36 Hours

[poliphilo]

The night before last I kept waking up to discover I'd forgotten to breathe and needed to rectify the mistake pretty damn quick. Stupid old body.

Yesterday I spent in a reclining armchair watching stuff on TV. I watched Harry Potter and the Order of The Phoenix- a turbo-charged account of a leisurely novel- and the last three episodes of the BBC's new Torchwood series- which more than fulfilled the promise of the first two by turning all political and state-of-the-nationy. Russel T. Davies is a classic writer. He's produced a lot of tosh- much of it in the first two seasons of Torchwood- but when he gets things right he's outstanding.  Torchwood: Children of Men is a masterpiece- bitter, shaming, heartening, kinky, sentimental, morally challenging, subversive- also very exciting and funny.

 Last night I slept for 12 hours straight.

Comments

[wokenbyart.livejournal.com]

I was crying during the last episode of Torchwood as it touched bits of my psyche that the rest of hadn't. It was very a brave subject to tackle (and even braver to have got it broadcast and not pulled from the airwaves) - as science fiction. Imagine that content without the sci-fi element of it... Rather too much in it like nazi Germany bussing off some of my family and ancestors to the camps for my liking. I presume that's what it was meant to imply (apart from the vaguelly silly 'drug' implication). Monster=nazis. Or maybe I'm just being oversensitive and reading too much into a TV story.

As for the sleep apnea - well, others will have given you info about this, but my thought is always - barring anything going down the airways that shouldn't, just before breathing stops - how long can one normally hold ones breath for before expiring?

[karenkay.livejournal.com]

If one holds one's breath often enough (like, several times an hour), one ends up oxygen deprived. It's truly NOT good for your body.

[wokenbyart.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's true.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I don't think you were reading too much into it. I think it was Davies' intention to smuggle a deadly serious moral conundrum onto primetime TV under the guise of a sci-fi yarn. The bravest thing was the lack of an easy solution. The politicians were prepared to sacrifice the innocent, but so was our "hero".

[wokenbyart.livejournal.com]

Glad it's not just me. Thanks.

Our 'hero' was a bit of wimp at the end... (beam me up scotty!)

I'm adding you, btw... I keep meaning to, but my memory is like a sieve these days. You used to be on my flist when I previously had an LJ... I left 'cos of the Russians' but returned - with an art journal - cos I realised I'd overreacted! I was originally 'fickleasever'. I'm not as fickle these days!
;)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, I remember you under your old name.

It's good to have you around.

Your art journal is fascinating. I've friended you back.