Author Archives: Bob Evans

I took my birthday off

My birthday being yesterday, I stayed home from my day job, wrote not one god damn word. Played video games, ate pizza, and watched movies. All in all not a bad way to spend my birthday while my sweetie-wife tooled around town between her job and various appointments.

About 9:30 she called me from her job to let me know there was a little ‘some thing’ in the closet for me. She directed me to an open Amazon shipping box in the walk-in closet and told me I’d find a little thing in there. (She had already gotten me a NOOK for my birthday. A  NOOK I am thoroughly enjoying.)

So what was the little ‘thing?’ a blu-ray copy of John Carpenter’s The Thing. I spent the morning watching it and listening to the audio commentary by Carpenter and star Kurt Russell. A good film and a good commentary track.

In the evening I went to the Mysterious Galaxy Writers’ Group meeting, where we hashed out a few ideas for group structure and future plans.

Once I got home I had a bowl of ice cream and watched most of a documentary on exploitation films made in thePhilippines, I’ll finish that up tonight.

Quite appropriate for my birthday it looks like my recent spat of headache may be a symptom that I need a new eyeglass prescription. I have an exam set-up for next week.

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Quick thoughts

ON the movie Pirates! Band of Misfits. This was fun, it’s from Aardman studios so it is claymation and can best be thought of as Incompetent Pirate Captain vs lonely Charles Darwin vs Steampunk Queen Victoria.

Then saw Marvel’s The Avengers again, works perfectly well on a second viewing.

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A very difficult week

So, 4 out the last 5 days have been migraine dasy for me. Last night was migrain + toothache, so I dind’t get to sleep until after 12:30, and rose at my customary time of 5:30. (I think I surprised my sweetie-wife by going to work.)

I do hope this weekend is calm.

 

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Headache Log

May 9th

Evening headache, took another dose of treximet. Pain abated for most of the evening, but secondary effects continued throughout the night.

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Headache Log

May 8th

I awoke with a severe migraine. Very photophobic and lots of pain. Took a treximet and called in sick. Went back to bed and spent about 11 hours in bed. Pine subsided about 11 am but lighted and slight vertigo for most of the day.

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