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23 December 2009
Kick in already
23 December 2009 01:59I took an oxycontin, oh, three hours ago. Still hasn't kicked in. Or should I say it's kicked in as much as it's going to, and that's not much at all.
Dar and I did a lot of running around today (yesterday now) to finish up last minute Christmas stuff. Afterward we both felt, as she said, as if we were beaten by baseball bats. I normally don't go for the heavy hitters with pain meds, but tonight was really calling out for something powerful. And . . . not that much relief. Damn.
I've been whiling away the time by finishing off my umpteenth rereading of To Kill a Mockingbird. I love that book. I can't imagine a time when I will not love that book. I also caught the last 40 minutes or so of my favorite version of A Christmas Carol - the one with George C. Scott as Scrooge. His Scrooge is perfect, and the story is much closer to the written piece than any other version I've seen. And I've seen a lot of them. I will also go on record as saying that I have never ever seen a performance of Tiny Tim that didn't make me want to throttle him with his own crutch. Admittedly it's a thankless role, but someone out there has to be able to put some humanity into the part. Who was the kid who was in The Sixth Sense? He would have acted the hell out of that part. Of course he's probably about 30 now, so it's a moot point.
Dar and I did a lot of running around today (yesterday now) to finish up last minute Christmas stuff. Afterward we both felt, as she said, as if we were beaten by baseball bats. I normally don't go for the heavy hitters with pain meds, but tonight was really calling out for something powerful. And . . . not that much relief. Damn.
I've been whiling away the time by finishing off my umpteenth rereading of To Kill a Mockingbird. I love that book. I can't imagine a time when I will not love that book. I also caught the last 40 minutes or so of my favorite version of A Christmas Carol - the one with George C. Scott as Scrooge. His Scrooge is perfect, and the story is much closer to the written piece than any other version I've seen. And I've seen a lot of them. I will also go on record as saying that I have never ever seen a performance of Tiny Tim that didn't make me want to throttle him with his own crutch. Admittedly it's a thankless role, but someone out there has to be able to put some humanity into the part. Who was the kid who was in The Sixth Sense? He would have acted the hell out of that part. Of course he's probably about 30 now, so it's a moot point.
