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Monday Jan 15, 2007 #
Walking 5:00 [1]
This is Day 16 of my rib injury. The last two days have been the best so far. The first week was pretty hard, particularly sleeping, but after the swelling from where my arm hit my ribs went down, it was clear that a rib was broken. The symptoms the first week were unlike Spike's experience, but once the "secondary swelling" went down, it was *exactly* like he said it would be.
The worst day was about Day 9 (I think), when I was at work and couldn't get comfortable in any position. Laying in bed was a refuge the first week, but the second week was terrible. It would hurt at first, and after a few hours I'd fall asleep, only to wake up in pain when I'd roll over on it. The worst time was when I rolled over with my arm in the same location as during the injury, and it didn't stop hurting for hours.
Monday to Friday last week was night after night of little sleep, and the sleep debt just got worse everyday. The last three days I've been able to sleep 9+ hours a night, and I'm feeling a lot better.
I ran a few steps last night (not thinking), and it was the first time running didn't hurt. I need to spend a lot of time in the woods in the next few weeks, and I think I'm up for it, as long as I walk, and I'm careful on the slopes.
Saw:
Caché (France) (1) The box says this is "like Hitchcock, only creepier." It's no "Rear Window", but I liked it. (It also co-stars Juliette Binoche, which I mention only because others have...)
Idiocracy (1) By Mike Judge. Funny. It is satire of the kind we see on The Simpsons or Futurama, but in live action, and if you think too hard about it (like I do), you might be a little troubled by the whole thing.
Pan's Labyrinth (Spain, title=El Laberinto del Fauno) (1) Wow. Just wow. If you can handle some pretty serious rated R violence, this is worth it. It's one of the best movies I've ever seen. Extremely good reviews... In the first 30 minutes or so, you might think this is a PG-rated kid's movie. It's not. It's hard stuff.)
Finished "See No Evil", subtitle "The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism", by Robert Baer. This is the book mentioned in the credits of "Syriana" as the basis for that movie. The book is quite different from the movie---The movie is from perhaps 20 pages of this book.
This is an amazing story of how a guy got recruited by the CIA; how he was trained; how he worked in various field offices; and how he came to believe that the political influences on headquarters were against the best interests of the US. It's a real page-turner.
It predates 9-11, but it was published in 2003, so he has some comments about 9-11.
One of the most surprising things for me was that one of the storylines of Syriana, where oil companies use high-level political influence, actually took place during the Clinton presidency. I can only ask a rhetorical question: If the oil companies were that deep in a Democratic white house, how deep are they in a Republican white house? Yeah, I realize that's illogical and certainly an extrapolation beyond the facts in the book, but it's a thought that occurred to me.
The worst day was about Day 9 (I think), when I was at work and couldn't get comfortable in any position. Laying in bed was a refuge the first week, but the second week was terrible. It would hurt at first, and after a few hours I'd fall asleep, only to wake up in pain when I'd roll over on it. The worst time was when I rolled over with my arm in the same location as during the injury, and it didn't stop hurting for hours.
Monday to Friday last week was night after night of little sleep, and the sleep debt just got worse everyday. The last three days I've been able to sleep 9+ hours a night, and I'm feeling a lot better.
I ran a few steps last night (not thinking), and it was the first time running didn't hurt. I need to spend a lot of time in the woods in the next few weeks, and I think I'm up for it, as long as I walk, and I'm careful on the slopes.
Saw:
Caché (France) (1) The box says this is "like Hitchcock, only creepier." It's no "Rear Window", but I liked it. (It also co-stars Juliette Binoche, which I mention only because others have...)
Idiocracy (1) By Mike Judge. Funny. It is satire of the kind we see on The Simpsons or Futurama, but in live action, and if you think too hard about it (like I do), you might be a little troubled by the whole thing.
Pan's Labyrinth (Spain, title=El Laberinto del Fauno) (1) Wow. Just wow. If you can handle some pretty serious rated R violence, this is worth it. It's one of the best movies I've ever seen. Extremely good reviews... In the first 30 minutes or so, you might think this is a PG-rated kid's movie. It's not. It's hard stuff.)
Finished "See No Evil", subtitle "The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism", by Robert Baer. This is the book mentioned in the credits of "Syriana" as the basis for that movie. The book is quite different from the movie---The movie is from perhaps 20 pages of this book.
This is an amazing story of how a guy got recruited by the CIA; how he was trained; how he worked in various field offices; and how he came to believe that the political influences on headquarters were against the best interests of the US. It's a real page-turner.
It predates 9-11, but it was published in 2003, so he has some comments about 9-11.
One of the most surprising things for me was that one of the storylines of Syriana, where oil companies use high-level political influence, actually took place during the Clinton presidency. I can only ask a rhetorical question: If the oil companies were that deep in a Democratic white house, how deep are they in a Republican white house? Yeah, I realize that's illogical and certainly an extrapolation beyond the facts in the book, but it's a thought that occurred to me.