Another Movie/DVD Review Post

In theaters....
Man of the Year starring Robin Williams. I was expecting smart, political humour.... I got some of that (not really smart though) but also an element of thriller/action movie. That was very unexpected. Scott liked the movie BECAUSE of that.... I liked it IN SPITE of that LOL. But after all that it still wasn't that great... 6 out of 10.

On DVD....
Billy Connoly live in New York.... I have seen Billy's stand up before so I had high expectations. However, they were not met. This was probably the weakest performance of his I've ever seen. I have literally LOL'd 10 times more during one of his 5 minute appearances on the Tonight Show. I chuckled a little bit but that's pathetic for a 90 minute performance.

The Office: Season 2.... outstanding, fabulous, amazing, stupendous. This is, no question, the funniest show on TV. I especially enjoy the commentaries as they include writers, actors, directors, everyone. The only disappointment is that Steve Carell wasn't in any of the commentaries. John Krasinski wasn't either... or maybe just one. The stars have gotten too big to do the commentaries I guess. The blooper reel is a great highlight.... 17 minutes of LOL'ing :-) My favorite moment..... "You're evil like a hobbit" (in context it's hilarious but you'll have to watch a commentary and see the blooper reel to get it).

Chicago..... entertaining. I really enjoyed it. Since watching it I have downloaded the song "Cell Block Tango" and I enjoy singing along to it in my car :)

Scrubs: Season 4... I've just started watching this 3 disk set so I can't give a full report but so far it's pretty good. My only complaint is the lack of commentaries (only one out of every 7 or 8 episodes has a commentary... compare with The Office where about 50-60% of the episodes have commentaries).

What a week!!!!!

It has been a crazy, roller-coaster week of highs and lows.

The lows included being "dumped" (if the word applies after just a couple of dates) on Monday by the only normal guy I have met on lavalife so far. Then on Wednesday my uncle died.

The highs included getting the news on Tuesday that Mercedes finished her American Championship (unofficial right now but it looks good). And today, Friday, my cousin Sarah gave birth to a baby boy.

On top of all that it has been insanely busy at work and doesn't look like it will be letting up for at least another week. On the plus side, the sky is blue and sunny (unlike in other areas of the country). Hopefully that'll continue into next week. :)

Calling all single men... you NEED to read this post!!!

I'm a nice normal girl, looking for a nice normal guy. However, since joining Lavalife.com a few weeks ago I have encountered some single men behaving like complete idiots and it's getting worse! Gentlemen, this is a short list of WHAT NOT TO DO if you want to meet women.....

1. Try the "hurt puppy" thing. If I have plans and I'm running out the door and you just happen to ping me at that moment, I'm still going to run out the door. Pouting is NOT cute and makes you look like you have the emotional maturity of a 5 year old.

2. Asking me during an IM session if I want to be your "friend with benefits". Moral issues aside (if that is a concern), I haven't met you, seen a picture, or even had a real conversation. If you want to find a "fuck buddy", try the Intimate Encounter area of lavalife, not the Dating/Relationship area.

3. Asking me if I will be your "sugar momma".... instant turn off! I'm looking for a partner, not a child to support.

4. Tell me about your Ferrari and how you like to pick up the ladies on the weekends. That may work with your locker room buddies but it's not impressive to a woman... it looks like bragging, probably lying, and just plain sleazy.

All these things have happened to me in the last 48 hours. What is it with guys that think it's okay to talk to women like that? I beg you men, PLEASE, just be normal. Talk like a person who has common courtesy and basic manners and can act like a grown-up. How hard is that??????

Just call me Goldilocks

Online dating is so bizarre. I'm 0 for 4 right now....

The first guy wanted me but I didn't want him.
The second guy didn't stick around long enough to even exchange real names LOL.
The third guy didn't want me but I wanted him - sigh.
The fourth guy I'm meeting tomorrow but I'm fairly certain he and I are looking for different things.

So that's four misses in a row. Goldilocks only had to try two bowls of porridge.... one was too hot and one was too cold... before finding the one that was just right. How many "bowls of porridge" am I going to have to sample before finding the one that is just right?

PS. anyone who posts in the comment section with the advice to "just blow on it" to cool it down will be banned from all future commenting LOL

The hostess with the mostest :)

I still have no dining room table, my "guest rooms" are simplistic at best (one has an air mattress and the other has just a mattress & box spring with no bed frame - neither have any other furniture), and overall, my house is only half unpacked.

However, in the last 2 weeks I have hosted 2 overnight guests, had 2 big family dinners (one planned, one spontaneous), and had 2 different people over for a meal and pleasant conversation. I am the hostess without the resources to properly host LOL!

Oh well, with just a few hiccups, things have gone pretty well. My guests have been gracious and not complained. But now I'd REALLY like to wait until I have a dining room table before having another family dinner. With any luck, those critical elements that are missing from the table (the legs) will be delivered in the next few weeks.

Can I just say one little thing?

HOLY FREAKIN' CRAP!!!!!!!!!

How can I have lost 6.2 lbs in one week? I think last week's weigh in was absurdly high.... maybe the scale was off or I was retaining a ton of water or???? But I'm ecstatically happy that I'm exactly one pound away from my Thanksgiving/Red Deer goal!!!!

http://members.shaw.ca/vicky.bennett/weight_loss.htm

I have no words to say....

In a nutshell, things are going pretty well for me. Mercedes is doing well in the US as she goes for her American Championship, I recently got a promotion at work, and my social life is heading in a good direction thanks to lavalife. So with things looking good, I don't have anything to gripe about on my blog :) I don't want to jinx anything so I can't talk about any of the above LOL!

However, tomorrow I'm getting a hair cut and it's the ever-stressful weigh in day. There is great potential for things to head south! LOL!

The greatest medical advancement of the 20th & 21st century....

Okay, it's probably not. But I do enjoy the "liquid bandage". As mentioned previously, I have had a foot injury that has kept me out of the gym for about a week. It was just a crack in the skin on the ball of my foot but it made walking (let alone jumping up and down) very painful.

So I went to the drug store to pick up some "Nexcare Skin Crack Care" made by 3M. This stuff ROCKS!!!! It looks like a tiny bottle of clear nail polish but it smells an awful lot like gin LOL. I just brush it on the skin crack, give it a minute to dry, and then go about my daily duties (including step classes at the gym) with little to no pain! Thank-you 3M :)

There are other brands that do basically the same thing but I've never tried them so I can't speak to their gloriousness or lack thereof. The 3M package I bought came with a sample tube of skin cream. Since I do enjoy a freebie I decided to purchase the 3M product. And thus, I am now recommending their product to all my "blog-buddies". :)

I'm starting to hate Wednesdays

Wednesday.... weigh in day. Even if I've had a loss it's still a very stressful day. However, this week I know I will have a gain. There's no way I could possibly have a loss. But that's okay... I've accepted that. Thanksgiving dinner (whose idea was it to make Thanksgiving dinner a festival of carbs and fats?) with all the leftovers and extras I ate throughout the week, combined with hardly any trips to the gym due to a foot injury means I have definitely gained weight.

Unfortunately this means that I will not reach my Thanksgiving goal weight. However, that doesn't mean that I'm giving up. I just have to keep soldiering onward to reach my Red Deer show goal weight. The Red Deer show weigh in date will be November 8th. I have a little less than a month to try and reach my next goal. Wish me luck :)

UPDATE: as predicted, I have a gain of 2.8 lbs!!!! That means I would have to lose 12.2lbs in 4 weeks or about 3 lbs per week to make my Red Deer goal on November 8th. That's not healthy so I'm adjusting that goal to be a loss of 7.2lbs (what my Thanksgiving goal was). If it's realistic then I'm hoping that'll help me try harder to reach it :) Wish me luck again :)

The pros and cons of hosting Thanksgiving Dinner....

CONS

• It's a LOT of work. More than I expected. There's the prep work (cleaning up the house, doing some unpacking in my case LOL, and buying the food). Then the cooking... no amount of prep work can keep me out of the kitchen while my company is socializing in the living room... there's just too much to do. Then of course there is the clean up afterwards. This is only made bearable by the fact that I have a dishwasher... I wouldn't host Thanksgiving without it :)
• You have to be gracious. Your guests may say or do something you don't like or take offense to but you have to grin and bear it.

PROS

• You don't have to drive home afterwards... you're already there :)
• You get to enjoy the clean house you worked so hard to scrub the day before
• You (and the dogs) get first dibs on leftovers
• You get to work on your domesticity skills
• You don't have to leave your dogs for the duration of the party (although they may have to be confined in order to keep some order amid the chaos LOL)

Xpresspost is a big scam

So figure this one out....

A few weeks ago I sent a package to a friend using Xpresspost. It cost about $25 to ship it and although they promised 10 days, it got there in a little over 2 weeks. Hmmmm, not so speedy.

Then I sent another package this week to the same friend using regular mail (only $5 instead of $20 and there was no rush this time) and it got there in only 3 days!!! What's the deal with that?

The moral of the story is... don't bother using Xpresspost. The mail will get there when it gets there no matter how much you pay for shipping.

There's nothing more frustrating than.... (this is a rant with foul language!)

There is absolutely NOTHING in this world that is more frustrating than working your god damn ASS off for something and not getting it! Yes, it's Wednesday. Yes, I weighed in today.

I have been SOOOOO good all week as I really wanted to reach my Thanksgiving goal (next week) and I had 3.6 lbs to go. This past week I went to the gym 6 times (5 is my goal so I EXCEEDED it), and was vigilant about what I ate. I drank lots of water. I took my vitamins and made sure I had enough veggies and dairy. I tried SOOOOOO hard. So I'm sure you can imagine my frustration when I went to weigh in today only to find that I had GAINED 0.8lbs!!!!!! So now I have to lose 4.4lbs to make my goal for next week!!!!!

Trying to figure out why I gained instead of lost is even more frustrating. I mean, whatever I did wrong, I want to rectify it. Did I work out too much and eat too little and my body went into mild starvation mode? If so, I want to adjust that by eating a little more and working out less. However, that goes against everything I have ever learned about weight loss and I really hesitate to go there.

Or perhaps I had the mild gain because of my cycle. Weight loss is (as are so many other things) for sure related to the menstural cycle.... oh the joys of being a woman. I could blame the gain on that as my last slight gain was exactly 4 weeks ago. It seems to work that way... 3 weeks of loss and 1 week of maintain/gain. But that's a pretty big gain to blame on "Aunty Flo". So who knows!?!?!

So after the ultra-frustrating weigh in, I went to the gym to work out and grabbed a sub from Subway (6" turkey on wheat) and a latte (non-fat, sugar free) from Starbucks. As much as I'm tempted to throw in the towel and eat pizza and ice cream in front of the TV, I have to soldier on, stick to plan, and get through this. I haven't reached my goals yet!