Sister Kenny

I'm still up doing chores and stuff, and am watching Sister Kenny on the ABC. It's an interesting but funny film, based on the life story of Elizabeth Kenny, who practised unorthodox treatments for polio in Australia.

I like this film, but it's hard to believe that it's set in Australia.

It has a strange idea of what Australia was like in the early 20th century. A bush dance is filled with Scots and Irish folk, and the music is bagpipes?! The accents are mostly British with the exception of the title role, which is played by Rosalind Russell, who has a distinctly American accent. Place names are mispronounced (like "Bris-bane" instead of "Bris-ban" for Brisbane).

And yet, there's a charm to this film. The real Elizabeth Kenny was an outsider who used unorthodox techniques and terminology to treat polio. It didn't cure the condition, but alleviated the symptoms. In the film she resolutely persists in practising this and opposing the medical establishment, at a cost of her personal life (although it seems they wrote her daughter Mary out of the film).

Well worth watching.

Still up

Haven't been asleep at all since 6:06am yesterday.

Kevin's due in at Broadmeadow Station at about 4:30am this morning. I'll be expecting a phone call from him in under an hour. He should catch a train to Teralba where I'll pick him up.

Don't know what I'll do after that - I guzzled the best part of a 1.5 litre bottle of L.A. Ice in the last day, it it normally keeps me up like this. Mind you, I've got things done and am pleased with the house now. It may not last, but I always feel more focussed after I "tidy up" the house.

Funny, I used to get insomnia about once a month, roughly around the time of the full moon. I haven't lately. I wonder if having the head of my bed under a window had anything to do with that? After the move the other day, that's now up against the wall joint with the lounge room. Still feels funny, but I'll get used to it, and the room "feels nicer" now.

I still haven't got to my web comics though. Debating whether or not to start drawing now, or leave it until tonight (after sleep?). Maybe if I'm still awake by the time I get Kevin back here, I might take Pegasus for a walk. It'll be about 5:30-6am by my guess, so that's reasonable.

Had a funny time while Kevin's been away - I've been semi industrious. It'll be good to have him back (not that I have to stop being industrious, of course).

Fatigue

Gah - starting to flag, now....

Maybe I should just pick Kevin up and crash (after I get home, of course).