Whispers

My father used to tell me I had a bad case of the February Uglies. And alas, I do. February is a tough month. It's dark. It's gloomy. It's cold. Snow is usually on the ground. Everything looks dead. It has an annoying holiday (aka Hallmark Card Holiday - Valentine's Day), although at least it's paired with a bank holiday (President's Day).

I can't figure out if I need to bundle my Disney + and Hulu subscriptions yet? I don't care all that much about the Disney one, it's the Hulu that I don't want to lose. Apparently Disney is slowly phasing out their Hulu app and combining everything with the Disney + app. I wish they wouldn't do that, but I get it. It's probably cheaper if I bundle them. But I want to keep my shows on Hulu - and they aren't available on Disney yet.

Confused? So am I.

Between work, Physical Therapy, the internet, church....I live in perpetual state of confusion. Work confuses me on a daily basis - after five years of this, you'd think I'd have gotten used to it? Maybe just resigned.

Tortured myself by looking at trips to warm places that I can't afford to physically or financially visit at the moment.

Also tortured myself by looking at this thing - which is cool, but I can't afford it nor do I think I could get it to work effectively. (Facebook likes to throw stuff at me that I can't afford and don't really require.)

Enuf whinging.

At least I got my exercises done. (Although he didn't manage to send me the revised ones yet, so I did last week's program to the extent that I could. There's one that I think we discontinued, because I can't do it correctly at home.)

Need to make dinner, just don't know what I want to make. Thinking mac and cheese - the gluten free version. Although probably shouldn't.

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1. What’s your favourite hot beverage? How do you make it?

Currently - matcha latte. Get a small teaspoon or two of matcha powder, a little hot water, then add almond/coconut milk, then head in microwave. (OR get it from a coffee shop with steamed milk of your choice.) (I also like cold matcha latte.)

Also, dark organic unsweetened chocolate, milk, steamed over a stove, add cinnamon and vanilla. Serve with whipped cream.

2. When was the last time you saw an original hand-painted painting?

Now? I'm an artist and there's one on my watercolor easel in process.
Also if you been following my journal at all regularly? You've seen one fairly recently as well. I've been posting my original hand-painted paintings.

If this means in person? Again for myself? Now. It's in the corner next to the windows, along with a stack of recently painted watercolors. I'm a painter? Specializing in watercolors.

3. Is there a book you’ve seen made into a film and been disappointed with the result?

Too many to count. The problem is what I see in my head is rarely what the film maker or adapter is viewing in theirs - so, obviously it will be different? There are exceptions but they are rare. I've learned from experience to put as much time as possible between when I read the book and when I see the movie. Or not to read the book first.

That said? I've been pleasantly surprised by a lot of adaptations. Particularly fantasy and sci-fi adaptations.

I remember being annoyed by the first film adaptation of Interview with the Vampire. Tom Cruise was horribly miscast in that role.