Hi ho, MMMLogerinos!

I finally succumbed to a free trail period at Netflicks for as many DVDs as I could get in here and back in two weeks. And I'm doing great. Viewing lots of movies I hadn't seen, and there are lots as I really don't enjoy going to the theaters these days. Noisy, crowded, cell phones ringing, crying kids and ads before the previews. And I want to pay ten bucks for that pleasure? I like my cozy family room, my sofa and my twelve year old TV. Yeah, we haven't done the home theater plasma digital thing yet, but we are sort of shopping the idea.

Our Netflicks shipping center is in Tacoma, about twenty or so miles from here. That means they ship and I get the movie the next day. Yesterday was the first time I got a damaged DVD. It was broken and I promptly returned it today. They promise that a replacement will be here tomorrow and I'm sure it will. So, last night we were reduced to watching one DVD, that Eternal Sunshine of A Spotless Mind. Well, gee, not for me. I was so bored or confused that I had to read the jacket to see what the movie was about. Then it was official--I didn't care. Back in the mailer the DVD went. Tomorrow I'll have some good stuff to watch. Oh! We did view Spanglish and we absolutely loved it. What a clever script that was and the acting--wowow, Tia Leone was weird and wonderful. Even Adam Sandler was believable, holding it down to just a little over the top.

I think I'm going to like this all you can view buffet and will continue with a membership. The queue of incoming movies I've built in the last week is stunning and I may never leave the house again. And to think back in 1983 when I bought my first computer, an Osborne I, the world's first "portable," I never dreamed that I'd be able connect with the world via the internet to order just about anything I never thought I'd want without seeing or talking to another human. Wow, that's progress. Isn't it?

Ciao, ciao, mmmmmmmmmmelinda