Valentimes: AJB and I spent the day slugging around the house. Flowers arrived at 5:30pm. We had dinner at our favorite Indian restaurant Akbar’s and then saw “He’s Just Not That Into You” – which, considering the stellar cast, was one of the dumbest chick flicks I’ve ever seen. It goes into the “Under the Tuscan Sun” category.

On Sunday, we took my Mom to see a small production of Ray Bradbury’s “The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit” at South Pasadena’s Fremont Theater. I’m not the biggest fan of theater and I’m less a fan of community theater, but aside from this being a cute story, it also starred Joaquin Garay III – whom you may know as Paco from Herbie Goes Bananas; who befriends Herbie, gets into all kinds of trouble with Harvey Corman (RIP) and Cloris Leachman and shows the world that Mexican stereotypes can also comes from Guatemala.

Yesterday I gave my Mom my old PC and hooked it up for her – it’s much faster than the one she has now. I showed her how to use iTunes and Picasa and spent the day hanging out, talking, and installing Windows programs. It was nice to do something other than real work for a change. I also realized that making a PC do what a Mac can do is like forcing a round peg into a square hole.

Yesterday, the Wii Fit arrived. AJB and I have been desperately searching for something to help us shed some pounds for the wedding and I figured, the Wii Fit should do nicely. It’s cheaper than a gym membership and something we can do alone or together. The Wii Fit also seems to make exercising easy and fun – so while there are cute games to play, you can also do some real aerobics, yoga, and strength training. In addition to the interface being cute and highly Japanese, I figure it’s a good way to enthusiastically exercise and set realistic goals for ourselves. Further motivation is your Wii Fit Age – which apparently, I’m 51 and AJB is 47. I’m older and he’s younger. This confuses me. In my defense, the Wii Fit Age is calculated by your BMI and your ability to balance. I got a bad score on the balancing part because I didn’t quite understand how the test worked. Now that I understand it, I’m pretty sure I can get that number lower. I also found out that my BMI and weight are both normal. So why don’t I feel normal? According to Wii Fit, I’m 133 pounds. So does this mean the scale in my bathroom is wrong? It often tells me I’m 136. Maybe it’s because I had rice for dinner the other night.

I agree that the Wii Fit doesn’t replace a gym membership (cause of the no machines), I think it does one thing very well: Gets you to do some form of exercise…and that’s what we need.

I’m off to Enid and Edgar’s for the weekly photo shoot. Online job listings have been scarce. I need to figure out a way to continue working through this economic crisis. It’s getting harder and harder.

*Note: My Mom’s tomato plant is off the hook. Considering it’s Winter, they should be dead or dying. We found out, the trick is accidentally planting your plants next to the dryer vent – keeps ‘em warm and cozy. Good tip. I love happy accidents.