Lately, I've been spending my evenings/nights multitasking on totally unimportant "tasks": watching a variety of television shows, playing Mah Jong Tiles, and looking at the social network sites. I'm pretty tired of the social networking and Mah Jong. Reading has been put on the back burner since none of the four books I'm in the middle of are particularly gripping (a couple are very well-written but slow going).
So that leaves television (and a smidgen of spring cleaning; my makeup and toiletry baskets are organized and my wardrobe reduced). What am I watching? All the crime shows I can and the Lifetime Movie Network.
We had a writer who used to use the Branch's computers for writing her self-help books. These self-help books included such topics as alcoholism and divorce. Her qualifications? Reading other self-help books, talking to people who have been through these difficulties, and Lifetime original movies.
I think my grandma was (and may still be) a fan of the channel too.
There are two themes that these movies use: kick-butt women (although, they are still very feminine and your run of the mill romance novel "strong") and women who are victims. Last night I watched a show with Diane Ladd who was in an abusive marriage, and when she tried to leave the guy he hired someone to knock her off. I also watched a movie (not a Lifetime original but aired on the station) about a woman whose sister died by falling off cliff. Turns out the woman's husband wanted her money and house so he sabotaged the rail on the cliff so she'd fall and die, but his scheme was thwarted when her sister fell through the rail instead. And the third movie (I only saw a quarter of it) was about a woman who took a trip to Mexico with her husband, but it turns out her husband had skeletons in his past and wife had to go against a crazy cult leader to save her kidnapped husband.
This is certainly too much Lifetime watching, not to mention too much television watching. Rusty is ashamed to call me wife and fears that I will end up conditioned to hate him. But there is an appeal to these kinds of shows and I have fallen victim to it!
1. After working long shifts and some overtime it is nice to not have to use one's brain and to sit and watch shows that don't take a considerable amount of brain power.
2. After spending all day helping patrons and managing staff, I don't want to socialize.
3. Watching other people's drama (no matter how far-fetched or how bad the acting is) helps me realize how lucky I am.
4. I find it inspiring and realize that I too could write these plots so maybe I do actually have some talent.
5. It is one of those guilty pleasures that will end in two weeks, when Rusty finishes working nights.
Also, warm weather is on the horizon and I almost feel more motivated to live life, rather than let it pass me by (see, winter holds me back so I should really live somewhere without the season).
So that leaves television (and a smidgen of spring cleaning; my makeup and toiletry baskets are organized and my wardrobe reduced). What am I watching? All the crime shows I can and the Lifetime Movie Network.
We had a writer who used to use the Branch's computers for writing her self-help books. These self-help books included such topics as alcoholism and divorce. Her qualifications? Reading other self-help books, talking to people who have been through these difficulties, and Lifetime original movies.
I think my grandma was (and may still be) a fan of the channel too.
There are two themes that these movies use: kick-butt women (although, they are still very feminine and your run of the mill romance novel "strong") and women who are victims. Last night I watched a show with Diane Ladd who was in an abusive marriage, and when she tried to leave the guy he hired someone to knock her off. I also watched a movie (not a Lifetime original but aired on the station) about a woman whose sister died by falling off cliff. Turns out the woman's husband wanted her money and house so he sabotaged the rail on the cliff so she'd fall and die, but his scheme was thwarted when her sister fell through the rail instead. And the third movie (I only saw a quarter of it) was about a woman who took a trip to Mexico with her husband, but it turns out her husband had skeletons in his past and wife had to go against a crazy cult leader to save her kidnapped husband.
This is certainly too much Lifetime watching, not to mention too much television watching. Rusty is ashamed to call me wife and fears that I will end up conditioned to hate him. But there is an appeal to these kinds of shows and I have fallen victim to it!
1. After working long shifts and some overtime it is nice to not have to use one's brain and to sit and watch shows that don't take a considerable amount of brain power.
2. After spending all day helping patrons and managing staff, I don't want to socialize.
3. Watching other people's drama (no matter how far-fetched or how bad the acting is) helps me realize how lucky I am.
4. I find it inspiring and realize that I too could write these plots so maybe I do actually have some talent.
5. It is one of those guilty pleasures that will end in two weeks, when Rusty finishes working nights.
Also, warm weather is on the horizon and I almost feel more motivated to live life, rather than let it pass me by (see, winter holds me back so I should really live somewhere without the season).
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