The Good, the Bad, and the In Between

[przed]

It's been a mad few days, with a bit of good stuff mixed in with a bit of bad.

The Good
We took Ros to a Saturday afternoon kid's screening of the original Bad News Bears at our favourite local rep house and she enjoyed it. Though, man, there's more tough stuff than even I was expecting, including a coach/father hitting his kid on the field and a tough little kid who uses the N word. Repeatedly. (Yikes!)

At the urging of franzeska, I've started putting pages up on AO3 for my vids, including non-password protected links. The vids up there so far are:

I Would Die for You (I Spy)

Forget Regret (Pros)

Love's Not a Competition (Pros)

Pieces of Heaven (Pros)

Halo (Sherlock Holmes, Downey Films)

The Patron Saint of Lost Causes (Take That)

This has led to the shocking realization that I made I Would Die for You, my first vid back in 2002! Where has the time gone?

The Bad
I started my Saturday with a 6:45 a.m. black belt training session at our martial arts school. And promptly started having an anaphylaxis attack after we'd completed the run at the start. Mouth swelling, eyes swelling and, most alarmingly, throat swelling. Which meant taking Benadryl, hightailing it home, waiting to make sure that my throat had stopped swelling, and then letting the drugs knock me out for over four hours. Not the way I'd planned on spending my Saturday morning. And annoyingly, it meant missing the martial arts part of the class that I actually enjoy.

The Sweetie: You know, some people would take this as a sign that they shouldn't be exercising.
Me: But I like exercising! I don't want this to keep happening!

Nor was that the end of it. I woke up both Sunday and Monday with my eyes swollen again, and the Benadryl hangover was giving me a persistent headache that finally tipped into migraine territory today. Joy. Adding to the fun, the cold that's been nipping at my heels finally caught me today, so I bowed to the inevitable and took the day off.

The Inbetween
Since I was stuck at home anyway, and the headache wasn't quite enough to require a dark, quiet room, I decided to park myself on the couch and mainline six of the Legends episodes I had sitting on the PVR. That was...interesting. I wouldn't call it good, but it's at least amusing seeing what accents The Bean attempts each episode when he's undercover. Worst accent so far: Texan. (Who the hell thought Sean Bean doing a Texan accent was a good idea?) Most amusing: a Liverpool accent that never drifted past the outskirts of Sheffield. Oh Sean, never change.

Comments

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Yay for Ros enjoying the movie. You'll get there, slowly. *g*

I have been watching your vids go up with great enjoyment. (I get notified about new I Spy and Pros stuff.) On my list of things to do when I have enough spare time: start at the beginning and just watch every one. *g* Although, lord, was it really 2002??

Gah for the bad! I don't understand this being allergic to certain forms of exercise thing! It's so weird and annoying and frustrating for you. Not to mention uncomfortable and scary. I hope, one day, it disappears as suddenly as it appeared.

Heh. I think I would have enjoyed watching the episodes with you. I gave up on the series early on, I'm afraid, but informed commentary would make it. *g*

I hope the migraine eases and the cold isn't too severe.

[przed.livejournal.com]

Eventually, Ros may even learn to like non-sports movies!

The long-term plan with the vids is to get them all up on YouTube and move all the download files over to the non-password side of my site.

The allergy thing is annoying to infuriating. Seriously, body? It had been a year since the last attack, so I had hopes that it had gone away, but apparently it's still there. At least it's not so frightening anymore.

My informed commentary on Legends would have been on the order of "oh, Sean." The show is no Strike Back, but apparently I have huge tolerance for dodgy stuff when it comes to the Bean. (This is no surprise to the Sweetie, who has been suffering the Shelf of Dodgy Sean Bean Films for years. *g*)

The migraine and cold weren't so bad individually, but together they were enough to knock me for a loop. But I'm better now!

[miwahni.livejournal.com]

Ouch, and ouch, I do hope you're feeling better soon. Allergic reaction plus headache plus cold... on the plus side you're getting it all out of the way at once. Shame about the martial arts, though. :-(

[przed.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm definitely better today. But the lack of martial arts is a definite annoyance. I missed yesterday's class, too, what with being sick.

[moonlightmead.livejournal.com]

I too see Pros things as they arrive on AO3, and saw the vids go up. Delighted to see them available more widely. Hooray!

The bad - oh god, that's pretty awfully bad. Very sorry to hear it, and hope it doesn't happen again.

Not come across Legends. Was this shown here? :)

[przed.livejournal.com]

My long-term plan is to get all the vids loaded up on YouTube and linked on AO3, so stay tuned...

I hadn't had a reaction for a year, so I'd been hoping I was done with them. Alas, not so much.

Legends is on the American cable network, TNT. It is very much Not Good, and I wouldn't recommend it unless you have boundless affection for The Bean. (Which apparently I do. *g*)

[halotolerant.livejournal.com]

Eurgh, I'm so sorry the allergies attacked again. I can see how losing time as well as feeling rubbish must be doubly annoying. I hope it's a very very very long time before this strikes again (or, you know, never again). *hugs*

I'm delighted that your vids are up on AO3 - I watch the DVDs SO OFTEN *g* and they inspire me so much and I know others will benefit too. Reminded me to re-watch the TT stuff too. Did you hear the new 'TT3' single preview 'These Days'? I think it sounds really good - a nice blend of Mark and Gary's strengths as song-writers. And the cover art looks brilliant. I do miss Jason and I will miss Jason, but it's so nice to feel the growing hum of excitement of a new TT album hoving into view, with all the associated publicity/TV appearances etc. And although losing Jason is sad, I'm imagining Howard and Gary making a lovely protective snuggly sandwich around Mark pretty much for the whole next year *g* *rubs hands with glee*

[przed.livejournal.com]

Feeling crappy and losing time is definitely rubbish. I'm sure you can sympathize. Equally rubbish is never knowing which time it's all going to kick off. Though at least I'm through being terrified when it does actually happen.

Once I've got time (whenever that is) I do want to get all the vids up on YouTube as well.

I have heard the new TT single! And I do like it quite a bit. (I've ordered the super duper box from Universal, though didn't get in quick enough to get the signed version.) My one complaint is that the effects they've put on the vocals make it more difficult to hear the distinctive character of each of their voices, but otherwise I do think it's a very good song and a good choice for the first single. And after an initial uncertainty, I am very fond of the cover art. I am always going to miss Jason, but having new music, and hopefully a tour!, to look forward to is a good thing. And I shall content myself with the thoughts of a Howard/Mark/Gary sandwich. (I'm going to have to make a TT3 icon, aren't I?) I'm already holding back one last vacation day to use on the day TT tickets go on sale. *g* I'm not going to make the mistake I did with the Cumberbatch Hamlet tickets of thinking "oh, it'll only take an hour or two."

[halotolerant.livejournal.com]

Given that last time TT tickets went on sale they broke the internet and most of Britain's phone service, I think putting aside some time is probably a good thing *g* Although, as Katy and I discovered as we went from 'Oh, we'll go four times' to 'Maybe actually 14 times', getting tickets nearer the date is not actually so hard, because they release more when the size of the stage is sorted out, etc, and so the fiendish rush is not as acute as it seems at the time. I'll still try and get some tickets at the first opportunity, though *g*

thoughts of a Howard/Mark/Gary sandwich
HAVE YOU SEEN THE THESE DAYS VIDEO? BECAUSE I THINK THEY HEARD US *g*

(it's up on their website *g*)

[przed.livejournal.com]

I'd heard they've broken the internet when tickets go on sale. I've got my fingers crossed that those in charge of British internet infrastructure plan ahead and get their server load balanced for the day. Since we have to plan ahead for our trip to the UK I can't depend on last minute tickets. Well, I might to grab an extra show or two last minute (shhh, don't tell the Sweetie) but we have to have tickets for at least one show booked ahead, since that's how we're going to plan out the rest of the trip. I am soooooo hoping the tour announcement is soon so we can start figuring out when we're coming over.

YES, I HAVE SEEN THE VIDEO. A BUNCH OF TIMES!!!! THEY MUST HAVE HEARD US, THOUGH THEY GOT THE SANDWICH ORDER WRONG. *G* It is totally adorable. I don't love the song like I do, say Kidz, but it's fun and poppy and probably exactly the sort of song they need to re-start things, post-Jason. And they get bonus points for nearly-naked Howard. ;-) I may have watched the spray tan bit repeatedly, as you do.

[norfolkdumpling.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I'm really sorry about the allergic reaction coming back - that's scary and horrible :( Hope you feel much better soon Petal.

[przed.livejournal.com]

Thanks, love. It is massively annoying and I wish it would stop happening. But on the positive side, the headache is gone (yay!) and the cold is down to just a bit of sniffles and feeling a bit off, so that's not so bad.

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

I hope you're feeling better!

[przed.livejournal.com]

Much, thanks! Still. Bit stuffy but the headache's gone and I'm no longer swelling up. Yay!

[bluespirit-star.livejournal.com]

Ouch. Hope you feel better soon!
*hugs*

[przed.livejournal.com]

Definitely getting better now!

And a happy belated birthday to you! I've not been online too much lately and I've been crap at the birthday greetings. Hope you had a good one!

::hugs::

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

So sorry about the allergies. You say you hadn't had a reaction for ages, so could the imminent onset of the headache and cold have triggered the allergic reaction too? I have no knowledge whatsoever, just sympathy and curiosity!

[przed.livejournal.com]

The headache came after the allergic reaction, but I'm sure there's some weird snarl of causality there. The Sweetie has posed the theory that the migraine was tripped by the allergic reaction. Not that it does me too much good, since beyond cardio exercise the exact mechanism for why the reaction happens is a mystery. I shall just do what I can to avoid reactions and migraines, and muddle on when the inevitable happens.

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

Ack, sorry to hear about the anaphylaxis attack.

Facts must be faced namely you are more dedicated to The Bean than I can ever dream of being... there now, I'm sure we both feel better for that. :D

[przed.livejournal.com]

The anaphylaxis attack was annoying. Especially since it's resulted in more "sure, you're allergic to exercise" jokes. ::sigh::

One glance at my DVD shelves will reveal the crazy depths of my dedication to the Bean. I make that sacrifice so you don't have to. *g*