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[amberfocus]

Dear LJ,

Please fix your rich text editor. HTML is too much work when I am sick.

No love,

Me

In other news, I appear to have developed a new habit of watching Appocalypse-type movies on Netflix streaming every Friday night/wee hours of Saturday morning. They do not even have to be good, although I would prefer it if this were so. Of all of the not so good ones, there is only one I have actually abandoned in mid-watch. It was called Monsters and it was boring as all get out. That night I watched a romantic movie with Alyssa Milano instead. Not actually with Alyssa Milano, though that might have been fun, but starring her. And Christopher Gorham. It was cute. And not at all Apocalyptic.

The majority of these Appocalypse type movies have been killer viruses that turn everyone into zombies. I do not particularly like the graphicness of zombies, yet I seem to be drawn to this genre lately with a ridiculous amount of intensity. I do not know what this says about me. Except maybe that I feel like I am continually battling viruses from hell and perhaps am moving through my life in a zombie-like state the last several weeks. Um...so maybe I do know what this actually says about me. It could be worse. At least it's "only" the flu and not the killer zombie virus from hell. Though that might be slightly preferable at this point. I'm kidding. I think.

For those keeping score:

Killer snot monster from outer space: 327
Me: 3

I watched the DW thingy today. Um...scary and interesting, but also, been there, done that. Find an original thought please, SM, because all these corridors look the same to me (classic Who reference FTW).

Comments

[ageless-aislynn.livejournal.com]

I do not particularly like the graphicness of zombies, yet I seem to be drawn to this genre lately with a ridiculous amount of intensity. I do not know what this says about me.

Whatever it says about you, it's saying the same thing about me! Zombies have always been something that made me go, "EW!" *run away* as fast as I can and yet recently, I've watched every Resident Evil movie (even vidded one of them ;) ), watched the first season of The Walking Dead, watched walkthroughs on YouTube of every Resident Evil video game and now I'm watching one for Dead Rising 2. It's like some part of me is trying to make myself immune to my utter zombie revulsion by immersing me in it. :S

Honestly, I think you hit the nail on the head; I think it has as much to do with all of the sickness I've dealt with, particularly in the past few years. Maybe my psyche (which has always associated zombies with sickness anyway) is trying to give me a way to deal with my RL stuff through entertainment. I dunno. But it's something that you're experiencing the same thing. ;) *"Remind me why I'm watching zombie movies when I've never liked them before?" fistbump of solidarity* ;)

Anyway, here's hoping that we can get all of the zombies sickness stuff out of our lives ASAP! *hugs* ♥!

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

I absolutely love The Walking Dead, such a good, good show, despite the subject manner.

*fistbumps back*

[susanb03.livejournal.com]

DW thingy? Which thingy is this??

[susanb03.livejournal.com]

okay...saw it.... the amazing thing is it's not blocked here... and yes it does seem...um familiar... haven't we seen this one before???'

[captain91.livejournal.com]

hun, re the lj rich editor have you tried the se magic application? i tried it once before and didn't get on with it, but i downloaded it last week and it made everything so much easier. i could copy my word document straight in and not have t worry about styles or anything, yippee!

[maniacalshen.livejournal.com]

You sound tired, and I can't begin to blame you. If you were a few time zones closer, I'd be bringing soup to you or something. Actually, to hell with soup. It'd be a NeilMed Sinus Rinse kit, brownies, and some kind of 80s movie. Maybe one with smexy David Bowie in it.

If you're doing the zombie film thing, have you seen 28 Days Later? I don't necessarily recommend it, since Chris Eccleston is a very bad man in it, and you may not be in the mood for that. But I do recommend The Crazies if you're in for something with high shock value, suspense, and quality. It's definitely not one for the children to watch, though!