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[JoseSPiano]

Note to DRs - If you do not want to be angered as much as I am right now, DO NOT read Michael Riedel's latest column in regards to the closing of Ragtime.  It's like one giant insult to the whole company of that show.

-And did he not see Bobby Steggert in 110 in the Shade? He's not a "regional" actor.  In fact, none of them are "regional" actors.  They're just "Actors".

[Jane]

thanks everyone for the words of support over my outing yesterday.  i wish i could return today, but alas i will be back to drugs & PT.

Be careful how you say something like that--you don't want The National Enquirier quoting you out of context on a cover story!

DR Jane, once you've got better use of your arm, maybe you could ask your PT how to take a fall?  I've been trying to think of what kind of classes would teach that sort of thing but nothing comes to mind.  I wonder if there's some kind of adult gymnastics class?...

LOL

actually i'm pretty good at falling.  this time i was knocked down flat, nothing to be done about it.  i didn't even slide, just smack down hard sideways with the weight of my body on the outer side of my shoulder.  it really hurt & i couldn't move, yet i had no idea to the extent of my injury.  i never suspected even a little beak.  i've hurt that much before on falls, waited several minutes or more & slowly gotten up.  this time instead of the pain getting better it kept getting worst.  it wasn't until keith finally arrived & they rolled me over that the realization hit me i could not get up & walk out of there.

[Jane]

i've taken my double dose of pain meds & my anti-nausea pill & am now drowsy.  of course as soon as PT begins i'm wide awake.   

laters as our DR Jose says.

[Ginny]

thanks everyone for the words of support over my outing yesterday.  i wish i could return today, but alas i will be back to drugs & PT.

Be careful how you say something like that--you don't want The National Enquirier quoting you out of context on a cover story!

DR Jane, once you've got better use of your arm, maybe you could ask your PT how to take a fall?  I've been trying to think of what kind of classes would teach that sort of thing but nothing comes to mind.  I wonder if there's some kind of adult gymnastics class?...

Some sports classes - like for skiing and skating - teach proper falling technique.

I went to college long-enough ago that there was still a phys ed requirement and one of the courses I took was figure skating.  The first thing the instructor made us do was skate to center ice and fall down.  I didn't become a proficient skater, but learned enough to appreciate watching it.

[FJL]

Being quoted out of context can be annoying.

[Dan (the Man)]

thanks everyone for the words of support over my outing yesterday.  i wish i could return today, but alas i will be back to drugs & PT.

Be careful how you say something like that--you don't want The National Enquirier quoting you out of context on a cover story!

DR Jane, once you've got better use of your arm, maybe you could ask your PT how to take a fall?  I've been trying to think of what kind of classes would teach that sort of thing but nothing comes to mind.  I wonder if there's some kind of adult gymnastics class?...

LOL

actually i'm pretty good at falling.  this time i was knocked down flat, nothing to be done about it.  i didn't even slide, just smack down hard sideways with the weight of my body on the outer side of my shoulder.  it really hurt & i couldn't move, yet i had no idea to the extent of my injury.  i never suspected even a little beak.  i've hurt that much before on falls, waited several minutes or more & slowly gotten up.  this time instead of the pain getting better it kept getting worst.  it wasn't until keith finally arrived & they rolled me over that the realization hit me i could not get up & walk out of there.

Oh, I didn't mean to say that this injury could have been avoided.  It's just that after your first walk outside you sounded a little jittery about it and I thought maybe you needed something to give yourself more confidence about hiking out in hilly terrain again. 

But like you said, sometimes, no matter how prepared we are, we wind up on our asses (or shoulders!)

[Dan (the Man)]

Being ... can be annoying.

 

[Matt H.]

Other than the CW's rerun slate, much of what's on TV tonight is new episodes including new installments of MEDIUM and GHOST WHISPERER. (Fox is rerunning a BONES episode at 8 also.)

[Matt H.]

I think I have made my last payment for all of the bills I ran up this summer and fall at the doctor, hospital, and PT clinic. My insurance paid for about 80% of it (thank goodness), but those bills kept coming and coming for months after the actual visit. I guess they have to wait for insurance to pay before they send me a bill for the remainder of the amount due, but it took FAR too long.

[Matt H.]

Note to DRs - If you do not want to be angered as much as I am right now, DO NOT read Michael Riedel's latest column in regards to the closing of Ragtime.  It's like one giant insult to the whole company of that show.

-And did he not see Bobby Steggert in 110 in the Shade? He's not a "regional" actor.  In fact, none of them are "regional" actors.  They're just "Actors".

I don't read him as a general rule; only when someone specifically links his column to an interesting post. But that's VERY insulting insinuating actors from somewhere other than NYC are MERELY "regional actors."

[Matt H.]

While lunch was cooking, I watched an episode of BETTER OFF TED. It was an amusing one with the death of a co-worker on the job used by the company to get maximum work out of those who were still alive. Lots of fun witticisms.

[Matt H.]

While I ate lunch, I watched last night's MENTALIST repeat. I didn't quite remember it ending that way with the motorcycle club (I remembered who the murderer was almost instantly once the investigation began). Fun episode.

[Dan (the Man)]

But everyone
Loves mackerel
When it's fillet...

[Matt H.]

Then I watched THREE of the five Chantal Akerman pieces in the new Criterion/Eclipse set.

The first was only 11 minutes long, a silent film with the camera exploring two rooms of an apartment: the kitchen (with a drippy faucet) and a woman in bed staring at the camera on the first pass, masterbating under the covers on the second pass, and then eating an apple with other passes of the camera.

It was actually an irritating little piece.

[Matt H.]

Next was a 62-minute silent film called HOTEL MONTEREY with a camera set up (mostly stationary) photographing interesting features of the hotel: the lobby, elevators (inside and out), hallways, stairwells, rooms (bed, bath), finally the camera starts to move toward the windows so we can see the view outside them. And it ends on the roof taken from several angles.

Yep, a 62-minute study of a hotel.

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[bk]

Had a nice work session, and then wrote three pages, and now must think about lunch and maybe even eat lunch as well as think about lunch.

[Matt H.]

Next was NEWS FROM HOME, an 82-minute exploration of New York City in 1976, mostly from either street level or three sojourns into the subway. It's not silent like the other two. On the soundtrack, the director reads mundane letters from her mother who implores her constantly to write more and asks her questions she never seems to answer in her notes back home (which we never hear).

Images of NYC in 1976 are interesting, but it's at least half again as long as it should have been, and every sequence could have been shorter.

[George]

My DN David just became a father again!! so I have another  GN!  Her name is Violet.  This also means Jhvw is an uncle again

Congrats to DR Cillaliz's DN David and Newly New Family!!

[Matt H.]

I haven't decided if I want to do another one tonight. It's at least a fictional film, the director's first, made in 1975 called JE TU IL ELLE. It's only 86 minutes long, so depending on what time I head downstairs, I may do it tonight.

[Matt H.]

I had time to skim through today's OLTL and ATWT. Nothing of interest on either one of them for me.

[Matt H.]

I happened on THE TRAIL OF THE PINK PANTHER, the Pink Panther movie made after Peter Sellers' death using outtakes from previous films. David Niven was so weak his voice had to be dubbed (and it's OBVIOUS it's not Niven doing the talking), and Capucine looks embalmed.

[George]

Quote from: Jane
WELCOME BASIL!!!

It is a pleasure to meet you.

Be sure to stop in on your birthday.

From Basil:

Hm? Did you find out my birthdate from somewhere, or something?  

...Now that I'm thinking about it, I forgot I had mentioned my birthdate already on my very first post. Silly me.

Go to the top of this page and click on calendar.  once you have it open add your birthday.  it will be easy since your birthday is this month

Or, if you add your birthday to your profile in the "Forum Profile Information" section, it'll automatically show up on the calendar.

[Matt H.]

Well, my afternoon internet surf is finished, so I guess I'll start writing a little bit before heading back down for more viewing, both work-related and leisure.

WBBL.

[JoseSPiano]

Yeah!

I'm now surfing the web via the Hi-Speed Highway!

[FJL]

DTM - LOL!

[Jane]

thanks everyone for the words of support over my outing yesterday.  i wish i could return today, but alas i will be back to drugs & PT.

Be careful how you say something like that--you don't want The National Enquirier quoting you out of context on a cover story!

DR Jane, once you've got better use of your arm, maybe you could ask your PT how to take a fall?  I've been trying to think of what kind of classes would teach that sort of thing but nothing comes to mind.  I wonder if there's some kind of adult gymnastics class?...

LOL

actually i'm pretty good at falling.  this time i was knocked down flat, nothing to be done about it.  i didn't even slide, just smack down hard sideways with the weight of my body on the outer side of my shoulder.  it really hurt & i couldn't move, yet i had no idea to the extent of my injury.  i never suspected even a little beak.  i've hurt that much before on falls, waited several minutes or more & slowly gotten up.  this time instead of the pain getting better it kept getting worst.  it wasn't until keith finally arrived & they rolled me over that the realization hit me i could not get up & walk out of there.

Oh, I didn't mean to say that this injury could have been avoided.  It's just that after your first walk outside you sounded a little jittery about it and I thought maybe you needed something to give yourself more confidence about hiking out in hilly terrain again. 

But like you said, sometimes, no matter how prepared we are, we wind up on our asses (or shoulders!)

lol, i'm very jittery, about being knocked down again.  with my right arm in a sling i was extra careful to maintain my balance while crossing the creek & was fine.  keith picked yesterday to take me as the stones were dry & there wasn't any ice.  he also watched out for areas that were on the slippery side, again i was fine in those spots.

[JoseSPiano]

Well, I guess I should get out of my apartment sometime today...

Laters...

[Jane]

 with the new year i have to pay for everything until i reach my high detectable & since the physical therapists recently opened his own practice he is requesting i pay every week or two by check. 

speaking of PT, i didn't do very well.  i took a big step backward on one range of motion & didn't really move forward on the others.  the one i went backwards on has a normal rage of 90 degrees, after surgery normal is 45 degrees.  previosly i had been at 40.

[Jane]

mbarnum & jmk, did you receive your voter's pamphlets?