Long time, no write
I have been so busy the past month... baseball season is kicking in... there's a bond issue on the May 2 ballot that is evil and must be vanquished... plus work and keeping my oldest child from flunking out of the 6th grade... AND I've got my country's 500th anniversary to plan, my wedding to arrange, my wife to murder and Guilder to frame for it... I'm swamped!
And I haven't been reading and writing as much as should have. Why? Because I discovered the Soap Net plays today's episode of "General Hospital" every evening at 10pm. And I can't stop watching!
Now, I really haven't been able to keep up with my soaps since the early 80's when I was in college and Luke and Laura got married. I'd get caught up in them during maternity leaves, but they never really stuck. Especially since kids who were born on the show while I was home with last child 8 years ago, are now teenagers and banging every living person in town.
But now that I can actually watch it on a daily basis, it's like only taking one puff of crack cocaine... it's not enough. And the show is bad... the story lines, the acting... and the actors who've been on the show since I started watching almost thirty years ago look like the "after" photos a lawyer would use during a plastic surgery malpractice suit.
Every night, I climb into my bed with my book, vowing not to watch another episode, but at 9:55, my hand starts creeping toward the remote and it starts all over again. I have to know if Sam has confronted Alexis about giving her up at birth. Or if Emily and Sonny have broken up or been killed by Sonny's enemies in the mob. Actually, the relationship is so ill-conceived and convoluted, I'm rooting for the mob hit.
But I'm going to stop. Starting tonight. I'm going to finish reading my book (A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby) and start another. If I don't, they're going to kick me out of the geek club.
Later...
Gave in and watched Friday's episode. Sonny and Emilyare sadly, still alive and pissing off everying in town with their idiotic relationship. Sam still hasn't told Alexis that she is her long-lost daughter and it's been, what, four freaking weeks since she found out? Inconceivable!
But I did finish the Nick Hornby book. And I know why I wasn't rushing to finish it... while it was well-written, the plot was rather lame. So, maybe it was just the total idiocy of the book rather than weakness of character that kept me watching "General Hospital".
We'll see on Monday at 10pm.....
THE SUPREME WISDOM OF THE QUEENOSHEBA
Never get involved in land war in Asia. And never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.
**All words in lavender were stolen from the most excellent movie ever, "The Princess Bride"
And I haven't been reading and writing as much as should have. Why? Because I discovered the Soap Net plays today's episode of "General Hospital" every evening at 10pm. And I can't stop watching!
Now, I really haven't been able to keep up with my soaps since the early 80's when I was in college and Luke and Laura got married. I'd get caught up in them during maternity leaves, but they never really stuck. Especially since kids who were born on the show while I was home with last child 8 years ago, are now teenagers and banging every living person in town.
But now that I can actually watch it on a daily basis, it's like only taking one puff of crack cocaine... it's not enough. And the show is bad... the story lines, the acting... and the actors who've been on the show since I started watching almost thirty years ago look like the "after" photos a lawyer would use during a plastic surgery malpractice suit.
Every night, I climb into my bed with my book, vowing not to watch another episode, but at 9:55, my hand starts creeping toward the remote and it starts all over again. I have to know if Sam has confronted Alexis about giving her up at birth. Or if Emily and Sonny have broken up or been killed by Sonny's enemies in the mob. Actually, the relationship is so ill-conceived and convoluted, I'm rooting for the mob hit.
But I'm going to stop. Starting tonight. I'm going to finish reading my book (A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby) and start another. If I don't, they're going to kick me out of the geek club.
Later...
Gave in and watched Friday's episode. Sonny and Emilyare sadly, still alive and pissing off everying in town with their idiotic relationship. Sam still hasn't told Alexis that she is her long-lost daughter and it's been, what, four freaking weeks since she found out? Inconceivable!
But I did finish the Nick Hornby book. And I know why I wasn't rushing to finish it... while it was well-written, the plot was rather lame. So, maybe it was just the total idiocy of the book rather than weakness of character that kept me watching "General Hospital".
We'll see on Monday at 10pm.....
THE SUPREME WISDOM OF THE QUEENOSHEBA
Never get involved in land war in Asia. And never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.
**All words in lavender were stolen from the most excellent movie ever, "The Princess Bride"
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