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I drifted off to sleep while attempting to revise my novel again. I keep thinking I should give up on it, but can't quite.

* Blogger Day: This day was created to celebrate Blogger, one of the oldest blogging sites. Did you ever have a blog on Blogger? What about on any other blogging sites (aside from Dreamwidth/LiveJournal), e.g. WordPress? Have you ever hosted a blog on your own webspace?

Yes. I had a blog on blogger - it didn't last long. I don't like Blogger. Sorry. Also have one on Wordpress - https://outriderchronicles.wordpress.com, which is slightly easier to use. But Firefox is blocking it for some bizarre reason. I'm rarely on it anyhow.

* Friendship Day: Do friendships change over time? Is friendship important to you? What is your definition of a good friend? Do you think you're a good friend?

I like the answer that I stole from slaymesoftly.

"Friendships do change over time. Interests change, people move away, and so on. Although some people can remain friends for a very long time-just perhaps with less intensity than at one time. I think FB, for all its faults, has helped people remain friends as it's easy to stay in contact and be aware of what's going on in each other's lives. Friendship is important to me, but I'm pretty sure I suck at it most of the time."

I found it comforting - and pretty much how I feel about friendship at the moment. People come and go in life - whether they are friends, co-workers, family members, lovers, acquaintances, neighbors or all of the above.

I've decided we meet each other on this path we're all on in life or our journey (whatever you wish to call it) and they stick with us for a time, then a fork comes along in the road and they go that way, and we go this way. Sometimes their path crosses ours again, and for a bit we travel together, sometimes it's just briefly, and sometimes it's for a long time.
We don't have much control over it, and while we can choose to travel with them or not to a degree, most of the time, it lies outside of our control.

I am having issues with Wales again. So I needed to see that today, to remind me that people come and go. And life is what it is. Wales and I don't necessarily share similar tastes in movies, books and television shows. She wanted to see Barbie and had no interest in Oppenheimer - really nixed it (kind of meanly, actually - no worries, I'm seeing it with movie buddy). And she is hard to see movies with. Also she gets upset with me - if I don't want to do what she wants to do. She's a high maintenance friend - if I want to be friends with her - I kind of have to cater to her needs. And I'm getting tire of doing that? I kind of suck at this human relationship thing, sometimes? [ETA - Wales apologized, mainly because I let her know that I wasn't feeling well this weekend, I wasn't. Been struggling with health issues for a while now.]

Mother is still fretting over what my idiotic brother told her. ( a bit of a rant, because it's been bugging me and I can't tell the prick off, instead I have to keep telling my mother that he's wrong and doesn't really mean it, and to let it go )

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I took a very long walk today. Two miles this morning - to and from the farmer's market to pick up fresh fruit (blackberries, raspberries, and peaches), Gluten Free Bagels, Muffin and Brownie, also some herbs (dill, rosemary, and mint). Then this afternoon walked around Ditmas, viewed various Victorian Mansions, flowers, and walked through the old parade grounds (now mainly soccer fields), to the park, where I stopped by the algae filled lake (it's bright green), and then went back home, stopping off by Carnival Fruit and Veggie Mart to pick up cucumbers, salad greens, freshly made salsa, a small pint of Breyer's butter pecan ice cream (which is weirdly lower in carbs than the others), and whipped cream.

The walk for the most part helped. Although towards the end of it, I was sopping wet with sweat, had a mild sinus headache, and felt a touch wobbly and gassy. Blood sugar was at 90 and then jumped to 114 with Gas X.

Mother looked up ceiliac disease - and discovered that breakouts, hot flashes, night sweats, migraines, stomach cramps, IBS, and joint pain are all associated with it. I told her that I did not have massive breakouts, and the rest outside of IBS, was often related to other things. She agreed with that assessment. Also, to my knowledge, I've not digested any gluten in years.

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Finished five seasons of The Dragon Prince: The Mystery of Aravos.
It's good - better than most - but definitely targeted to the pre-teen set.
They are about nine episodes each.

Started Justified: City of Prime-evil - basically Justified in Detroit. Wonder if Detroit likes being called City of PrimeEvil? I've never really been, so wouldn't know. Not a fan of the Midwest. I'm a Northeasterner apparently.

It's not as good as the original series. It stars Timothy Oliphant (reprising his role as Raylin Gibbons) and his real life daughter as Raylan's daughter Willa. No one else from the original series makes an appearance. Also there's a decidedly more diverse cast than in the original, since it is in Detroit and not Harlan County, Kentucky. Oliphant has aged as has Gibbons, he's still thin, but gray headed with a bit of a goatee. And lines in the face. More rugged. And world-weary. The character appears to be tired of all of this.

It's adapted from Elmore Leanord's last novella about Gibbons, published shortly before he died. It's a good story...but again not as good as what came before.

Tried Cowboy Bepob but it's terribly dated, the animation isn't as good as the other two animated series that I just watched, nor is the story. ( Read more... )

I've watched a lot of different types animation in my lifetime. I don't tend to like "cartoon" animation. ( Read more... )

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Back to revising my book for all the good it will do me. I honestly don't know if I'll ever publish the thing.