Ugh

[hildy89]

I guess it was a matter of time I came down with something. My throat and head feel awful. Sunday afternoon was a real joy, especially when I was sick over lunch. I saw a doctor today, so hopefully I will improve. But it certainly kills any real productivity this week, writing or exercise wise. I'll just go crawl into bed and die, thank you very much.

I watched "Simone" tonight. Very odd film. Pacino was completely unsympathetic as the director. I was mostly interested in the technology side. I remember when I was taking that class at George Washington University. I had to come up with a website for a potential company. I focused on the burgeoning online film industry, along with the sideline of "virtual celebrities". I had been fascinated by the idea after reading Connie Willis' "Remake" where CGI had replaced real actors. This was before "Simone" and the Ananova bot, although not before Max Headroom. Virtual Celebrity Productions had created a virtual version of Marlene Dietrich. This movie seemed like a natural offshoot of the old Memorex question "Is it real?" Or does it really need to be?

Edit: Corrected my braindeadness. Pacino not DeNiro...