Well, crap

The sore throat that I left the con with last night is not, in fact, just from talking so much and feeling like I was yelling in order for the players to hear me in the games I ran. I woke up in the middle of the night wanting water, and the pain of swallowing had me fully awake. Gargling with peroxide helped, but I'm still definitely coming down with something. Hopefully it'll be sinus-related, because I know how to handle that.

Fortunately, I had today scheduled as a "relax and catch up a little" day. Looks like tomorrow will be, too.

Well, crap

The sore throat that I left the con with last night is not, in fact, just from talking so much and feeling like I was yelling in order for the players to hear me in the games I ran. I woke up in the middle of the night wanting water, and the pain of swallowing had me fully awake. Gargling with peroxide helped, but I'm still definitely coming down with something. Hopefully it'll be sinus-related, because I know how to handle that.

Fortunately, I had today scheduled as a "relax and catch up a little" day. Looks like tomorrow will be, too.

Netflix review: A Good Woman

Set in the 1930s, and based on a play by Oscar Wilde. I spent most of the beginning and middle of the movie being annoyed, and had I not been sick and lazy I probably would have shut it off. I have issues with plots that can be entirely resolved by the characters actually fucking TALKING to each other. Most of this movie (and, according to Wikipedia, the play it is based on) is about a man who insists upon keeping a secret to "protect" his wife, even when the conclusions everyone jump to do her a great deal of harm. It does not help that the secret involves family drama that pushes some of my buttons.

However, I'm glad that I was too lazy to get up and turn it off, because the ending turned out to be remarkably satisfying. The secret ends up being kept, but the justification for doing so is a positive one. I don't entirely agree with it, but I don't disagree with it either. So... 2 stars for the first 80 minutes, and 4 stars for the last 15 minutes. Overall, I'd give it 3 stars, and call it worth the time invested.

Netflix review: A Good Woman

Set in the 1930s, and based on a play by Oscar Wilde. I spent most of the beginning and middle of the movie being annoyed, and had I not been sick and lazy I probably would have shut it off. I have issues with plots that can be entirely resolved by the characters actually fucking TALKING to each other. Most of this movie (and, according to Wikipedia, the play it is based on) is about a man who insists upon keeping a secret to "protect" his wife, even when the conclusions everyone jump to do her a great deal of harm. It does not help that the secret involves family drama that pushes some of my buttons.

However, I'm glad that I was too lazy to get up and turn it off, because the ending turned out to be remarkably satisfying. The secret ends up being kept, but the justification for doing so is a positive one. I don't entirely agree with it, but I don't disagree with it either. So... 2 stars for the first 80 minutes, and 4 stars for the last 15 minutes. Overall, I'd give it 3 stars, and call it worth the time invested.