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Last week, the flu did a sneak attack on me, but it looks like it's finally retreating. Today, my sense of smell came back. Hello, sense of smell, I missed you so*clings*.
What is weird, though, is that I never lost my sense of taste, on the contrary... right now it's so sensitive that I can't eat anything pre-fabricated. I tried to eat a corn chip today... bah! Tasted like pure salt. Sugarless gum tastes so sweet, I can't believe I like to chew this stuff. Eh, not hungry anyway. Interesting effect, though.

Hopefully tomorrow I'll be up to working again. I have a lot of lost time to make up for. Sigh. But it's better to have this happen at the beginning of a project than near the end, so I'm not complaining. (Well, I was complaining a little bit)
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Fun ep. I had to rewind quite a lot to get all the dialog because of all the laughing which each time triggered a coughing fit.

choice fave moments:
"This is a corpse. With skin." -- "She is good." -- "Why am I here, you know I don't work with skin."
The Mayor and his wench.
Pervy!doctor.
"Pirates aren't Santa."
"I had an eyepatch when I was six"
"You dive, too?" -- "I have the time because I don't own a tv." - okay, I was about to raise a brow because of yet another cool skill for Brennan, but because of this line I let it go ;)
When Brennan slapped the guy? Twice? Hilarious. I'm not a fan of her usual 'assault first, ask questions later' style, but I thought that was brilliant for once.
Brennan freaking out when her bones are gone. And in the beginning when she sees what Pervy!doc has done to the bone. And the way she says, "Dude."

I really heart Brennan! I keep reading comments by people who think she's annoying because she's too harsh and cold and... I don't get it. She doesn't come across as cold to me at all, not even during the first few eps where she was more distanced. Okay, she doesn't wear her heart on her sleave but that doesn't mean she's not passionate and caring. I think it makes her an interesting character, and Deschanel plays her brilliantly. Ah well, different strokes... as long as the writers don't react to negative comments and mellow the character down too much.