Medspeak

       I'm really enjoying Chicago Med. I'm on season 6 of 9...so far. They are still making it, and I hope one day I'll be all caught up, waiting for the next. If they finish before that happens, that's okay, too. It's not my goal, but it's okay. I'm binging as much as I can. And finally learning military time because of it.

      Daniel's still my favorite. He is so funny. In season 5 episode 7, they get a patient who believes he is a vampire. Dan plays along and says, "You must be getting hungry...want me to call the blood bank?"

      Later on in the same episode, Halstead says, "Since hepatitis is transmitted through bodily fluids, probably got it from having sex with his girlfriend," and Dan quips, "Or sucking her blood. Yikes."

      Fucking love that guy. YES!! I just read he's in Chicago Fire. I've watched clips of that, too, which is how I initially got invested in Med. I wasn't sure about Fire, but if he's in it, I'll definitely be checking it out.

      Meanwhile, I had another couple of bizarre dreams. I dreamt that I was pretty, and people were actually looking at me. I dreamt that my mother wanted me to drive an ambulance and respond to this woman's 911 call, but I was just me, not a paramedic. And I dreamt that I had a closet where my TV is, and it had a hole in it, so I could look out into the living room and watch TV from my closet.

      So weird. I've been using Benadryl to help me fall asleep like I did when I was a kid. Google says it will lower the quality of my sleep. But I think the quality of my sleep is so low that the Benadryl actually raises it up to the level of bad. And I sleep better.

      Which reminds me, I was going to do that when I got home. I wasn't downtown for long, picked up my taxes, went to the 24-store to grab a Pepsi, but oh man, that turned out to be hard! In my advanced age, I don't do so well on hills, and I finally get to the top, limp all the way over to the bus stop about 100 feet away (I'm terrible with estimates, measurements, and math in general) and wait for about 15 minutes; then this (really handsome) older gentleman stops his construction work, crosses the road to inform me that I have to go back down the hill, cross the road, and walk even further than 100 feet (or whatever) to get to where the buses have been re-routed.

      Uggh. At least the scenery was nice... He even had blue eyes. I tried looking up Oliver Platt's eye color; did not go well. Apparently they're brown, green, gray, blue, hazel, and black. Umm...yeah, I'm not sure about that?

      My favorite character in Lucifer is Daniel, too. Last guy who wanted to date me? Daniel. Of course he ghosted me too, so whatever. It's okay, only Dan I need treats vampires. I laughed so hard when he said that, and just when I thought I couldn't love his character more, he goes and gets a Hawaiian pizza, my favorite! And he knows it's from my country. Awesome.

      I've also been on more of a Nightwish kick than usual, looking up Floor's live performances, and damn! Her version of Sleeping Sun is gorgeous. And Ghost Love Score, which I've probably heard 30 times this week. Oohhh, a Chicago Med Nightwish video.

      I think I'll queue up the next episode and grab my pop. Dan has a stalker, apparently. It's not me, I love him in a safe way. I mean, an intense way, but safe. I know it's a show and I just want to keep her away from him. 😂 But he makes it to the end, I know it. I had to know it; without him the show would be, meh, okay. Who would deliver the blood bank line without him?

      And he's so composed. The only time he smiles is when he's looking a psychopath in the eyes. Probably trying to communicate, I don't know. I'm not a shrink. I actually hate shrinks, but I've made an exception. I'd love it if he did me. Evaluated me.

      I like Maggie next best, then Halstead, then Natalie―although she annoys the hell out of me. Not because she's annoying, but because she is too nice. I guess her worst quality is that she wonders if she's rude, an "ice queen." She can't get any sweeter, and she's shopping for honey. She reminds me that I'm not too nice anymore.

      But Maggie...wow. Choi is a hardass. He's a military man, his punch knocked a man across the room, he's actually pretty scary. He kept telling Maggie to "clear" and she kept hanging onto the patient's arm, looking him right in the eyes, not flinching, to honor the patient's wishes. I liked her almost immediately, but now she's awesome.

      Oh, yeah! Right. Next episode. Okay. NOW.

      Edit (2:45): Halstead's a Checkers player! These are my people!!