MOVIE QUEUE

When I called Comcast a few weeks ago to see what was going to happen to my rate, now that my year's "bundled special" was over, I found out that it would cost me $50 a month for cable TV. So of course, I canceled it. Then Genevieve told me about www.hulu.com, so I can watch my few television shows online each week. That's working fine. On a roll now, I remembered hearing about Netflix and Blockbuster and how you can get movies sent to you by mail. So I signed up for the free trial at Blockbuster. We'll see how that works.

Now I have a movie queue. (Is that sister to Susie Q?) I thought I'd work my way through the Academy Award winners that appealed to me, so that's what's in my queue. I guess now I wait by the mailbox for my first movie to arrive.

Really, I could be -- maybe should be -- doing a lot of other things besides signing up for movie clubs. But right now, that's all the energy and interest I can muster. Maybe it's something about the autumn air, triggering the instinct to retreat to a cave to wait out the winter. Maybe I need to adjust my homeopathic remedy. Whatever. I'm enjoying reading four books at a time and looking forward to my movies. Don't worry; I did paint the bathroom today, went to yoga class, shopped for Gabrielle's Christmas gifts, took Gloria to the pumpkin patch, and made a yummy frittata for supper. So I am doing stuff. Like right now, I'm going to go check the popcorn supply.

See you at the movie.