New TV season

hey, welcome back. First of all, let me just say that I am still out from work. Yesterday I went to see the employee health nurse but she did not clear me to go back to work. Since the wound is still open and draining there is still a chance of infection so she didn't want me running around like that. So here I am, one more week at home. Have to go back and see her monday am and we'll see how it goes.

Spent yesterday evening watching all new episodes. I guess NBC will be the network to watch on Monday evenings. Watched Chuck which is a new show altogether. The pilot was pretty good, it might have some potential. But then again, if it's not a smash hit from the beginning it won't last long. Heroes was pretty good but it's a serial and the only reason I still watch it's because it has to do w/people who have superpowers so I think that's cool. After that was Journeyman which is about time traveling. God, I am such a geek! But that's okay. The only confusing thing about this one (as if time traveling wasn't confusing in and of itself) was why and how was this guy doing the time traveling. We were never told how it was possible for him to be doing that. Maybe as the show progresses but that sucked. Remember Quantum Leap where you knew right off the bat that it was a result of an experiment? Well, on this one we are never told how the time traveling is done. Other than that I thought it was pretty good because the guy goes back and alters events and affected the future somehow. Cool. It was also the premiere of Dancing with the Stars but I wasn't really tempted to watch it because the whole performing then having to watch again to see the results is getting kinda old. Yeah, yeah, just give me the story and wrap it up as soon as possible, I don't want to have to tune in again to find out what happened. Plus, the celebrities that come out...well....I really find them boring. I don't feel like, wow, I wanna watch. BORING!!!

This weekend went to see Rush Hour 3 and I have to say I liked it. I thought it was funny, it kept me laughing. Okay, so maybe the story wasn't Oscar worthy but it was just a simple comedy, people, get over it. You know how alot of the movies coming out now have to do with either Iraq or terrorists. Gees, lighten up. People don't want to be all depressed when they go to the movies. At least I don't. Case in point, the new movie that came out In The Valley of Elah didn't event make a splash.

Tonight is must watch tv night. The season premieres of Bones and House are tonight. Been looking forward to that all summer long. Well, not really, but it's cool.

Friday Anyone?

Just here enjoying my last weekday off until probably Thanksgiving. Yep, it's time to get back to work. It's good in a way because I was getting cabin fever here but bad because I haven't completely healed yet but I'll just have to do the best I can. Maybe this weekend we'll even make it to the movies. It's been awhile because I hadn't been able to sit for long periods of time but I guess this is as good a time as any. It'll have to be a short film, like a comedy or something.

Was actually watching Dr Phil yesterday but only because the topic was people who get plastic surgery to get rid of their ethnic features. Like, for example, asian women who get their eyes done to get that fold in their eyelids to make themselves seem less asian or the italian guy who wanted to get a nose job to get rid of his trademark big italian nose (that's how they put it on the show). Personally, I think if you have the means to do it, go for it. You can never change your ethnicity on the inside so the outside is no big deal. Personally I don't think I have any ethnic features, unless you count the color of my hair, eyes or skin but they were talking about big nose, eyes, or the like. If I did and I could have surgery done I wouldn't blink twice.

Last night was the two hour season finale of Burn Notice. I was able to watch the 1st hour but unfortunately I fell asleep on the 2nd hour. Maybe they'll show it again this weekend (I'm pretty sure they are, this is, after all, cable tv). I was hesitant about getting too involved in the series itself because some new shows don't get to a second season but this one is coming back in the summer. It wasn't like, wow, this is a great show, but it's worth a second look. Tonight is a new episode of Dr Who, probably the season finale too, but I can't wait.

One More Week

The weekend has come and gone and it's time to start the week again. This time it's a good thing but I'll be going back to work on Monday. I'm doing a whole lot better now. As of now the wound hasn't completely healed but it's looking promising. It's a whole (no pun intended) smaller and hopefully this week it will fare better. Spent the weekend shopping. Bought some clothes and shoes and stuff. Maybe this week I can go and try to do something with my hair. The last idiot that cut it didn't do a very good job.

Bought 3 more books to read: Stephen King's "Carrie" to celebrate Banned Books Week next week, Jonathan Kellerman's "Gone" and Dean Koontz "Velocity". Started reading the JK one because it has mostly psych stuff and that seems to intrigue me. Finished reading Marker this weekend and I have to admit it was pretty good. Maybe it's because I read it with very few interruptions and I was able to get into the story. Whatever the case, I also updated my spreadsheet that lists all the books in my library and then I decided to get rid of some of them. Those deemed "OK" don't quite make the grade so I pulled them out. Will give them away to someone else--maybe they'll do better then. I need the space on the bookshelf anyway. I don't want it cluttered with books that I know I won't pick up again...so...

Turned to the newspaper this am with disappointment. I was right about the Emmys. None of my favorites won. Big surprise there, huh? I'm glad I didn't waste 3 hours of my day watching that. Anyways, I was watching The Dead Zone. It was the season finale and it was alright. Now that his son is getting older he's starting to see things too. Last night he hit his head in an altercation and had a vision, just like his dad. There's one more week of reruns before the new season begins, although some shows are premiering this week but it's mostly next week. I have my trusty list of shows I wanna watch here but I have to wait.

Almost the Weekend

Hey, just here listening to Jack--funny as usual. It's almost the weekend and I just realized that it doesn't mean much around here. But onto other things, I'm still reading the Robin Cook book and I have to admit it's pretty interesting. Or maybe it's because I've been able to read it w/out interruptions like I usually get when I try to read it @ work. Anyways, I'm more than half done so pretty soon I'm gonna have to go looking for more. Next week is "Banned Books" week and I'm thinking of going to go buy one just because I can.

I bought the current issue of TV Guide last name and it also had some stuff on the Emmy awards which will be on this weekend. Now usually I don't watch it because a)it's supper long and b) the same people always win. I don't plan to watch it this year either but just for fun let me tell you who I'm rooting for:

comedy series-hmmm, I don't really care for any of the shows nominated so...let me guess...either Entourage (because it's an HBO) show or Ugly Betty will win. I have no favorites here.
drama series-I'm of course rooting for House but I'm pretty sure The Sopranos will win because they always do, especially since this was their last year on the air. Figures.
lead actor in a comedy-my fave is Tony Shalhoub. He's won before so maybe he will again.
lead actress in a comedy-Julia Louis-Dreyfus is funny on her show but since that lady from Desperate Housewives is also nominated I'm pretty sure she'll win (sex always sells)
lead actor in a drama-without a doubt I'm rooting for Hugh Laurie but of course James Gandolfini will probably win because he's on The Sopranos
lead actress in a drama-hm..Kyra Sedgwick is my fave here but again, Edie Falco will probably win (The Sopranos)
supporting actor (comedy)-no favorite here but Jon Cryer is funny..oh, never mind, there's 2 guys from Entourage..moving on ...
supporting actress (comedy)-nope, no fave either but I guess if I have to name one, it'd be that lady from 2 1/2 men
supporting actor (drama)-rooting for Masi Oka but he's surrounded by nominees from The Sopranos and Lost :(
supporting actress (drama)-don't really care about this one, don't watch, don't like any of those stupid shows

The other categories I couldn't care less about. I'll just wait for the newspaper to see who won. I'm not about to waste my time watching the broadcast. Anyways, The Dead Zone has the season finale on that day so...tomorrow they have the season finales for Monk, Psych, and Dr Who. Now those are shows. I know, I have weird taste in shows but IT ROCKS!!!!!!!

Still Homebound

It is now week 4 of being home--it is getting kinda old but i can't go back to work yet, i still haven't fully healed. Went to see the md friday and he was surprised at how quick i was healing. He still gave me 2 weeks off but that i could go back as soon as i was comfortable doing so. I'm just waiting for the wound to close completely before i attempt to go back. I just don't want to risk any kind of infection or anything like that. Yes, i can be paranoid and a bit of a hypochondriac but i do not want to go through this again. It had been more that 20 years since i had to have some kind of surgery but i was still a nervous wreck. Even though it was just for a few hours i would not want to go through it again. Plus, it takes forever to get back to a normal life. But i'm doing so much better now and hopefully i'll be better soon.

the weekend was spent doing stuff around the house and guess what? I finally got my vanity closet. It looks so cool. We bought a closet system and set it up in the bedroom. Our intention is to close it off and make a closet but that will come later. In the meantime everything was taken out of the old closet (shelfs and stuff) and it was transformed into a vanity closet with lights and a mirror. It looks so cool, thanks to my awesome husband who can make anything out of nothing. He is brilliant with these kinds of things. There's a lot more that needs to be done with it like adding a shelf or two but it looks cool for now.

I was reading about the new fall schedule yesterday and I found out that The Dresden Files won't be returning. Figures! Supposedly because the main actor moved on to another series. Too bad, I thought it was a cool show. The summer shows are having their season finales this week just in time for the fall schedule. There's gonna be some pretty cool shows coming on but you know how it is, don't want to get too excited since nowadays they don't stand much of a chance.

Since I'm spending more time at home right now I'm doing more writing. Wrote a couple of more poems and I finally started taking notes for that book I want to write. It's gonna take a awhile but I'm a little excited about it now. Wish me luck.

Gotta go, things to do!!!!

House Arrest-Day 15

Well, not really house arrest but it sure feels like it. Can't go anywhere right now because this wound hasn't healed yet. But it's looking very promising. This Friday I have a follow up appt w/the dr and we'll see what happens next. I'm just waiting for the office to fill out the paperwork for the fmla leave so I can drop them off at work. I'll probably have to go by in a couple of days.

This weekend we bought a movie to watch @ home since I really shouldn't go out yet--it was Hannibal Rising. It was pretty good. I think it was supposed to be the prequel to Silence of the Lambs that explains how the guy ended up as Hannibal the Cannibal. It was interesting and who can blame the guy for turning out the way he did. He was screwed up as a kid.

Right now I'm just waiting for the new tv season to start. Everything else on tv is crap. Except for The Closer and the USA network shows everything else is "seen it". Was checking out online the summary of new shows and it looks promising. Not too many reality shows. YAY!! I just hope they give the new ones a fair chance. Sometimes they just show a couple of episodes and consider them a loss if they aren't ratings giants. Oh, the new line up for Dancing With the Stars was announced too. Have to say I really don't feel like wow I gotta watch it. They do have a very diverse group but half of those I've never really heard of. I'll probably just watch it cuz I love to watch people dance. That's about it.

Hey, a few days ago Maggie was going crazy barking at something outside and this is what was in our front yard:
They only returned a couple of more times but we haven't seen them since. That's good cuz they're close to the main road here and I'd hate for them to get killed or what not. I just didn't want them here cuz then they get used to it and boy do they get loud sometimes believe it or not. Last time I saw them jump unto a tree. Freaked me out, I had never seen one jump that high. They can also be seen on top of the roof sometimes.

Anyways, started reading Robin Cook's "Marker" and it looks promising. From what I've read so far it is a page turner. It's a big book though it's probably going to take me awhile to finish it. Well, I've got nothing but time right now. I was looking through the Cooking Light magazines I have and tearing off the recipes that I want so I can throw out the magazine cuz they're cluttering up the kitchen. Even though we no longer subscribe we have like two years worth of magazines here. I'll probably just throw them in the recycle bin. I want to type them into my laptop for easy access. I found a chocolate chip cookie recipe that I want to try out today along with one for a grilled peanut butter and banana sandwich. It was honey and strawberries too. Sounded yummy so I yanked it out. We'll see how it turns out. I also need to finish my writing test today because it needs to go out tomorrow. So I better get going, have a lot of crap to do and it's already 3:30. Time's a wasting....