bonked head progress report

[sasha_feather]

My spirits are pretty high considering, and I have retained my sense of humor. I do get lonely and anxious in the evenings. It seems to help if I talk to people and make sure to eat enough food. So, I'm talking on the phone way more than I have in years. It turns out I enjoy it when I get to talk to fandom friends and laugh about ridiculous things.

Hardest things right now: pain all over my body, slightly blurry vision, dizziness if I move too fast. It's hard to try to find things to do that don't make my symptoms worse.

I am grateful that I have so many friends helping to take care of me. I feel really lucky.

Watched: Mae Martin's comedy special "Sap." I loved this and laughed very hard. It's on netflix.
Finished "Shadow and Bone" season 2.

Comments

[boxofdelights]

Mae Martin is on this season of Taskmaster. When the names of the contestants were revealed, I predicted that Mae would be the surprisingly competent one, because they are Canadian, but probably would not win, because they are Canadian.

You can watch the first episode here: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8jm2or
The password is tm

[sasha_feather]

omg thank you for this link!! I shall watch post haste!

What a gas!

[jesse_the_k]

First time watching this as a whole show, not YT clips.

Mae Martin has the most magical eyes, like they're visiting from another universe and those remote-control eyes are sending delight- and frightful images to another planet full of floating sloths.

[lilysea]

I really liked Mae Martin in the Netflix comedy series Feel Good

Content notes for:

drug addiction (mostly in recovery);

mental illness (mostly in recovery);

and (towards the end of the series) discussion of something that happened many years ago - an adult taking sexual advantage of a teenager who was vulnerable due to having a drug addiction (a 16/17 year old?) - this is not portrayed on screen, it is all dialogue in the present

[jesse_the_k]

Yes! Mae did an excellent job of conveying someone en route to a different version of themself. Mixing up determination and desperation and pride.

[celli]

hugs!