October 21, 2005Melancholy with a touch of the flu....
This pretty much describes the state I'm in as of last night. Been bedridden all day until now, and am just standing up on my feet to try to make some sort of food that won't make me queasy and also catch up on a little bit of email before having to submit to the woozies again from this flu thing. Thought I'd jot this here in case anyone's wondering where I've been. I've stashed away a bunch of neat stuff I've read online this week but have no energy to post it. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better, more healthful day.
Since I spent most of today trying to rest in bed I ended up reading the rest of this book I checked out from the library the other day called The Time Traveler's Wife (2003) which was recommended to me earlier this year by a few folks. Maybe some of you have read it already, but I do recommend it. Really well-written-- a love story with a twist. I can say no more otherwise it would ruin the experience if you plan to read it. For me it had a bit more personal meaning because the story takes place mostly in Chicago during a timeline when I lived there and in some of the same neighborhoods that are frequently mentioned are ones I either lived in or worked in. It was almost eerie to read about some of the places the characters traveled through (real places that were so much a part of my daily routine there back in the late 1980s). I found the book in the library's sci-fi section, which is appropriate in a way but it's more about the love story than the sci-fi aspect. Just make sure you have lots of kleenex, that is all I will say for now.
Looks like there will be a movie made from it and possibly with Brad Pitt in the main role of Henry. I'll hold my opinions about this when I hear more about it, but for now it's listed in the IMDB as out in 2006.
Since I spent most of today trying to rest in bed I ended up reading the rest of this book I checked out from the library the other day called The Time Traveler's Wife (2003) which was recommended to me earlier this year by a few folks. Maybe some of you have read it already, but I do recommend it. Really well-written-- a love story with a twist. I can say no more otherwise it would ruin the experience if you plan to read it. For me it had a bit more personal meaning because the story takes place mostly in Chicago during a timeline when I lived there and in some of the same neighborhoods that are frequently mentioned are ones I either lived in or worked in. It was almost eerie to read about some of the places the characters traveled through (real places that were so much a part of my daily routine there back in the late 1980s). I found the book in the library's sci-fi section, which is appropriate in a way but it's more about the love story than the sci-fi aspect. Just make sure you have lots of kleenex, that is all I will say for now.
Looks like there will be a movie made from it and possibly with Brad Pitt in the main role of Henry. I'll hold my opinions about this when I hear more about it, but for now it's listed in the IMDB as out in 2006.
