We have a TV, but we do not have cable. Thus, we tend to watch a plethora a movies. However, there have always been three significant problems with movies: (1) We used up our personal selection a long time ago so getting a new movie now requires time and money; (2) The selection at Mexican movie rentals is rather limited (i.e., they don't have anything good); (3) Even when they do have a movie we're interested in, 93% percent of the time it's from wrong region! [What's a region?, you ask. We also wondered that the first time we popped in a rental and saw nothing but a blue screen of death! I guess the world is divided up into 4 or 5 regions to somehow limit piracy (obviously a very effective system). Our DVD player plays region 1 movies while most Mexican movies are region 4. Incidentally, make sure to check the region next time you order a movie on eBay. We recently bought a copy of Disney's Mulan that only plays in Asia!]; (4) We usually only have about an hour if we want to get a decent amount of sleep.
A few weeks ago we were introduced to Monk, and he has solved all of the above problems. (The money problem [see above] is taken care of because our friends lend us seasons at a time.) He also solves his own problems in every episode. For those who don't know, he is a genius detective who has OCD. To give an example scene, he could be chasing the antagonist and suddenly stop to fix a crooked sign for no reason.
It's also quite a wholesome show, which is unusualy these days (sure, they're murders, but they're "wholesome" murders.) So now, when we get an urge to watch a movie at bedtime, we choose Monk instead. You can too.
The next is Kathryn Bela Smith, daughter of Emily and Drew. (Now this is sounding like a wedding announcement or something.) She was born on September 6. I haven't seen her in person, but from looking at the photos she also is a cutie! I'm glad that Adriana will have some cousins her same age to play with at our family get-togethers. Yippee for cute, adorable babies!
A few weeks ago we were introduced to Monk, and he has solved all of the above problems. (The money problem [see above] is taken care of because our friends lend us seasons at a time.) He also solves his own problems in every episode. For those who don't know, he is a genius detective who has OCD. To give an example scene, he could be chasing the antagonist and suddenly stop to fix a crooked sign for no reason.
