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[sasha_feather]

Overall this summer, my health was better than normal.

This week I am struggling with fatigue and bad breathing; probably due to a sinus infection. Trying to keep my mood up is hard. I'm sleeping a lot and putting off anything that it's possible to put off. I'm still going to the dog park, but planting myself on a bench and sitting there while Abbie sniffs around.

I enjoyed watching "Akeelah and the Bee," which I got out from the library. It's about an 11-year-old girl competing in spelling bees; it has all the beats of a sports movie, with training montages, allies and rivals, etc. The writers made some good narrative choices esp. at the end.

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[ladyjax]

"Akeelah and the Bee" is such a good movie. I love how community plays such a big part of the narrative.

[sasha_feather]

That was so great! I loved the community aspect, and I loved how the relationship with her rival was handled-- he didn't want to win if she was going to throw the competition, and then they ended up working together.

My one tiny criticism/question is: Akeelah gives her mentor a gift, and we never see him open it! My roommate and I watched the deleted scenes, but no dice.