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Last night felt like so long ago. We watched The Life Aquatic as planned with the Ventura gang. It wasn't as bad as critics said it was. I thoroughly enjoyed it actually. I laughed throughout the entire film. It was cute and quirky and very Wes Anderson. So I expected nothing less. And again, the music was excellent. Anyone who throws in David Bowie (in Portugese mainly), Iggy and The Stooges, and Sigur Ros gets a thumbs up from me, but he was already cool in my book anyways. And I love Cate Blanchett. A lot of people don't get his movies, but I guess I am fortunate enough to appreciate it and enjoy it. The Royal Tenenbaums still makes me cry. Everytime. Anyway, we went to Greg's house and had some lovely vegan smores. I prefer regular marshmallows, but it wasn't too bad actually. Josh and I went back to LA afterwards. It's nice to be back at "home."

We didn't get back until 3:30am. I'm not sure what time I went to sleep after we had gotten settled in, but I slept for a very long time. No alarms or anything. Slept, got up briefly and was still tired, so I slept some more. I woke up and stretched. Looked at the clock. 3:00pm. Damn. I haven't slept that long in months. I had a huge headache. I didn't feel well. I almost fainted in the shower, but luckily I didn't. Had some soup with Josh at Noodle Planet. Still felt like crap. So I took some meds and decided to take it easy for the day. Josh and I watched 2046, the new film by Wong Kar Wai. It was fascinating and different. I love his films, though I am sure Americans will hate the pacing of it. So much angst. Christopher Doyle, the cinematographer was excellent. They make a great team. I can't wait for it to be released in the US. We then watched 3-Iron, a Korean film by Ki-duk Kim, one of Josh's favorite directors. I really liked his last film, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring. 3-Iron was also a fascinating movie. It's a very quiet movie. There is hardly any dialogue between the main characters and their interactions are great. I hope to see this in the theaters as well, but I think that it will be a while until it will be released, so I will have to wait.

So I feel a little better now. A bit tired, but not dizzy anymore. One of the advantages of living with Josh is that he takes good care of me when I'm sick. I am a very lucky girl. So I am going to sleep some more and hopefully feel better tomorrow.