I’m sick. Like, really really Sick, with a capital S. Sinuses, chest, head, throat — blech. I got out of bed only to go to the bathroom yesterday, and it’s looking like the thing to do today, too.

And my TV is not cooperating with my pathetic need to be entertained. I’m too tired and have too much of a headache to actually do anything serious, like decide on a DVD to pop in. I was counting on the TV gods to supply decent movies, or possibly one of those serendipitous marathons of a show I need to catch up on (SciFi did this with Heroes a few weeks ago). Yesterday I caught Saved! from the beginning, which was great, since I hadn’t seen it before, and later I watched parts of Shrek and the horrible Die Another Day, which is saved only by the presence of occasionally shirtless Pierce Brosnan.

But not today! TNT is apparently falling back on its gigantic library of Law and Order episodes. No offense to fans of the show, but if I never see another episode of any of the many incarnations of this series it will be too soon. SciFi is running Red Dragon, which was disappointing the first time around — I actually like Ed Norton when he’s the crazy one, and Ralph Fiennes when he’s not. And I missed Meet Me in St. Louis on TCM.

Feh. I’m too congested and achy to be expected to make my own viewing choices. So help me!

Should I watch:

* Gosford Park
* more episodes of Supernatural, Season 1
* Sin City
* something else?

Not *that* kind of fun, sadly.

Favorites lists always change for me — my top five favorite songs, or books, or movies, will vary depending on the day. (I mean, you have to account for things like PMS, lack of caffeine, squabbling children, etc. On days where all three are an issue, my top five movies probably all include spectacularly fiery explosions.)

But my favorite [book, movie, song, what-have-you] by a particular *artist* is a little more static. What about you?

If you want to play, tell me your favorite song by:

Prince

Bruce Springsteen

The Rolling Stones

Joni Mitchell (because EVERYONE should have a favorite JM song)

any original Motown artist

That covers a lot of bases, doesn’t it? And if you don’t have favorite songs by any of those artists, well … we’ll talk.

I have Type II diabetes. I take medication for it. Two years ago, my prescription changed from one medication to another, and since then I’ve been losing weight. Steadily. Despite the fact that I eat (and yeah, I know, I have diabetes, I have no self-control, sue me) plenty of ice cream, and I have a problem with cake, and I generally don’t manage my carbs as well as I should. (It’s all carbs, people — at least, that’s the new theory behind a diabetic diet. A donut is no worse than a piece of bread, really — it’s just *more carbs,* which you have to take into account. The days of diabetics being denied all refined sugar are over, as long as said sugar is tracked and comsumed in moderation.)

I heard on the news a few months back that the drug I’m on is actually being abused off-market for weight loss. (Apparently, it works especially well in decreasing weight around the middle, although I have no idea how a drug targets that, intentionally or not. It does seem to be true for me, though.)

So, you’re thinking, well, yeah, why is she complaining? Weight loss is not bad, for most of us! Weight loss is hard for most of us! All true. The problem is, I can’t afford it.

I bought all new shorts and pants last summer because the stuff I had was literally slipping off my hips. And belts only worked to the extent that they bunched up the waistbands and thereby created less than attractive bulgy action in back. (Also, I hate belts. Especially in the summer.)

I didn’t splurge, either. We’re talking KMart and Target stuff here. And this summer … it’s all too big again. Big like in some cases I’m actually sticking my stomach out to hold the damn things up. Buying new clothes is a lot less fun when it’s not really in the budget. It also sort of sucks when you bought stuff you really liked last time around, cheap or not, and you don’t really want to give it up.