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singedsunI'm on new daily med for my migraines and I'm starting out at a fourth a dose and working my way up over two weeks but so far it's not done much. Today was day three with this migraine and the worst day so far. I marked my pain a 9/10 on the app the doctor assigned me for tracking pain and symptoms because the only thing I was really capable of today was sleeping. At the moment, nearly 2:30am Sunday morning, I feel the best I've felt. That's after days of meds, lots of caffeine, lots of water and finally tonight two beers followed by a very, very hot shower. Then a cbd roll-on to my forehead with peppermint, rosemary and lavender. Then some lovely ASMR Reiki on YouTube to listen to while I try to relax before going to bed.
One of the ASMR Reiki artists I listen to on YouTube is saying "nobody wants anything from you in this moment; nobody needs anything from you in this moment" and man is that a powerful feeling too.
Had to forego bad movie night with my friends today because I knew I would not be a very good/fun companion. Between the head pain and the migraine nausea, I could barely concentrate on shows I wanted to watch when I was awake today.
I made it through two movies today, both from Amazon Prime. Though during the latter of the two, I started losing focus gain and had to rewind about twenty minutes of the movie near the end because I realized I hadn't followed anything that was happening.
I finally watched Troop Zero with Viola Davis and Allison Janney, about a group of kids who form a Birdie scout troop in the late 70's in the hopes of getting their voices on the golden record NASA is making that'll go out into space. I don't think it was as cheesy as I expected it to be, nor as saccharine. I enjoyed it over all.
The other one I watched was a new Amazon original called I See You which seemed like it was going to be a supernatural thriller, but wasn't exactly. And it's hard to describe exactly how the movie goes without giving much away. But at the center of it is this family, slowly breaking apart after some infidelity on the part of the mom played by Helen Hunt (nice to see a much older woman playing the mom in a role like this). While the father, a cop, starts investigating a missing kid, strange stuff starts happening in their house. The movie takes an odd turn about halfway through I wasn't expecting, definitely making it even creepier and the family and the missing kid case take a temporary backseat to this secondary story. As a thriller, I enjoyed it overall.
Last weekend I watched one of the the other Amazon originals Blow the Man Down. It's about two girls who in dealing with the aftermath of their mother's death, find themselves enmeshed in some of the shady underpinnings of their small Northeastern town. I REALLY loved this strange little movie. It's short and strange and centers around not just this young women but several powerful women in their town. An unusual kind of movie and very well done.
Bad movie night last week was The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot starring Sam Elliot and Aiden Turner. This was a perfect pick off Hulu for bad movie night. With that kind of title it had to be something amazing and boy, was it ever. I cannot exactly describe this movie to you other than the title says all you really need to know. They really tried with this one and yet... they made this honest to goodness just bad movie.
I'm finding it hard to watch much television right now. So these movies, when I can focus, or for our bad movie nights with friends have been my breaks. I've picked up a couple of cozy shows like Psych and Black Books for when I need a laugh but don't want to binge. Those are nice to revisit right now too. If I can keep this migraine at bay tomorrow we might try a Sunday bad movie night instead. I hope we can make that happen. If not, I might grab Little Women and watch that for myself instead.
Is anyone else finding television binging more difficult right now?
One of the ASMR Reiki artists I listen to on YouTube is saying "nobody wants anything from you in this moment; nobody needs anything from you in this moment" and man is that a powerful feeling too.
Had to forego bad movie night with my friends today because I knew I would not be a very good/fun companion. Between the head pain and the migraine nausea, I could barely concentrate on shows I wanted to watch when I was awake today.
I made it through two movies today, both from Amazon Prime. Though during the latter of the two, I started losing focus gain and had to rewind about twenty minutes of the movie near the end because I realized I hadn't followed anything that was happening.
I finally watched Troop Zero with Viola Davis and Allison Janney, about a group of kids who form a Birdie scout troop in the late 70's in the hopes of getting their voices on the golden record NASA is making that'll go out into space. I don't think it was as cheesy as I expected it to be, nor as saccharine. I enjoyed it over all.
The other one I watched was a new Amazon original called I See You which seemed like it was going to be a supernatural thriller, but wasn't exactly. And it's hard to describe exactly how the movie goes without giving much away. But at the center of it is this family, slowly breaking apart after some infidelity on the part of the mom played by Helen Hunt (nice to see a much older woman playing the mom in a role like this). While the father, a cop, starts investigating a missing kid, strange stuff starts happening in their house. The movie takes an odd turn about halfway through I wasn't expecting, definitely making it even creepier and the family and the missing kid case take a temporary backseat to this secondary story. As a thriller, I enjoyed it overall.
Last weekend I watched one of the the other Amazon originals Blow the Man Down. It's about two girls who in dealing with the aftermath of their mother's death, find themselves enmeshed in some of the shady underpinnings of their small Northeastern town. I REALLY loved this strange little movie. It's short and strange and centers around not just this young women but several powerful women in their town. An unusual kind of movie and very well done.
Bad movie night last week was The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot starring Sam Elliot and Aiden Turner. This was a perfect pick off Hulu for bad movie night. With that kind of title it had to be something amazing and boy, was it ever. I cannot exactly describe this movie to you other than the title says all you really need to know. They really tried with this one and yet... they made this honest to goodness just bad movie.
I'm finding it hard to watch much television right now. So these movies, when I can focus, or for our bad movie nights with friends have been my breaks. I've picked up a couple of cozy shows like Psych and Black Books for when I need a laugh but don't want to binge. Those are nice to revisit right now too. If I can keep this migraine at bay tomorrow we might try a Sunday bad movie night instead. I hope we can make that happen. If not, I might grab Little Women and watch that for myself instead.
Is anyone else finding television binging more difficult right now?
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Date: 2020-04-19 11:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-04-21 05:59 am (UTC)Oh gosh, that Aiden Turner movie sounds quite something...
I might be having the opposite experience than you with TV! I rarely binge in terms of watching a lot of content in one day, but I have definitely got into a lot more TV shows than usual so far this year, and it's been a nice distraction from the horrible state of things since Jan 1. I've been watching mostly fantasy & BL shows (and BL-esque fantasy), and am loving all this fun new content.
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Date: 2020-04-21 07:57 pm (UTC)I'm so sorry for the migraine. I had one that was for a week but Sunday was definitely the worst day :(