I'm beginning to think that a long break from regular TV was just what I needed. I'm still enjoying the few reality shows I will watch. The Voice is making me laugh, which it never used to do. And I'm finding the Amazing Race more wondrous than before.

What I struggle with not watching are prestige shows where women are imperiled in some way. I'm ( Read more... )

I *think* the "Gay Hallmark Movie" is going to be on this Sunday. I can't quite tell from all the plot preview and two men touching foreheads.

I have a feeling it's going to be obvious and a little painful, but that just means it will fit right in to the Hallmark Movie family. I learned a good lesson from a movie this summer that featured two women ( Read more... )

Today I asked for a short idea to write about from the SO and he actually gave me a topic! EEE, yay!

I read Facebook only a couple times a week because it usually makes me cringe, and I have better things to read. Misinformation, hate, blackmail (if you love me you will repost...), country cute, over-the-top adorableness, and baby pictures do not ( Read more... )

I put a * on an item in the last post and then forgot to define it. The * meant to refer to the fact that some of you might recall that the SO and I have been having communication issues. And not the kind people normally face, like, "I said 7!" "I thought you meant 7 am, not pm!" He just doesn't have much to say to me these days.

We used to talk ( Read more... )

Ooof. I've hit the mid-month "don't know what to say" malaise. We were up early (for us) and went on errands. I really like going out on the Saturday errands with the SO during the pandemic, if I can wake up in time. I also tend to use the weekends to catch up on sleep. But if I make the errands, I feel like I get more "day" in, and I get a little ( Read more... )

I've always considered Friday the 13ths to be sub-birthdays and lucky for me. I took the day off and had a lazy morning and we ran some errands in the afternoon. The S.O. bought me a present that will take a few months to get here.

We just got out of our weekly Zoom chat with friends. This is why I missed last Friday - we say it's going to be short ( Read more... )

Anytime someone tries to tell me what a good person I am, I just have to think about how deeply I hate that the SO is in grad school, and I know better.

Because I do hate it. I do. I should be completely supportive of him finishing his undergrad and earning a grad degree alongside. It's a wonderful opportunity and getting the degree will make him ( Read more... )

It's been a long day. I don't have much connection to Veterans Day other than a deep appreciation for the people who serve. I left a note to my one friend who served. I really hope the pandemic didn't keep him from making the rounds today.

My sister and I decided not to get together for Thanksgiving. She's going on a vacation the week before ( Read more... )

Since HBO has started carrying the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame yearly induction, I've been watching. It started with me fast-forwarding to my favorite artists. Each year, though, I fast-forward a little less, watch a little more.

I have a hard time parsing that the music I grew up with has grown up with me, and many of the artists have grown truly ( Read more... )

I did not grow up an orphan. To spare you a long sob story, I grew up an emotional orphan. It's not the same thing; I promise that I don't go chumming around with actual orphans, pretending to be one of their own.

In fact, the more I type the word "orphan", the more I suspect it might be one of those words we're trying to drop from the language.

But ( Read more... )