Sunday, February 06, 2011

Pam's Ponderings-The Grocery Store Shelves Were Bare

TransGriot Note: Author Pamela Hayes' takes on life while trans.    In this one she talks about the Super Bowl, movies and the state of what passes for cartoons.

I went to the supermarket to pick up some things for spaghetti and meatballs. I love making my meatballs with meatloaf mixture--a combination of beef, pork and veal.

While there, I decided to pick up some super bowl munchies. Two family members will be glued to the TV watching the Super Bowl, but I am not interested. Ugh!

But they requested some food items for the event. There wasn't a chip, Cheetos, Fritos, Doritos, pretzels in the damn store.

No Cokes, Pepsi, Sierra Mist, ginger ale. Well, some folks are having Super Bowl shindigs tomorrow, so I guess they cleaned the store out in preparation of that.

They had emptied the candy aisle. What do they think this is, Trick or Treat, I thought, frowning up a storm, when I didn't see a Nestle Crunch in the house.

I went to another store and found my soft drinks and chips. I also bought some stuff to make them a deli tray, which will consist of turkey, ham, roast beef, cheeses, gherkins, olives, artichoke hearts. I'm going to put out chips and dips and make some wings with barbecue and sweet and sour sauces.

While that pigskin lunacy is underway, a family member and I are going out to dinner and afterwards, we're going to watch Cinderella--that version with Stuart Damon and Lesley Ann Warren. I love it.

Also, there is a marvelous version with Julie Andrews. Also, Alice Ghostley who played the bumbling Esmeralda on Bewitched played one of the mean-spirited step sisters in that version.

I'm also going to check out Annie, the Kathy Bates/Audra McDonald vehicle. I love the music and Audra McDonald is a sublime singer. That woman's voice is positively majestic. I have a few CD's by her. She is superb. God gave her quite a gift with that voice.

And finally, I'll make myself sit through The Princess And The Frog. I'm not that wild about animated movies, though I love the old Flintstones series. I love Fred, Wilma, Barney and Betty, Bam Bam and Pebbles.

I have watched Family Guy. I find it disgusting.

Stewie is a horrible little creature who has fantasies about committing matricide. Meg, most definitely is not daddy's little girl. Peter has broke wind in her face. Sent her into dangerous situations. Calls her ugly.
What a charmer. The show can be profane and irreverent without having a man psychologically abuse his daughter. Though it's been said another man sired Meg.

That show has dealt with subjects like bestiality. Lois' father impregnated his pet dog. How repugnant!

Characters have been seen vomiting. Who wants to see that? Yes, I've watched it in HORROR to be cognizant of what's going on in popular culture and sometimes, I've turned it off in revulsion.

My books contain graphic sex scenes , but I don't care for pornographic movies or pictures. Call it an idiosyncrasy.

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