today was the first of the three days i was out sick. The day began at 715, like most days, however, unlike most days, it ended 20 minutes later when I fell back to sleep unable to maintain consciousness. I spent the morning in my dorm room sleeping until around twelve forty five when I was informed that I would in fact have to see some form of medical personnel. I journeyed to the Ash center where they told me my visit would cost me upwards of 175 dollars. I left. My parents picked me up at hedrick hall. It would have been a leisurly drive home, if my dad had not been screaming about swine flu and the lack of preventative care in a college enviroment. this has nothing to do with either art or science. However when I arrived home I slept some more and when I awoke 5 hours later still under the mentally debilitating effects of tylenol pm I remembered I would have to write this blog. As a precaution I decided to view one of the science fiction movies we had chosen. Unfortunately I was severely hampered by the tylenol and I forgot which movie my classmates were watching back here. I ended up watching Akira. Akira is definitely the strangest movie i’ve ever seen. I gathered that its possible to gain psychic powers if and only if one is able to run over another psychic with a motorcycle. The most interesting part of the movie is when the main character looses control of his body and realizes his mistake I believe it reflects societies loss of control over science and where science might lead us. But I came up with this idea while hopped up on Tylenol so I could also be whacked out of my mind.

Links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_(film)

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://akira2001.com/

http://www.bbakira.co.uk/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Movie_Database

http://www.allmovie.com/work/1319