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[blue_lotus13]

Last night I was in such pain that I wandered out of my house at 2 a.m in the pouring rain to go out in search of Pepto Bismol. I was so nauseous that I was sick twice on the way. Ugh. Sickness robs people of dignity.

I've never had Pepto Bismol before last night. After I had my first dose, my stomach felt so much better that I wanted to drink all 115 ml of the bottle I'd purchased. Of course, I only rolled over and fell asleep.

I have never considered myself a foodie, but I have not been able to eat anything other than toast, applesauce, plain rice, plain pasta and crackers since Tuesday. (All in miniscule quantities) I find that the inability to eat has affected my subconscious. Last night I had a dream that I was eating fruit salad and I think I had a similar dream a couple nights ago. I think I made myself worse on Wednesday by innocently eating an apple. All my life, I've had an incredible tolerance for fruit and eat amounts of fruit that make other people sick. I've been known to eat 3 apples on an average day. I've eaten apples like this my entire life. My mother warned me as a child that I would one day dislike apples. So far it hasn't happened. I love them more than ever, except for the Red Delicious apples, which I hate with a passion.

As someone with hyperglycemia, I also have to consume a large quantity of carbs, otherwise I shake, get a headache and lose the ability to focus. Suffice it to say that I would never survive on the Atkins diet.

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I watched "The Chronicles of Narnia" yesterday. I thought the casting was great because all the children looked the way I imagined them. However, I really wanted Edmund to be more evil, because I pictured him that way in the book, and in the movie, he was much more mild. I found that the Christian imagery was quite played up as well. Of course, I loved Tilda Swinton as the White Witch. I've decided that black eyes are the symbol of evil as Jadis has the same black eyes Willow (from Buffy) has when she becomes evil. I wonder who thought up this idea. I know it looks creepy, but where did this idea come from? I also thought that Aslan looked better than I expected him to. In the previews, he looked very CGI and I was expecting this in the film. Instead, I thought he looked a little better than I expected. The "Susan" in the movie definitely suffered from what I will refer to as "the Annika syndrome." I've come up with this name based on the Swedish "Pippi Longstocking movies." If anyone other than me remembers these, you may remember the character called Annika who was always whining, complaining and telling Pippi to shape up. My mother hated this character. She's not like this in the books, just in the movies. Susan in the movie was the same way and really got on my nerves.

I'll agree with other people who said that they didn't find this movie as intriguing as the Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter movies. I'm not sure why; it just wasn't as good. I will probably watch the other ones though, especially Voyage of the Dawn Treader, because that was my favourite in the series.

Comments

[graphxgrrl.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm so looking forward to Voyage of the Dawn Treader. :)

I think for me what suffered was that in the case of Narnia--CS Lewis leaves a lot more to the imagination than the authors of other recent adaptations. So I found it more jarring when details had been filled in differently than my brain had imagined them. I read the books hundreds of times as a child, so I've got a very clear personal picture of how things were/are. It made things hard.

[star-blue.livejournal.com]

i love Pepto Bismol! but don't take too much, or your ears will ring for an indefinite amount of time. it has something to do with the salicylic group, because you're not supposed to take aspirin and Pepto at the same time. i had a teacher who did once when he was very sick and his ears rang for a while afterwards.

[monkeyhouse.livejournal.com]

Annika was always such a whiny little poop. i much preferred her brother and o course, Pippi. and Mr Nillson!!!!

Okayu

[(Anonymous)]

May I suggest you try okayu? It's very simple rice porridge, and it's what the Japanese eat when they have upset stomachs, because it's very easy to digest and gives you energy. Basically, just cook white rice and keep adding water until you get a creamy consistency. It works best with Japanese rice, of course.
It's best with salt or a salty condiment like omebushi paste.
Hope you're feeling better!
DL

[sadie6.livejournal.com]

Honey, I'm sorry you are having such an awful week- I really do hope you get better soon.

I agree with you on all the Narnia points you made and I'm also waiting patiently for The Dawn Treader. I can't even imagine what that would be like on film!

*hugs*

[felinitykat]

Hello. linaerys and zoje_george have both just said lots of nice things about you and recommended you to me, and having read back through a little of your journal I can see that your writing is really interesting. Would you add me? No obligation of course -- LJ friending is a personal preference thing I appreciate.

Wanted to say 'hi', anyway.

[oldwallpaper.livejournal.com]

Hey, I hope this doesn't seem invasive, and I can see you've been having a hard time lately. But I really enjoy your writings here, and was wondering if we could add one another. Good luck in any case :)

[vizvasaha.livejournal.com]

Hello fellow Vancouverite!

I liked the entries I happened by, and have decided to friend you (lol, what a verb).

I hate red delicious apples, too. And I don't throw around the word 'hate.' ;)