I love watching CSI and all of it's spin-offs. Mostly because of the terrible one-liners they make right before the intro. (Especially CSI: Miami) There is a marathon on AMC at this very moment, which reminds me of one of my college classes (hardboiled fiction). In it we read hardboiled fiction, including some detective fiction (and the books that inspired detective fiction). These books were the original place where jokes were cracked over dead bodies. However, those (original) jokes were definitely not too corny or cliche.
If you are looking for a good hardboiled book (that used to be your grandfather's dollar paperback), I do have some suggestions. If you like a book where the "villains" always get what's coming to them (i.e. no happy ending for anyone), The Postman Always Rings Twice is the book for you. Laura is a wonderful book if you are looking for a change, also there is a movie too. I always love the older books that are translated into movies. The movies always come out so much better (than they do now). (Plus hardboiled books are equal to the film noir movies... and that's what Laura the movie is.) Cotton Comes to Harlem was another of my favorites, it brings a bit of the south to New York (well Harlem). Plus I love all of the women characters (I feel like they are the most fleshed out in this novel as compared to the other hardboiled novels we read). Of course there are many other hardboiled novels and tons of contemporary takes on the hardboiled/detective fiction.
Below is a video of the horrid one liners I was talking about. I hope you enjoy. (But you don't have to watch all of it cause it's pretty long.)
The botox has got to be working. Currently I feel better, but my head still hurts on a constant basis. But earlier today I had the worse migraine. Not good. So maybe my headaches will get better (as in go away on a daily basis) but my migraines will be worse when I actually do get them? I don't know the suspense on if it is going to be a viable treatment is definitely wearing me out. I just want to know either way so I might can move on to something else if possible and maybe that will work.
I'm not giving up hope. But I'm just ready to know.
Title: "It Gets Better" by Fun.Labels: Books, Botox, Migraines, Music, TV Shows