A SlingBox Is A Very Good "Thingy"

So, the WHH has been out of town since my birthday... the 26th of August in case you forgot to make note of it on your calendar (heh). I haven't accomplished a whole helluva lot since he's been gone. Some women clean out their libraries and closets, I watch my SlingBox, chat with my sons on the phone or Stickam, make up recipe cards, and work out while watching movies. Oh yeah, I take pictures of my messy office too. Hey, it's more fun than actually cleaning! Why would I want to do that, me being a tai-tai and all?

Last night, I finished watching "Big Love" on my SlingBox. (For those not in the know, a SlingBox is a device that is connected to a cable box and the internet. In this case, my son in Atlanta has a separate cable box rented specifically for my SlingBox. I control it with my computer here in Singapore.) OMG! I love that show, albeit in a different way from the "Sopranos". Gawd, I miss my "Tone and Carm". I think I might just go back and watch the entire series again.

That reminds me... Last month, The American Club magazine had a coupon for Hollywood Clicks for one month free rentals. It's the same kind of deal as Netflix. I've watched and worked out to both Elizabeth movies with Helen Mirren, the Beatrix Potter movie (thumbs down), "What Women Want", "The Weatherman", and damn, I can't remember them all now. I hate when that happens.

They really don't have a lot of new releases, I guess because they're slow to be released in Asia and also probably because the censors must review them first. I'm not sure. In any event, I decided to queue up for all of the Academy Award-winning films I've never seen before. So, today is "Alfie". I will finish it tomorrow, but I've got a feeling it's going to rip my heart out.

Do you know how hard it is to continue working out while either laughing your head off or crying your eyes out? I usually end up going in slow-motion, but I guess it's better than me lying on the couch. Last week, I was in between movies, so I decided I'd watch "They Call Me Tater Salad" for the 5th time. Well, sonofa... that guy still had me laughing so hard I think I might've peed a little or it could've been sweat, I don't know!

Can you recommend a movie that you think I shouldn't miss?

Cool T-Shirts and a Fiery Crotch(ular area)

The highlights of my week arrived Thursday from Dave at Blogography and Karl at Secondhand Tryptophan!! When I saw the packages in our mailbox, I was elated!! Yes, I think elated is the right word. See the look on my face?-------->







"I feel pissy, oh so pissy.
I feel pissy and witty and WAYyyy... bad!"

Question: Why do I always have Broadway musicals running through my head?

Tuesday, after posting in my blog, I went shopping with my little trolley, and bought the requisite beer, wine, bread, milk, and chocolate pudding. Once home, I puttered, checked Google Reader for blog updates and comments, and read another story from Bukowski's "Tales of Ordinary Madness" (OMG! What a guy! and RW was published in some of the same magazines!!! I "know" a famous person -- DON'T!HATE!).

I'd procrastinated long enough, it was time to work-out and finish the movie I'd started the day before, "Keeping the Faith". It was a cute movie, but I had problems with the pace of the film -- it was too slow for me. There were several scenes that I would've cut completely. Still, I was completely distracted from my work-out, and that's the most important thing for me. I don't want to focus on the time or the discomfort of working out.

I worked out almost until the end of the movie, and then I walked around the living room in the a/c to cool down and I finished the movie. It was about 30 minutes later that I felt "the twinge", and it wasn't a good kind of twinge. No, it wasn't good at all. I recognized that twinge from about 10 years ago. Sonofa.... I cannot believe this is happening to me again, damnit! Another UTI, OMG! I knew that I would be in excruciating pain within an hour or so.

The WHH has been working on a humongous project and was running late. By about 7 p.m. the twinge had turned into a burning sensation. I called the doctor (I think that's part of a 70's song). The doctor kept telling me not to panic. That was easy for him to say because as he was telling me how he thought I could wait to see him until morning, my "crotchular" area was going up in flames! Yes, it was on FIRE and it is a crotchular area. WHH arrived home just in time to have a conversation with the doctor, and then headed to the A & E (Accident & Emergency) at Gleneagles Hospital to collect some first-aid medicine to tide me over until morning.

I'm feeling much better now, but it has been rainy and dreary here for over a week. I actually enjoy a couple of rainy days, but beyond that it starts to affect my mood. That is, until I wear my Bad Monkey t-shirt or my EYE HEART KAR L shirt. They'll always make me smile!