<p>Thanks for the chuckles, dmd and ez.</p>
<p>*Kath and Kim<a href=“Aussie%20comedy–%22Look%20at%20moy!%20Look%20at%20moy!%22”>/i</a>
*Spooks/Midsommer Murders<a href=“British%20TV%20programs”>/i</a></p>
<p>NW (New Woman magazine. Absolute rubbish. Between People and The National Enquirer)</p>
<p>Bisquick pancakes or biscuits (Bisquick lugged over from US. Three big boxes have to last a year)</p>
<p>I thought of this thread when I stopped off for dinner tonight.
I spent the morning helping my mom around her condo in Bell-e-vue, watching strapping young men pick leaves out of the planting strip.
Then I drove to Rainer beach which is a totally different world to pick up my daughter from track practice- daughter wasn’t there- so I drove to her school. Her coach said that practice was changed, but that the girls probably didn’ t hear the announcement. So I drove back to Rainer Beach ( which took about 30 min) and saw her hiding in the parking lot. ( She said some kids were giving her a bad time- cause her sports bag has the name of her school- which is a rival apparently).
So guilty pleasure comes in by being too stressed from all this driving back and forth and I stopped at Ezells fried chicked accross from her school. I didnt really care for it when I had had it before- but I figured Oprah generally has good taste so I bought a big dinner of fried chicken- spicy- with rolls -slaw and mashed potatoes. Much better this time. But I need a beer, this is spicy…But then I would feel “too” guilty. Fried chicken and a beer?</p>
<p>Burrito with hot sauce, large grapefruitade, leave empty food plates around the house and loud bad rock and roll. The ultimate guilty pleasure: “96 Tears” by ? and the Mysterians. Not even your best friends know you like the song.</p>
<p>LOL at “96 Tears” - love that song. Goes good with burritoes.</p>
<p>The funny thing is, I’m not especially fond of action movies, but like ez says, “Name one chick flick for which you need a ‘home theatre system.’” Those explosions just SOUND so good!</p>
<p>Probably no alcohol because as I get older it just makes me sleepy and I do not want to sleep through my all too rare downtime. Dinner: pasta with olive oil and garlic (as much as I want!). Snack: popcorn with real live melted butter if I think my gall bladder’s up for it. “Vanity Fair” magazine. Mystery novel. I already watch movies on DVD constantly without any appreciable guilt, so maybe “City Confidential” or “Cold Case Files”? Or how 'bout a 24-hour “Law and Order” marathon?</p>
<p>A chick flick improved by a home theater system (we have a 6 foot by 8 foot screen): Best in Show. There’s all kinds of things going on in the background that you don’t see on a smaller screen.</p>
<p>Another chick flick for the big screen: Gone With the Wind.</p>
<p>I’m sure I’ll think of more AFTER I have my morning caffeine.</p>
<p>Best in Show, LOL. Is that a chick flick? </p>
<p>Vanity Fair… Yum! Costs $22 by the time it gets over here but it’s worth it!</p>
<p>Cheers, Best in Show is considered a chick flick in my household. No exploding helicopters, remember! (Over Christmas break, my D and I decided we were going to watch it (again) and of course S and H were utterly appalled… but I did notice that they joined us (we made popcorn) and laughed just as hard as we did. Even if afterwards they said it was boooring…)</p>
<p>Best in Show is one of my H’s favorite films and my S can recite just about any line from the movie. Decidedly not a chick-flick; dmd - maybe the out-takes have some helicopters! A must see.
Do we have any Waiting for Guffman fans too?</p>
<p>If you like Christopher Guest’s British sense of humour, you might enjoy </p>
<p>The Office avail:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002W4P98/qid=1110996469/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-7246162-4920950?v=glance&s=dvd[/url]”>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002W4P98/qid=1110996469/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-7246162-4920950?v=glance&s=dvd</a></p>
<p>or</p>
<p>Kath and Kim Tough to get the hang of the Aussie accents at first, but well worth it for the belly laughs. </p>
<p>(avail in June)<a href=“http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007Q6QZA/qid%3D1110996651/026-5971349-7242036[/url]”>http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007Q6QZA/qid%3D1110996651/026-5971349-7242036</a></p>
<p>Love Waiting for Guffman! Also, and if this is not a guilty pleasure I don’t know what is–This is Spinal Tap.</p>
<p>Another GREAT guily pleasure movie, and PERFECT for waiting on college decisions–Orange County. I have seen it about 10 times. Jack Black, Jon Lithgow, Katherine O’Hara, Lily Tomlin…too funny!</p>
<p>The couch, the fleece blanket, the remote clicking all the time, the laptop (spider solitaire or text twist), a big bag of hershey’s kisses or chocolate chip cookie dough (agree with somemom - why bake?). Toss the phones.</p>
<p>Hmmmm…depends on the season. In winter, I’ll go with the flannel pjs, fuzzy slippers, the wine, the movies (WHY are most of my guilty favorites involved with various aspects of gender identity?–In and Out, La Cage aux folles (French version only, please), Tootsie, Le Placard–).</p>
<p>Summer–tank tops and boxers, popcorn, beer, and a series of major league baseball games involving the Giants. Hopefully by THIS summer, on a widescreen HD TV. Are we the only ones who still have the old-fashioned kind :(?</p>
<p>And am I the only one who would add a long bubble bath or hot tub into the equation?</p>
<p>Are we the only ones who still have the old-fashioned kind ?
No HDTV here! No surround sound! I feel “advanced” to have digital cable. You aren’t alone. We have a big TV (I think 42") that we bought second-hand from a friend who was upgrading to a flat screen plasma last year. I thought we were doing somehting - til the cable guy recently came out to fix the cable and asked “how long have you had THAT television?” Whatever! ;)</p>
<p>And am I the only one who would add a long bubble bath or hot tub into the equation?</p>
<p>With you there, too.</p>
<p>I watch “Wherever the Heart Is” whenever it comes on TV.</p>
<p>Can some one set up the surround sound TV system so it can be seen from the bubble bath?</p>
<p>Then again, maybe after the cookie dough and fluffy junk TV, a nice quiet bath and wee cuppa tea is the way to finish the evening</p>
<p>Rich vanilla ice cream, topped with crunched-up Heath Bars drizzled with Kalua.</p>
<p>Sheer hedonism.</p>
<p>An ice-ice-ice cold Mansion martini (made with Gold tequila) and 3 fat, jalape</p>
<p>Yes, yes, BATHS-- !! Nothing better. AAAaaaaah!</p>