Since it’s been a long, stressful week, I decided to try to relax as much as possible today. I’ve been listening to my favorite internet radio station ( Martini in the Morning ), reading, and having the occasional cup of hot tea. Usually this works for me, but today not so much. So… I thought I’d write. As usual when I’m stressed I have no coherent ideas for posts and must thus ramble. You’ve been warned :)
Last weekend I finished reading Twilight, a fairly entertaining story even if young adults are the intended audience. Stephenie Meyer seems to have a style that pulls the reader in. Or… maybe it was more that the story was about vampires. Since I haven’t read anything vampire-ish since high school, I’m not sure if her slant – vampires with a conscience who feed on animals instead of people – was novel or not, but it was interesting to contemplate.
The movie was, as expected, no comparison to the book. In spite of several cast members who simply couldn’t act and a very slow beginning, it was able to redeem itself a little the last hour or so. Even my 13 year old niece felt the acting wasn’t the best, but she was so appreciative of the “hot” male lead that she deemed the poor acting irrelevant. Ahh… I remember those days. Every time I see a clip of something featuring either a young Shaun Cassidy or Vincent Van Patten, I ask myself where my 13 year old brain could have been while I was watching those programs. Overwhelmed with hormones, I’m sure. It’s the only explanation for such a fascination with some badly written and badly acted shows.
The rest of the week was spent entertaining my niece and two nephews. It’s fun playing Auntie, but I have to admit that I can see the reason why it isn’t the norm for 46 year olds to be first time parents to young children :) What is it with this obligatory “I must touch every single thing that I pass in the store” thing that kids have? I thought for certain I’d end up testing some store’s “you buy it you break it” policy, but I squeaked by without that happening.
I did spend some time at the gym today. While it may not seem to be, working out is relaxing for some reason. Perhaps it’s the repetitiveness. Maybe it’s the long, hot shower afterwards followed by massaging lotion into my muscles. It could be the distraction of people watching. Or… it could be a combination of all those things.
People watching there is always amusing. Most people seem to be simply concentrating on what they are doing, but there’s always a few. You’ve seen them. God’s gifts. They posture. They flex. They preen. They hang out in pairs so they can tell each other how perfect they are. They crack me up ;) I was more relaxed that hour and a half today than at any other time.
There are several nice people at my gym. One in particular has been my “gym friend” for quite awhile. We have a rule – nothing negative, sad, or distressing can come into our conversation. It’s great as we talk only about silly or creative things. He’s begun writing a new novel and we’ve been discussing character development. He has one character in particular that reminds me so much of an “online personality” I’ve run across that it almost makes me wonder if he has stumbled across the same individual. Steve (my gym friend) isn’t kinky as far as I know, so it’s doubtful. However, his parody of Supercilious, the King of all the Arrogant is uncannily similar to this online character and so funny that tears ran down my cheeks from laughing so hard while listening. Perhaps we’ve all know a King Supercilious type, God’s gift to women everywhere, women who are never quite good enough for him – at least not after they reject him. Til then they are perfection (Goddesses, you might say).
Speaking of friends, since I was at my mom’s most of the week, I did see David a couple of times in passing. He’s been perusing my website and confessed he has several questions. We didn’t have time to talk then, but it will be interesting to hear his thoughts.
