A Little Funny to Start the Year

from icanhascheezburger.com

What is it about "Sound of Music"

I'm watching "Sound of Music" on network TV. What is it about this show that makes me watch it every time I see that it's on? Is it the music? The love story? The general sense of warmth? All of the before?

No matter what, I enjoy watching it. It's a calming, happy traditional movie. It never changes. The lyrics are as familiar as always. I even find myself singing out loud to certain (if not most) of the songs.

(Completely related...my cats have left the room [and the floor] to escape the sound of my singing.)

Favorite scenes:

• Maria's singing on the hills.
  
• Maria's first appearance at the manor.
  
• Liesel and Rolf's dance to: "I am 16 going on 17...".
• The thunderstorm scene with all the kids.
  
• The dance...where the Captain and Maria dance (oh, the tension).
  
• The dance...when the children say goodnight (love the parody that Family Guy does too).
• Scene where Georg and Maria confess their love.
  
• Perhaps one of my most favorite, visually speaking,...the scene with Maria in the cathedral as she walks down the aisle with long train flowing as she steps toward the Captain.
• Singing at the festival...when they win and don't appear.
  
• The scene in the cemetery with Rolf...not sure why this is...but it is...something about the setting and the tense situation.
• And of course the scene where they cross the mountains by foot.

Anybody else watch it or have a favorite part?

Anyway...this is a favorite and I hope you enjoy it too. If not....well... :-p  Auf Wiedersehen to you and you and you.

...and Merry Christmas

It's been a rather...unremarkable day here in Webgal land. With the roads still awful, the snow still falling and absolutely no stores open, I've spent my day huddled on the couch with a blanket, my TiVo remote, my laptop, and the occasional cat.

But I'd still like to take a moment and wish everybody a Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas Eve

Well, I'm home from a day of family fun and Christmas enjoyment. Time to relax and catch up on my RSS feed. And what is this? Cute Overload has this posted:





And this....



Enjoy!

The Longest Day

Well, it's finally here. The Longest Day. This is my last work day of the year, so I know it will drag. (I took vacation for the days that aren't holidays.) And to top it off...freezing rain predicted today. Of course, it's a complicated storm that nobody can tell when the freezing rain will start...so I'm at work (rather than take an extra day off). And I will be at work until the freezing rain starts and THEN I'll go out on the roads. Hm. Not too smart.

Part of The Longest Day includes not wanting to work. At all. I can't even fathom it. (And so that's why I'm writing another blog entry)  There are about 2 other people here at work today, so I don't imagine any requests for web work. I'll mostly be starting at Google Analytics and sneaking peeks at Amazon and reading my RSS feed (hopefully others are blogging today too).

Oh...and one more thing...Happy Festivus. :)

What's Fat?

Yes, three posts in three days. A miracle!

I'm watching "Where are they now?" on Biggest Loser tonight. And for some reason, I hit a upon a thought.  The thought is that people don't understand. If you've never been fat, you don't understand how hard it is. Even today I read a Facebook status of Jillian Michaels that said she didn't understand how people gain weight over the holidays. That made me mad. She can't truly champion the overweight if she doesn't understand how easy it is to overeat during this time of year. It's not just the sweets. There's the emotional factor too.

I tend to keep my overeating to myself. You'll probably not see me do it. I'm a closet overeater. And lately, it's been out of control. I know it. I see it. I FEEL it. Yet, so far, I haven't stopped it. And yet I WANT to. I just can't seem to do it.

There are other factors at play that I've been thinking  about recently. Factors I need to deal with. But even now, I prefer to defer. And in the deferral, I defer my health. I defer my well being.

I know I'm making a choice. I just don't seem to make the right one right now. (a consistent problem for me)

But with time comes possibility for making the right choice. And I need to make that for myself. Not someone trying to help me make it (a coworker "helping me" by not telling me about treats or a family member saying something, anything about my weight or weight loss). I think I need people to stay silent about gains or losses. I NEED it. If someone asks me about "how it's going" I over-analyze that. No matter what. No matter your intentions.

Anyway...hopefully I can make my re-committal soon. I know it's a choice I just have to make. I know, I know, I know.

A Christmas-Time Scene

Scene: A Christmas tree with presents under it; cats and Webgal nearby resting, watching TV.

Actors: One cat by said tree (known as Goodcat), one cat sleeping on couch (known as Scratchycat), and one Webgal on couch watching TV

....and scene....

Goodcat makes noise by Christmas tree that makes Webgal turn to see what's going on.

Webgal:."No, Goodcat, that is not nice. No playing with the presents under the tree."

Scratchycat's ears perk up.

Goodcat continues making noise.

Scratchycat jumps down from safe, undestructive resting place to survey the situation.

Webgal sighs in resignation and figures packages will be full of scratches by morning.

End scene.