Thank goodness I went to JHU.

I know med school students :-)
Alberto the blob informed me that I had/have the summer flu. Fever, chills, nausea, extreme fatigue, and dizziness. It's going around... so be careful, all of you! At least you'll know what it is when you get it.

"Handling the moment."

Successful people seem to be the ones that handle the moment very well. But, what is the meaning of success?

I moved back today... on the trip home I got really sick. Not sure why... had the chills, nausea, extreme fatigue and dizziness. You med students out there... what did I have? The last time I had this was when I flew to Houston for missions. That time was my first time on a plane... I was fine until the end of the flight, when I started to get really dizzy, tired, and nauseatic. (is that a word?)

This time around, it got realllly bad by the late afternoon. So weird. I'm feeling better now, after taking some Tylenol... but woah, I've never felt so sick in such a long while.

Today, church people and friends took me out to Minato, a nice sushi place in Mount Vernon area in Baltimore. It was really good, thanks everyone... not just for the food, but really for the memories and for the gesture of hospitality, it meant a lot to me. The sushi was done really well, but the service wasn't so good. I guess it was because we had a big party, but I was a little mad that they took an hour and a half.. even 2 hours for my roommate to get his order. But that was ok... we all had a good time and good laughs.

Afterwards, I conked out at home, thanks to the glass of plum wine. I've since been doing laundry and packing.

My last night here....

"I think George was not comfortable with ACTORS. We were not chess pieces he could move around in his technical wizardry. Every day, before we shot a scene, the four of us would brainstorm to get to the subtextral content in the script , on film. We kept telling George this film will not work unless we are able to breath life into these characters. Unless an audience can connect with these life forms, who live in that real world, we would have nothing!!
George wasn't too happy to have to deal with our ideas, but he came around."

Don Pedro Colley, actor from THX 1138, George Lucas' film debut.

From watching the recent installments of Star Wars, it seems like Lucas has learned little over the past 30 years about directing actors.