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October 21, 2004
Flix Follies
Instead of getting cable I decided to get NetFlix. It's pretty cool. 3 DVDs at a time with an unlimited queue of DVD's that will be sent as each DVD is returned. This is a great way to watch even television shows. None of that $80/month to watch Six Feet Under; just watch the seasons as they go on DVD. I'm also starting to think it might be the way to watch regular television programming as well. Those pesky little icon/ads that pop up AS I AM WATCHING A PROGRAM get bigger and bigger and more and more annoying. These networks, if they aren't careful, are going to throw me off watching television all together... but not Netflix.
One of the movies I rented was "Super-size Me!". This film is a little horrifying for me. I watch this guy slowly and slowly lose energy and health and it's obvious how the change in weight and diet affect him and I live with that extra weight everyday!. For me it's always been trying to reconcile not fitting into assinine conceptions about how a women should look and being healthy. There's a lot of things I refuse to do- whether it might get me a better bod or not. But eating well, excercising...those are the things that even in my most unhealthy state I crave at least a little bit...right alongside that craving for ice cream and cheese.
I think for me it resorts to time; the amount of time I'm willing to focus on food. Oddly enough, when I choose to focus more on food I tend to be more healthy. This summer was an excercise in putting my head in the sand when it came to the food pyramid. I was so tense and pressured about everything else going on that food was the one thing I forgave myself for forgetting...and it shows.
I guess it's time to get back to work and De-Supersize.
Posted by mermu at October 21, 2004 06:08 PM
Comments
I've been wanting to watch Supersize Me. It's goot do know that it's an option for our next trip to the video store.
Did you know that it is better to be Fit and Fat than it is to be Unfit and Thin? Regular exercise is way more important than starving yourself into a size 3.
Now I'm hungry! Fries from McD's sound wonderful though I'll probably settle for something I can easily find in my pantry.
Posted by: Sister at October 26, 2004 05:11 PM
I know what you mean about those horrendously irritating icons that channels pop up in the corner, advertising the next show to come on but oh-so-rudely interrupting the one you're currently watching. I don't have much use for TV myself these days. Now I did just watch all the Buffys and Angels available on DVD (a godsend for someone with a newborn) and loved them both--and one of the best things was seeing where they would have gone to a commercial . . . but b/c I was watching the DVD, I got to go right to the next scene. Beautiful!
Posted by: Elizabeth at October 21, 2004 11:25 PM
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