Tom's Diary

Today’s Activities

• Shower.  DONE.
• Cat duty.  DONE.

Log

10:30 AM: I’m up.

11:00 AM: Well, I thought I’d get off on a good day with Mom today.  But inside of a minute after I got to the kitchen for breakfast, she told me that [Emmy] and I drinking glasses of milk together looked “stupid.”  She immediately followed that up with quips about how much bigger my stomach looks today; though my weight has held steady at 175 pounds over the past month.  Finally, she was about to take a double dose of her water medication today until I stopped her.  I told her Sunday night that I had put the correct doses of this med in her trays for this week. Yet this morning, she took the pills in the tray, plus she was taking a second water pill from the bottle.  See, I can’t leave any bottles downstairs because she’ll take them when she’s not supposed to.   Aaaaarrrrrggggghhh.  This care giving role has become exceedingly difficult at present.  Universe, please give me the strength to continue with it.

12:00 PM: Made a big bowl of peacn flavored cream cheese Jello.  It should be hard enough to eat this evening.

12:45 PM: Watched today’s episode of   Pittsburgh Today Live   with [Emmy].

03:55 PM: Watched today’s episode of   The Young and the Restless   on the DVR.

05:25 PM: The New York strip steaks were quite tasty but just a hair well-done for my preferences.  I’ll have to remember to cook them a minute or so less the next time.  Wow, they grilled up a lot faster than the t-bones we’ve been eating of late — over twice as fast.

05:30 PM: Nap time.

06:55 PM: I’m up again.  The garbage is out, the dishwasher is going, and all is put away from supper.  Next time I purchase a George Foreman grill, I’ll get one that has the removable plates.  Seems like these would be much easier to clean.

09:45 PM: Watched the   Stacy’s Mom   movie with [Emmy].

11:00 PM: Blogged, Facebooked, and iPodded.  Facebook friends count is now 259.  Fan page fans count is now 41.

11:45 PM: Watched KDKA TV’s Local News at 11:00 PM, but now we’re going to bed.  Good night.  More on the morrow.

Tom Hesley

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[Emmy] and I watched the Stacy’s Mom movie from 2010 tonight on pay-per-view, and I don’t believe it was worth the $3.99 we spent to see it.

Its simple plot was obviously inspired by the Fountains of Wayne song from 2003 (Stacy’s Mom), about a boy who becomes enamored with a school girl friend’s mother, and how he fantasizes about her in a towel while cutting her grass.  But that song never appeared once in this movie.  This was too bad because that tune might have made the movie less boring had they included it. 

Further, they did not duplicate the idea of the song precisely in that instead of just one boy interested in the mother, there were four, and the movie focused on the resulting rivalry.  Plus, the mother herself turned out to be a porn star, and while the actress was not bad looking, her looks did not warrant the extreme interest she instilled in these boys. 

The acting seemed cheap; no one I remember seeing before and at times the dialog, reminded me of kids reading their parts in a grade-school play. For most of the actors, this film was likely their first big performance, and sadly, this came through clearly. 

This flick used excessive foul language and too casually besides.  At times, it felt that they just dubbed in the bad words just for the sake of getting them in; which did nothing to enhance the story line in my opinion. 

The movie was approximately 85 minutes in length but could easily have been shortened to 70 minutes with the omission of the virtuosic but cheap antics.  Nope.  Nothing like the Star Trek or Superman movies that so held my attention all the way through. 

The scenarios were incredible and in poor taste.  But then, in this movie’s defense, it was labeled as a comedy.  So perhaps it’s wrong of me to expect too much realism I suppose. But still, accepting the notion that school teachers shared porn tapes with their students particularly in this time of heightened sensitivity about minors’ moral corruptions, was impossible for me.  This dispersed any interest I had in the movie when I read the description.  By far, the description was far more intriguing than the movie itself. 

I’d rate this show a five out of ten and would recommend against spending the time to watch it.  I’m irritated at having wasted over an hour on it and at our cable company for even offering it!  This picture left me disappointed and wanting, as I came away from it having learning nothing, and having laughed only a little.  For a comedy, the movie was not very funny.   

Don’t see this movie!

Tom Hesley

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02:51 AM: Hey, your fish pictures are gone again.

11:52 AM: If giving away your happiness makes you happy, then you’ve not actually given it away at all. You’ve just traded one quantity of happiness for another. Yep. Trick question, and trick answer too.

01:54 PM: Tell nephew Grant that I said, “He’s Awesome!”

01:56 PM: I get Promo Only’s eNewsletter, and love it.

01:57 PM: I neither deny nor accept His existence as a given. He could be out there; but then again, maybe not. So what would He say about me to His father? Hopefully, He’ll show mercy to those like me who found no rational way to confirm his existence in their lifetimes, but who would accept Him once his power was clearly demonstrated; even just a little.

03:15 PM: No, I’m not a Sarah Palin fan. I do NOT think she’ll be president (at least, I sincerely hope not), and no, I’ll not be casting my “Like” vote for her. Thanks. Those darn Facebook ads anyhow.

10:10 PM: Cool. On the Sony portable reader: I guess you have no problems reading the screen on their smaller version. They’re adding more books all the time, and before too long, you’ll have access to a huge library of publications. Those units are really awesome.

Tom Hesley

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I keep this food diary to stay aware of just how many calories I’m eating daily, with the hope that it decreases the likelihood that I’ll overeat.    It seems to work, so here we go with another day…

Today, I consumed the following items:

• Herbal tea and diet caffeine-free Pepsi  throughout the day. 0 calories.
• 11:20 AM: Raspberry flavored cream cheese Jello.  400 calories.
• 11:25 PM: Multivitamin.  0 calories. 
• 11:30 AM: 2 cups of skim milk.  160 calories.
• 02:45 PM: 1 peach.  50 calories.
• 05:00 PM: 12 Oz. New York strip steak with fried onions and mushrooms.  1000 calories.
• 08:00 PM: 1 bowl of peach flavored cream cheese Jello.  400 calories.
• 09:00 PM: 1 large banana.  125 calories.

Total calories: 2135.

Tom Hesley

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