Current clothes: Black sweat pants. A white t-shirt from a Rush concert (the 2002 Vapor Trails tour), which admittedly has seen better days. White socks. Black sneakers.
Current mood: It wasn't too bad, except then I started thinking about all my current annoyances and worries in preparation for doing this meme, and I started feeling stressed again. Thanks, meme.
Current music: Most recently, Warren Zevon's Transverse City, which I've had in fairly heavy rotation lately. I bought this album a little while ago after seeing it mentioned in I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, the Warren Zevon biography I got for Christmas, which I know I've mentioned here before. It was one of the Zevon albums I didn't have, and the description in the book made it sound really cool. Which it is. In fact, it's more than cool; I'd go so far as to call it wonderful. Apparently it sold like crap when it came out, though. The general consensus seems to be that it was "ahead of its time." And I can see that. The title track is possibly the only product of late 80's cyberpunk influence that feels more relevant in 2008, rather than being dated. (Note to my sis: If you're still interested in checking out some of this guy's stuff, this seems to me like a really good album to start with. I suspect it's more to your taste, musically, than some of his other work.)
Current annoyance: Higher-than-expected veterinary bills. Ants. The fact that my sleep schedule is still messed up. The fact that my back still hurts, and every time I think maybe it's getting a bit better, I have to bend down and pick something up and it starts complaining at me again. It's getting to the point where it's starting to curtail my activities, especially walking, which starts to hurt after about ten minutes. Gaah. Oh, and US politics. US politics annoys the crap out of me. I should try to keep to my general policy of not discussing politics. It usually just gets me all wound up to no good purpose.
Current thing: Randomly stressing about stupid stuff. See "current annoyance" above and "current worry" below.
Current desktop picture: This picture of Mars and the constellation Orion, as seen from Monument Valley.
Current book: Possessing Genius: The Bizarre Odyssey of Einstein's Brain by Carolyn Abraham. So far, it's not remotely as interesting as it sounds like it ought to be.
Current song in head: It's something from one of the Sopranos soundtracks, but I'm not sure exactly what it is, because it's in Italian, and I'm far too lazy to look it up.
Current DVD in player: Most recently, this week's episode of Torchwood, which was OK. Before that, I was watching Jekyll, which I figured I'd mention, because, well, it's worth mentioning. Steven Moffat's writing talents plus some really excellent acting equals six episodes of damned good television.
Current refreshment: Nothing. But there must be food soon. I'm hungry.
Current worry: Lately? Everything and anything. I started out this week in a really annoying state of just being randomly stressy about all kinds of stupid things. I'm talking things that I know aren't worth worrying about: random work crap, social interactions, when I was going to have time to do the grocery shopping, you name it. I was hoping to take my days off to relax and get over that, and it has sort of helped, but now I've got more stuff that I don't know whether I actually need to worry about or not. Are ants eating my house? Might my cat have a thyroid problem after all? I don't know! I hate not even knowing whether something is worth stressing over. I start stressing over whether I should stress. Man, I need a vacation. A non-stressful vacation, where I lie on the beach for a week and don't talk to anybody.
Current thought: OK. Deep, cleansing breath. Ah, that's better. Really, my problems are not dire. My problems are so far from dire that it's an insult to people with actual dire problems to take them too seriously. And, y'know, it's a nice day, I don't have to go in to work, I've got lots of interesting stuff to watch on DVD, the cats are all dozing adorably in the sun, and I think there might be some rocky road ice cream in the freezer. There. Life is pretty good. I'm smiling now. Huzzah!
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Yeah, Jekyll was kind of all over the place, but it was a lot of fun. Very clever, and James Nesbitt in particular was terrific as the title character(s).
ReplyDeleteThe impressive thing about Jekyll, I think, is that it's a lot better than it probably ought to be. Because, yeah, you're not wrong about it being kind of all over the place. But IMHO the high-quality acting and some very smart storytelling choices turn it into something that works really well.
ReplyDeleteAnd Nesbitt definitely deserves a huge share of the credit, because the whole thing would have failed spectacularly right out of the gate if he hadn't been able to pull off a seriously challenging acting job as effectively as he did.
...and you're good enough and smart enough and - gosh darn it - people like you!
ReplyDeleteLOL! Thank you. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat's really funny, though, is that dogonne it if saying that phrase to myself, or hearing it from other people, doesn't actually make me feel better, if only because it makes me laugh.
Ah, the timeless, comforting wisdom of SNL... :)
Beach! Did you say Beach? Water is warm here and in the hi 70s and low 80s. The Atlantic is only 10 minutes away from me. And no ants on the beach. A few jellyfish or Redtide and maybe a small shark or two. But it is, that is the beach, is quiet. If you had been here Thursday you could have seen the Shuttle up close and personal. Hope your back feels better and your cat doesnt have Thiroydist.
ReplyDeleteGreat, I'm missing beaches and shuttle launches. Well, at least I'm happy enough to give the jellyfish and the sharks a miss. :)
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