I’m on Day 7 of whatever the fuck is wrong with me. Coughing, wheezing (more than normal), torn throat, head full of snot literally coming out of my eyes, no voice. Although today, back aches joined the party. I am a mucus-filled meat bag propelled by a lost, angry, confused ghost. I missed worked for the better part of the last week, and it’s my first day back. Everything is weird, foreign and otherworldly. I don’t feel like I’m in me.
Watched some movies in my sick haze, though. Housebound is a twisty horror comedy light on the comedy and the horror, but not terribly so. A decent thriller. ABC’s of Death 2 suffers from a lot of the problems the first one did, mainly, out of 26 short films, only 3-4 stand out. But overall, seemed more even-keeled. Also, to the filmmaker who did “P-P-P-P-Scary”: Fuck you. Stop making things. V/H/S: Viral was as big a turd as V/H/S/2 & 1 were great. The Fly 2 is a movie I’ve owned forever but never watched until this weekend. It’s good as long as you don’t compare it to Cronenberg’s The Fly. It’s a typical monster movie that never tries to be anything more. Even the Fly creature is generic and dumb compared to the Cronenberg version. But, it’s entertaining, and Eric Stoltz is very good in it. Back Issues is a documentary about Hustler magazine and Larry Flynt. Flynt is a disgusting human, and Hustler is gross, but it made me respect both, so there’s that.
After catching up on television programs (Arrow, SHIELD, Flash, iZombie, Battle Creek, Better Call Saul, Last Man on Earth, Community), I started watching The Almighty Johnsons on Netflix. Seems fun. Show about 5 dudes who happen to be human incarnation of various Norse gods. They don’t go for the obvious gods, so that’s nice. I’ll give it a few.
I’m gonna go back drifting through the day now.