I may have to quit watching Christmas movies in the evening ─ or on any day when I have something planned for early the next morning. Today has been an utter waste as a result of watching one last evening and having a can of strong (8% alcohol) beer and at least three ounces of amber or golden rum.
I have fallen too far out of practice with drinking.
The movie I watched was 2012's Holiday High School Reunion, also apparently titled Christmas Crush.
Perhaps it was first named Holiday High School Reunion when there was that ridiculous push to do away with the word "Christmas" for being too Christian and thus offensive to other religions and atheists. Then when the fervour of that misdirected 'political correctness' died down, the movie was more properly renamed.
I missed out on learning why a high school would be having a reunion at Chrstmastime, however. That didn't make much sense. Most people who did not actually live in the town would hardly be caring to travel back there for their high school reunion if it was taking place at Christmas, would they?
I very much enjoyed the movie, even though I began wondering if I was only going to find myself well entertained and not be caught up in any of the emotion that I seek from Christmas movies.
That eventually did change, but not until late into the movie when the main character (played beautifully by actress Rachel Boston) who had been part of a four-member girl glee club, performed her solo for the attendees, singing 'O Holy Night'. That almost immediately affected me ─ and deeply, for I quite like that carol.
And of course, many more tears and pretty much open blubbering were to follow soon enough.
Rachel Boston looked to be in very good shape, and I felt that she had a superior set of legs over her three other glee club members ─ even hot Julia Voth. Julia Voth's character was intent on seducing her former teacher as portrayed by actor Harry Hamlin, and I think that the gist of things is that she succeeded.
I would like to think that they were to live happily ever after together, even though there was nothing about Harry Hamlin's character that I found was believably attractive to the hot former student who was around 34 years younger than he was.
I wouldn't mind watching this movie again next Christmas if my brother brings his girlfriend Bev here to celebrate the period for a couple of days straight like he usually does. She didn't join us two Christmases ago because she had to work on Boxing Day.
By the way, Marilu Henner was the only actress / actor in the movie I was expecting to see, for I don't tend to study up on movies I am going to watch ─ I like being surprised. However, I could not help but notice her name associated with the movie.
Back in her Taxi T.V. years, I thought that she was remarkably hot. Note that she's about 2½ years younger than I am.
As for Rachel Boston, I can't say I have any prior familiarity with her.
While I was in the midst of watching the movie, my brother came home from wherever he had been drinking. Regardless, I was watching it upstairs here at my computer because I had not been able to find a working source for it through our Amazon TV Box. I mostly stood here in this room with the light off in order to become better immersed into the feature.
As it was, I think that I finally got to bed shortly before 10 p.m. And when later I was awake enough to check the time, it was (I believe) just after 1:30 a.m., so I rose with the intention of getting some work done here at my computer.
Alas, I got involved in trying to figure out how to download a JW Player video to put into a USB flash drive so that I could watch the video on T.V. via our Android TV Box at some point with my brother; but I failed abysmally, and wasted a huge amount of time. I also wore out my poor eyes.
In addition, I think that I must have been into a hangover.
I had meant to get out early in the a.m. before daybreak so that I could do some early (i.e., as soon after 7 a.m. as possible) shopping at the Walmart around a mile from here, so I was going to return to bed around 3:30 a.m. or soon after with my cellphone's alarm set for 5:45 a.m., since I would have to walk to the store (I do not drive).
But by the time I was into my bedroom, I was feeling so overwhelmingly rough that I cancelled the alarm and just went to bed to sleep as long as I possibly could. I had already realized that my day was probably lost.
It was, of course.
I may not have risen thereafter until maybe 8 a.m., but I had been awake often enough earlier. My brother was not to rise until nigh 10 a.m., by which time I decided that I could handle a wee bit of exercise out in the backyard toolshed. I was back into the house around the time that he had come downstairs following a shower.
My youngest stepson was up before I was, for he had to go to work a while later.
I suppose that had I been feeling haler, I likely would have watched some T.V. late in the morning with my brother, but I declined too much. Around 11 a.m. I returned to bed, and remained there until just about 1:30 p.m., I reckon. My brother had only then gone to his bedroom for some rest before soon leaving for the afternoon to eventually resume his daily drinking somewhere.
The day has been overcast, and there have been some very light periods of rain.
I seem to have the time to watch another Christmas movie, but I don't dare. I cannot lose tomorrow on top of today.
I had considered doing the non-grocery shopping tomorrow morning that I had planned on this morning, but I fear that I am going to have to maintain my alternate plan to do some grocery shopping tomorrow as was previously scheduled, or else I will have to wait until next weekend. I simply cannot bear being abroad during the busy workweek, so early Saturday and Sunday morning are all I have for these shopping expeditions.
I am presently late into my latter afternoon, and I have just finished having my day's first meal. I would like to adhere to what remains of the day's scheduled exercising, so I am going to first have a lie-down to facilitate the assimilation of that meal.
Since I do not expect that there will be anything further that will develop in my day, I might as well publish this post.
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