Tuesday, January 21, 2003

Sore throat mystery.  Many people I know at work and elsewhere have this long lasting sore throat without other symptoms.  I have been getting mine every night for about 3 weeks now.  Kate and I went to get a strep throat test and that turned up negative.  Haven't turned up anything.  Could it be an extremely infectious but mild mononucleosis strain?  Everyone says the same thing.  "Oh its good to hear that someone else has it, I thought I had throat cancer because I have never experienced a sore throat like this.  It comes and goes, making it hard to swallow sometimes, has no other symptoms except feeling run down at times." 2:52:14 PM    comment []

I saw the Pianist tonight.  There wasn't as much piano playing as you might expect.  Truthfully,  I can't think of another movie that had a greater effect on me.  I have never had the holocaust made more real to me, though I have read most of the literature out there.  It slowly crushed me with the reality of being a jew in Warshaw and thinking that your ass was saved just because England and France declared war on Germany after Poland was invaded.   All through the movie, characters just kept getting slammed by history.  "The Russians will be here soon, we just have to wait a little longer."    And there was no Tom Hanks going, "jeeze, we rose up and the Russians are just sitting out there waiting for the Nazis to crush us."      It forces me to reconsider gun control.  Yeah, maybe we should all keep guns to make sure that never happens here.  fucking-A.    It also forces me to contemplate hunting down Roberto Benigni and punching him in the face.  12:40:27 AM    comment []