Shin Splint and Shows

Hey everyone. Long time no writing. Because so much has happened. At least to me. I have now become a shin splint sufferer.

Shin Splint: Shin splints are pains in the front of the lower legs caused by exercise

Cause: Tibial shin splints are very common and affect both recreational and trained athletes. Runners are often affected

Source: http://www.nlm.nih.gov Medline Plus.

So there you have it -No running for the last 6-8 weeks. Instead many physician visits even more melt downs and lots of self-medicating. A huge burden for me and the people surrounding me. I know that worse happens to people all the time but for me not being able to run is pretty pretty bad. It’s so frustrating since I’ve always followed all the rules and was  self-disciplined in every aspect and still something like this happens. Anyway yesterday I tried  to shoot tiny electric currents through my leg with some device. One time my hand slipped and I accidentally turned the voltage very high. My leg is still hurting - I probably destroyed some  important blood vessels. But otherwise electro therapy seems to be quite helpful.

Watched the season premiere of Entourage on HBO yesterday. It has really been a long time since the last episode (exactly one year as just checked on www.tv.com ) so I was really excited to see Ari and the gang back in action and I really wanted and still want to fly to that place in Mexico where Vinnie and Turtle hung out over the last months. That really was a “Fantasy Island”. I didn’t totally get the story behind that script and why it was all a set up in the end. I will rewatch tonight and then hopefully get it. I loved the episode and to quote “the TV addict” “the show was over way too fast” Can’t wait until “Unlike a Virgin” next Sunday. So I have just rewatched the episode (it is now one day later) and I understood that Vinnie was used to negotiate a better deal with that other actor Emilio something. The episode didn’t get any less entertaining the second time I watched it. I love that Drama has a Girlfriend who’s hot and in France and totally gets him.

The next show I have to comment on is “Gossip Girl” Just how fabulous has it become? It also seems like the actors are actually learning to act and the show’s funny and the chemistry between the acters is noticable and it seems like the show has made a considerable leap into the right direction. The most remarkable scene in the season premiere was when Blair and Chuck were standing outside of the party while the Lord (what was his name?) was getting the car and there was so much tension and chemistry between the two that I was longing for Chuck to say those 3 words Blair was asking him to say out loud. But of course he didn’t because that would be boring and we wouldn’t be able to enjoy the twists and the drama and the constellations revealed during Blair’s party in episode two of this season. Let’s see if I got it: Blair is dating the Lord (really forgot his name) who’s mother is dating Nate (Nate is getting hotter by the episode don’t you think?) who is Blair’s ex. Chuck has sold his Night Club and given the money to Nate’s mom - Mrs Archibald because she is knee deep in financial trouble due to the departure of Mr Archibald. Nate is upset about this so he accepts the offer of Catherine - the Duchess and the Lord’s stepmother to pitch in with a little of her money. What’s wrong with Nate that he rejects financial help from his best friend but accepts money from his affair. That is just a disaster waiting to happen. Well anyway, Blair interrupts Catherine and Nate while making out and makes a deal with Catherine that she will keep quiet if she (the Duchess) accepts Blair’s relationship with the Lord. While all this happens Serena can’t keep her mind off Dan not to speak of her hands. I would be surprised if they’re not officially together be the next episode. The only one who seems to miss out is Vanessa but let’s save that storyline for when it has actually evolved into a real storyline.

What show really disappointed me to the point that I turned off the tv ( this hardly ever happens….ever) was 90210 2.0. The highlight during the first two episodes was the title music that reminded me of the original show in a way but that was about it. At least in other shows they try to compensate the lack of acting and storyline by  finding hot and beautiful actors to do the job or there’s at least good music playing while you’re waiting for the show to turn good (Hidden Palms comes to mind - I would love to watch Hidden Palms again) But none of that was to be found during BH 90210 2.0. Luckily my friend and I had fries, pizza, springrolls and brownies (yes in that order and yes -all of it) to get over our disappointment so we were able to handle it.

Speaking of the CW and its shows about rich and spoiled Teenagers lets move on to the next show called “Privileged” which I had the chance to watch earlier today. I wasn’t expecting anything big but was pleasantly surprised. A young Yale graduate writer called Megan Smith (Joanna Garcia) is offered the job to tutor the two rich grandkids of Laurel Limoges (Anne Archer) with the goal to get them into Duke University. The two girls Sage (Ashley Newbrough) and Rose (Lucy Kate Hale) have lost their parents in an accident and are living in this huge estate in Palm Beach. At least Sage isn’t too eager with Megan’s studying plans and it’ll not be such an easy mission to get both of them into studying mode. Of course there are potential love interests such as Charlie Hogan played by Michael Cassidy (you might remember him playing Zach in The O.C. or Cliff in above mentioned Hidden Palms and Will Philips (Brian Hallisay) as well as Megan’s family issues such as a sister she has had a difficult past with and a father who was overwhelmed with his single parent role - both of them also residing in Palm Beach. The music is good and the location is beautiful so with all the above factors the foundation for a good show has been laid. Let’s wait and see how it evolves and let’s hope for the best. Nowadays in a post-Gilmore Girls post-Veronica Mars post-O.C. post-Men in Trees age I have lowered my expectations while accepting that we just have to make the best of what we get and that fabulous shows just don’t come around every day.

 And with these words enough of TV - will go for a swim now and enjoy the last days of summer because winter is waiting to happen and that’s something I’m not exactly looking forward to.

(Picture Source The CW www.cwtv.com)

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TV Shows, life, Entourage, Gossip Girl, 90210 2.0, Privileged | September 11th, 2008 by admin | No Comments

About Running, Weeds, Milk and 90210 (2.0)

I really wish I could make a living with my running. At least I’d have a deeper reason to spend so much time in my running shoes. I’ve been thinking about becoming a running pro but people keep telling me I’m too old for that. Well what do they know. I could do it! I just need to work out a way to speed things up a little. On the other hand I think that running is like the sport with the lowest prize money. For example you just have to manage to get through the first few rounds in a tennis tournament and you’ll already receive some good money. In a Marathon or a Half Marathon you have to be one of the first 3 or 5 finishers and then the prize money still can’t be compared to what a tennis player or even a football player gets. I’m not unrealistic - I know it’s going to be quite hard to be faster than all those young pros. Yeah maybe I should think of something else. Like cooking! I can do that. Enough of me and my silly dreams. I hate the summer hiatus because it makes me yearn for fall which comes before winter - which is the season I hate most. And there you have it.

I love what we’ve seen of Weeds on Showtime so far this season. It seems as if the move to - were exactly did Nancy move her entourage to? Let’s say somewhere near the Mexican border was exactly what the show needed. And I like that Nancy is less whiny. The whole setup is more fun and her “cooperation” with Guillermo has given the whole show a new much needed substance. Oh and the new storyline with the mayor is actually fun to watch. I also think that the non-family characters such as Celia were introduced into the new setup very smoothly. Let’s see what happens next but after a relatively slow last season I must admit that I was positively surprised with what the producers have done with the show.

What else is new. I think milk makes me fat. I stopped drinking it in the beginning of this year and started again a few months ago - ever since I’ve been gaining weight probably not recognisable to anyone but myself but still…Ok I know this is probably the most boring stuff I have ever written on my blog. I blame it all on the hiatus and my very unsatisfying job. I could write a lot on that end but common sense tells me I shouldn’t. The problem is that I love what you can do with milk. The whole variety - baking, cereal, cocoa and shakes! First I thought I was lactose intolerant but it now seems that my body is tolerating milk very well and on the contrary knows exactly how to process it. Right into my hips. Enough of me and the milk. In my next post I will share my chocolate fountain experience with the world. Yeah right - it comes right after the fries vending machine I reported about last year whereas if you load enough chocolate into the fountain and have the right accessories such as fruits and marshmellows the chocolate fountain experience can last way longer than the fry vending machine experience does. Unless of course you have enough cash to buy many portions of fries. But more about that later.

I must say if it weren’t for the occasional references about me running quite a bit readers of this blog could possibly get the impression that I indeed love my food and my TV and that I probably look that way. Well thank God I run!

How’s everybody feeling about the much talked about Beverly Hills 2.0? I say as long as you don’t try to see it as a sequel to the original series I think you’re good. I was just thinking about when my friends and I used to religiously watch BH90210 every week and watching the show was a vital part of the day. It was always followed by Melrose Place. I guess everyone used to watch those two shows. I think that mainly our target group - the mid twenties to mid thirties - will compare the show with its origin, especially now that parts of the original cast are said to return. Yey Brenda!!! The target audience for BH 2.0 will probably be the same that Gossip Girl is focusing on - the teens and perhaps early twenties. As far as I know these kids never watched the original shows unless they bought them on DVD or watched reruns. But why should they? - there have been enough newer and more talked about shows for them to watch. So for this younger audience Beverly Hills 90210 2.0  or whatever they are going to call it will be just another show focusing on young, rich and spoiled teens. Well at least the CW has both the East Side and the West Side covered with a Teen show now. But far be it from me to complain - I will accept my fate and look forward to September when both shows kick off on the CW. Really got a little excited there when I first heard the new but still familiar soundtrack of BH 2.0 on the CW website. Yey!!!

(Picture Source: www.thetvaddict.com)

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TV Shows, life, weeds, 90210 2.0 | July 23rd, 2008 by admin | 3 Comments