When life becomes chaotic, I've noticed that I tend to tune in to familiar TV. Lately, (read in the past week...) I've watched That Thing You Do and Pretty Woman several times each! It made me wonder what's up with that? Why the oldies? They're from the 90s, which to me feels like it was just around the last corner, but when I think about it honestly, it was 30 years ago. Where does the time go?
What makes these so comforting? Neither of the movies would be called epic, and they're not overly deep in their story lines. Part of the appeal, for me, is that they aren't any of those things. The premise of both movies is rather simple, there's good music, people smiling. That may be the draw for me.
And when has being polite dropped from society? There was an arrangement in place for a weekly family dinner, rotating from house to house to keep us all in touch. It was decided that Tuesday was the day, meals are simple, just time to be together. But we don't do the together stuff very well. When someone can't make it, or made other plans, isn't the polite thing to do would be to notify the rest of the fam? I'm busy, I work, and when fam shows up 2 hours after I show up, well, frankly, I just want to head home and be by myself.
Then, what is it about money that makes people so funny? Not haha, but weird. Sometimes my mom sends a text to her son, and there's a time lag before she gets an answer back, sometimes its more like days. But transfer some money from checking to savings, and there's a phone call within 4 hours asking what's going on ? Granted, Mom is 84, and someone should be watching her money so she doesn't get scammed. But could this be a case of actions speaking louder than words? It's just one of those little things that really get to me.
Lately the little aggravations are really getting to me. Anyone got an old classic movie for me to watch??? I could use some Father Goose or Pillow Talk, even! Great classics. What's your fav?
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