Tu 1/25/22

Tu 1/25/22

805am. 11am (a pinch). 530pm (a pinch). 735pm. 

Up 630am: Bright and frigid with temps to about 20 and wind chills near zero or below.

Watched Netflix disc 'A MILLION LITTLE PIECES'.  This is a fictionalized account (based on real events) of author James Frey's struggle with drugs and alcohol. It landed him at Hazelton, but his experiences seem far too melodramatic and do not seem authentic so the entire production comes off as somewhat flat and pointless.  Alcoholism is a disease: It's the result of a choice that you made. Do I want to stay sober or not? Did you ask for all of the destruction that was caused in your life by the choice to drink/drug? Since the pain wasn't called for, then you are not in control and it is like having a disease.

Watched the Bonus Features on both discs.

Began 'AS GOOD AS IT GETS'  (Netflix).

Stopped at 49".

Noon: PC is 'Off' and getting ready to walk on the treadmill.

1225pm:  FIVE MILES AT 3.8 PACE AND 0.50 SLANT and finished JAMES LINDSAY on J.R.E and began JIM  GAFFIGAN on J.R.E 

Read 'RABBIT IS RICH' on the couch listening to FREDDY HUBBARD and DON CHERRY. 

440pm: TWO MILES AT 3.8 PACE AND 0.50 SLANT and watched more of JIM GAFFIGAN. 

 535pm: In the tub with 'RABBIT IS RICH' and listening to LED ZEPPELIN.

Watched the rest of 'AS GOOD AS IT GETS' (Netflix). An unlikely romance between a NYC waitress and an obnoxious yet successful author who suffers from OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)..."screwball odyssey"...And a more negative review- "Experiencing this movie is a little like watching a manic-depressive's  medication wear off." I thought it was a 'mildly amusing' movie; with Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, and Cuba Gooding Jr..  

Began the next episode of 'NEWTON'S CRADLE' (Netflix). 


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