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At lunch wandered around Rufus King Park, where I heard a young man arguing on a cell phone about how he did not want to hustle for the drug deals and preferred just being a supplier. For a minute I thought, I'd fallen into an episode of Breaking Bad. Half way around the park, passed a bunch of older men playing dominoes, one told me that I was very attractive and asked if I was "married" yet? I decided to lie and say yes.

Other than that and well a nasty article I read about the nitwits in the evil Tea Party (and yes, the Tea Party is evil - evil, I say, eviiil or just insanely moronic.) who don't want government workers to have any pension (less said about that the better), a lovely day. (Wait Donald Trump is threatening to run for President? He was just on NY1 threatening it. Oookay.) Taking tomorrow off. Work gives my b-day off so I take it. Yesterday, the universe or God, depending on your beliefs, decided to give me English Toffee as a birthday gift. (OR maybe it was just Whole Foods). What happened? Ah. I went to the Union Square Whole Foods after doc appt. which was located in the area. Whole Foods or so I've been told has a great "gluten-free" section (it does by the way, snagged some cinnamon buns, corn muffin toaster cakes, and frozen fudge brownies. Another patron talked me out of getting the frosted cupcakes - which were also frozen - that and frozen frosted cupcakes aren't that appealing. At least you can heat up brownies.) Anyhow, after wandering about, finally found the section, and decided against better judgment to splurge on $14.96 chocolat and peanut coated English Toffee by way of Nashville. Thought as I picked it up, really wish someone would give me this for my birthday.

Spent about twenty minutes standing in the most bizarre grocery check-out line on the planet. They have color-coded lines, with a screen which calls out numbers of checkout counters with the number scrolling by. There's about eight lines, and 30 checkout counters. The counters are about two spaces away from the lines. It's the weirdest thing I've seen, but a great space saver. Very hard to describe. Just imagine a bunch of checkout islands with little numbered lights. Then two flat screens with colored strips, and numbers occassionally rolling down them, in front of two sets of lines, four on one side, food rack, four on the other side. And a computer voice calling out checkout numbers. Yes, it's the grocery store of the future!

Anywho...I get called to the checkout line and they try to scan the toffee and it doesn't scan. So the cashier tells me that they are going to give me the toffee for free because it won't scan. Consider it a gift. Score!

Tomorrow...is my free day to do with whatever I please, even if that is to sleep blessedly late, eat cinnamon buns, lounge in pajamas, play on the net, and wander off to get a massage around
2pm.

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From most of my flist - the best video I've seen in quite some time regarding Women and Equality.
This is for International Women's Day:

Also watched a bit of a Buffy convention with Claire Kramer, James Marsters, and Nicholas Brendan.
Made me really respect and love Nick Brendan. He's hilarious and refuses to take himself too seriously. Also made me realize - that Brendan is what made Xander likable, not the writing. Although I don't know why he hates "Beer Bad" so much, it was a hilarious episode. (shrug)

Off to watch Glee. And maybe have some hot coco with marshmellows.

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Just watched Glee and when did Gwenyth Paltrow's acting slide down-hill? I liked her in Shakespeare in Love, well more or less. Possibly around the same time she decided she was a singer?

The best bits of Glee were the scenes on homosexuality, which are a bit jarring since the rest of the show is pure satire. These weren't. Adored the scene between Kurt and his Dad which jarred against Holly's similar discussions with Santana and Britney.

Musical numbers not that great...mostly because I've come to the conclusion that Gwenyth Paltrow is not that good a singer. I think if I liked her better....but I'm apparently in the minority, since EW always raves about her. And she's a big draw. Which means, we will be seeing a lot more of her. Personally? I preferred Kristen Chenworth - who has a better voice and is a better actress, not to mention prettier, but that's just me.

Also saw House last night - which pulled off a rather unique dream sequence episode. It depicted fairly clearly what is wrong with the Cuddy/House relationship and why it can't last. Also why House can't have a sustainable relationship with anyone. He puts himself first. And will do just about anything to hide from or avoid or anethesize pain. Fascinating character study. Also shows why Wilson can't not be friends with House - Wilson's need to take care people, save them, inadvertently enabling in the process - is classic codependency. Sherlock Holmes had similar issues.

Spending more time reading and writing lately than watching tv. Not sure why. DVR is filled up to 50% capacity. I should watch my backlog of Being Human, Supernatural, Nikita, and Smallville episodes at some point. Although did make headway with Justified - which continues to be tightly written and brilliant on all counts. The Good Wife may be my favorite tv show, but Justified is the best written. Also Tim Olyphant is simply put, hot. Also loving Walter Coggins - who plays Raylin's old friend Crowder. Wish there were some stronger and more interesting female characters - although Mags (the new villain), Jools (the black female marshal), and Ava show promise.