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Shannon Spears

Shannon Spears is a staff writer for the Courier News.

And her signature color was blue ...

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Last weekend I was feeling under the weather and was obliged to spend the majority of my time on the couch with my good friend, Netflix. The Police knows that I struggle with feeling worthless when I'm sick, and sweetly offered to distract me by sitting with me to watch an endless parade of things that I want to watch when I don't feel well -- which will always be some sort of historical or literature-based drama. Most any other day, I love a movie filled with explosions, gunfights or swordplay of some kind, but when I'm sick I just want everyone to be quiet and stop stressing me out. He did suggest that "Die Hard" would make me feel better, but gave in easily enough when I refused.

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