In my own little world

[Masha]

I meant to add in my 'review' ... "and to coin a phrase, not for everybody." I may go back and add it. True cinephiles (which I am not) can watch anything (according to my definition) regardless of 'taste' because they want to know many aspects of how it was done, even though they might not like the film at all. I am more a general movie watcher and taste IS a factor. I do like Art films and I think TL is one. It certainly grabbed me. A determining factor no doubt is Willem Dafoe. It was him that made me venture a look.

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Taste is an overriding factor for me. This was highlighted by my watching: The Vanishing (2018) which has some vague similarities with the movie you mention. There may have been some interesting academic points concerning plot construction and cinematography but I could never break free of the fact that I do not enjoy watching a group of grown men bickering like toddlers.

[laffite]

Yeah, but if you can dance, if you can dance behind the beat, if you can use that runway, and swing around the pole, then that’s good enough, that’s just fine.

Why Thompson, do I detect a bit of vulgarity in your moods recently? I don't remember this sort of thing back in the old Film Noir thread of old. I don't mean to cramp your style, just genuinely surprised.

[EP Millstone]

. . . I do not enjoy watching a group of grown men bickering like toddlers.

Never seen toddlers bicker. However, I have seen grown men bicker like . . . women.

[laffite]

...and not to forget men and women bickering together ...

[laffite]

Excellent. This sounds like the start of a novel. A noir, no doubt ... with all that gas.

[Masha]

I’ve tried everything including standing on my head (well not really that would be impossible) and going against traffic. Does absolutely no good to complain, you still got that trapped gas and your mood keeps getting worse.

It is not within my purview to prescribe but simethicone taken with a large whiskey followed by a long hot bath often provides relief from symptoms and eases the severity of the condition.

[Dargo]

It is not within my purview to prescribe but simethicone taken with a large whiskey followed by a long hot bath often provides relief from symptoms and eases the severity of the condition.

You haven't given us an update on your condition for a while, Masha.

(...all better I assume by now?)

[Masha]

I suppose it is good news that I do not have a cold.

Certain factors led me to seek an independent examination. This confirmed my growing fear that it is atypical pneumonia. This is commonly called: walking pneumonia. The blood tests which can be done immediately do not show the cause. Cultures will take one to three days and are likely to be inconclusive also because it is the nature of the condition to be difficult to specify in the absence of a biopsy.

Every technician, nurse and doctor which I met are at least thirty years younger than I am. This is worrisome only because they all treat me as if I am some sort of delicate relic who might disintegrate into dust at any moment. I have no doubt that I could take any one of them in a fair fight. It is also that I am not known to fight fair. The main concern is that the age difference means that my humor is not understood naturally. It was obvious more than once that a person did not know if what I said was meant as a joke or an insult.

They were concerned about my opiate level. It is fortunate that there is now a database so that they could check quickly that my prescription for it is valid. I am sure it influenced the doctor's decision to not prescribe other pain relief or soporific but he did assent to cortisone shot to relieve some related inflammation.

The good news is that it is quite unlikely to become worse. I am on precautionary antibiotics. There is little hope that they will benefit directly but they will suppress opportunistic infections which could become critical.

The bad news is that I will remain an ineffectual lump for some time to come. This is accelerating my descent into madness.

[Dargo]

Sorry to hear this. As you might have guessed, I was thinking all this had been behind you by now and that you were back to the job of fixing up your new home...well, new to you and your little fuzzy, anyway.

Loved the part about how you described all of your heathcare workers being quite a bit younger than you. Funny how this seems to come about eventually, isn't it. And, funny how you described this situation as well, I might add.

(...hope you're feeling better soon, and thanks for the update here)

[Masha]

I didn’t know it was possible to get a legit script for opiates any more. I got some reefer from the landlord on loan so we shall see. That was an excellent post Masha, and thanks for your advise. I’m afraid to take a bath these days though, Good Night Irene keeps playing in my head . . . that notion to jump in the river and drown.

I found when I moved here that most pharmacies do not carry my medication. I suppose this is due to it not being commonly prescribed. The base pharmacy at a nearby military facility fills it for me as a courtesy.

I know from personal experience that some people fail to keep up with new inventions and developments as they age but there is one which I believe you should know: they have now things called: 'tubs' so that one does not have to bathe in the river. They are more convenient and you do not have to share the water with fish which are voiding their bowels or mating. It is much less easy to drown in one also. You may wish to check with a local plumber to see if one might be installed in your home.

[Dargo]

I didn’t know it was possible to get a legit script for opiates any more. I got some reefer from the landlord on loan so we shall see. That was an excellent post Masha, and thanks for your advise. I’m afraid to take a bath these days though, Good Night Irene keeps playing in my head . . . that notion to jump in the river and drown.

I found when I moved here that most pharmacies do not carry my medication. I suppose this is due to it not being commonly prescribed. The base pharmacy at a nearby military facility fills it for me as a courtesy.

I know from personal experience that some people fail to keep up with new inventions and developments as they age but there is one which I believe you should know: they have now things called: 'tubs' so that one does not have to bathe in the river. They are more convenient and you do not have to share the water with fish which are voiding their bowels or mating. It is much less easy to drown in one also. You may wish to check with a local plumber to see if one might be installed in your home.

Yes, all well and good here Masha, but if I recall correctly, Thompson has told us in the past that he presently resides in the same sort of a locale and in the very same sort of accommodations as Matt Foley (Chris Farley actually) says he does here...

[Masha]

Sorry to hear this. As you might have guessed, I was thinking all this had been behind you by now and that you were back to the job of fixing up your new home...well, new to you and your little fuzzy, anyway.

Loved the part about how you described all of your heathcare workers being quite a bit younger than you. Funny how this seems to come about eventually, isn't it. And, funny how you described this situation as well, I might add.

(...hope you're feeling better soon, and thanks for the update here)

I thank you for your kind wishes. I can assure you that it is not truly serious. I can shrug off the body aches and headaches as being no worse than often felt on a day after a night before. The occasional coughing is a wonderful excuse to sip a little more of this wonderful Theraflu. The absolute worst part is the feeling that my get-up-and-go got up and went. I am a worthless lump. One may dream of being able to lay in bed all day with nothing to do but it quickly became a sentence for some heinous crime which I did not know I committed.

A worrisome aspect is that atypical pneumonia can be caused by exposure to mold. Reconstructing a timeline backwards reveals that uncovering the mold behind the paneling roughly corresponds with the incubation time for some common molds. The bright point is that I am not much more ill because that would mean it was aggressive and might need serious treatment. The fact that it has been kept mostly at bay means my body is capable of fighting it.

I am reminded of a doctor long ago who would often say I would be fine if I was a good girl for a week or two. Oh how we both laughed!

I checked with two online weather services before leaving to do errands. Both said we were having light snow. I went to the gas station, bank, post office, pharmacy and lumber yard. Ten-point-eight miles. I counted a grand total of seventeen snowflakes. I grant that I could count only those which were sufficiently large and sufficiently close for me to see and that there many have been multitudes of microflakes within a two mile radius but I would not term that: 'light snow'. I can not think of a proper term but there must be one.

[LawrenceA]

Looks like someone's been in the bug powder again.

[laffite]

ooo-kay

[EP Millstone]

So I was down to the vanilla extract . . .

Yo, Thompson!

Ever think about changing your avatar to Charles Bukowski?