full throttle

Jeff took this photo near the lakeshore last week.


My friend Vartan has apparently been taping both Buffy and Angel, and just loaned me the complete 4th, 5th, and 6th seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer as well as the first season of Angel on DVD -and- the second and third season on videotape. (!!) I am watching them in parallel because I notice that there is sometimes crossover in plot between the two series. More comments on these series in a future Blathering, but let me say that I was pretty ecstatic when Jeff lugged these home from one of his gaming nights.

I tend to watch these episodes in short pieces, when I'm giving my arms a break from whatever I was doing, and while I'm doing my stretches or exercises. The latter takes more time these days since my physiotherapist has me adding exercises as my arms continue to improve. Right now, my arm strengthening exercises consist of:

- With my elbow propped on a pillow, close to my side, I hold a hammer by the end of its handle and while keeping my fist in one place and just rolling my forearm, slowly lower it to one side, then the other. I do this 20 times for each arm. My right arm is still weaker, so I started off with using a wrench in that hand instead. Today I graduated to using a hammer in my right hand, but holding it halfway up the handle.

- Using a rubber exercise band, I hold one end down with my foot, hold the other end with one hand, palm down, pull the band up by flexing my wrist. Do this 20 times. Turn my hand over, palm up, pull the band up. 20 times, then switched to the other arm.

- Squeeze a foam-covered tennis ball in one hand, 5 seconds squeeze, 5 seconds release, 10 times each hand.

The exercises seemed pretty hard at first, and my arms felt like pieces of spaghetti. Throbbing, painful spaghetti. I hated those exercises in the beginning. But gradually, they started to get easier, and I knew then for sure that things were actually improving.



Photo by Jeff.


I am super-hyped about the new Charlie's Angels movie, Full Throttle. Parki and Jeff and I recently saw the trailer while waiting for the movie, the Italian Job (which we all liked, by the way). You can also find the Charlie's Angel trailer online here on the Apple site. Woohoo, I can't wait!

SURVEY: Do you enjoy watching trailers as much as I do?

I am a trailer fiend. Sometimes I joke to my friends that my favorite part of watching a movie in the theatre is the bit at the beginning when you get to see trailers for new movies, but I'm not entirely joking. However, I hate trailers that give away too much, the kind that makes you feel as if you've already watched the movie, so what's the point of going to see it again?

Speaking of trailers, WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO START SHOWING THE TRAILER FOR THE NEXT LORD OF THE RINGS MOVIE?

(This entry was written with ViaVoice, a voice recognition program, which sometimes has its own sense of humor. Please forgive any spelling or grammar quirks which Debbie has missed while editing. Thank you. )

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