Whither be thou, discipline?

So I've a million things to do and I am having difficulty getting any blasted things done. So I've fled my apt. in an attempt to be elsewhere and maybe more focused. Some success. I did some work at one of the coffee shops and am now at my usual one.

I've also had the problem of reading books too quickly. I went through David Sedaris's Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim and Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic and Sister in record time. Okay, to be fair, the Kinsella book is fluff and can be read quickly, but still, it does not augur good. Like I was going to read a bit before bed and then couldn't stop on it. The Sedaris I also keep reading more and more of.

And have been going through dvds way too quickly. I have rewatched the second season of Ellen and am now going through the first season of Remington Steele. RS is a lot better than I remember. It's a lot funnier, too. There were some exchanges that had me in hysterics. Ellen is good, but is more 90s than I remember. But I still love the one where she's forced to stay with her parents.

And yes, have been reminding myself why I had a Murphy fix as my sister puts it. I was twelve at the time and was during my attraction to dirty blond men, ala Simon Mac Corkindale, (though that was later around the time of Manions of America). (Don't ask). I thought Murphy Michaels (played by James Read of North and South fame) was quite cool and erudite or something. Looking back on it now, I'm considering hitting Laura over the head. C'mon, you have two perfectly lovely men who adore you; do something with one or both of them. I was sadly one of those devastated when Bernice and Murphy left the show; Doris Roberts just wasn't the same. And now, I've seen some of the movies he's referencing. The people who started it went on to do Moonlighting, which I watched religiously, but can't go back to now. It's just too over the top and my tolerance of Cybil Shepherd is waning after her show of the same name. Oh, please.

Oh and the other pop. cult reference in it is that the actress who played Laura's mother also played Amanda's mother on Scarecrow and Mrs. King. Apparently, on her resume, it says, "Ability to play concerned mother to spunky heroines." I also watched Scarecrow religiously, but I've seen them more recently.

Well, back to work.