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laurainlimbo at 11:14pm on 12/07/2006
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I don't know what I did wrong. I changed my layout, but only a little: just the color scheme and the header. but for some reason, now when I go to view my friends' list, I can't see the user name underneath the user icon. it's really annoying. I really can't figure it out - there's nothing that I changed. has anyone ever had this problem? and if so, can you tell me how to fix it? I can read my friends' list, but I can't see who's written the posts. it's crazy... maybe I shouldn't have changed anything at all. But I did change my user information page again - I needed something new.
I'm finally getting over my cold, but I was hacking and coughing at work today, so much so that the owner of the company was over asking if I was okay. I was really having a tough time. I feel better, but it's all clearing out, and it's taking a long time. My poor husband got sicker than even I did, but he went out to play last night and tonight (didn't even know about tonight's gig until after 9 p.m.), he's so dedicated.
This was one of the most dreadful colds, and mostly because I made the mistake of buying and using Sudafed. Of course it's billed as the #1 decongestant, and it's the strongeset you can buy without prescription. And of course it works. But really, it's truly evil. So evil in fact that here in Illinois, if you want to buy it, you have to ask the person at the pharmacy counter, sign some form and show your picture ID. It's because Pseudoephedrine is used for the cooking of meth in the homemade labs that pop up all over the place, and I guess this is a way to monitor it's purchases. But the reason it's evil for me is that it makes me so bloody wired. I bought the 12-hour kind, so during the day I'm fine. but after the first couple of days, and I wasn't so tired and sick, I couldn't sleep at all when I took it at night. Just tossed and turned for hours. And it dried me out so much. It really can't be healthy?!
Did everyone read about the crazy derailment of the train here in Chicago? http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/newsroom/chi-060712cta-smoke,0,6973532.story?coll=chi-homepagepromo440-fea
It was on the CTA (the "El"), on the line that I usually take (but downtown, which is quite far from where I go to work). It was quite a big story, but really only an accident and nothing compared to what just happened in India, or what happened in other cities due to terrorism. People were very lucky, really, though it was a big nuisance and a scare.
Finally, I should write briefly about the movie I watched on Sunday: "the Pillow Book" with the lovely Ewan McGregor. I think I rented this movie one other time, awhile ago, and never finished it. And I think I know why. It's really very interesting in it's artistic and visual elements, and it does feature quite a bit of Ewan's beautiful anatomy. And it's set in Japan and Hong Kong and much of the dialogue is in Japanese. However, being from the mind of director Peter Greenaway (who also brought us the equally gorgeous and disturbing "the cook, the thief, his wife and her lover"), it is a very shocking and unusual film, and includes some scenes that are actually quite disturbing and which will leave some with a very bad aftertaste. I was enthralled by the concept though: a Japanese woman, who has grown up with her father drawing calligraphy on her face, becomes obsessed with the idea of having men write on her body during her sexual experiences. She then decides to write her own book of her experiences, a "Pillow Book", and wishes to use a man's body as her "paper" or her "medium." It's fascinating, and very erotic. But at the same time, I found it somewhat slow, and somewhat repetitive, though that may have been the director's intention. Regardless, here is Roger Ebert's review, and you can decide for yourself if it's something you would like.
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19970704/REVIEWS/707040301/1023
I'm finally getting over my cold, but I was hacking and coughing at work today, so much so that the owner of the company was over asking if I was okay. I was really having a tough time. I feel better, but it's all clearing out, and it's taking a long time. My poor husband got sicker than even I did, but he went out to play last night and tonight (didn't even know about tonight's gig until after 9 p.m.), he's so dedicated.
This was one of the most dreadful colds, and mostly because I made the mistake of buying and using Sudafed. Of course it's billed as the #1 decongestant, and it's the strongeset you can buy without prescription. And of course it works. But really, it's truly evil. So evil in fact that here in Illinois, if you want to buy it, you have to ask the person at the pharmacy counter, sign some form and show your picture ID. It's because Pseudoephedrine is used for the cooking of meth in the homemade labs that pop up all over the place, and I guess this is a way to monitor it's purchases. But the reason it's evil for me is that it makes me so bloody wired. I bought the 12-hour kind, so during the day I'm fine. but after the first couple of days, and I wasn't so tired and sick, I couldn't sleep at all when I took it at night. Just tossed and turned for hours. And it dried me out so much. It really can't be healthy?!
Did everyone read about the crazy derailment of the train here in Chicago? http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/newsroom/chi-060712cta-smoke,0,6973532.story?coll=chi-homepagepromo440-fea
It was on the CTA (the "El"), on the line that I usually take (but downtown, which is quite far from where I go to work). It was quite a big story, but really only an accident and nothing compared to what just happened in India, or what happened in other cities due to terrorism. People were very lucky, really, though it was a big nuisance and a scare.
Finally, I should write briefly about the movie I watched on Sunday: "the Pillow Book" with the lovely Ewan McGregor. I think I rented this movie one other time, awhile ago, and never finished it. And I think I know why. It's really very interesting in it's artistic and visual elements, and it does feature quite a bit of Ewan's beautiful anatomy. And it's set in Japan and Hong Kong and much of the dialogue is in Japanese. However, being from the mind of director Peter Greenaway (who also brought us the equally gorgeous and disturbing "the cook, the thief, his wife and her lover"), it is a very shocking and unusual film, and includes some scenes that are actually quite disturbing and which will leave some with a very bad aftertaste. I was enthralled by the concept though: a Japanese woman, who has grown up with her father drawing calligraphy on her face, becomes obsessed with the idea of having men write on her body during her sexual experiences. She then decides to write her own book of her experiences, a "Pillow Book", and wishes to use a man's body as her "paper" or her "medium." It's fascinating, and very erotic. But at the same time, I found it somewhat slow, and somewhat repetitive, though that may have been the director's intention. Regardless, here is Roger Ebert's review, and you can decide for yourself if it's something you would like.
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19970704/REVIEWS/707040301/1023
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