On Friday, a lady I work with came back after being sick for the previous three days. That was just enough time for me to be around her and catch what she had. I cancelled all my plans for this weekend and stayed inside. I was in bed for much of the day, reading “Catcher in the Rye” (for the first time in about fifteen years) and listening to the rain. When I finally got up, I cleaned my apartment and dinked around on the computer for a while. I downloaded the new Radiohead album (you can too!) and watched Jesus Camp.

I found “Jesus Camp” to be both fascinating and chilling. It would be interesting to turn this into a series–in the style of the Up Series, which amazingly enough is also online–and check in with some of these kids throughout their lives. I won’t give you any ‘spoiler’ info here, but there are two kids in particular that I’d like to see focused on; Levi, who is already quite capable of preaching, and Rachael, who will fearlessly walk up to strangers and ask them about their spiritual experiences. Interestingly, I kept feeling like I was watching the early stages of mental illness in her. Very well-done documentary. Ted Haggard also appears in the movie, which was almost, dare I say, prophetic (ha!) on the part of the filmmakers, all things considered.

Last night, thanks to one of my friends on MySpace, I watched The Bridge. (Incidentally, you can watch “The Bridge” here for free.) This is a very starkly beautiful and haunting film, the likes of which I’ve not seen before. I’m not giving anything away by telling you that there are many scenes in which people climb over the rail of the Golden Gate bridge and are shown jumping to their deaths. (I mean, jeez, they show that happen in the very first scene, even before the credits!) Many of the scenes even show the person’s descent and splash through the surface of the water. It didn’t make me depressed, but I would say that it’s not a movie for the faint of heart.

I haven’t taken a turn and gotten really sick, but my throat’s more scratchy than it was yesterday, and I feel a little more spacy and tired than I did. I was supposed to rehearse with Sarah Castro tonight, but I had to reschedule for later in the week. I’ll see how I feel tomorrow when it comes time to get up and go to work.