The darkness and those long days

[sovay]

I aten't dead, but I have spent this weekend in too much pain to do anything including sleep. As a sort of unwelcome garnish, I came down with what a visit to urgent care determined to be unspecified viral crud and have been running a fever for the last three nights. I miss my brain. I haven't even been able to watch movies, which I had been looking forward to doing.

I can't remember if I ever noticed before that this passage in Le Guin's "April in Paris" (1962)—

It was a fine face, though pale and lean: intelligent, alert, vivid. Barry was reminded of the face of a famous atomic physicist, seen in newspaper pictures up until 1953.

—is an Oppenheimer reference: a face the author had seen not just in newspapers, but as a visitor to the house when she was a child. At this point where I am with Nolan's movie is just hoping it doesn't suck.

Comments

[thistleingrey]

*hugs* very gently, if helpful.

[kathmandu]

Sympathies on the unspecified viral crud. It's amazing how miserable even a cold can feel.

[asakiyume]

Sending fever-reducing thoughts your way. And sleep-inducing ones. And a net to catch both sets of thoughts. (Feel better ASAP)

How cool that Le Guin saw Oppenheimer in the flesh!

[batdina]

I am sorry you're in so much pain. I also really appreciate the quote. I just read it out loud and said "three guesses who she's talking about and the first two don't count". My audience got it.

[gwynnega]

I am sorry about the pain and the viral crud. I hope you feel better soon.

[umadoshi]

*hugs quietly*

[lauradi7dw]

I am sorry you are in so much pain.
Where do you stand on the double feature of Barbie and Oppenheimer, which are opening the same day. Neither you nor I will probably be in a cinema that day, but some people are in fact planning to do both.
Not this way, though
https://www.reddit.com/r/ChristopherNolan/comments/13c2rcq/oppenheimer_poster_barbie_edition/

[slipjig3]

*sending all the good thoughts your way*

[davidgillon]

Just had to contend with my own unspecified crud and can testify to how annoying even subtle effects can be, so *hugs*.

[mrissa]

I'm sorry it's such a cruddy week.

Also, I fully expect to hate the Oppenheimer movie and will be pleasantly surprised if I don't, but I expect to hate it in a detailed and specific way that is enjoyable to discuss at least, and possibly I will like it in that same way. So I'm still excited.