♡ Day Two of Phase Two ♡ + General Update

Thanks very muchly for the comments on my last post. I really felt like I needed somebody else to tell me to start the 2^nd Phase of my diet. Haha

Funnily enough, I have lost some grammage since starting to eat more. Yay. Not much, but I was actually putting on weight before, which cements the fact I was getting myself into starvation mode which can and will cause you to hold on to weight.

I still managed to overeat crackers last night. Big Time. I probably waited too long to eat more. Dammit. Please let the cravings stop!! 

The result of me overeating crackers last night meant I have had none on me for today… And I totes forgot to pick some up on the way to work. My tummy is rumbling right now. It is practically Lunch Time though! Thank goodness!

I cannot wait for this long weekend. Seriously. My Mother is going away, which means I have the homestead to myself. Whoo to the freaking Hoo. I have some major IQ (DVR) recordings to catch up on. 

I started a free trial with QuickFlix at the end of March. It’s an online DVD rental thingie… I figured if it is free than why the fudge not?! One of my co-workers loves her subscription, and so far, so do I.

You make a Queue of DVDs you would like (movies, TV shows, etc) and you prioritise them and get sent ones from as high up on your list that is available (you also get a prepaid return envelope too). It is recommended you have at least 20 items in your Queue. I was surprised at how hard I found that to do! I also have some DVDs in my waiting Queue- ones that aren't released yet.

I managed to snag a 60 day trial, by searching online for a code. Unfortunately it has already expired but there may be more. A 14 day trial is the standard they offer on the site. I don’t really think that is enough to get an idea of whether you would actually benefit from the service though.

I had started watching the Danish series The Killing on SBS, but managed to miss what I assumed was only the first episode (so didn’t really know how the actual killing went down). I added the first DVD from the series on my Queue with QuickFlix and was sent that first. Turns out I must have missed much more than the just the first episode! I watched all 4 on the DVD one after the other and hadn’t seen any! I had missed so much!! I have added the 2^nd DVD now to my Queue as well.

I am also currently watching the 2nd series on SBS at the mo'. I really like the series. Not sure if this new series compares to the first.

The other DVD I received was ‘Our Idiot Brother’ with Paul Rudd and Zooey Deschanel. I didn’t mind it, but I was sort of watching the DVD time thingie every so often, to see when it would end. Not such a great sign, is it?! This is a comedy people… And guess who cried?! Rudd has issues getting his beloved dog off his Ex… and it reminded me very much of my situation with Bender.  I could not stop crying. *sigh

I got my second set of DVD’s (I'm allowed 2 out at a time) in the mail and watched “Winter’s Bone” (starring Jennifer Lawrence from The Hunger Games- I 100% admit to being a total bandwagon hopper-on-er-er and am even reading the books at the moment on Kindle for the iPhone!! Hahaha. Obsessed). I quite liked this movie; my mum thought it was too slow. Lawrence is great in it. It’s quite dark and a bit violent. 

The other DVD I got is the first one for the series “Diary of a Call Girl” with Billie Piper. I haven’t started it yet, but I’m interested in the series. I will endeavour to get onto it over the long weekend, mainly so I can post it back and get sent new ones ASAP. I have already sent back Winter's Bone (only watched it last night). I am, what you may call, an Eager Beaver! 

♡Missy

22 March 2012: And a little boo to Hoyts

So… 

My toe is hurting a lot right now.

On my way home after workies yesterday I thought, hey why not try not using my crutch to walk limp to the bus-stop?!  Come on, it'll be fun.

Sure, I got to the bus stop quicker, and made the earlier bus by moments… but I have been paying for it ever since. I even had to go back on the meds last night... And they don’t do Jack. I get no relief whatsoever… Was I given placebos or what?! I am going to Priceline Pharmacy at lunch time to see what else I can score (get the druggie ref?). The original Pharmacist said not to take anything else with the other stuff, but the stuff just doesn’t work. I'd sooner stop taking them and be allowed everything else instead! Haha. Seriously.

 

So, I’m back on my crutch today. 

Turns out I wont get to see my Doc until Saturday. Not that he can do anything either way, broken or not.. But I just want to know now. 

I went to see 21 Jump Street on Tuesday at Hoyts Chaddy… 

Turns out the idiot who booked the tickets had the choose your seats chart thingiemabob upside down and booked us front row seats. Wow. What an absolutely moron… Oh wait, that was me.

I thought I was being soooo smrt, I mean smart, booking in early and dodging queues. I’d like to know why the truck cinemas even have seats that close to the screen! You can't see the whole screen. Ever. I had to scan the screen every few moments to make sure I was getting the whole picture. Literally. Ridiculous. I was pretty annoyed. I even had to take my glasses off... Meaning not only was the screen uncomfortably close... It was blurred too. And, of course the cinema was packed, as I suspected- so we couldn’t even do any seat switching. 

BOO to you Hoyts

I think the movie was good. Can’t be too sure though. There was some definite funny moments- I heard everyone else laughing, but my judgement is skewed due to the seating arrangement. The only advantage of sitting front row, centre, was that I could stretch my legs and take all pressure of my toe. Whoopty Woo.

Channing Tatum is delicious. Obviously… And I also thought James Francos’ lil brother wasn’t too hard on the eyes either. Better mention his real name is Dave Franco, not just "James Franco’s lil brother"… he’d probably get cheesed off. Pretty sure he reads my blog. I totally see the family resemblance now that I know who his brother is.

♡Missy