What I did when I was sick...

Unfortunately, I've been really sick for the past several days.  Coughingsneezingstuffyheadfever... ugh!  But, worst of all, it's super boring.  When you feel terrible and are obviously contagious, you can't be around anyone and you can't do anything, so you have to amuse yourself by yourself with things in your apartment.  So here is what I did:

1) "Mr. Trump, you've disappointed more women than Sex and the City 2" - from the Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump (which is AMAZING and I cannot recommend it highly enough)...

However, I had already seen the Roast *maybe* 5 times and was forced to watch some truly terrible television, including... Sex and the City 2.  It was on HBO on sunday afternoon and somehow in my Dayquil haze, I started watching it.  It was absolutely horrible - the writing, the acting, the clothes.... just ugh, ugh, ugh.  How far we have fallen, Carrie Bradshaw.  Please don't make another one. 

I also watched Black Swan/White Swan in an effort to understand Kobe Bryant's description of teammate Pau Gasol:  "He's too white swan all the time.... and I need him to be more black swan." Hmmm.... maybe we shouldn't compare our best teammate to a crazy, inarticulate lesbian ballerina... oh, I'm sorry, are we still pretending that movie was good and that Natalie Portman had an Oscar worthy performance?  Ok, I'll shut up now. 

Here's the thing:  I have 900 channels and, well, with the exception of the Boston Celtics, 90210/HIMYM/The Office reruns and the Good Wife.... there's very little good on.... except my new discovery of Kim and Kourtney take New York.  I can't tell if it was the Dayquil or what, but is that show actually super entertaining?  Is it bad news that I like Scott Disick?? 

2) SHANTARAM
If you haven't read Shantaram, head straight to your neighborhood bookstore because damn, that book is good.  Largely autobiographical, the book is about Lin Ford, a convict who escaped from a jail in Australia and ended up in India... yeah, my friend A gave me that description and it didn't make me want to read the book either.  But, I was forced, in my boredom, to start reading it... and yes, while that is an accurate description of the plot, it's really about love and fate and redemption and sort of made me want to go to India and live in a slum and dispense medical supplies and join the mob and run away....
Bottom line:  I haven't read a book this entertaining in a long, long time.

3) Dayquil/Nyquil... mmmmm

4) Attempted various household chores.  Cleaning out closet - yes.  Hanging heavy things - no.  Making chicken soup - debatable. 

5) Recovered... thank god!