Ear-ie
I wanna choke Hong Kong by the neck and shake it violently for this inferior air quality if I’m not already weak and dehydrated. I’m only ever this sick when I’m in this city.
Recap:
1997, I spent the year in hong kong working - got chicken pox for the first time.
1998, I ate not-so-clean seafood on Lamma Island, and had an allergic reaction that hospitalized me for two days.
2002, my visit to hong kong came crashing down when my severe nasal allergy pinned me in bed for 2 weeks.
Now:
2009, I have a severe ear infection which is blocking my hearing for over 8 days and I still listen to this high-pitched ringing in my ear.
Talking gives me migraine because my voice booms inside my head. Can’t drink wine cause I’m on antibiotics. I have pills, ear drops, nose spray and inhaler sprawled on my table and I’ve gotten incisions on my eardrums to let out puss.
So I disappeared from all the parties, dinners, club crawls (it only makes sense to trade in my social life for the medical bills, sigh) and spent my non-working hours in bed catching up on my favorite show “Madmen”.
I enveloped myself with the 1960s world of Stepford wives glam — the Betty flip hair, perfect tan, perfect mannerism. The men, Don Draper and his collegues, and their frighteningly masculinity. The diverse female characters all struggled or flourished in their femininity only acceptable at that time… and their non-stop smoking (anywhere!), cocktail drinking, and whoring lifestyle — I feel so tame in comparison.
One thing I adore most about this show is how they’ve displayed the creative design process throughout the episodes - my favorite moment was Donald Draper’s presentation naming then-newly invented slide projector - “The Carousel”. I love how the character developed through from Season 1 to Season 2, namely Peggy Olsen and Betty Draper. I love the beauty of Joan Holloway, played by Christina Hendricks. I can’t wait for season 3 to come out later this year.
After I was done with Madmen, I saw “The Heartbreak Kid”, “Tropic Thunder”, and “300″ (yes, 300 again). Plus other forgettable movies. It’s easy to kill time when you have it.
Because I’m eccentric like that, I then (skipping ocean park and junk boat parties) dove into “Gossip Girl”. Yes, guilty pleasure like eating marshmallows till you get sick with a belly full of air. Once last year, I saw half an episode of “Gossip Girl” and didn’t like it much. Never thought I would care for this silly adolescent show… especially with Kristen Bell perfectly depicting the preppy and musical titular role can sometimes be so irritating. But since I can’t manage any real life company, I threw an episode of “Gossip Girl” on my laptop while I was rearranging my closet… and boom! I was hooked.
Snotty but sometimes fascinating dialogues between pretty socialites of New York upper east side. I snickered when the freshmen girls were singing “glamorous” in recital poses. I gasped when Serena first announced that she killed someone. I reminised when little Jenny stole the Valentino gown from her rich friend’s mom’s closet to trade in for a second hand Dolce-Gabbana in order to impress her rich friends (not that I’ve ever done that for the record, but those were the mentalities and naive fearlessness of a 14-year-old girl). I secretly root for Chuck Bass, the only interesting character from the whole show - dark and twisted antagonist of the which the tv producers had spun him to be deeply romantic (completely different from the book, so I’ve read). I even like Blair’s cute unapologetic bitchiness contrasting her occasional sensitive side.
Oh, and they have captured New York’s city sceneries beautifully. From what I’ve heard, the books are even racier than the show. Although, I do like seeing fashion on display.
For this week, I’ve got “Heroes” (the show got so convoluted, I need to catch up in order to understand the current episodes) and “Dexter” on my playlist.
If anyone know any good shows for me to murder time with… please share.
At least the weather is nice, makes my trips to the doctors easy breezy.
February 9th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
The best thing for Ear infection is the eardoc. it is non invasive and it treats the problem rather than the symptoms. check it out.
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February 10th, 2009 at 12:32 am
Watch E. Dusku’s new series “Dollhouse” starting this Fri. our time by the same paople who gave us Buffy the Vampire slayer.
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“Dollhouse”, eh? Never even heard of it — thanks!
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February 10th, 2009 at 7:54 am
Dexter is a great show…wish I could get it. I’m to cheap to buy showtime chanel.
Gonna get a few seasons on DVD!
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February 10th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Buffy the Vampire Slayer holds up well if you have access to it. I’ve never seen Mad Men, but my mom loved it because she said it captured the time so well.
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Oh Madmen is a slick slick show. I LOVE it. I’m esctatic that I’ve seen both seasons and waiting on the 3rd. I think you’ll really like it too… maybe even a little nostalgic of your mom’s era.
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February 14th, 2009 at 4:45 am
I would be all over bad boy Don Draper, seriously… so bad for you, but sooooo sexy
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Sigh…. it’s only believable that all the women throw themselves at men like Don Draper… dang. I feel bad for Betty.
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March 25th, 2009 at 3:58 am
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