Day 169/365: Do you like piña colada

[nanila]

Last week I had a cold. Yep. That one was like a cute little warm-up baby cold for the one that hit me last night. This is the kind of cold where no matter what kind of high-strength cold medicine you take, your nostrils keep dripping like a tap and your head feels twice its normal size. To top things off, I've fallen to the Communists*.

So I'm just gonna sit back with my herb tea and pile of blankets, and enjoy my new Netflix subscription (I know, I know, I just discovered Netflix. Yep that's me, totally 2000-and-late) and watch Guardians of the Galaxy which, it turns out, is hilarious (see previous parenthetical interjection).

* Am surfing the crimson wave/Aunt Irma is visiting/insert your favourite euphemism here

Comments

[hamsterwoman]

I hope you feel better! Meanwhile, GotG does seem like the kind of thing to make one feel better in the throes of a cold, so at least you have them, and Netflix, to keep you company.

I've never heard the "fallen to the Communists" euphemism, but I like it so much better than any of the ones I have heard. I'll need to remember that one!

[nanila]

Thank you. I can't watch The Good Place because we're on episode 7 of S2 and the bloke is out so GotG it is!

Oh, I meant to tell you I got to use "Is bb hungry/no, bb ate" in one of my outreach live chats where the kids asked if I liked Star Wars and then wanted me to tell them a joke. It went down well. :D

[hamsterwoman]

I got to episode 7 of season 2 last night also :)

Haha, I love that the "BB ate" joke is proliferating through LJ/DW (another flister told it to her nephew, though you definitely had the larger audience!) Thanks for letting me know, btw, I am definitely tickled to hear that :)

[meepettemu]

Ive never heard the communists one. Or ‘Irma’.

We recently watched the back catalogue of bake-off. Also for light relief- suits, the good wife and madmen

[nanila]

Oh wow, I didn't realise the back catalogue of bake-off was available. That's my comfort-watching sorted for the next few months. Thank you for the recs!

[meepettemu]

It got addictive! I never saw the first season but couldn’t remember much outside of isolated incidents for the others either!

[omnipotent]

Fallen to the Communists is the best descriptor for monthly woe I've seen in a while. Alas, I shall suffer with you while riding the crimson wave.

Enjoy that Netflix! Feel better soon!

[nanila]

*fist-bump of solidarity* Thanks. Today's question: Is this headache because of the congestion or the Communists? Who knows! What fun! /o\

[slemslempike]

I also just got into Netflix after discovering the internet here is (usually) capable of supporting it. I went through two series of Don't Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23 and then settled into the Ranch, which is better than it seemed.

[nanila]

If you ever write your autobiography, please can you consider titling it Watching Netflix in Guam?

[st_aurafina]

Reds under the bed! Shark week! Having the painters in!

Brooklyn 99 is a lot of fun, and Aussie Netflix has four seasons of that.

[nanila]

Shark week!

AHAHAHAHAAAA *wipes tears from eyes* HAHAAAA Oh that is beautiful.

Brooklyn 99, you say. On the list it goes. Thank you!

[bryangb]

GotG2, also good. GotG in Infinity War, good as well!

Allegedly there will be a GotG3...

[nanila]

Alas, GotG2 is not on Netflix yet.

[bryangb]

Yeah, I think we (had to) have it on DVD.

[bryangb]

We went looking for Avengers: Age of Ultron the other night, as we'd recently watched Captain America: Winter Soldier (on Netflix) and were just starting CA: Civil War (on Netflix) when I realised there's stuff in it that's explained in AoU (which only I'd seen, on a flight).

Was this missing link on Netflix? Of course not. It's on Amazon Prime though, as a £10 download. Hmm, maybe I'll just briefly outline the plot... )-:

[ayebydan]

I had never heard of the fallen to the Communists one. I think that will amuse me for the rest of the day which is a good thing as I too have a horrid cold/suspected tonsillitis like you describe.

[nanila]

Huzzah! So glad to spread the phrase. Hope you feel better soon. Summer colds are rubbish and should be banned.