So upcoming on the Netflix front will be “Sorority House Massacre” and “Graduation Day.” I think I have seen both of these films before … but that would have been waaaaay back in the 80’s so I don’t really remember them. The fact that “Sorority House Massacre” arrives this week fits in nicely with that fact that my copy of “Black Christmas” arrived today. Lots of sorority sisters, boobs and blood. Yea!

Saturday morning is Beth’s Annual Hoilday Open House which is always nice to go to. I also must get my Christmas shopping done this weekend as well. I am super lazy about Christmas shopping.

Sunday … there might be a hike in the cards.

So, bucking medical advice (or orders as it were), I have not started taking the fun little yellow pill that is Paxil. Things have been a lot smoother this last week as far as nerves/anxiety go. Supposedly my Doc’s office put in a referral for me to go to see a General Psychiatrist. I actually would like to see someone who knows a little bit more in this specific field. Maybe the Psych could give some ideas on where the anxiety is coming from and how to control it a little better without having to be back on brain meds for six-months or a year.

You might have noticed that I said “supposedly” the referral was sent in. It’s now been a week since I was told this was happening and that the Psych’s office would give me call to set up the appointment. I haven’t heard anything yet. This is what I hate about the medical establishment. Everything seems to move at a snail’s pace unless you’re having a cardiac event (as heart attacks are now called). I guess I am just gonna have to call this afternoon and harrass the folks to see if they even got the referral in the first place. This just is a pain as the better I feel the less inclined I am to think that I need to go.

Update:
Gosh. Been looking back over the last year on this site and no wonder I am have anxiety issues. Seems like every other post is about me being down in the dumps or upset/pissed about something. I gotta work on that!

It had been decreed by my Doc that I should be back on Paxil.

Yeah. Meant to post about the weekend yesterday … but yesterday was bad. Anxiety issues kept me distracted all damn day. It’s fun. So, I will distract you with what happened over the weekend.

Friday Night:
Left-over pizza and movies was what I was into Friday night. Finished watching “Bleak House” and cried quite a few times as the various story arcs came to a close. It ain’t called “Bleak House” for no reason. If you haven’t seen it, you really should. Great story and an excellent cast (loves me some Gillian Anderson!). Then I moved on the screw ball comedy and tried to watch “Monkey Business.” You can tell by “tried to watch it” that I didn’t really like it at all.

Saturday:
Treked off to the movies with Franke and we took in the giddy thrills of “Casino Royale,” the new James Bond film. Wow. I really liked it. Doesn’t hurt that Daniel Craig makes a very good bond (the best since early Connery) and is totally freakin’ gorgeous. I recommend. Afterwards we munched an early dinner. I then traveled to the groccery and liquor store and spent a good part of the evening making Mom’s special holiday egg nog. It’s very alcoholic … mmmmm … and should be perfection in about another week. Then it was movie time again. This go ’round was Takashi Miike’s “Visitor Q” which is a terrible and totally disturbing movie (and not the good John Waters kind of disturbing).

Sunday:
Slept in late and then had the fun of two parties. One was an Artist’s Open House for a friend’s mother. She’s a painter and I really like her stuff. The hand painting over my bed is one of her pieces. Then Michelle, Mary, Teresa and I travelled over to the Sylva area for the OITM Holiday Party which is always fun. We ate too much and chatted with many fab gay folks. When I got home, I watched the final movie of the weekend, Peter Weir’s “The Last Wave.” I really liked it but probably not as much as Weir’s “Picnic at Hanging Rock.”

Then anxiety issues kept me up part of the night and were smacking me around for most of the day yesterday. This has been going on since the 14th of November … so it might be time to go back to the Doc and get medicated again. That thought does not make me happy.

So here we are some things that have been on my mind …

Dead Can Dance.

Panasonic 42″ Widescreen Plasma HDTV.

Jake Gyllenhaal!

Bleak House (Gillian Anderson rocks).

Pornography with cute fellas.