Back To Netflix

Years ago I was a member of Netflix. I think I might have been one of the first memebers. At that time they only had like 10,000 movies. That sounds like a lot but when you break it down by genre, it’s not that much. When I was a member I had all the gay themed movies on my queue. During the time I was a memeber, I watched ALL the gay movies they had at that time.

Anyway, I decided to re-join Netflix and see they have over 70,000 titles now. And there are so many new gay titles that I haven’t seen. I’ve got my queue lined up with lots of titles that I’m looking forward to seeing. Today I just got Eating Out in the mail. And I’ve already sent back The Night Listener and TransAmerica. While I enjoyed both, they weren’t that great. I didn’t think TransAmerica should have gotten an Oscar nod.

So..do you have any suggestions for movies I should have on my queue? Let me know.

Christmas Cookies


Last week I made a bunch of Christmas cookies. I put them in a holiday container and set them on top of the fridge. I haven’t had many of them since then but today I went nuts. In between coats of paint on the crown moulding, I sat down to watch some Christmas movies and munched on these cookies. They are soooo good!

The crown moulding is done and most of the cookies are gone. And a couple more Christmas movies have been watched. Today I watched:

Going My Way
Holiday Inn
It’s A Wonderful Life
A Christmas Story

I think now I’m ready for the holiday to be over and to have the boyfriend home again.

Scary Spider

While the boyfriend is away (and I’m missing him and keeping myself busy) I like to take advantage of the time and get things done that I normally don’t have time to do. I got a lot done today.

Recently I had crown moulding installed but didn’t have them paint it. So I spent most of the day filling the nail holes, sanding, and caulking the crown moulding. I’m planning on painting it tomorrow. While letting the nail holes dry, I went through all my files and purged all the old papers. I spent a few hours shredding all the old papers so no one will steal my identity. While doing all this I watched Christmas In Connecticut and Meet Me In St. Louis…two of my favorite holiday movies. I’m going to watch more tomorrow while painting. I like watching Christmas movies on Christmas Eve even if I don’t really celebrate Christmas.

At the end of a busy day I came into my computer room to check mail and phone messages (sorry I missed your call, Homer!) and what do I see on the baseboard? A HUGE spider! Damn this thing was HUGE. As you can see from the photo, the spider was as big as the baseboard. The baseboard is probably 2 1/2 to 3 inches tall. The spider almost spanned the baseboard. This was not a spider I could kill with a tissue. I had to get the broom out and smash the thing against the wall. I had some cleaning up to do afterwards. I’m always such a chicken. I was afraid the thing was going to jump at me once I jammed the broom into him. Luckily he died pretty quickly and didn’t attack. Now I know I’ll have spider dreams tonight. Ugh!

Brokeback Mountain

The boyfriend and I saw Brokeback Mountain shortly after it came out and we loved it. Then we saw Crash and realized why Crash won the Oscar for Best Movie.

I bought the DVD of Brokeback Mountain when it came out but never watched it. I just finished watching it for the first time since seeing it in the theatre. I’m in awe of the story and thoroughly love the movie. It’s got to be one of my favorite movies. I’m such a sucker for a love story. I shed a few tears as I did the first time I saw it. During the movie I felt so bad for Ennis. He lived such a sad life. Even though I’d seen it before, I still hoped that Jack and Ennis would have created a life together. We need a movie where men like Jack and Ennis create a life together without fear and poverty.

Anyway, it’s a great movie. You should see it again.

Sideways Party

Saturday evening the boyfriend and I had some friends over to my place for a Sideways Party. We served Virginia Merlots and watched the movie Sideways. Sideways was mostly about wine and there's one famous line in the movie about having Merlot so that's why we decided to serve Merlots. Of course the boyfriend did all the cooking. Everything was delicious. Everyone had a great time and we certainly enjoyed the Merlots. Here are a few pictures from the evening.