Saturday, April 5
9:21 p.m.
There’s nothing like sleeping in on the weekend. Granted, I don’t usually sleep in very late, I was up at 9:30, but it was delightful to wake up and not feel tired, to stretch and feel ready to get up and begin enjoying my waking hours. So, I fed the kitties and watered the plants.
I entered the kitchen and made a bowl of my gluten free oatmeal. After I ate, I ran the dishwasher and then charged the battery of my camera. I turned on the computer to check emails and then opened up my WordPress account. I decided it was time for a change. I didn’t feel like the design template really reflected me or my work.
When my camera battery was finished charging, I took a bunch of random photos of my feet. There’s a local modeling opportunity for sandals. I have always been told I have cute feet – well, they’re small. I don’t know if feet can really be cute. But, I figured why not send some photos and see what happens?
After, I got back on the computer and began the customized designwork of the photos that make up my new blog header. I like it. It shows my personality and makes the blog look more authentic, I think.
Meantime, I relaxed in front of the television and watched movies. It was dark and rainy outside, so I wasn’t really motivated to do much else. First, the movie She’s All That was on. Okay, not quite a classic, but I grew up in the John Hughes high school movie era, so, I can put up with a teenaged prom flick now and again.
Next, the 1998 film Great Expectations, an adaptation of Charles Dickens classic, came on. It starred Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Bancroft, Robert Dinero, Hank Azaria and Chris Cooper. The soundtrack is especially great, which I have on CD. This is by no means a great movie, but it has its moments. I like Gwyneth’s green wardrobe. She wears green throughout the movie until the end, when they meet again at her aunts decrepit plantation, she’s all relaxed and glowing in cream and off-whites. Anyway, the thing about Great Expectations (the novel and the movie versions), I am terrified I’m going to become an embittered Ms. Havisham, calloused by a former love who broke her heart and, never able to bounce back again, was left alone with her adopted daughter, Estella, to wither in her decrepit estate that’s lost in time. She’s the ultimate old woman with her cats!
After I gave my blog its new facelift, I stayed up to watch Saturday Night Live because Christopher Walken was hosting. He is the classic and ultimate SNL host. He always does his skits in a way that it’s obvious he’s reading straight from the teleprompt, but it kind of adds to the humor of his performances. It was a funny show, but lackluster compared to his classic skits like his Blue Oyster Cult -More Cowbell genius or his classic Continental hilarity. The best skit tonight was a Walken Family Reunion, where all the SNL cast come out as his family members, impersonating him, as he played himself. That was pretty funny. I fell asleep before the show ended.
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