Doing slightly better even though I've been feeling ill as a result of what I guess is light food poisoning. Went to the Mets game last night with Mom -- got free tickets from a friend -- and we had a great time (someone else did not, unfortunately... we were glad we walked down the ramp...). That lightened the mood. Baseball never fails to improve my state of mind. That is, unless it's, say, the 2003 ALCS. Actually, as I'm writing this the Yanks have just taken a 13-9 15-9 lead over my beloved Sox. Not so mood-improving. But I digress. And besides, I have this to chuckle about.
Spent a good portion of my sick day sleeping and watching TV on my MacBook Pro: episodes of John Adams, Atsu-hime and Karei naru ichizoku. After having watched more Japanese historical dramas than most Americans I've been yearning for the opportunity to watch a few reflecting the history of my own country. I'm disappointed that John Adams is just a miniseries because it's a thoroughly fascinating look at our American heritage and the people who made the country we take for granted a reality. They were similar to us yet not the same. I find the accents particularly intriguing. They reflect the fact that the Americans of that time were really British Americans in the process of separating politically and culturally from the mother empire. 200 years later the differences are more pronounced, of course, and our country has gone on to write its own distinct history -- severely tarnished of late but one that can be rehabilitated in the near future, I hope.
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