I spent a lot of time writing today. I wrote an outline for a full length Solo Performance; I wrote my October newsletter. I’m writing my daily blog. The latter is turning out to be the most difficult, not from a creativity point of view but from a technology point of view. Any of this writing would have been easier, in a way, if we still pushed pencils. But seldom do I write longhand anymore. I’m the beneficiary, and at the mercy of, technology. Since the blog is written online, I’ve suffered the most with it today. The others I just type up in Word and save to my hard drive, all self contained in my apartment. For the blog I’ve gotta access the world wide web, and with speeds topping out at 12 mbps today, I’m about to tear my hair out.
Other technology that’s serving me better today: digital television. The digital part isn’t all that important to me – I’d be perfectly happy with rabbit ears if there were any signals left for them to pick up. Television was definitely my friend today, since today marked the return of Pushing Daisies. I am utterly in love with that show. I love the handsome PieMaker. I love the quirky, smitten Olive. I could do without Chuck. The characters are all amazing, the costumes and sets are super saturated with color, the dialogue is witty, the narration is brilliant. And the score – the score makes my heart sing. If that’s not Danny Elfman it should be. There is nothing I don’t like about this show.
Remember this time last year when the writers went on strike and the season got cut short? That was awful. I’d just moved out, was on my own for the first time in years and I was eating ice cream every night. I cried a lot.
I was tempted to celebrate the return of my favorite show with ice cream. But then I got to thinking. I really love this TV show. Watching this TV show is the fun thing I’m doing for myself. Ice cream is another fun thing I can do for myself, but do I need to be doing two fun things at the same time? Can I really be enjoying either to the fullest if I’m doing both? I decided not. I decided to skip the ice cream and really attend to watching the show. It was a good choice, and I’m feeling pretty darn proud of myself.
Tags: ice cream, mindfulness, Pushing Daisies, reward, satisfaction, self care
