sopranos, sunshine and snot...

...not necessarily in that order.

tho', for fun, maybe i will start with last night's episode of the sopranos, which reminded mommy of why she and daddy started watching the show in the first place. violence, and lots of it. no... haha! just kidding! altho' there's no denying that's been a factor in the overall entertainment value of the show from the get go. still...despite the fact that tony's coma/dream sequence was initially annoying, mommy thought it turned into delicious surrealism the moment before tony made his way "back" into the real world.

for mommy, however, the most satisfying scenes  involved silvio, paulie, and vito angling for potential positions of power. silvio, as consigliere, best filled tony's empty sharkskin suit, but sneaky/chubby vito was pretty freaking funny sucking up to carmela (tho' don't we all know what he really likes sucking? think: construction security guard...) acting all sweet and overly-concerned about poor carm while complaining about having to give extra money to her when tony was as good as dead. of course, the best part of that whole story line was watching paulie and vito

speaking of carmela, mommy thought edie falco has turned in some tremendous performances over the past couple of weeks, easily securing herself a place on the emmy platform next year (you know those acting academys love women willing to look reallyreally ugly in a part, and, let's face it, edie in those crying scenes? pure bow-wow.) that said, mommy's favorite moment last night? watching paulie walnuts (played by tony sirico) first take on those drug dealers --especially after one of 'em kicked him in the balls. ouchie! and then, when he was finally allowed to sit with comatose tony, causing tony to go into cardiac arrest while he yammered on about his own woeful walnut sacks. painfully fun to watch, it was, in mommy's humble opinion, classic sopranos.

now, as much as i'd love to go on and on and on about all things sopranos (for starters: how much more weight is james gandolfino gonna gain before he literally becomes all the sopranos rolled into one fat/wise guy? will tony come back more screwed up than ever or will he be a kinder/gentler mob boss? will aj cut that greasy hair? will carmela start wearing make up again? will tony b. show up in any more dream sequences? will janice's kid bite that tattoo off her mommy's big blubbery boob? will vito be outed? if so, will he sleep with "da fishes" with his penis wrapped in cement?)... i'm afraid i can't (go on and on and on about all things sopranos... try to keep up, here, kids. don't let a parenthesis or two throw ya off). now where was i? oh yeah...you see, poor daddy's a sicksick boy today... and, frankly, it's just too hard for me to concentrate on much when his health has gone to hell in a hanky. (he rarely stays home from work, much to mommy's chagrin, so you just know he's feeling reallyreally sick when he's been parked on the sofa all morning...right?)

poor pitiful daddy. feeling all sick and snotty. sleeping on the couch, even as the sun is shining on, what promises to be, a perfectly lovely spring day. (did ya like the way i worked the sunshine in to this post? i thought ya might!) anyway, i really have to keep an eye on daddy... typically mommy doesn't eat much during the day when daddy's at work, but i'm thinking she'll try to help speed his recovery by "feeding" his cold, which, i'm hopin', turns out to be a pretty good deal for me, as well!

feel better sooooon, daddy! (but, for my sake, could ya wait until after lunch?)

"The power of love to change bodies is legendary, built into folklore, common sense, and everyday experience. Love moves the flesh, it pushes matter around... Throughout history, "tender loving care" has uniformly been recognized as a valubable element in healing." ~ Larry Dossey

Comments

[Sar]

Aaaaaah, I haven't watched Soprano's yet! It's tivo'd since we just got back last night. So I'll be sure to come back and comment further after I've watched it, Puppytoes. Btw, you are most certainly not an outside on Belle, in fact you're officially a fellow contender! Hope Joel feels better soon.

[joel]

have awakened from my nyquil induced coma long enough to read - great post hon...captured the soprano's episode perfectly...I feel like i'm seeing the world through a glaze of vaseline...must lie back down now...need more nyquil....arrrgh

[cj]

I liked last nights episode too. I liked the ending of that dream sequence - not being able to take business inside.

I can't stand Vito and Bobby these days... god lord my 3 year old is more mature than the two of them. I am hoping that Vito is uncloseted this season - he needs some harassing.
:)

[joy]

i am also psyched by this season, and loving the surreal aspect to it. was almost bummed when i saw previews of next week, and tony so clearly knows who he is..

also loved the pitch of "cleaver." awesome stuff:)

[neva]

cj: bobby's just a lost cause (especially now that he's married to janice) as for vito? it should be interesting to see if he does get out of his closet! i just thought the way he and paulie raced back to the hospital to give carm the money after they heard tony was awake was hilarious! i agree, the dream sequence was much more surreal/satisfying this week... especially the whole briefcase/can't take your work inside part before tony came out of his coma...

joy: how funny was that whole movie pitch? i couldn't figure out what what happening when they busted in on jt's class --but then, there was christopher forcing him to write that slasher script! and you're so right the title "cleaver" was beyond classic! this episode has us much more hopeful about the rest of the season...

honey: take more nyquil. go back to sleep. i'll make some tea. love you xox

[neva]

oops sar!!! (i didn't forget ya) sorry i didn't include a "spoiler alert" at the top of the post (hopefully it didn't really spoil things for ya)... and thank you thank you thank you for allowing me "inside" your official ring o' brawls! i'll wear my gloves with pride and try to make my 2 cents' count! : D

[Jom]

Sophie (and mommy!)

I hope your daddy will be better soon!

Thanks a lot for leaving me such a nice and wonderful comments! ^__^ (your comments motivate me to put effort on my today's story!)

And please please please, feel free to use any of my pictures as well! I'd be appreciated you use them!

Take care of yourself (and daddy!)! and enjoy spring! ^__^

[Jack Attack]

Cute pics! Sad to hear your dad is all sick and SNOTTY. eww.. what a gross word. haha Get well soon! =D