A little something sweet for the weekend...

Anyone have any plans for the first of our warm weekends of 2007?

It's my anniversary this weekend, so I'll be making the big guy spend a little cash on taking me out somewhere that doesn't have a drive-thru window :o)

I admit it --- I'm a magazine junkie. I love reading all kinds of magazines. Sure, I have my favorites, the ones I care so much about that I have to subscribe so I don't miss a single issue, but if all that's laying around is a copy of Popular Mechanics, I'll thumb through that, too.

Sometimes I'll purposely get in line at the grocery store behind someone with a whole bunch of stuff in their cart just so I can peruse the magazines in the racks.

My current list of must-haves:

• Bark - the best dog mag there is. There's no way I can look at the "smiling dogs" pages they have every month and not get a grin.
  
• Mother Jones - some of the most in-depth reporting of social and economic issues around
• Prevention - 'cuz I'm middle-aged and getting creaky around the edges :o)
• Birds and Blooms - I love them both
• Better Homes and Gardens - so I can see how the other half lives

Any other junkies out there?

Man, it's like watching paint dry. These last few episodes are all so dreary and don't seem to have any center at all. I'm only watching because I've watched all the others and I feel sort of obligated to see it through, but it's painful.

But they didn't want to keep paying to produce Deadwood. Bad, bad HBO.

It looks like there are a few distinct movie types out there --- the folks who do a ton of movie watching on the big screen, the ones who wait for the DVD to come out and rent or buy it then, and the ones who wait for it to come to cable, where they can watch it for free.

What type are you?

Me, I'm a big DVD lovin' creature. I like being able to pause it when the litter box calls, or when the dorky dog starts barking and I missed some important piece of dialogue. Plus, I can start the movie when I'm ready...not when the TV channel is. No one kicks the back of my chair, no one's cel phone goes off, and the popcorn tastes just like I want.

Guess I've got to learn to do something new...

   See Nora play

If you could spend a year working at your fantasy job, what would it be?

In my case, I'd spend my time writing about pets and pet people...

assuming that being George Clooney's masseuse wounldn't be a full-time gig :o)

What movie title do you think best describes your life...or your week?

I think for my life I'd have to pick Doctor Doolittle, because I'm forever in the company of the four-footed.

This week...Dazed and Confused, because everywhere I turn things are not quite as they seem :o)