Behind the Face(book) Day 2

Doing this a few hours later than expected because it took longer to get Duncan in bed last night.

Is sore all over...but in that good way...once both boys are out of the house today we do today's Wii Active workout and continue with the binge and purge of stuff around here...

Tuesdays are busy days for the wife. She takes Malcolm to school, then teaches a music class (although that will probably get cancelled since there were only 3 kids signed up and only 1 showed up so she pulled Duncan out of babysitting so he could be part of the class), then she picks up Malcolm, takes both boys to their music class, then Malcolm to therapy (with Duncan tagging along) before coming home around 5pm. So it gives me a good chunk of alone time in the house to try and get stuff done.

Finished day 2 of Wii Active's 30 Day Challenge. Got through all 18 exercizes without strangling myself on the nunchuk cord (my height, arm span and the shortness of the cord helped with that...an extension would be nice, but I'm pretty sure I'd wind up hanging myself in the process). Thankfully, no Inline skating today.

The biggest problem with using the Wii for working out is the nunchuk. Having the cord flopping around is a pain. My arms are too long so doing extensions means I actually have to move both arms a bit just so the cord doesn't pull out of its socket. The same thing goes with running or lunges where the nunchuk is in the thigh strap. One friend suggested going wireless, but another said that the wireless ones have very mixed reviews and suggested an extension. After yesterday's workout, wireless would be the only way to go as an extension to make the wire longer would be worse. So now I gotta figure out which one's the best...more research...yay!

apparently has Bette Davis thighs now...after today's Wii Active workout and all the moving stuff up and down the stairs all day, they're just bitching me out.

By the middle of the day, after working out and moving various things around various rooms (like the 4 VCRs that are just taking up space in my office and are now in our mudroom waiting for a decision on their final destination -- not sure if the $20 I could attempt to get for each on eBay is worth the effort and they may just get donated), my upper leg muscles were screaming at me to stop and sit down for a while. It would take a few more hours before I did that.

I've been telling Malcolm Indiana Jones stories at bedtime (made much more friendly to a 4-year-old) and I'm pretty sure my version of "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" is much better than the actual film. On tonight's "Daily Show" I hope that George Lucas at least apologizes for something stupid he did in the last decade.

Every night I watch "The Daily Show" at 11pm for my "news" (let's face it -- Jon Stewart's "opinions" are probably more valid than Glenn Beck's), but I rarely watch the interview segment unless its someone I'm really interested in seeing. Lucas was on to plug a book (which he did successfully as I now want to read it). The interview was funny (Stewart didn't let Lucas off the hook for the weaker "Star Wars" prequels) and interesting (Lucas has his reasons for doing what he does and was able to refer back to a segment earlier in the show about how people remember "earlier times" -- while he may have "ruined" our movies, there is a generation of kids who prefer the prequels, however wrong they may be).

One day after they announce the next Bond movie is "on hold" until MGM gets sold, they announce that Sam Mendes is directing??? Not fair.

MGM is up for sale and a few days ago the Bond producers finally came out and said that pre-production was on hold pending said sale. Now, they've apparently done an about-face and are trying to fast track the film using the director of "American Beauty". This should be an interesting film if the script can be up to snuff -- more "Casino" and less "Quantum".

That would have just been weird...

The Doctor Who News Page: Torchwood The Musical?

I posted this link to share with friends on Facebook. The idea of Russel Davies making a musical based on "Torchwood" with the guys from ABBA is weird, but intriguing...especially if John Barrowman were to still be involved (he's got an amazing voice and is probably one of the better aspects of the film version of the musical version of "The Producers" even if he's in a very small role).

Well...that's all for today...tomorrow...who knows...we've got a technician coming out from Direct TV to see if we can get a good signal at our house (I doubtful), but if we can we'll be getting rid of Cablevision (well...not their internet for now as what we've got is priced well and very fast).

Be seeing you.