I’ve caught the dreaded springtime cold. Nothing to be done but suffer through and treat the symptoms as best I can. Last night before I went to bed Jee Yeun had me take one of these:
I assume it’s something along the lines of a Contac capsule. It may or may not be related to the medication but I had a very strange dream that featured the Jethro Tull classic rock anthem “Aqualung”. The gist of the dream was that I had become Aqualung. If you are familiar with the song you know how disconcerting that would be. The lyrics begin with:
Sitting on a park bench eying little girls with bad intent Snot was running down his nose, greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes. Hey Aqualung.
I’ll cop to admiring beautiful young women now and again, and yes, I did encounter some runny nose issues yesterday (which is doubly problematic given my Walrus-stache). But I don’t recall any greasy fingers and my shorts and T-shirt, while casual, were not by any means “shabby”.
Anyway, I’d wake up (or dream I had awoken), think to myself that was weird, go back to sleep only to be confronted by the disembodied voice intoning “you are Aqualung”. That happened a few times and then the dream said “you should blog about this”. WTF? Two times now I’ve dreamed dreams that specifically insisted they be blogged.
When I woke up for real this meaning I said to myself there ain’t no way I’m blogging about Aqualung. Who’s in control here anyway? Me or my subconscious?
For what it’s worth, the meds you took are called “종합 감기약” (jonghap-gamgi-yak) in Korean, which basically means “integrated cold medicine.” (“종합” means “all put together.”)
The “integrated” might be translated more naturally, in this case, as “all-symptom” or “multi-symptom.” So it’s like Comtrex, basically—good old Western-style meds. I often ask for 종합 감기약 when I’m coming down with something.
Yeah, it’s good stuff. As least as good as anything OTC I’ve taken stateside.
Anyway, get well soon! I’m surprised you’ve got any bacteria in you at all, given the disinfectant properties of all that alcohol you consume.
Haha, yeah you’d think that. I’m guessing the beer mugs are not washed to proper hygienic standards. Or I’m spending too much time in the subways. Or a combination of exposure factors…