Sunday, January 17, 2010

sunday and the black box


i hate that feeling...still want to sleep but have to go the bathroom. ok, gotta open my eyes. maybe i slept so long that this cold is finally gone. alright, first check how long i have slept. look at blackberry...do we look at clocks anymore? it is 11:13. wow, that is late. i must be fine. do a mental scan...nose clogged, coughing. damn i am still sick. how is this possible? a vision comes to mind of the first thing i ever learned to read. there was a saying hung in our kitchen (catholics seem to do that) that read "the only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like and do what you'd rather not". hmmm...seems i have to practice that. but that will have to wait until tomorrow. right now i need to go to the bathroom, change pajama pants to sweat pants (can't wear pjs in public right?) and get coffee. in that order.
while i am doing this, i figure turn the black box on. that is the tv. channel is on tvland station and there is something on the tv that immediately intrigues me. high school reunion. premise is a reunion of some high school 20 years later. i went to mine. class size of about 90. most people showed. old high school sweethearts reconnected and have a little girl now. anyway, this silly show has of course sparked my interest so i set it to record. i still need coffee or rather i need anon-fat latte. for those of you yoga peeps, that are reading this. well, i am a work in progress too! (insert smile here).
get the coffee and now already glued to this show. interesting that this is on as i am getting lots of connections to my past during this sicky period. first boyfriend connection yesterday and one of my closest college friends just contacted me today. no idea what the hell it means but i am just enjoying it. by the way, john is in jackson hole for the weekend skiing with my brother jarett and his friends so that is why i have all this time to be NOT productive. funny.
ok the show. all the characters you expect are there...cheerleader, football quarterback, nerd. they are so captivating in a train wreck way. but one of the saddest parts is one guy who was the high school bully shows his true hate of humanity. it scares me seeing this. i am scared of people that have so much hate. he tormented a classmate from 5th grade all the way thru high school!the classmate comes to the reunion and tells this jerk, for lack of a better description, that his behavior back then was not ok. well "the jerk" lashes out at this man from the start of the conversation particularly at the man's sexuality. that makes my stomach turn. how is this possible that in this day in age people have such deep hatred of someone they perceive as different? is this fear based? what is it? i am shocked, sickened and angry that there are still so many american's that refuse gay americans the right to marriage. my brain just doesn't comprehend this. my brother adam's partner leroy is such a great addition to my family. gosh i can't imagine not having leroy in my family. by the way, a great movie out right now is called single man. anyway, the show has me hooked and is set to the dvr.
john's whooping it up on the slopes before they all watch the JET game. no idea who the Jets are playing as it is just known as the JET game. same kind of thing when the Yankees play. it is just called the Yankee game. and well now that i think of it the City is obviously a reference to New York city. do i see a trend here? huh. thankfully he is with my jarett who is also a JET fan. so in wifely support... "J-E-T-S...JETS, JETS JETS!
ok, now back to the black box. wonder what will be on next.
quick tip....when giving a gift, think about the person and what they like, who they are. instead of giving a gift...think of a service...car wash, manicure, massage and for people like my mother in law who writes letters..a book of Stamps. Happy Sunday.

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