dys·to·pi·a [dis-toh-pee-uh]
noun
a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression,disease, and overcrowding.
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Ok. There’s nothing about my life that is Dystopian, absolutely nothing. Except that I have a little misery in my knee, which I finally went to the doctor for on Tuesday and found out – guess what? – that I’ve got a little arthritis and osteopenia! Yes, my knees, especially my right knee, is feeling old and frail. Ugh. So I will start a strict regimen of calcium and Vitamin D. I’ve never been a milk lover and used to force myself to drink some, but the last few years it has bothered my tummy so I stopped drinking it altogether. Even ice cream doesn’t appeal anymore, which isn’t a bad thing, although I will indulge sometimes and know I’ll pay later. Has to be well worth it. No simple vanilla for me. 🙂
As I stated in my last post, I went to see The Hunger Games in the theatre on Friday night. There’s nothing like a sold out theatre on opening day or in its early days. I tend to go to the more independent movies, so I have been the only person or with a small handful of people at a showing many times, so going and sitting shoulder to shoulder with people excited to be there is another experience altogether. There were a lot of teens at this movie, as expected, and the boys behind us felt like talking through most of the movie, which was unfortunate. A little loss of manners. Or maybe they didn’t have them?
I thought the movie was pretty good. Dystopia isn’t my favorite genre of book or film. And there were a lot of things I didn’t understand fully, so I had my daughter and niece explain them to me. And now I’m reading the first book and its interesting. I’ll keep you posted on my thoughts…
I finished reading “Still Alice” for book club and we discussed it for a few minutes. I truly lost sleep one night after reading before sleep, so I didn’t do that again. It is a painful story about early onset Alzheimer’s Disease. Sad. I guess I’ll have to look at the author’s other books because they were recommended.
My TBR pile just doesn’t go down… and I almost ran to the library today to pick up a light easy read, but I used self-control and focused on The Hunger Games. We’ll see how long that lasts.
Another day off tomorrow… there is just something indulgent about being off during the week. So far I haven’t minded the weekend work… we’ll see if it gets old. I will watch a little Letterman tonight – haven’t watched him in ages – because the cast of “once” from Broadway will be on there. Good stuff!
Well, off to read!
Walkie Talkie Book Club 