9 to 5, the movie: no longer available on DVD

[fflo]

But there a copy was in the library yesterday, before I succumbed to this cold. So it's next on today's playlist. I have gotten a fair bit of little stuff done today, in addition to losing fluids through mucus and replacing them (granted, the main activity).

So 9 to 5 is a property of 20th Century Fox. Suppose that's got something to do with it having gone out of print? They could claim to be scandalized by pot smoking in it, or by Hanoi Jane (or whatever it was they used to call her), now that she's safely not tomahawk-chopping with a media mogul partner herself any more. It'll be interesting to see what's in the 'extras,' if anything. My hunch is that it's the class uprising element that's the real bugaboo, presuming there is one. Netflix had it, on long wait, then on very long wait, and now it's on the availability "unknown" list.

I saw tht the library does have a video copy of Johnny Guitar, whose release on DVD I check for periodically.

Ya'll's comments on the concept of unconditional love were good to read. I don't much feel like responding individually at the moment, if you'll forgive me.

Worst part of a cold with this kind of congestion: it makes CPAP use impossible. Thus preventing me from getting real sleep. Oh, I should post sometime about the recent follow-up session I had with a cool neurologist---who actually seemed not only not to presume me an idiot but actually to presume me to have functioning grey matter (perhaps until proven otherwise). Well, here, I'll post about it now: It was great. He went over both my sleep tests from back then with me in detail. And he googled around with me to show off new mask styles that are out there. And he talked in real-world terms about choices involving money and insurance being something to be worked through and around. I dug him.

I wonder if neurologists in general are cooler than some other types of specialists in general. Doesn't seem implausible.

It's going to be a long night tonight, I tell you what.

Comments

[susanstinson.livejournal.com]

Yay Johnny Guitar!

Boo colds that make it impossible to use a cpap. Hate that!

[fflo.livejournal.com]

Oh, are you a sister of the snorkel? a fellow obstructivist? apt to be apneatic? what kind of mask do you use, if you don't mind me asking?

That reminds me: I was going to look up "centimeters of water"--- to see how many centimeters of water are pushed how far in what vessel for this measurement of pressure. I'm an 11 centimeters gal myself. Not much, I know. But it seems to do the trick.

[sprig5.livejournal.com]

I wonder if neurologists in general are cooler than some other types of specialists in general.
Answer: NO! I've been to two (for migraines and other headaches). The first was this guy whose office was so poorly run that I had to wait at least 45 minutes every time, usually more, and then he would spend barely 5 minutes with me. I wished I could put him on a chain when he stepped into the examination room, so that I'd be free to think of my questions and have him still be there. I left his practice, mostly because of the long waits, but also because his idea of physical therapy is chiropractics. I then went to someone in Arlington near my work, and found her "bedside manner" to be very dry and clinical. However, she took plenty of time and took me seriously. She warmed up after a while too. (Not that that was a necessary prerequisite, but it helps me feel comfortable.) She sent me to physical therapy that involved massage and exercise, which helped better than chiropractics (and is also something you can maintain yourself). I still go to her, once a year at this point.

Note on chiropractics: I wouldn't try it again. I've since read about possible dangers of it (strokes). I guess I'm old school when it comes to that, and I have a hard time seeing it as legitimate.