So, I run/jog nearly every day. Four miles, through a really nice terrain. I mapped it out a couple of years ago so that it went through woods, a quiet street of antique shops, a suburban community I could never afford to live in, and a well-traveled commercial street. Plus, no left turns or traffic stops! The final bit is a sprint along a paved road that was starts after the woods end, and would have become a real road had zoning gone that way, but rather wound up as a dead end behind my apartment building. I originally started because I had gotten fat. Size 40 waist fat. I've successfully lost several sizes (down to a 32!) and am in much better shape and happy about it, but recently sprained my right ankle. It's an everyday battle lately trying to do some semblance of a run/jog without inflaming the ankle, but I spent loooonng time in the hospitral a few years ago, and mobility is psychologically connected to health for me, so I tend to force myself.
North Korea's apparently ready to go nuclear! This is NOT good news. I tend to think of Kim Ill as the puppet in "Team America", but even a joke leader has to be taken seriously when nukes are involved. I thought we were all going to hold hands and sing 'Kumbaya' once President Obama was elected? Didn't Lil' Kim get the memo? Perhaps Hillary can arrange to have an airdrop of propaganda to let Kim know WHO he's messing with?
Sadly, last night was the final episode of "Pushing Daisies" on ABC. What a fantastic show that was! Excellent cast, smart writing, beautiful sets, costuming, and camera work. Absolutely perfect, and not a clunker in two seasons' worth of episodes! Sorry as I am to see it end, I'm okay with it going out on a high note, and not running out of steam or plots, nor having to go through cast changes. Just a neat little package of shows that stand the test of second and third viewings. Perhaps the worst part of the programming was the commercial break advertisements for such 'quality' ABC shows as "Wipeout", "I Survived a Japanese Game Show", and "Bachelorette". ABC execs should be proud.
I have to admit, though, that there ARE 'reality' TV shows that pique my interest, and that I am indeed coming out of the closet to say that I am a gay man who voted for Kris Allen to win "American Idol"! Pitchforks await, I am sure! I just like Kris' music. I've had his songs from his pre-Idol days on my mp3 player all through the winter, and it's easy to run to. Much as I enjoyed performances by Adam Lambert (the cloning of Ian Gillian and Jimmy Somerville, I am certain!) and Allison Iraheta, I can't listen to them as easily on repeat. Other winners who I backed this season were J.T. on "Survivor", an all-around great seeming guy who played the game perfectly, and Branden Rickman on "Make Me a Supermodel", who just has a great, quirky look!
Still catching up on movies, which might have occurred today, but the weather looks too terrific for that. I'll mention comics next time around, but have to say that the return of Northstar to 'active duty' in Marvel's Uncanny X-Men was a welcome surprise! , and that the return of Superboy to the land of the living at DC made my spring insofar as comics go!