April 13, 2012
Dear Everyone:
Still recovering, oh so s-l-o-w-l-y from
The
Shingles (three weeks and counting.)
The worst of the rashes have died down, but some areas still want
to itch and/or ache in a blatant bid for attention.
Time will tell.
I had a one-year follow-up with my
hip surgeon;
actually with his “physician assistant”, who proclaimed me “fit as a
fiddle, come back in another year.”
And get more exercise.
I confess, I stopped using the “gym” across the
street when things got “busy” before Christmas.
I was planning to go back in January, but then I caught a cold.
And put it off. Cold
weather, getting my
Income Taxes done, any excuse is good.
Now I’m getting over The Shingles.
But I really,
really do plan to get back on
the treadmill, figuratively and literally.
Every time I see an ad for
Disneyland, I think, “Gotta get back
in shape so we can go to Disneyland!”
No better reason than that.
Plus, I’m still paying for
Rhapsody every month and haven’t used
my MP3 player in ages.
The way it works is:
You pay just under $15 each month, on your credit card.
This allows you to download all the “subscription” music you
want. As long as you log in
once each month and update the device.
Then I can listen to all the music I want while I
walk and cycle in the oh-so-convenient gym across the street.
Starting next week.
When The Shingles are completely gone.
In other news…
“Jeannie” didn’t have “any work” last Monday, so we
went to see Mirror, Mirror. This is
a new movie based, ever so loosely, on the
Snow White fairy tale, with
Julia Roberts as the evil queen/stepmother.
Nathan Lane has a field day playing the hapless courtier who
lives to grovel.
Lily Collins (I never heard of her either) portrays
the pretty princess with a touch of feminism.
Armie Hammer (yes, I checked, that really is his name) plays the
handsome prince. And the
usual assortment of dwarves.
Also, Sean Bean as the King who spends most of the movie Missing In
Action (MIA) until the Big Finish, which “Jeannie” predicted halfway
through the popcorn.
As a story goes, it was fun to watch.
What will be more interesting is to see if it gets nominated for
Best Costume Design—gorgeous
Eighteenth Century gowns—and/or
Set
Decoration—castle on a ridiculous promontory reminiscent of the
Bavarian
fancies that dot the landscape in certain parts of Europe.
In any case, a pleasant way to spend a couple of
hours ending with a happy-go-lucky songfest having nothing to do with
anything.
Love, as always,
Pete
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