Good news... and break!

Honestly, I'm just lazy about writing at this point. But I have good news! I had a doctor's appointment on the morning of Christmas Eve. Obviously I wasn't too pleased about that, and it did sort of ruin that Christmas excitement for various reasons. But it turned out to be a good appointment. Even though I've gained weight (Oh god, must shed pounds...) my lung function went up. We had my glucose levels tested, and even though they're all out of whack, I don't have diabetes! I was pretty nervous about that, so it was a huge huge huge relief when they called later that day to tell me.

Too lazy, will write more later... that, and my life is boring.

Sexy Blue Catpeople- My Review of Avatar

Thank god Avatar is pretty, because I ended up feeling like that's all it had for it. It had so much potential to generate wonder and be a great movie, and it was squandered by clunky dialogue and a plot that was, quite frankly, horrible and heavy handed. The allegory for Native Americans versus white men was just painful to watch- it was as if James Cameron had just taken my 'intro to Native American religion' class, boiled it down to stereotypes, and decided to make the movie about everything Native Americans hate. The plot was predictable beyond that, and the lines were just painful to hear at times.

Oh yes, the planet design was beautiful, as were the creature designs, but don't think I don't have complaints about that either. The creature designers didn't seem able to make up their mind on whether or not Pandora had a six limbed or four limbed evolutionary scheme. It bothered me that it was so widely varied. They could have created more animal species too- should I really believe Pandora only has like seven species of animals, and the Na'vi?

Oh yes, and the Na'vi wear feathers in their hair- where the hell do they get the feathers? Only the rhino creatures had feathers, and it was established that it would be impossible to collect them- besides, those feathers were the wrong color and size. At no other point were creatures with feathers shown.

Honestly, I do think the movie is worth seeing for the visual effects, but don't get your hopes too far up for the greatest movie ever, or you'll be sorely disappointed.

Long Time No Update

Partially, I haven't updated because I had finals and school got extremely busy. Mostly though, I was just too lazy or didn't feel up to it. I really have no good excuse for the past few days, but at least I feel like sharing life right now. We have guests from Australia that came the morning after I got home from school, so it's been pretty hectic.

On the CF related front, things haven't been stellar. Part of it is that I haven't been exercising- I know I should, but it's just been so busy the past couple of weeks that I haven't found the time, and it was raining, and... Yes, plenty of excuses, I know. My pre-diabetes is acting way the hell up again as well, to the point where if I even eat a cookie I feel shaky. I'm concerned, but I don't want to deal with it right now- not during the holidays. The last thing I want is to have to spend hours in the doctor's office and find out that I can't have some cake on my birthday.