Another One Bites the Crust

The doctor wants to insert a gell into my knee which will act as lubricant or an oil job for the knee - or a cushion. Evaluation is in two weeks.
Then three weeks of injections, if insurance goes for it. Mother informs me this is standard practice - apparently she's had it done multiple times.
Also the stiff leg is normal. Plus, I appear to be walking more than most people do. (I average anywhere between 4,000- 10,000 steps a day depending on the day of the week.) They said walking and being mobile was a good thing, and to make sure I stand periodically.

This spiel motivated me to walk from the Doctor's office on Atlantic and Henry Street to the subway station on Smith and 2nd street. Which is approximately a 15-20 block hike or a little over a mile. I stopped along the way - in the B&N book store to pick up a few books (mainly the latest book by Illona Andrews - which is the first I've actually found in hardcover in a book store along with B&N's tote - bag of books). I spent way too much at B&N, they talked me into their premium membership card.
(Which I will most likely live to regret - already regretting it.) Note to self - stop going to book stores after doctor's appointments.

The books, I grabbed were for the most part across genres.

1. This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Illona Andrews

It's a portal fantasy, and a kind of satire of portal fantasy novels. The protagonist, Maggie, finds herself naked and muddy and alone in the world of the fantasy novels she knows by heart. But these aren't princess riding unicorns style fantasy novels, they are more along the lines of Game of Thrones fantasy novels. She has no powers, no friends, just her knowledge of the novels and the world depicted to an extent within them, and the fact that for some reason or other she can't die.

Sample?
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Pets book. Book and I are going to get along famously. Only one problem - I read it better with contacts and reading glasses. Bi-focals not so much.
But it does mean I can read it on subways - if I desire - even if it is a hard back book that takes up space in the backpack. Also has a very pretty cover. It's love at first sight. (I fall in love with books all the time. Books, music, movie and television shows. People - I've increasingly become leery of.)

2. Also picked up "A Walk in the Park - the true story of a spectacular misadventure in the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarku" - per the back cover:

" Shortly after quitting his job to pursue the ill-advised ambition of becoming a white-water guide on the Colorado River, Kevin Fedarko was approached by his best friend, National Geographic photographer Pete McBride, with a vision as bold as it was harebrained. Together, they would embark on an end-to-end traverse of the Grand Canyon, a journey that McBride promised would be a walk in the park. Against his better judgement, Fedarko agreed - despite being dimly aware that there is no trail spanning the entire canyon and that the tiny cluster of experts who had actually completed the crossing billed it as the " toughest hike in the world"." [ It has pictures. And was Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award and Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-Fiction...] It's in large paperback.

3. The others are also large paperbacks, with bigger print than average paperback novels. "The Lies of Locke LaMora by Scott Lynch" a fantasy novel about a con gone famously wrong, with lots of twists. "The God of the Woods by Liz Moore" - in Large Print paperback - it's a mystery novel. When a teenager goes missing from her Adirondack summer camp - two worlds collide.

And some tea - Honey Lavender Black Tea from the Republic of Tea.

After that - I went grocery shopping at Union, picked up various gluten free items, and to Planted for a gluten free jelly donut (it was okay) and a chocolate chip cookie (gluten-free) - also okay. Not really worth the price of admission, so to speak.

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4. Today was pretty. But I spent it inside sorting through clothing and yanking out spring clothes for 50s-80s weather. It's supposed to warm up next week.

Been in a grumpy irritable mood of late (hence the book buying) - so I'm glad the doctor's appointment on Friday went quickly and well. Part of it is due to physical issues. ( Read more... )

* Insominac Cookies Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies are by far - the best gluten-free chocolate chip cookies I've had from any establishment in my life.

* The only other good gluten-free chocolate chip cookies are from Bakery Island Foods - Chocolate Chunk Gluten Free Cookie Dough. It's excellent - I got it from Union. (I couldn't remember where I got it - so was happy to see it at Union again and grabbed two packages of it.)

I spend more on groceries - because of my diet restrictions. Gluten Free + Carb Free + Sugar Free + Fresh vegetables/Fruits and Fish and Eggs. Cheap groceries = pain and suffering.

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5. Fandom Entertainment News

* The International Buffy Fandom is plotting a major protest and various activities in connection with it on April 14, Buffy's Birthday - aka International Buffy Day - with the first celebration happening on April 14.

"International Buffy Day is both a celebration and a protest, a global show of solidarity from Scoobies everywhere.

How to get involved:
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* "X-men Film Reboot News" - X-men reboot director has hired the show-runners of BEEF and The Bear to write the script
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* Spiderman: Brand New Day

* Super Girl - Woman of Tomorrow - about Super Girl saving her dog and getting revenge in space. Actually this flick looks really good. I think they finally found someone who understands the DC Universe to show run these flicks?

* Avengers: Doomsday - all the official trailers so far

* Star Wars Films currently in the works

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6. Television

Watched this week's The Pitt, and Robby really resonated with me. ( spoilers )

I realized recently when people say - I just want to go home (my father and grandmother said it all the time prior to their deaths, almost on an hourly basis) - they aren't talking about a place on earth, a house, or even family - but home, the source, where their "energy" originated from. To go back home to their source. Because being energy beings in degenerating meat sacks on a swiftly turning planet in the vast vacuum of space with oh such creatures on it - can be wondrous at times, but also deeply painful and often at the same time.

I've been struggling not to lash out. Suppressing the impulse to verbally smack folks upside the head for being idiots - has grown wearisome. Off to watch Daredevil kick some asses.

Finished Something Really Bad is Going to Happen - and while it did surprise me in places and was a lot more interesting than expected? I was kind of disappointed with it and found the ending kind of predictable?
I'd say it was violent and gory - but everything is filmed at night with little to no lighting - so I couldn't exactly see the gore?

Also, Jennifer Jason Lee - is not aging well. (I always confuse her with Juliette Lewis - who is aging far better.)

James Marsters isn't aging well either - he's too thin and looks ten years older as a result. Tony Head looks younger, and he's ten years older. Nor is Gellar, Hannigan and Carpenter look younger and they are five to ten years older than Gellar. Maybe it's a good thing they didn't do the Buffy reboot? And maybe they should consider "animation"?

I'm in a bit of a television slump at the moment. I'm bored by things that shouldn't bore me.

Also, reading slump returned. I made it a quarter of the way through "Name of the Wind" [ETA: it's "Shadow of the Wind" (sorry for the confusion) - I keep confusing the two titles] before throwing in the towel. I didn't like the first person pov protagonist? I kept wanting to smack him. I've been feeling that way a lot lately? This overwhelming desire to smack folks. Very irritable for some reason or other. Restraining myself from doing so - requires more effort than usual. So, I jumped over to another Illona Andrews novel - Silver Blade - Kinsman Universe. We'll see if I stick with it.

Bro asked if I'd seen Wonder Man? I tried. But I couldn't get past the fourth episode? It kept putting me to sleep. Same problem with Paradise.
Also Succession. I have, however, made it through S1 of Grantchester. But S7 of Virgin River put me to sleep as well.

I think it is a mood thing?

Daredevil S2 is okay? I keep waiting for Jessica Jones to pop up, and keep getting disappointed that she hasn't yet? Stupid ads were misleading. (Granted, only three episodes have dropped.) Television is disappointing me at the moment?

The lengthy fight scenes and discussions in the dark are getting old. As is the endless and somewhat repetitive back and forth between Winston Fisk, his wife, and their assorted minions. Lili Taylor has really aged - dear god, I feel old. As has Mathew Lillard (who is younger than I am). Lillard's role is more interesting than Taylor's.

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The weather is echoing my mood this weekend. Clouds with occasional sun, but mostly dusty grey clouds, rain, and in the 40s-low 60s, resulting in frequent battles with the radiators, not to mention bad sinus headaches.

But I continue to be grateful for the following: apartment (which is rather nice and peaceful), job, and family however far away...but not painfully in my face. Also unsweetened hot coco with foamed milk, gluten free chocolate chip cookies, gluten free almond flour biscuit, and just the sound of tweeting birds.