RIP Estelle Getty.
The Census Bureau plans to edit forms turned in by legally married same sex couples for the 2010 census - their status will be altered to state unmarried partners, even though they're LEGALLY MARRIED!!!
I won $5 yesterday + got 12 Maxxed Energy pops + a Maxxed Energy Pops t-shirt in the mail (free). Free money and stuff is good.
I've slept a lot the last two days, and still can't feel awake. Think brain aliens are grumpy.
Body feels like it is shutting down. Head feels funky. It's only 6:30. But no sleep. I'm crashing. Think I'll go sleep like 20 hours. So woozy, can't function. Feel drunk and in pain and just ugh. Told Brian if I do manage to fall asleep don't even wake me up for my shot like he always does when I crash and need to catch up on sleep because then I'm up for whole night and don't sleep again til next day. My body can skip one day of that medicine, I'll live.
For those of you who know anything about me, you'll know this, I love James Dean... I have since I discovered a book about him when I was 15 or so and then Rebel, EOE, and Giant. So for me to say this, I have to be impressed no? Heath Ledger, who I'd not seen act before The Dark Knight, was a brilliant friggin actor. I don't think many actors are brilliant. I think there are plenty of good, maybe even great actors out there. But this man was definitely NOT overhyped in this movie. OMFG. The term method acting comes to mind. I saw no sign of an actor, or a man, in his performance. What a shame this was it for him.
James Dean was the first to get a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, he didn't get it (should have) and only what two I think have ever? I think we may add Heath Ledger to the list.
I don't get why people say he's only getting Oscar talk because he's dead... seriously, do they not know what acting is? I saw nothing but a psycho Joker on the screen, not an actor. THAT is acting.
Christian Bale was good as Batman of course, but overshadowed by Ledger and Aaron Eckhart in this one I'd say.
I'll own it on DVD for sure. #1 movie of year for me, it didn't let me down. Though I did have to get up and take a quick bathroom break to get my head together after club scene quick. The strobe light stuff really screws with me head + had the phantom smell thing for a minute + when leaving bathroom some chick pulled me aside to ask me something that was bothering her... She had to know who she looked like. Seems people always tell her she looks like Sarah Jessica Parker and she just wants to look like herself. Oddly enough I couldn't guess who she looks like until she told me, then I guessed I could kind of see it, she had similar bone structure but... yeah...
Anyway I'm tired but was worth it... I may need to get more Batman books since I'm out of good Superman ones. I think I'm becoming a Superman AND Batman fangirl now, eek!
We have Disneyland, Universal Studios, The Hollywood sign, movie studios, driving along you see spots you recognize from movies... but what we don't have is theaters to see the movies in. I mean, ok we DO have theaters. But not as many as you'd think. When I lived in Portland, there were like 4 theaters on one street in like 4 blocks. I go to Fandango.com, I enter my zip code, you know how many in my ZIP code come up? NONE. Now that doesn't mean much as there are two in Marina Del Rey which isn't that far from here (I live in an odd area where I'm officially LA, but I'm really right on border of Santa Monica, Culver City, and Marina Del Rey take your pick). The two in Marina Del Rey are literally right across the street from each other. One (the one I saw Hancock in) has the worst sound ever. It sounds like there is one speaker from a home stereo at the front of the theater -- but only costs $10 and has it's own free parking structure. The other has good sound, but is in a busy shopping center with virtually no parking for the whole shopping center.
So we usually end up going to The Bridge in the Howard Hughes Center. Yes, Howard Hughes is a big name in LA, in case you didn't know... He's far more than a Leo character in The Aviator (a good movie, I thought), duh ;) So we've decided to try to see Batman Monday as Brian's team got Monday off. Now I've been saying for weeks, I hear it's selling out, so little theaters here we need to pre-order. blah blah blah. Brian never listens ;) Silly man decided last minute hey maybe we can go tonight... I didn't get excited. Good thing. He was trying for 1:30 am at The Bridge (which usually sells out anyway). He somehow figured 1:30 would be less busy. Yeah, sold out. DUH.
I'm not so hopeful for Monday at this point. grrr. I told him pre-order. Silly men never listen :P When he gets home from his walk, he gets to check for Monday's Imax reserved seating *nods*
*EDIT* while Brian was on phone / walk all of the Monday shows sold out so he tried to get the new late night one that opened up tonight... while trying IT sold out. So, he kept trying every one, wouldn't take his card (any card - all valid) over the phone and/or sold out as he tried. He finally got the only show we could get into -- 9:30 AM tomorrow. No IMAX left, but a good theater with digital projector at least. Looks like I'm staying up all night or I won't wake up. His co-workers wanted to go together, but the one awake right now (1:30 am) bought his tickets for Monday alone too. It's too crazy here. We're starting to think the online/phone sales is crashing - it shows sold out, then tickets, then none, won't take valid cards on phone, then will online through same system for ones the phone said were sold out... ugh. Brian "This better be good and it's your birthday present" I'm sure he'll forget he said that by my Birthday... in October. Besides we had a deal -- Wall-E opening weekend for him, Batman opening weekend for me.
In almost these words my neuro told me he's n00b to Neurology ;) But he was very nice and was sure to ask the boss about stuff. Once again they said I had tremor on left side. Weaker left side. Several tests for Babinski's sign on left side compared to right, don't think they get a response on left side or something.
The smell thing -- He said it's fairly normal for people with brain issues basically and I'm not crazy. His boss is ordering an EEG to test for seizure activity. I didn't bring up that what I'd found online seemed to be saying seizures though, just described what I've been having happen. But now I know it's either normal for MS and other neuro conditions and/or could be seizure activity. Their secretary said it usually takes a year to get an EEG scheduled but since it was the main Neuro ordering it then it usually happens much sooner. I hope so otherwise may have them postpone the November appointment they made for after the EEG gets scheduled. Because frankly getting there at 8 am and getting home at 2 is major suck. The noises and crowds and uncomfy seats when you can get one leave me in so much pain and just tired and frustrated as I sleep during the day so now I'm beat as I didn't sleep.
He was going to sign thing saying I have MS so I can try to get out of Jury Duty in December since we so far haven't regulated headaches, sleep, exhaustion when awake, now new smells issue, etc. It wouldn't say much more than I have MS and those documented issues and then court decides if I get out of it. But the boss guy told him after he started doing it they can't fill those out and that I have to tell the court those things myself as they can't do it medically... or something. I guess because there is no test to prove I suffer from sleep probs, exhaustion, headaches, all what I tell them. So they can treat me for it, prescribe meds for it, they just can't tell a judge I have it? Which sort of makes sense with all I heard about working in a hospital but sheesh.
Even though UCLA pumps out some great doctors, even their n00b ones, Brian is thinking that since I only have to see a neuro every 6 months or so it may be worth finding a private doctor. He's willing to pay the $400 or so evey 6 months to avoid losing nearly a day of work + being annoyed by the wait + after being seen you wait another 1/2 hour - 1 hour to see secretary if you get a refill or new rx, etc. This could be an issue when tests get ordered though. Hmm..
Oh yeah they upped my Topamax dose.
John Adams was the most nominated for this year's Emmys, with 23.
HA! Brian's first major credit to be seen was on a show that has the most emmy nominations this year!
Means nothing to him or his career etc, but it's damn cool. And the person that he worked for is listed under Visual Effects so !!! w00t.
Neurologist time... Appointment isn't until 9:30 but it's actually first come first served and always hours of wait time so getting there by 8-8:30 means we might get in by 11.
The Department of Health and Human Services moves to define contraception as abortion...
Yup it seems everything is abortion now.
I started having my period in 6th grade. As many have pointed out all over the net guess a period is a wasted egg is abortion now. Ohhh what a baby murderer I am. Not to mention those years I spent on the pill and depo -- all of the condoms. Hell I just had a period, oops another chance for a baby I didn't take. Damn I'm going to hell or something.
I should just have a sex change so I can control the world and my body. Brian would be upset though.
Watching Bush press conference. He's talking about how good the economy is. How everything wrong is the fault of Democrats. How any financial ruin like gas prices, mortgages, etc all dems doings. Meanwhile as he speaks about how good it is despite the Dems screwing everything up, MSNBC has a "watching the Dow" ticker next to him... drop, drop, drop, drop.
Yup everything is good... But wait if it's not blame the dems! Not the wars, threatening everyone, the allowing traders to jack up prices of gas, not exploring alternative forms of energy, blah blah blah. Does he believe anything he says? BTW no matter what he says about offshore drilling, California is saying we don't want it. And we have higher prices than the rest of you, so...
In other news I saw this helicopter video live yesterday and well LOL, the suspect was greeted by neighborhood dogs throughout his I'm gonna run from cops adventure... and one dog chased him! Story and video here
Yesterday while Brian was getting ready for work the big news story was all about how Budweiser had been sold, blah blah blah. The story mentioned that they'd want to make their money back within a year and one way to do that would be to expand Budweiser internationally. I'm not a beer drinker but even I know American beer is considered crap. So I made some comment about how yeah, you don't sell American beer in other countries if you want to make your money back. Brian told me it was one of the coolest things I'd ever said... I'm not sure if that was a compliment or not, I suppose to guys and beer drinkers it was. Of course to others it will probably make me Anti-American... don't blame me, I don't drink beer but I've heard I might have liked it more if I hadn't tried American beer.
If you didn't see the 60 Minutes story on Remote Area Medical , you should go check it out here. And then if you have a few bucks to spare, donate to them. It's nice to see people providing no cost medical care to those who need it, at least someone out there realizes there IS a freaking problem in this country (and others) and is trying to help.
