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Musings on anything. |
 My blog was filled up. I'm too lazy to clean it out. So I started a new one. |
| Next week I will be in the hospital for 3-5 days, depending. . . I am having a heart procedure, not open heart surgery; I already did that almost 30 years ago. Yes, I'm scared. There are risks if I don't, risks if I do. I'm counting on the potential benefit. I'm not afraid of dying. I am at peace with my maker and trust Him/Her. I am afraid of suffering. I am afraid of being homeless someday because this is expensive and requires my IRA to pay for it. I won't be commenting on WDC or feeding the feral cat in my back yard. I will be on restricted activity for a month following, provided I make it. I may end up with a pacemaker, which is probably the simplest part of this deal. |
| You can call them reruns. I prefer to think of them as vintage shows. It sounds a little classier. It's my hobby, since I don't care for most new shows with the exception of Ghosts. Have you ever noticed the similarities between shows? Certain themes or camera tricks are used over and over. In fact, sets are familiar from one show to another. I like to watch the older shows the most. I've started watching Zorro which is by Disney and. therefore, aimed at kids. It gives a little California history which is not taught in my part of the country. I have noticed Sargent Garcia is a lot like Sargent Schultz of Hogan's Heroes. They both are round, like to eat and drink, and offer good-natured comic relief. The good guys depend on them. The commandants in Zorro are all evil and not funny as is Colonel Klink. There are definitely the ruling class and the oppressed. I like Zorro better, maybe because I know too much about Bob Crane's personal life leading to his death. Hogan's Heroes exploits women, while Zorro puts them on a pedestal. Guy Williams who played Zorro was known as an excellent swordsman and horseman in real life. After his second successful TV show, Lost in Space, he retired and moved with this family to Argentina. He said he had all the success he needed to live a happy life. I also like the early westerns. Many of them were like little morality plays. I also enjoy seeing well known actors in their early days before becoming household names. When it comes to movies, the older the better. And the Indian wars! Such great athletes and stuntmen. Jay Silverheels was in great shape his whole life. Tonto in the Lone Ranger didn't allow Jay to show off his skills in stunts or acting, but it made him famous. So my excuse for watching Tales of Wells Fargo, or High Chaparral, or Death Valley Days, is that I'm studying the stories, the themes, history, and the actors. |
| I am going to go through with the heart procedure. It will be four, possibly 5 days in hospital. One week of no driving. Four weeks of limited activity. No exercising, jogging, climbing steps unnecessarily, no carrying groceries, no lifting anything heavy, including wet laundry. I am encourage to walk each day, making small increments in time or distance, slowly and gently. So I am already planning my advance shopping-gallons of distilled water, for instance. I will have the on the upper floor of my split level home, instead of the garage, the in-between level. I have people to call and to check in with me after the deed is done. I have already marked the calendar in my choir room, so they know when I will not be at practice or in Sunday service. I will be absent from WDC as well for the hospital stay. When I can't clean house or run errands, maybe I'll write more. |
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These days I just have houseplants and one lonely portulaca that came up by seed and has bloomed this past week. I've been "home" for three months and the plants have responded well. But, I long for Thailand.