Author: Chris S.

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I got chills….

… and luckily no more than that.

I was laid up in bed most of Friday, from an onset of chills in the early morning, to spending most of the rest of my day knocked out.

This is the most I’ve slept in one day in a long time.

I managed to get up to shower and eat some Belvita breakfast biscuits and tea, but after that, I just collapsed onto my bed.

I got up again around 2pm and at a couple of dinner rolls for late lunch, and that’s when the chills really started to get me.

Concerned that I was, I took a home COVID test that came up negative.

I texted my sister to let her know what was going on, and she called and came home with some won ton soup.

Around 6pm I got up and had a small bowl of soup, took some cold/flu medicine, and proceeded to fall unconscious for the next 10 hours or so, occasionally waking up to see what time it was, but drifting off immediately after that.

Around 5:30 am I got up, still a little dizzy, but no chills.  I took a shower which seemed to clear my head a bit more, and then I finished off one of the take out containers of won ton soup and a glass of ginger ale.

I feel fine now, but still a bit meh.  Hopefully it was just a 24 hour bug.

Ah, the healing powers of won ton soup and ginger ale.  And cold medicine.

Thanks, Jen.

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Checking in

Yesterday I completed a group therapy program for people who are diagnosed with fatty liver.

I got to see people in various stages of fatty liver, with me at the beginning stages, one person who  has cirrhosis, and another person who beat liver cancer.

If anything this was a ‘scared straight’ situation for me.  And there’s already been some positive results.

My ‘no excuse November’ crusade resulted in me finally getting back on the weight loss wagon, through exercise and some dietary changes.

This program has finally got me into full fledged dietary *lifestyle* changes, for a more sustainable weight loss regimen.

The group therapy showed me the whys and hows I needed to change my thinking, and it all reinforced my desire to really lose weight/get healthy again.

I also signed up for Noom again, with a better understanding of just what they’re all about, and the lessons are sticking this time.

Anyways, as of this morning, I’m .2 lbs shy of my pre-pandemic (March 12 2020) weight.

So now I can get to the weight loss program that my doctor had outlined a week before the pandemic started, along with more effective tools and a mindset to do it.

The bottom line is that I wanna live.  So no more of this living in a pre-diabetic state along with the threat of liver cirrhosis, I need to lose the weight and keep it off, dammit.

I got this.  Thanks to that therapy, and thanks to family and friends who helped me whether they know it or not.

Onward.  Forward.

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Posting

I didn’t make a resolution to post on this blog everyday, like the similar ones I made on the sports games and photo blogs.

Though I do intend to post here more than I have been in recent years.  Just because.

Subject/content of said posts?

We’ll see.

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No Way Home

I left the theatre saying that I liked it.

After sleeping on it, I was wrong.

I loved it.

This movie reminded me of everything that I love about Spider-Man and these movies.

I can’t say much more without spoiling A LOT of the film, I’ll just mention that I need a scene translated by my aunts or uncles.

Recommended.  Go see it!

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Ghostbusters Afterlife

I’m a huge Ghostbusters movie fan.   I love the franchise in general, but mostly the films, even the 2016 one. 

I never watched the cartoon, and I didn’t finish the video game from a few years back.  I did back both Ghostbusters games on Kickstarter, and I still have my copy of the old West End Games RPG.

I liked this movie.

It was a slow build up to an awesome last 30 minutes or so.

The actors were great in their roles, the story kinda meandered a bit here and there.

And I cried.  For reasons.

If this is the start of a new GB franchise, I’m all for it.  The just need to tighten up the story telling, I think.

Recommended, with the caveat that Ghostbusters fans will enjoy it more.

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Eternals

I really liked it.

In the past I’ve described these movies as”[genre/trope] with superheroes”.

This was… indescribable in those terms.

Superhero movie with superheroes, maybe.

But yeah, I really liked it.

On it’s own, one of the best films I’ve seen this year.

In MCU rankings, this one doesn’t crack my top 5, maybe not even my top ten.

What little I know about the Eternals didn’t sway my enjoyment one way or another.

Though the end credits scene has me more intrigued than the mid-credits scene, which was also intriguing.

I kinda wanna see it again already, but I think I can wait for Disney+ to pick it up.

We’ll see.

Oh, and it appears that another trailer scene was absent from the film.

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End of an Era

After a couple of hours to process this roller coaster of emotions after watching this, I gotta say that I loved this movie.

Arguably Craig’s best outing as Bond, in my humble opinion.

Some of the musical cues surprised the hell out of me, but fit in the context of the movie.

There was even a moment that fans of the Bond *novels* will find satisfying.

Not much more I can say, except…

JAMES BOND WILL RETURN

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Shang-Chi

Confession: I didn’t think I was gonna like this film as much as I do.

I remember being genuinely happy when it was announced that Simu Liu was cast in the lead role, having been a big fan of Kim’s Convenience.

That said, I was having a hard time *not* seeing Jung Kim whenever a trailer for Shang-Chi came on.

But once the movie started and he appeared on screen, he was Shang-Chi.

Or Shaun, initially.

The action/comedy/pacing on this film were about as perfect as I expect from a movie.  The only other film I put in that category is Raiders of the Lost Ark.

I daresay it’s my favorite Marvel film not called “Endgame”.

It’s certainly the best origin film that they’ve put out.

And I wonder how many non-Asians understood the line, “I speak ABC!”

Highest recommendation possible for this one.

It’ll be on Disney+ in a month and a half, if you can’t or don’t want to hit your local theatre.

The only thing that bums me out about this film?

I have to clear a spot in my all-time Top Ten Movies for this one.

It’s already taken the #5 spot in my All Time Marvel Movies list, bumping Ant-Man down a spot.

While both take place in my hometown of San Francisco, the inclusion of one of my all time favorite songs puts it over Ant-Man in the list.

As of this post, I’ve seen it 3 times, opening weekend.  Last movie I saw that many times was The Rise of Skywalker.