Feeling human and PHOTOS

Today, after sleeping on and off for 1 1/2 days, I woke up feeling almost human. I don't believe it was any kind of flu just a really awful, fast-moving cold. I'm still coughing (trying to get up the stuff that's too far down for comfort)and it hurts every time I cough--ribs, etc caused BY the coughing the first two days. I felt good enough to go out and shop for zinc (couldn't find the Odwalla Vit C drink) and groceries. And for the first time in years, I had them delivered.

I ate my first food early afternoon--yesterday I just had toast--I just didn't want anything else that I had in the house.
Making chicken soup now. Taking expectorant cough syrup, gargling with salt water, drinking lots of water.

Enroute home I picked up a four foot tall book shelf/column that I think I'll -put in my bedroom to keep the "books to be read for Best of the year"--rather than where they have been--on my floor. We'll see how that works.

And here are the photos from WFC: http://tinyurl.com/yb7j6eq

Point Break and Imitation of Life (early version)

I was too sick to watch movies last night but did so tonight. Kathryn Bigelow's Point Break with Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze, and Gary Busey. About 15 minutes too long, some gorgeous shots of surfing, interesting (but someone predictable) plot. It was not a bad way to spend almost two hours.

And saw the earlier version or Imitation of Life with Claudette Colbert. Here's my post and the thread on the later version Imitation of Life .

Some thoughts: although the guy doesn't overtly pressure Colbert to leave her job he does beg to take her away on his boat doing fish research, hence giving up her career to hang around with him while he continues his. However....she's already rich rich rich, so she could retire.

I don't like that Colbert feels forced to give the guy up (for an indefinite period of time) because of her daughter--not saying it's not realistic or even reasonable; I just don't like it.

Same heartbreaking scenes with regard to Peola coming back to the mom's funeral.

Overly sentimental death scene with the spirituals sung in the background are dreadful.

I've seen Claudette Colbert act better in other movies.

The young woman who plays Colbert's daughter is terrible. The one who plays Delilah's daughter is much better.