YEar #2 - Day #82
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shadowkatHot. Humid. And...sigh, middle-aged with hormonal fluctuations. Mother and I keep debating if my thyroid is acting up - we've been debating this for over ten years now. So far, the blood work states its not. Although sis-in-law had a similar issue, fought it, and found a specialist who agreed with her in California - did a virtual appointment with him, and got a prescription and is feeling better now.
I'm not sure what to think. I fit some of the symptoms, but not all, and the one's I fit also are in line with menopause.
After watching the Disney animated flick Raya and the Last Dragon - a fantasy film set in the fictional land of Kumandra, but that world is inspired by the beautiful cultures of Southeast Asia, I called mother - then took a walk to the grocery store to clear my head. The film is voiced by an all-asian cast. With Awkafina as the dragon - and to be honest, the only distinctive voice.
I loved the film - and, I cried through the last half hour of it - and I mean really frigging cried. I was sobbing. I don't know why. I wasn't sad.
I was just really moved by it - and the theme resonated with me. I love metaphors - and this thing had lots of them. The villain was a plague that turned everyone and everything to stone - and it was created by human dischord. The only thing that could destroy it was trust - trusting each other. The lead character - has trust issues, which were created when invited guests, and a young girl she befriended stabbed her metaphorically in the back resulting in the plague resurfacing and her father turning into stone.
I went into the story blind - I really didn't know much about it - outside of the vague trailer. It's not a musical - no musical numbers at all. And this is a good thing - it would have weakened or cheapened the story. Nor is there a romance. Also all the lead characters, including the dragon, are female - a nice change of pace. The supporting are male.
The problem is solved - when the lead protagonist takes a leap of faith, and against all odds trusts her opponent.
It's a story that is about trust and hope. Which I think we all need right now. Or at least I do. Hence the tears, helped along by hormones.
Will state that Disney still holds the gold standard for computer animation - no one else comes close. I tried to watch Jurassic Park - Camp Cretacious - but the human animation was so bad, I gave up. Flipped to Raya, and it was so much better. Also, I'd been waiting for it to become available.
Talked to mother afterwards, which resulted in more crying. The good news? Cleared out my sinuses. Mother is concerned about father, who was complaining about people yelling at him today. Also she's not sure they've checked his pacemaker - and if it is working, and is afraid they screwed up.
Mother: Your father told your brother that he want to move.
Me: (sigh, not again) Where?
Mother: To Florida. Your brother told him that if he moved to Florida, he wouldn't visit him there.
Me: Understandable, my brother doesn't like Florida any more than I do. It's hot, humid, crowded and has too many strip malls.
So, I took a walk to clear my head. And it was so hot and humid out - that I ended up coming home, out of breath, wheezing a bit, and took a long lukewarm shower, alternating between cool and warm.
I couldn't quite catch my breath on the way home - somewhere around the final leg. I began to wheeze, so I removed the mask for most of the walk,
and when I got indoors, drank a ton of water, and took a long cool shower.
Which lowered my body temperature. Felt much better.
It does however worry me about returning to the work place. So I went online to buy some light-weight paints and shirts. In the hopes that when July rolls around, I won't die of heat stroke on the way home from work. Spent money but it made me feel better to buy some nice clothes. Hopefully they will fit and I won't have to send them back. Talbots is rather easy to send back, as is Amazon. So shouldn't be too much of a problem.
Anyhow...below is a picture from the walk.
I'm not sure what to think. I fit some of the symptoms, but not all, and the one's I fit also are in line with menopause.
After watching the Disney animated flick Raya and the Last Dragon - a fantasy film set in the fictional land of Kumandra, but that world is inspired by the beautiful cultures of Southeast Asia, I called mother - then took a walk to the grocery store to clear my head. The film is voiced by an all-asian cast. With Awkafina as the dragon - and to be honest, the only distinctive voice.
I loved the film - and, I cried through the last half hour of it - and I mean really frigging cried. I was sobbing. I don't know why. I wasn't sad.
I was just really moved by it - and the theme resonated with me. I love metaphors - and this thing had lots of them. The villain was a plague that turned everyone and everything to stone - and it was created by human dischord. The only thing that could destroy it was trust - trusting each other. The lead character - has trust issues, which were created when invited guests, and a young girl she befriended stabbed her metaphorically in the back resulting in the plague resurfacing and her father turning into stone.
I went into the story blind - I really didn't know much about it - outside of the vague trailer. It's not a musical - no musical numbers at all. And this is a good thing - it would have weakened or cheapened the story. Nor is there a romance. Also all the lead characters, including the dragon, are female - a nice change of pace. The supporting are male.
The problem is solved - when the lead protagonist takes a leap of faith, and against all odds trusts her opponent.
It's a story that is about trust and hope. Which I think we all need right now. Or at least I do. Hence the tears, helped along by hormones.
Will state that Disney still holds the gold standard for computer animation - no one else comes close. I tried to watch Jurassic Park - Camp Cretacious - but the human animation was so bad, I gave up. Flipped to Raya, and it was so much better. Also, I'd been waiting for it to become available.
Talked to mother afterwards, which resulted in more crying. The good news? Cleared out my sinuses. Mother is concerned about father, who was complaining about people yelling at him today. Also she's not sure they've checked his pacemaker - and if it is working, and is afraid they screwed up.
Mother: Your father told your brother that he want to move.
Me: (sigh, not again) Where?
Mother: To Florida. Your brother told him that if he moved to Florida, he wouldn't visit him there.
Me: Understandable, my brother doesn't like Florida any more than I do. It's hot, humid, crowded and has too many strip malls.
So, I took a walk to clear my head. And it was so hot and humid out - that I ended up coming home, out of breath, wheezing a bit, and took a long lukewarm shower, alternating between cool and warm.
I couldn't quite catch my breath on the way home - somewhere around the final leg. I began to wheeze, so I removed the mask for most of the walk,
and when I got indoors, drank a ton of water, and took a long cool shower.
Which lowered my body temperature. Felt much better.
It does however worry me about returning to the work place. So I went online to buy some light-weight paints and shirts. In the hopes that when July rolls around, I won't die of heat stroke on the way home from work. Spent money but it made me feel better to buy some nice clothes. Hopefully they will fit and I won't have to send them back. Talbots is rather easy to send back, as is Amazon. So shouldn't be too much of a problem.
Anyhow...below is a picture from the walk.
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Date: 2021-06-07 01:47 pm (UTC)Making weird animal sounds isn't that hard - I think Disney likes using "known" actors.