On Saturday, I went to the Westmoreland County Fair with my friends. By the time we got home, I knew I was going to wake up sick on Sunday. Generally, when I'm about to catch a cold, I get this slight sore throat first, which then leans into the full-blown cold. This time, I only have the slight sore throat thing in addition to getting tired VERY easily. On the plus side, I had two nights of 10+ hours of sleep. I wasn't sure how sick I'd feel today, so I went ahead and dropped my Monday shift - thankfully, someone picked it up. It absolutely wiped me out just walking to the store for a few things today - I can't imagine standing up for six hours right now. Last night I watched some favorite episodes of The X-Files(it's on Amazon Prime!) and cracked open Ed Emberley's Big Purple Drawing Book. I haven't looked at this book since I was in grade school. I remember sitting in Mrs. Bailey's fourth-grade class and deciding to draw the "Sea Hawk", the big ship in the middle of the book. It was definitely time-intensive. I think that these drawings lend themselves so well to Posca markers, which is what I used for all these drawings. I really love the Swamp Creature. He's my favorite. Every now and then, I think of something from my childhood that was so instrumental in things I do as an adult; for example, Harriet the Spy was one of my favorite books, and to this day I try to write everything down and keep a notebook. I did a lot of drawings from these Ed Emberley books when I was a kid, and nowadays when people tell me they can't draw, I tend to shrug and say, "It's just shapes." Ed Emberley has completely proved that drawing is just shapes. It's kind of amazing how you can draw these cool things with the simple shape "alphabet" he provides in the introduction of his books. Also, I know I'm sick because I bought movies today: I haven't seen The Craft since I was a teenager. I'm kind of nervous to watch it again. I have fond memories of seeing Jennifer's Body alone in a movie theatre - I started laughing when she started puking up black stuff, and I didn't stop laughing until the end. In spite of finding these two gems on my trip to the store today, I might not watch either of them. I might just watch The X-Files instead. There will be other sick days, I'm sure.
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