So this week was on a downward spiral from the start as I have not been feeling well. A little background info on that. After the first shoot we did on “Embers Of War” out on the Oregon coast back in October, we all came back proud of what we had accomplished. Just a few days into being back, I suddenly came down with a temperature of 105 degrees, chills that would normally break a man’s spine, and felt like I developed the breathing habits of a 107 year old chain smoker! Top this off with no appetite and barely being able to move and I knew I had come down with something worse than Hitler!
I tried to wait it out for over two weeks (stupid, I know) but the temp peaked at 106 degrees and my roommates finally said enough was enough! They took me to a hospital in SW Washington where I was poked, prodded, had over six veins blown out from so many antibiotics pumped into me, and quarantined. All this happened in a week and instead of just saying “we have no idea what may be wrong with you” they just kept pumping drugs in me. My Mother and Aunt looked at the sixth doctor I had during that week and finally said “get him someplace else…now!” They instantly transferred me to OHSU in Portland, Oregon where I was diagnosed and treated for Cryptococcal Pneumonia Gatti within a day. What is it you ask? It’s something straight out of a horror film, ladies and gentlemen! Spores that miraculously made their way over to North America in 2000, cling to trees and other densely forested areas and when us, humans, walk by, we breathe these in as they are released. The spores go into your lungs and attach to your lung walls where they soon blossom and turn your insides into a garden! Awesome stuff, huh? NOT!
So…to wrap things up. This form of pneumonia can last up to two years. Luckily, my body has done a great job of fighting it off along with the help of some gnarly medication. But this last week, I started to not feel so good again. Even with a wonderful night seeing friends at the “Embers Of War” screening, I felt pretty crappy afterwords. Having an idiot try and tell me the “The Guild‘s”, Felicia Day, lacks anymore creativity sure as hell didn’t help matters! I wanted to punch the dude in the face after his comment about how Felicia has used her “celebrity credibility” to push the show for the past two seasons, having pop culture icons make guest appearances. Once again, telling me that “Community” is a far better show than “The Big Bang Theory”…didn’t help the situation! So…as I began spiraling downward into an almost depressed state…there was still a light at the end of the tunnel.
A little movie had premiered at SXSW this year called “The Cabin In The Woods“. Now, for all the Joss Whedon fans out there, you know this movie has been complete for quite sometime and was being stalled as Joss wanted it in 3D. Well, finally, he settled on a limited release. Friend after friend had been going to see it and saying how “awesome” and “amazing” it was. Then I read a review where it said “Cabin In The Woods” broke every horror stereotype there had ever been and was the “best original horror film in over 20 years”. This is what really made me almost die (literally) to see this film!
So, myself along with the wonderful, Meg Gamez, went to see CITW. We showed up at the movie theater in Pioneer Place, one of the only theaters in the northwest showing the film, paid for our tickets, and started to walk towards the showing gate. My eye caught a table with something on it. Now, these days, you almost never see promo materials handed out at theaters anymore..but there…on the table was about seven “Cabin In The Woods” medium sized posters. I instantly began to snatch them all up like a starving dog having just discovered Beggin’ Strips for the first time! The bottom poster caught both, Meg’s attention and mine. There was writing on it. I was curious so I examined the writing closely. Signed by Joss Whedon. If that wasn’t good enough…the movie got a 10 out of 10 from this here horror fan!
All in all, the experience of watching “Cabin In The Woods” with Meg will only ever be rivaled by the time I went to the premiere of “Transformers’. But then again…that moment never coughed up a signed Optimus Prime poster now did it! Game…set…and match. Cabin In The Woods for the win!
Another day with J! 