New Year Greetings

Happy New Year? Yeah, okay. I am holding out hope that 2022 will be better than 2021 but I'm sure I hoped that 2021 would be better than 2020 also (and, I guess, it was in some ways: vaccines, no more Donny T as POTUS, etc.). 

I have to say I've been having some relaxing days off from my day job to read, write (yes, write), and watch more TV than I probably should be watching. I've watched a number of programs:

1. The Staircase: This series dragged on far too long, but it was interesting. I don't know if Michael Peterson killed his wife or not, but something is not right with that guy. My gut feeling is that maybe his wife did fall down the stairs (either on or her own or with assistance from him) and he either finished her off or let her bleed out before he called 911. I don't believe for a minute that he just came in and found her body at the base of the staircase and then called 911.

2. Filthy Rich: This series was, thankfully, short but the main thing I got from the whole Epstein series was that the rich and powerful are protected. It's sad, but that's the way the justice system works in far too many cases in this country. I fully understand why some victims don't want to come forward after an assault when they're going up against someone with more money and more power than they have. I hate to quote that blonde Kelly from Fox News, but she said something when she brought charges against her perv boss Ailes like "if you shoot the king, you'd better kill him." She was right. If you're going to take down someone that rich and powerful, you'd better take him out because if you don't, he's going to come back and do everything in his power to destroy you, your character, your family. What I found interesting about Epstein was that once he fell out of everyone's graces after the New York indictment, his so-called friends just distanced themselves from him. They loved him until they didn't. Jeffrey who?

3. Justified: I've been watching the first season of Justified mainly so I can see Timothy Olyphant. I doubt I'll watch the entire series (because it went in for many seasons), but I'm enjoying the first season. Tim is great. He's so good looking and underrated as an actor. 

In other news, I'm trying to do a no-junk January where I'm cutting cookies, cake, donuts, etc. from my diet this month. I'm snacking on too much junk! I also haven't been to the gym since early December because of Covid, but now that gyms in my area are going to start requiring proof of vaccination to get in, I might go back this month.