So, having to deal with my "mobility issues" has made Wendy more sensitive to the matter, and she told me last night about a documentary that was done at the U, where she's in school, that was shown to one of her classes. The documentary was about the reality of handicapped access vs. the "party line". One of the things the documentary showes was that an "able" person can get to a classroom in 93 seconds, while it takes a disabled person needs 20 MINUTES to get to the same classroom. Part of the issue is that, to get the key to use the lift to get to the second floor, you have to go to the office that they keep it in, which is on (wait for it)...
the SECOND FLOOR!
Just another fine example of people who don't stop to really THINK about what it's like to have difficulty moving like "normal" people do.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Another Bad Day, but Now With More Movie Review!
So, today hasn't been really any better than yesterday, I was awake at 6 again, still in pain, more drugs, etc. I just woke up and had breakfast, minor aches at the moment (well, minor for me, I don't take drugs for anything less than a 7 on the 1-10 scale) (i.e. muscle spasms/pain that bend me over, cause my leg to fold under me, etc.)
But hey, sinc eI'm up, I figured I might as well do another movie review!
Wendy and I recently watched "Bottle Shock", a Sundance film about the true story of the 1976 blind taste test between several of the best French wines and the best American wines from NApa Valley, organized by Steven Spurrier, played with true class by Alan Rickman.
SPOILER ALERT- Spurrier is an English wine merchant living in Paris, not respected by the French wine "community" because he isn't French, but who still believes that the French make the best wine. At the prompting of a friend (played also quite well by Dennis Farina), who points out that Spurrier's "Academy of Wine" (in French, of course) has hundreds of bottles of French wine and maybe 10 from Germany, Spain, and Italy total, telling him that he needs to either rename it the Academy of French Wine or open his mind a bit more, Spurrier decides to host a blind tasting of the French and Californian wines to prove that the French wine is better.
Since the movie is about the event that launched Napa wines onto the world scene and made them what they are today, you can guess who won.
Bill Pullman is great as the lawyer-turned-vintner who's perfectionism in trying to make the best chardonnay possible brings out a problem that only occurs when it is TOO pure is wonderful, and Chris Pine as the hippie son who finally takes some responsibility is great as well.
I'm too medicated to really do this movie justice, so let me just say if you are interested in wine at all, you owe it to yourself to see this.
Need I say it? 4 paws!
But hey, sinc eI'm up, I figured I might as well do another movie review!
Wendy and I recently watched "Bottle Shock", a Sundance film about the true story of the 1976 blind taste test between several of the best French wines and the best American wines from NApa Valley, organized by Steven Spurrier, played with true class by Alan Rickman.
SPOILER ALERT- Spurrier is an English wine merchant living in Paris, not respected by the French wine "community" because he isn't French, but who still believes that the French make the best wine. At the prompting of a friend (played also quite well by Dennis Farina), who points out that Spurrier's "Academy of Wine" (in French, of course) has hundreds of bottles of French wine and maybe 10 from Germany, Spain, and Italy total, telling him that he needs to either rename it the Academy of French Wine or open his mind a bit more, Spurrier decides to host a blind tasting of the French and Californian wines to prove that the French wine is better.
Since the movie is about the event that launched Napa wines onto the world scene and made them what they are today, you can guess who won.
Bill Pullman is great as the lawyer-turned-vintner who's perfectionism in trying to make the best chardonnay possible brings out a problem that only occurs when it is TOO pure is wonderful, and Chris Pine as the hippie son who finally takes some responsibility is great as well.
I'm too medicated to really do this movie justice, so let me just say if you are interested in wine at all, you owe it to yourself to see this.
Need I say it? 4 paws!
bad day
just a quick note- Monday was a bad day, I woke up in pain at 3 am, took drugs, turned on the heating pad, and did the same thing again at noon, 4:30 (the dog woke me up to feed him), 9 pm, and just a few minutes ago. I ate at 9, some bread and cheese. Now I'm going back to bed again, hoping tomorrow will be better/less painful.
Sure Miss Social Security Administrative Law Judge, I can work 6 hours a day, but not today, unless the job is "take drugs and sleep poorly".
Sure Miss Social Security Administrative Law Judge, I can work 6 hours a day, but not today, unless the job is "take drugs and sleep poorly".
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