An Update!
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jadecatSeems like I have the hardest time actually getting around to posting an update with any actual information... There is good, there is bad, and when there is bad I don't tend to feel like posting much.
The good- Hubby got himself an honest-to-goodness LPN job!!! YAY!! There was much rejoicing. The pay- it is better, the hours- are full time (after telling him they didn't hire students into full time positions). About those hours... they include every other weekend. Which is not so good, but manageable for the next 6 months.
The not-so-good, but manageable- School has started for the hubby again, and with this work schedule it means that our time together with be drastically decreased. We won't even be able to have lunch together most days (which is what really helped in the past with his working evenings). So this leaves me bummed.
The other frustration is the bigger one. So I've been trying to get healthier and drop a few pounds. Diet modifications (eating more fruits and veggies, watching portion sizes) and exercise are supposed to accomplish this- yes? Well apparently no, not if you're me. I've been careful about how much I'm eating (and what I'm eating) and getting on the Ellipse almost everyday- and I'm still gaining weight (not 'ooh, it's muscle', more 'ARGH! my stupid pants are too tight and I bought them a month ago!!'). This is what's reduced me to tears a couple times lately. It would be one thing if I were just sitting around complaining, this time I'm actually trying to do something (and have been for a little while now) and it's not working!
So what's a girl to do? At this point I'm just trying to keep on keepin' on and hope something turns around for me. I don't know of anything else to do!
In other news, I've been reintroduced to soap operas- via YouTube. Most recently I've started an interested in As The World Turns- which I never watched before. I've started watching a bit (again, from YouTube because I have no TV channels at home) because they've started a gay romance storyline. See, there's this character - Luke- who is a gay teen who came out a year or so ago. He's part of one of the central families, and is more of a 'main' character than former gay storylines have used. So they brought in a love interest- and as of a week ago Friday they actually kissed. Yup, daytime tv showed two boys kissing- and we're not just talking a quick peck either. About time, thinks I. So I'm keeping an eye out to see how far they take this confused and conflicted (in true soap opera style!) relationship.
This brought my to remembering the olden days (i.e. High School) when I thought it would be so much fun to write for soap operas, and when I was trying to keep up with somewhere between 3-6 soaps at any one time. Made possible by the 2 VCRs in my room (and yeah, I really don't know how that managed to be the case... something about siblings in college I think). Soaps were great fun because almost anything was possible, and the more emotional and twisted the better! What fun for a writer! One of the soaps I was watching was Santa Barbara, and I was so very bummed when it got canceled. So I've been searching YouTube for SB clips, and was so happy to find several for Warren and BJ, my couple of choice (the last episode of the show was their wedding). Sydney Penny played BJ- and was also the young girl in The Thornbirds- a show I was fascinated with as a youngin (ie when it first aired) but that I missed a lot of as I wasn't allowed to stay up for the entire thing every night. Warren was played by Jack Wagner, so there was a bit of an age gap for BJ and Warren.... is anyone sensing a theme here? ;)
But! There aren't enough SB clips! Ah well. I do have the last few episodes on tape, but I don't know how much longer the tape will last... and at this point I have no idea how to convert it to DVD... I should maybe learn. The VCR already has a few issues playing the tape.
So... yeah, that's the end of my ramble for now. How are you?
The good- Hubby got himself an honest-to-goodness LPN job!!! YAY!! There was much rejoicing. The pay- it is better, the hours- are full time (after telling him they didn't hire students into full time positions). About those hours... they include every other weekend. Which is not so good, but manageable for the next 6 months.
The not-so-good, but manageable- School has started for the hubby again, and with this work schedule it means that our time together with be drastically decreased. We won't even be able to have lunch together most days (which is what really helped in the past with his working evenings). So this leaves me bummed.
The other frustration is the bigger one. So I've been trying to get healthier and drop a few pounds. Diet modifications (eating more fruits and veggies, watching portion sizes) and exercise are supposed to accomplish this- yes? Well apparently no, not if you're me. I've been careful about how much I'm eating (and what I'm eating) and getting on the Ellipse almost everyday- and I'm still gaining weight (not 'ooh, it's muscle', more 'ARGH! my stupid pants are too tight and I bought them a month ago!!'). This is what's reduced me to tears a couple times lately. It would be one thing if I were just sitting around complaining, this time I'm actually trying to do something (and have been for a little while now) and it's not working!
So what's a girl to do? At this point I'm just trying to keep on keepin' on and hope something turns around for me. I don't know of anything else to do!
In other news, I've been reintroduced to soap operas- via YouTube. Most recently I've started an interested in As The World Turns- which I never watched before. I've started watching a bit (again, from YouTube because I have no TV channels at home) because they've started a gay romance storyline. See, there's this character - Luke- who is a gay teen who came out a year or so ago. He's part of one of the central families, and is more of a 'main' character than former gay storylines have used. So they brought in a love interest- and as of a week ago Friday they actually kissed. Yup, daytime tv showed two boys kissing- and we're not just talking a quick peck either. About time, thinks I. So I'm keeping an eye out to see how far they take this confused and conflicted (in true soap opera style!) relationship.
This brought my to remembering the olden days (i.e. High School) when I thought it would be so much fun to write for soap operas, and when I was trying to keep up with somewhere between 3-6 soaps at any one time. Made possible by the 2 VCRs in my room (and yeah, I really don't know how that managed to be the case... something about siblings in college I think). Soaps were great fun because almost anything was possible, and the more emotional and twisted the better! What fun for a writer! One of the soaps I was watching was Santa Barbara, and I was so very bummed when it got canceled. So I've been searching YouTube for SB clips, and was so happy to find several for Warren and BJ, my couple of choice (the last episode of the show was their wedding). Sydney Penny played BJ- and was also the young girl in The Thornbirds- a show I was fascinated with as a youngin (ie when it first aired) but that I missed a lot of as I wasn't allowed to stay up for the entire thing every night. Warren was played by Jack Wagner, so there was a bit of an age gap for BJ and Warren.... is anyone sensing a theme here? ;)
But! There aren't enough SB clips! Ah well. I do have the last few episodes on tape, but I don't know how much longer the tape will last... and at this point I have no idea how to convert it to DVD... I should maybe learn. The VCR already has a few issues playing the tape.
So... yeah, that's the end of my ramble for now. How are you?
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Date: 2007-08-27 10:17 pm (UTC)I've tried to get back into them at times, but never could. The best I could do was falling in love with Capitain Mal (Nathan Fillion) when he was Joey Buchannan on One Life To Live, and then I kept watching that for Marty and her thing with Todd, and eventually when she went to Ireland and met Patrick. Ahhh...those were the days. I love the fact that Susan Haskell and Thorsten Kaye are together and have two kids.
I watched General Hospital when they had the whole AIDS storyline with Stone and Robin... and then of course the Jack/Patch/Kayla goodness on Days of Our Lives... and the following Tanner (man I loved Michael Eastman!) storyline.
I think I like the soaps the best in the summer time, when they have the Teen stories rather than the usual adult fare. It becomes so much more interesting...
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Date: 2007-08-28 01:41 am (UTC)Patch and Kayla are apparently back on Days... so I hear. And yeah, Micheal Eastman was so pretty when he was on Days. I didn't realize Susan Haskell and Thorsten Kaye were actually a couple in real life. Neat.
Hmm, it looks like he who played Todd Manning on OLTL is now on ATWT.
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Date: 2007-08-28 02:04 am (UTC)I was a Todd Manning fan girl back in the day.
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Date: 2007-08-28 12:17 pm (UTC)You and me both. ;) I found an old tape the other day with OLTL on it, and there he was, arguing with Dorian (Apparently Blair was in a coma and Todd and Dorian were arguing about custody). And there he was with that sexy long hair...
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Date: 2007-08-28 03:37 am (UTC)Yes, Roger Howarth is over there... it's funny though... as much as I loved Todd as an evil guy, I was always disconcerned when they tried to make him a "good" guy after the whole rape storyline. Apparently I wasn't the only one, since that's why he LEFT OLTL!
And Vincent Irizarry is on another soap too...
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Date: 2007-08-28 12:28 pm (UTC)Todd seemed to go back and forth on things, and never really seemed to know if he was a good guy or a bad guy at heart. He left the show for awhile, then came back, and yeah... They have redeemed former rapists in the past- think Luke on GH, but it's difficult.
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Date: 2007-08-28 05:23 pm (UTC)I liked Vincent's look, but that totally falls into "my type", mostly because he kinda reminds me of Michael Praed who is all kinds of nummy goodness. Stephen Nichols was good too... I remember running home to watch the wedding on the boat when I was taking tennis lessons one summer. Priorities priorities! And Jack... Jack was good at being bad.
Easton on the motorcycle... with the long hair. Mmmm....
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Date: 2007-08-29 02:08 pm (UTC)It's okay, we don't have to share the same type. ;) Makes sharing that much easier. *laughs*
I must say though that my forray into ATWT has turned out to be fun. Dixie from AMC is on there too- as a girl for Paul (Roger Howarth)!! Apparently she just woke up from a 2 year coma. Should be interesting. Plus I can watch complete episodes from their website. Now I just need to get DSL at home...