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2/22/08

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The Friday Five! (Special Please God Don't Let Me Get the Flu Edition!)

1. I am so paranoid about getting sick, it's...sick. The top stories on both the local and national news today were about how the flu is so bad this year, it's everywhere, and even if you got a flu shot---which I did, this year, for the first time ever!---you can still get it. I mean, it's not like I ever enjoyed being sick. But with a baby in the house, crawling into bed for however long to get better would not be an option. Which means I am working all my healthy mojo, all the time. Stay away, germs!

2. The Oscars are this weekend, and I am trying to get excited, even though I have seen hardly any of the movies nominated. I did get to Juno, and I have Ratatouille on DVD for the weekend, so at least that's something. But I REALLY want to see Atonement, and There Will Be Blood, although I guess I'll have to wait for the DVDs. It's not like I can stay up for the whole Oscar thing anyway. I'll just have to do what I always do, Tivo it and then avoid all news programs the next morning until I can fast forward and find out the winners. At least the red carpet is early.

3. I am still trying so, so hard to get back to reading. Whenever I have a moment, I am diving into Jennifer Weiner's Certain Girls, which is just as good as I want it to be, and after that I have on deck a book called Gossip of the Starlings by Julia de Garmont, which is coming out in June and looks AWESOME. Truth be told, though, right now the only books I am reading regularly are Goodnight Moon and, Sasha's personal favorite, Hippos Go Berserk, which I can completely recite from start to finish. "One hippo, alone once more, misses the other forty-four....."

4. There is a new bakery in downtown Chapel Hill, and I hear they have cupcakes. Now, I've written here about what I believe are the best cupcakes in Chapel Hill, the ones at Cafe Carolina, but that does not mean that I am adverse to trying new ones. I mean, there are worse things to have on your To Do list, right? But they will have to be pretty darn good to beat the CC ones. Challenge on!

5. Finally, in honor of Oscar weekend---and the only Best Picture nominee I've seen---I give you this clip. BUT TAKE NOTE: if you haven't yet seen Juno, don't watch it, okay? Save it for the big screen. If you have, though, then maybe, like me, it will make you feel a little warmer inside. Which hopefully is not a sign of fever. No, no, no!


Have a good weekend, everyone!
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On February 22nd, 2008 12:53 pm (UTC), [info]endlikethis commented:
i'm so paranoid and afraid about throwing up. the flu is my biggest enemy. you're not alone.
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On February 22nd, 2008 06:22 pm (UTC), [info]briel replied:
Me too (about the throwing up)! I got the flu but luckily it was only respiratory, not stomach.
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On February 22nd, 2008 01:37 pm (UTC), [info]shakemeetsworld commented:
I am almost 22 years old and my parents can still recite at least the beginning of my favorite storybook as a baby.
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On February 22nd, 2008 01:45 pm (UTC), [info]libsylulu commented:
I saw "There will be blood", it wasn't worth my time and money. I don't really like that kind of movie though, so you might enjoy it.
But I prefer uplifting movies.
And I love that scene from Juno! It was so adorable.
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On February 22nd, 2008 02:11 pm (UTC), [info]raverbear64 commented:
I'm really hoping Juno wins something.
I've seen it like...5 times or something.
It's so adorable (:
Also, I was wondering....
You mentioned a really long time ago about reading Stephenie Meyer's Twilight.
Did you ever get around to it?
If so, what did you think?
Have a good weekend!
Good luck with not getting the flu. :D
<3
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On February 22nd, 2008 02:34 pm (UTC), [info]jt_dominguez replied:
28% of my campus has the flu. And if it reaches 30%, the campus will close down for a bit.

I'm amazed I haven't gotten it yet. One of my friends who has a young child has quarantined the house; very few people are let in. :-P

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On February 22nd, 2008 02:53 pm (UTC), [info]frenchmoodle commented:
I think Atonement is better suited for dvd... but maybe because I wanted to talk the entire time and couldn't because I was in a theater. I'm a dvd person, I guess. It seemed pretty long, so the whole time I was wishing I was in my pj's on the couch eating snacks.
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On February 22nd, 2008 03:37 pm (UTC), (Anonymous) commented:
Ack. I had the flu for a week, it was horrible. Stay strong!!
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On February 22nd, 2008 03:58 pm (UTC), [info]hazelline commented:
I love that scene in Juno, that song has been in my head for the past couple of days since I saw it. I love Michael Cera in it :)
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On February 22nd, 2008 04:21 pm (UTC), [info]fautedemieux73 commented:
I see clips of Juno w/ Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman and for a second I want to see it because I love them. But it's just not my type of movie.

Hope you don't end up sick. I've been coughing all morning and have now officially lost my voice. Blah!

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On February 22nd, 2008 04:37 pm (UTC), [info]aquarium_dr1nkr commented:
If you are worried about getting sick, take Airborne. It's kind of expensive (like seven dollars for about 12 tablet thingers) & reaaaally gross tasting, but it works.
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On February 22nd, 2008 06:17 pm (UTC), [info]briel commented:
I had the flu and ended up being sick for three weeks and then being diagnosed with bronchitis. Of course I probably should have rested more and not gone back to work until I was better and taken medicine but I didn't at first. After three weeks of my cough not going away I went to the doctor and he gave me antibiotics. And now (two weeks later) I'm pretty much better. Still have a tiny cough here and there but I think I'm over it.

I hope you stay healthy! Everyone I know has been sick.

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On February 22nd, 2008 09:26 pm (UTC), (Anonymous) commented:
that does not mean that I am adverse to trying new ones

Averse. :)

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On February 22nd, 2008 09:39 pm (UTC), [info]davis1672006 commented:
Frequent hand washing = best way to prevent disease!

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On February 22nd, 2008 09:56 pm (UTC), (Anonymous) commented:
Fantastic new read
Hey Sarah,
I read "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher this week. Awesome. Definitely older teen material.

Loved it.

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On February 22nd, 2008 09:58 pm (UTC), [info]iwant2saveuox commented:
i hear you on the flu thing. i go to appalachian state and the flu was EVERYWHERE for three weeks. my best friend AND roommate got it, and somehow i didn't. wash your hands a lot and drink juice. i didn't even get the flu shot. YAY for immune systems:)
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On February 22nd, 2008 10:01 pm (UTC), [info]leaveoutherest commented:
very ecclectic comment haa
first of all: HI! i just added you today and omg i love ALL of your books you're absolutely amazing and as pathetic and as corny/ridiculous as this may sound, i pretty much want to be you when i grow up :P haha i've been writing since preschool im just not published yet...i will be a writer someday, though. i've wanted to contact you ever since i read the truth about forever three years ago hah its so cool to have found you on livejoural.

right.
anyway
yesss the flu is horrible! after about four days of being all but bound to my couch, i'm finally feeling a little better *knocks on wood*. hope you don't get it. be careful
and i'm excited for the oscars too juno is amazingg

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On February 22nd, 2008 11:04 pm (UTC), (Anonymous) commented:
Atonement is amazing. Well, I loved it. It was kind of depressing though, so make sure you're ready for it. :]

chloe

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On February 22nd, 2008 11:13 pm (UTC), [info]dancin_kare commented:
I went to Sugarland today as a "you got through the week - YAY!" present to myself, and all I have to say is the gelatto there is amazing. So definitely get a sample, even if you're really going for the cupcakes.

Or, splurge and get both - you deserve it!

Kare

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On February 23rd, 2008 12:28 am (UTC), [info]c0lie91 commented:
Oh god last week i had to stay home from school for two days due to a stomach flu/virus...hated that so much. But Juno I hope will win for something..the only other oscar nominated movie I think I saw was Sweeney Todd, which was amazing as well.
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On February 23rd, 2008 11:47 pm (UTC), [info]holachick commented:
Yes, do all u can to avoid the flu. I am just now ending my 5 day expirience thus far with the terrible flu and I will say it was quite possibly the most horrible sickness ive ever endured. Try your best to stay germ free.
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On February 24th, 2008 01:42 am (UTC), [info]ren_not_lauren commented:
Germs are majorly scary! I have been lucky enough not to get any of the worst kind of flue (stomach). Hope you, Sasha, and your husband stay well.
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On February 24th, 2008 02:29 am (UTC), [info]bohemean commented:
I love that scene so very much. It still makes me tear up a little bit.
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On February 24th, 2008 05:12 pm (UTC), [info]nascentbutterfl commented:
FNL!
You may already know this, but I thought I'd share it just in case you didn't, Friday Night Lights may live!!!! see link:

http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/detail/index.jsp?uuid=5b7ebba9-0077-4768-aa95-7ce693a5096e

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On February 25th, 2008 03:56 am (UTC), (Anonymous) commented:
Hey sarah thought you might find this interesting:

http://www.esquire.com/fiction/napkin-project/

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On February 26th, 2008 12:59 am (UTC), [info]always_dreamed commented:
I just saw Juno for the first time this weekend...LOVED it!
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On February 26th, 2008 02:27 am (UTC), (Anonymous) commented:
Atonement was unbelieveable...but I bawled my way through the end, in a good cleansing way. It needs to be seen.
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On February 27th, 2008 03:01 am (UTC), [info]grandiose_aloha commented:
Sugarland is fantastic! I was walking down Franklin a couple of mornings ago in search of breakfast, and Sugarland was the answer to all my dreams. The cinnamon roll was smothered in icing and absolutely delicious!
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