June 1, 2006

• I am just now recovering from 96 hours of the TV series 24.  Our preacher started a series he calls 24/7 which looks at 7 days in the life of Jesus.  He has been using parallels from the series 24 and peaked our interest in what all the hype was about.  With lives as full as ours, we just completely missed the start of this series 5 years ago and it has not been anywhere near our radar screen.  Carl made such a fuss about the show and this guy named Jack Bower that the better half went out and rented the first few DVDs of what she thought was the first season.  We were on the third episode when we realized that we were watching the fourth season.  We went ahead and watched the rest of the fourth season and then went back and rented season one, two and three.  The show is one that stimulates every sensory end in your body, much like riding a roller coaster over and over and over and over without ever getting off.  I really don’t think the producers meant for them to be watched back to back to back to back.  There is a reason there are commercial breaks and an entire week between episodes.  I do not recommend that folks watch them back to back unless they have a friend to keep them sane.  With a friend watching with you, there are twice as many bathroom breaks and that gives your senses a chance to recover from the over stimulation. 
  
  At one point in the marathon over the past few weeks, I was threatening to start a cocaine habit to break myself from the 24 habit.  Since cocaine is illegal, and from what I have heard somewhat expensive, I decided against it.  Good thing because when we finished the third season which was the last of the four, I was done.  Cyndie rented the fourth season again to watch with our middle J and I have better things to do with my time.  I think this means I am ok until the fifth season comes out on DVD.
  
  I went out to lunch with Carl last week and was kidding him about how he turned us onto the crack cocaine called 24 and he just picked up on my dialogue and affirmed my addiction.  He mentioned how hard it was to just watch one episode and that it is a shame when it is 3 o-clock in the morning and you are trying to figure out where you can rent the next disk.  I can see it now, standing inside the blockbuster with a brick in your hand explaining, but officer, I was going to leave the money on the counter for disc 5 and 6, honest!!!
  
  The youngest J has been bugging me to buy a treadmill for the past couple of months and after getting assurances from Cyndie that it would be used, we went to Sports Authority on Memorial Day and bought one.  So far, so good because it is being used consistently by both boys and Cyn.  We put it upstairs in our study looking out a large window that has a view of the park.  I hope I can report back in a few months and say it is still in use.  Time will tell.
  
  Only 2 1/2 more weeks until our trip to see the oldest J and our favorite daughter in law.  I sure miss being around those guys but their lives are all the much better for fleeing the nest and going it on their own.  They have grown so much over the past 9 months and they are doing great in school and work.
  
  
  

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