D+8-9-10: Hanging in there
Now it’s juts hanging in there. I’m waiting for the stitches to get out. I’m doing some micro-exercises, but can’t really do much. Sometimes it is in pain, sometimes it isn’t. I stopped taking any painkillers for now to get some human-quality sleep and not the opioid-induced coma bullshit.
I got more visitors, I feel fit to read a book most of the time. Doing laundry turned out to be an absolute behemoth of a task!
I just had a moment when I felt like myself. I haven’t had that in a long time. The head is healing too. I am very fortunate to have so much support from my family and friends. And some of them are quite unexpected.
Well… The brain keeps thinking. If it’s not getting new data, it’s thinking on old data. Ruminating. I can’t keep adding more and more, that’s going to lead to another overload. I need a sustainable level of input. Variable kinds of input, I think. I need input from other people, new perspectives. I need to re-learn how to be curious about other people.
And I need to re-learn how to fall asleep at night. Stitches in the morning!
Alien³ - I’ve realized I haven’t seen this for a LONG time. I love Alien and Aliens and watch them regularly. I’ve found out there’s an 144 minute-long Assembly Cut and it’s not that terrible. Tad too long.
Alien: Resurrection - I’ve never seen this one! Now I kind of know why. It’s OK, quite predictable unfortunately.
Tron: Uprising - This is much better than the last Ares movie! Great cast.
Better Man - I always loved Robbie. I love the movie. Emotional where it should be, entertaining where it should be. Smashing VFX. Just great!
History of the World: Part I - Mel Brooks is the man!
Psychologie v kině - Analytical look at narrative structures, character tropes and “movie magic” interpretation in the head of a movie-goer. Very interesting perspective.
Narcissism: Escaping from the Inner Prison - This hits hard. One paragraph I’m like “That’s me!” and the next is “I’m not doing that!” and the next is “Geez, how am I supposed to do this?”