take off from work to go get my windshield wiper fixed (it being the snowy season and all that). I had to drive to the dealer becuase it was under warranty....
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I am going to see Bill Cosby this Saturday. When I was younger, I never bought music tapes or records (I am showing my old fogey-ist nature now), but did buy a lot of comedy "albums". I lived near a store called Jamesway (which was a low-rent version of K-Mart, which is a hard thing to be in and of itself), and would go there...
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Well, today was day 10 of my vegetarianism lifestyle 2008 spectacular. So far so good (I was never a voracious meat-eater). I have eaten more raw vegetables than ever before. Not really a problem, but I have been battling a cold, so I cannot tell if I am tired from that or if my chemistry is screwed up. I have to say, however, dipping carrots...
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TOP TEN MOVIES VOL 4
(2004-2005)

2004
10. A Dirty Shame
9. Napolean Dynamite
8. Spider Man 2
7. Anchorman
6. The Incredibles
5. Shaun Of The Dead
4. Farenheit 911
3. Kill Bill Vol 2
2. Million Dollar Baby
1. The Aviator

2005
10. Last Days
9. Syrianna
8. A History Of Violence
7. Batman Begins
6. Broken Flowers
5. King Kong
4. Good...
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I just saw Alien Vs. Predator II (I refuse categorically to refer to it as AVP:R-- I am done calling movies by their marketing acronyms).

Don't see this movie. It is awful.

It is directed in that annoying "stylized" frenzy that is all extreme close-ups and jagged editing of shots that last a second each (probably to mask the atrocious computer special effects). The action...
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