Underwhelmed in a New Decade, 2020

I have had that paralysis experience. Its as though you are about to "cross over"!

I MADE myself get used to the CPAP 15 years ago!

I’m being haunted by #9 Dream. It just keeps popping into my head, like it’s trying to tell me something.

I hate this thread

I like #9 Dream. It was recorded during the Lost Weekend phase, with May Pang's voice calling John's name. No Yoko is ok

I was in Walmart & walked past 75% off Christmas stuff. There were a lot of boxes of Hershey’s Pot of Gold. Right across the aisle was the Valentine stuff...with a lot of boxes of Hershey’s Pot of Gold. They looked exactly the same. So I went & looked and there were 2 differences

1) Christmas boxes were red with darker red dots on them. Valentine boxes were red with darker red hearts on them.

2) Christmas boxes were $1.37. Valentine boxes were $5.99

If you need to give low grade chocolates out to people (coworkers, in laws, partners you’re pissed off at) on Valentine’s Day, save yourself some money & go to Walmart’s Christmas clearance section.

I think I have sleep apnea too. I am soooo tired even though I get a full night's sleep.

Why is iPad mini so expensive?

Misheard Lyrics:

I'm but a coward, pussy pussy

Original Lyrics:

Au Bawakwa Pousse Pousse

It may rain tomorrow and I need to find my umbrella.

Iran...in case you’re listening., people in NY voted against Trump, hate him, Demi start against him & condemn political assassination.

So if you have any complaints or responses to Trump’s behavior, please contact pro-Trump areas of the United States so they can take responsibility for his shit.

Kind of whelming, OP, but my advice to you is to make yourself get used to a CPAP. None of this "I can't" stuff because almost everyone can, they just don't want to.

I can’t. First they put the nose mask on & the air pressure caused immediate & continuous sinus pain. They they put on the face mask and it was like a tire-inflating air hose from the gas station going through my intestines, causing cramps & releasing constant gas. I couldn’t t sleep

“You’ll get used to it.”

I didn’t. Woke up with the mask on the floor, where I’d pulled it off & thrown it once I’d finally fallen asleep after several nights of sleeplessness.

Also regarding CPAP — I had to take a day off to drive the 4 hour round trip to where the CPAP supplier was (a very heavily traffic jammed route). I was given 15 minutes of instruction by a rushed guy and sent on my way. There was no follow up. When I called back to talk to someone about problems I was having they were having none of it. “We showed you how to use it. If you wanna come back here we’ll walk you through the demo again,, but that’s all we do. The air pressure is 14 because your dr said a lower pressure doesn’t help because you have a collapsed nasopharynx. We gave you the nasal mask and the face mask & we fitted them to your face. There’s nothing else that we do.”

It wasn’t like physiotherapy where you can talk to the therapist about problems you’re having & they work with you to figure out specific exercises that will help you.

CPAP is a Just machine & the people who rented them were just your basic storefront operators. The place was bare bones, take it or leave it, “Wut? Dis don’t work for you? Waddaya want me to doo abowditt, cry aw sumfin? Dis here is a biznizz, not some kynda restaurant where we cook speshul food faw you aw sumfin,, kniw wut I’m sayin? Awl we do is fit da mask, show you howdda do the machine & we awreddy dun that, ok?

Now if you’ll SKUZE ME, we got bizness to do.”

It was like the Christophuh Moltisanti CPAP Machine Shop

I just took a look at my favorite online nursery to see when they’ll start shipping for the spring season & they’ve switched over to selling to bulk buyers only.

This just made me practically suicidal.

Sounds like you got the good weed, OP. Everything’s going to be ok.

I rarely eat sugar, had three Oreos and feel like death. I'm too sick to change the channel and it's stuck on some cop show on A & E. Why is it still called Arts and Entertainment when neither happen on the channel anymore?

My back hurts.

I feel like I wake up to pee 30x/night now, and I don’t know why. It’s not like I’m properly hydrated.

I’m having leg cramps at night. I told my dr and she just told me to take magnesium. I was like, “What about checking my circulation? What about checking for blood clots? What about a stress test?”

And she was all like....... “you old now.”

I watched an old episode of The Fugitive on MeTV last night & it starred a weird little girl who talked in a made-up language to her doll that she kept hidden underwater in a pond. It was Twilight Zone-ish

I just wrapped up a big project that was causing me much anxiety. Now I'm in a good mood. Going to have a few drinks tonight - to celebrate, rather than to cope.

I have to charge my damn cellphone. Again.

I got a CPAP and it was a thousand bucks for something I cannot tolerate or wear.

I couldn't sleep with a CPAP until I started taking melatonin (OTC, 6mg.) before bedtime, R23. Now, blissful slumber.

I finally got the Spotify app working on my laptop. I bought this laptop almost exactly a year ago, but for some reason the Spotify app just crashed Windows every time I opened it, even though it worked perfectly well on my previous laptops. I had to use the web player, which isn't as easy to use.

The Internet seems dead today. DL is quiet, my Twitter feed is quiet, the subreddits I visit are quiet. It's odd.

The corona virus has killed everyone, r26. We’re the last two alive.

I'm supposed to see a play tonight and a concert tomorrow night at a university at least 10% of whose student body just returned from vacation in China.

Is the play “Death of a DLer?”

I hope not, r29. What a way to go.

I’m, have you all thought I’d just losing weight to end the sleep apnea?

^^You’re who?

You have to work with the CPAP and not just try it once and then bitch about it for the rest of your life.

You have to accept that you need it and then commit to spending a little time to make it work. Did what I just say piss you off? Then you're the problem, not the CPAP. Accepting that is the first step.

If your medical equipment provider sucks, get a new one. Unless you live in one of the most rural locations in the country, there is absolutely no reason why you have to drive four hours to get to a medical equipment provider. Almost any medical equipment shop can get CPAPs and equipment for you.

Next, find online support. Avoid cpaptalk dot com, it's full of trolls. Try Apnea Forum or the UK CPAP forums. Introduce yourself and ask for help.

Get the machine set up for comfort. You may have a ramp option where the pressure starts out low and slowly increases, which helps a lot of people who are starting out. Use the warm humidity setting. Some machines have an expiratory pressure relief setting that lowers the pressure when you exhale, which can be a huge help. (It can also help relieve aerophagia.) If you don't know how to set these things, the clinician manuals are almost always available online and they have instructions on how to change settings that the medical equipment providers say you're "not supposed" to change. But it's your CPAP so adjust it how you want.

Then, practice with the mask. Use it without intending to sleep and just lay down with it. Get used to the pressure and how it feels, and adjust it to where it feels the most comfortable.

If you've got aerophagia, it might be because you need a "full face" mask and not a nasal mask. The "full face" mask is a misnomer, it's just a mask that goes over the nose and mouth both, not the whole face. CPAP dot com online lets you try masks and pay a small "insurance" fee so you can return the mask if it doesn't work, just make sure to check to see what's eligible. Shop around first and ask on forums what people recommend.

When you go to sleep, go to bed early in case you have trouble. Don't get agitated, try to relax. White noise or sleep sounds will help.

I think I’m going to die soon. I keep getting new diseases diagnosed and I’m dreaming of my dead mother a lot, which I haven’t done since she died years ago. Last night I went to her house and she said she was moving to FL and I could stay at her house but she wasn’t coming back. The house was filled with junk, walls were peeling, there was water dripping in from somewhere. I went to one if the bedrooms and found two single beds once I cleared the crap away and they had tons of duvets, duvet covers, blankets, pillows and sheets on them, all dirty. I started vacuuming the beds when my Irish grandfather came in. I never liked that old man. Turns out he was living in the house, too. I asked my husband to help me clean & he said he had to go to work all day & all night & wouldn't be home til 1am & this was his new work schedule. He would spend his days off with his mother at her house.

I felt trapped & alone among death & so much decay. I knew I could never clean it up. It was just hopeless. And my neighbors could see into every room in my house & were disgusted by me.

CPAP is a big crooked business, get a dental prosthesis instead, it's much easier and for the oldies Medicare will pay for one. No big fucking machine to worry about and the the sleep centers and docs can't rip you of. You even just brush it like your own teeth and no bacteria ridden hoses to clean, fuck no one wants to trick with someone who uses a CPAP, it's like licking the floor of a bathhouse! I keep telling you bitches but you don't listen and bitch about the damn CPAP.

R34, that belongs in the “whelmed” thread, clearly not here.

[quote]CPAP is a big crooked business, get a dental prosthesis instead, it's much easier and for the oldies Medicare will pay for one.

How about not dispensing bad medical advice (albeit anonymously)? Providers know which cases can be treated that way, you don't. Sleep apnea is a serious diagnosis, and the disorder can kill you outright, or over time by causing heart damage.

I have been wearing a dental device (MAD--short for mandibular advancement device) for 10+ years. They don't work for everybody, but it worked great for me. After having my sleep lab test in 2009 or whenever it was, I was recommended to a dentist who is an expert--he invented the device he fitted me for (there are other MADs around made by other dentists but I guess they're all similar). I got used to it in 2 days and have worn it faithfully for over 10 years at this point. It's good for people with mild-to-moderate apnea, probably not severe. Sometime since then I got an adjustable bed frame (and a very good latex mattress to go with it) since I discovered I always fell asleep easier sitting partially upright on pillows. Not proven, but some research suggests this is also good for apnea (you can also elevate the head of your bed with books under the upper legs of the bed). I reduced my apneas back at the beginning from 18 to 1 an hour. I haven't had another sleep test (I should of course) but I did use an iphone app called Snore Lab (recommended by this dentist) recently to check if I snore and I barely snored at all (maybe twice in the whole night). This thing is expensive ($1200 plus initially $300 for the consult--this is westside of LA after all) but it has been great. I was willing to spend the money to see if it worked before having to deal with CPAP. Easy for traveling, easy to clean (just soak it in Polident for a while and then brush with toothpaste).

Your jaw might hurt for a few days when you first wear it because it changes the jaw position forward, but that pain went away fast for me.

Anyway, try a MAD before you get even more under or over in your whelming.

I can't get a MAD now because I'm having dental work done.

If you get a MAD and have dental work, the MAD dentist can adjust the device for you. My regular dentist did an okay job but not like the guy who made it. I have had it done several times. Unfortunately, he's getting pretty old, so I hope he doesn't retire because his dental student substitute when he was out of the country did a terrible job.

Well, this “underwhelmed” thread took a nosedive with all the talk about sleep apnea.

Spotify just recommended a playlist called "Alternative 10s". I still can't adjust to the fact that the 2010s are now in the past.

This thread has me very whelmed. I hate you all. *sob*

I’m watching an old Midsomer Murders. It’s winter and they had a costume party/rowboat race and people fell into the water. I can’t imagine how cold that must have been for the actors.

I just had a disappointing Bosc pear.

I am having a honey bell orange. No honey, not bell shaped & not an orange.

Ive never gotten a ticket or even been pulled over by a cop.

So my glass shower door was full of minerals because 2 grown males who share my abode are incapable of using a shower scraper. It’s too difficult for them. Any cleaning is too difficult for them.

I brought out a Vapamore steamer I bought last year and I used it with the little nylon scrub brush that came with it. I sprayed the glass with a spray bottle of vinegar & a little dawn dishwashing liquid. After I sprayed the door, I let it sit for 2 minutes then steam scrubbed it. Then wiped with a towel.

It came out pretty damn clean.

I love hearing trains in the middle of the night.

R48, I’m assuming you don’t have a cleaning woman. One way to reduce the hard feelings and arguments over cleaning when you have roommates, is to hire a cleaning woman. You’ll still have to clean the shower yourself, as they normally don’t do something like that, but if you’re not doing all the other cleaning, it might seem like less of an imposition.

[quote]I just had a disappointing Bosc pear.

I had a Comice pear I liked a lot this week. The good ones aren't necessarily the prettiest ones. I bought three more last night at Whole Foods. I had a red skinned pear whose flavor was off when it ripened—too milky. I ate the whole thing, but I didn't buy more. I don't remember the type name.

I hope my new Comice pears turn out. I think they'll be ready tomorrow. It's sad you have to buy one pear, see how it develops, and only then go back for more.

My first Comice pear was already ripe this morning, so it, some walnuts, and some Parmigiano-Reggiano became my breakfast today.

r51

[quote] You’ll still have to clean the shower yourself, as they normally don’t do something like that,

What kind of cleaning lady do you have?

The bathrooms are the main reason I have a cleaning lady.

I just read that you can get gastric lap band if you have aBMI of 30, so long as you have a comorbidity. Examples of comorbidity = high blood pressure, sleep apnea, high cholesterol, diabetes, depression. Used to be you needed a BMI of a5 least 40.

[quote] I'm but a coward, pussy pussy

[quote] Original Lyrics:

[quote] Au Bawakwa Pousse Pousse

May Pang said Lennon was using the word “pussy” but was told the record company wouldn’t publicize the song & radio stations would play it, so she told him to say “puss-ay” instead because it sounded French. Worked.

May Pang’s book was very entertaining. Time for a re-read. I liked the part where Joni Mitchell waltzes into John’s recording studio with Warren Beatty on her arm and John says, “Look! Joni has a trophy!”

The middle aged woman attendant at the Kroger self check pulled me aside as I was exiting today. She wrote a short note on a memo pad. "Thanks, you're a nice person!" she said, and jammed it into my hand. She's looking for a roommate, $400/mo.

That’s freaky.

I have a craving for Key Lime Pie.

I might make one. I can't decide if I should buy some Nellie & Joe's Key Lime juice or actual key limes...

I also could just wait until May when Trader Joe's has their frozen key lime pie in stock as it is quite good.

I don't know for sure how this will all pan out.

Have a salad

Some people I know who moved to Panama for a less expensive life near the beach are being driven crazy by the loudness of the people & the music. Music is even played loudly on buses.

Remember the term “elevator music”? When was the last time you were in an elevator that was playing music?

I had a salad with creamy Italian dressing.

[quote] I don't know for sure how this will all pan out.

I for one am on the edge of my seat.

And...I just fell off.

15 recipes to eat the bread deliciously.

I got as far as Elvis Presley toast.

I went to the dispensary yesterday and the guy, who kept me there for an hour and a half chatting, told me this stuff would be a good get up and go wake and bake. I only smoked half a joint and it's like seven hours later and I'm still vaguely stoned to the point of like being non-functional beyond pouring orange juice.

R66

Duuuuuuuuude.

🤙

This episode of This American Life *blew my mind*, lol, and I'm not sure if it was really amazing or if, you know, I was stoned out of my mind.

I was steam cleaning my shower and burnt my big toe badly when the steamer tip fell on me. My husband had been given some cannabis oil by a friend whose daughter is a cannabis farmer. I asked him if I could use it. I put it in my toe and it was fine about a minute later. It had been blistering up and it stopped.

So, one of the thoughts I had, while I was sitting there stoned out of my mind and unable to move, was that *if* our experience of reality really is a computer simulation, then there's only a limited number of pre-determined thoughts all of us can have which circulate through the air and you just can't see them under they whirl between your ears, but they're in orbit constantly and run in a cycle across the universe.

I ordered brunch from Uber Eats. The delivery man showed up in a skirt.

I have to replace my 20 year old Bunn coffee maker. It’s leaking, but I have a spare Mr. Coffee one. It’s stored in the kitchen cabinet above the Kenmore refrigerator. I prefer a Bunn.

London.

I'm addicted to re-runs of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?"

[quote] So, one of the thoughts I had, while I was sitting there stoned out of my mind and unable to move, was that *if* our experience of reality really is a computer simulation, then there's only a limited number of pre-determined thoughts all of us can have which circulate through the air and you just can't see them under they whirl between your ears, but they're in orbit constantly and run in a cycle across the universe.

I had to stop getting high because I would suddenly remember something from my past that I hadn’t remembered since it happened, &I made a decision back then and my life became completely different than what it is now. It kept happening over & over and I began to believe these different lives of mine were actually taking place in different planes of reality.

How can I pick a paint color from a chip?

Most paint stores display chips that show a palette of complementary colors. I found the palette that has the color of my furniture (chocolate) and picked one of the other colors for my accent wall (get a sample) and another of the colors for throw pillows and textiles. It came together pretty nicely.

I got my jollies fix from this.

It’s 4:20, I just finished a big stressful work project, and I want to pour a celebratory drink but the housekeeper is here and I don’t want to pull out the booze in front of her. Yes, I care what she thinks.

I ate sour gummi bears on the plane yesterday. I enjoyed them.

R78. That’s funny, I have the same hang up. She’s been with us for over twenty years, but I don’t want her to see me drinking. Especially in the afternoon.

R80 I was just about to open the liquor cabinet, and in she walked. I considered making a little joke and doing it anyway, but I just couldn’t.

Indelicate Topic (hoping not to whelm)

Our toilet has been flushing very slowly. Landlord tried a snake, found nothing, put a package of Green Gobler Powder Plunger in bowl. An hour later and I am boiling water to add, as per instructions.

How can a chemical put in a toilet bowl have any effect on something further down in the pipes? It’s curious - -

Watching the beginning of a movie set in early 1960s that had. a 2 or 3 second opening scene of young men on a dock in Scotland and I heard the split-second but easily identifiable bird.call of a male red winged blackbird in the background. Now, there was an incident where a red winged blackbird was spotted on an island off the coast of Scotland, drawing twitchers from all over UK. Problem is, it was in 2017 & it was the first red winged blackbird ever seen in Europe. And.....it was female. Female don’t make the same call as the male.

Why do movies do that? Why not just get some geek to record a local bird if they want bird calls in the background?

My Stim-o-Ceiver implant continues to function most excellently!

We're have a real March wind today. Blowing hard, raw & cold.

In like a lion, out like a lamb.

I live not far from an elementary school. There's a crosswalk, and a crossing guard. There's a lot of turnover, and every now and then it's someone who gets WAY into the job – waving at every passing car, yelling greetings, putting on funny hats, doing schtick. I can faintly hear the lady shouting "good morning" as I type. What is it about that particular occupation that encourages this?

I didn’t go to work today. I stayed at home and napped and snacked and read a new book about autism. It was close to heaven.

So then you were whelmed, r87, not underwhelmed.

You’re even bordering on overwhelming.

Yikes.

Heard a male cardinal calling this afternoon. Spring is full on when the red bird is looking for ❤️ company

I stand corrected, r88. You are, of course, accurate. I am, of course, thoroughly chastened.

Today, I made a trip to the supermarket and gassed up my car.

Spring peepers! First night!

Alton Brown's timely hygiene tutorial somehow became spliced into a film of a completely different genre.

Driving last a small farm field I noticed a sign

Goat Yoga

I thought maybe it was supposed to be “Goat Yogurt,” but I looked it up & goat yoga is a thing

(PS the owner of the farm is a huge Trumpster and had a large metal cross erected in his yard for years)

R93, did you see this thread? It was just started.

Just want to say a hearty fuck you to the coronavirus for ruining all our lives.

I’m going to fix gluten-free penne with meat sauce for dinner tonight.

When I weighed 240lbs I snored like crazy. I was candidate for CPAP. But get this, I dropped 80-90lbs and don't snore anymore. My BP is fine, everything green except my C3 and L5 vertebrae. Which means my right leg doesn't wanna move. It's either the above or it's ALS. I hope the fuck it's not ALS because I'll be dead within 5 years.

Nah, r96, I want my gluten.

I’m so tired of this I should be grateful I don’t have the virus, I know, but I’m going stir crazy. I’m afraid to go check on my mother, Just in case I’ve come in contact with the virus and I’m not showing symptoms. I need to go to Walgreens and get my thyroid medicine but I don’t want to go out.

I’m fucking whelmed, fucking whelmed as fuck.

I. was channel surfing just now & what should I see but the Smothers Brothers making a joke about President Johnson.

Ok, the Smothers Brothers just introduced a band that was making Jr’s debut on American television......the Bee Gees.

This decade is definitely a piece of shit so far.

My sister sent me some beef jerky for my birthday.

Is that a euphemism, r103?

Did she hire you a stripper?

[quote]the Smothers Brothers making a joke about President Johnson.

Which President Johnson?

When we were kids, we'd pick dandelions and put them in a small glass with water and they'd live for maybe that day only. The white fuzzy dandelions, we'd pick one, make a wish, and attempt to blow all of the white parts off in one breath so that our wish would come true.

Tinker, tailor, soldier or sailor’s life

Rich man, poor man, beautiful, daughters wives

Dandelion don't tell no lies

Dandelion will make you wise

Tell me if she laughs or cries

Blow away dandelion

Is it wrong that I am enjoying the quarantine so much? No pressure to go anywhere. I just putter around, play piano, watch TV, read books, surf the Internet, cook, clean. Communicate with my friends via text or social media.

Of course I feel devastated for the country and the world. It is tragic.

I wish I had a musclebottom to cuddle with. I want to hold someone as I drift off to sleep.

NOT underwhelming: the shitty neighbors next door are hosting a BBQ with about 20 beer-soaked idiots partaking. According to the PD dispatcher, this is NOT in violation of AZ Governor's orders re: COVID-19 safety at this time.

Arizona, the Mississippi of the West! Hot, but it’s a dry hate...I mean heat!

Warm places won’t have the infection rate of cold places. Every winter I would get bronchitis from breathing in cold dry air. I am a mouth breather & was told to stop breathing through my mouth when outdoors in winter. It helped.

Cold air is bad for your lungs. Add to it a dangerous virus and you’re going to get more ill people than in warm places.

I made fried eggs and bacon for breakfast. My cats love to eat the leftover yolk.

The yolk is the best part.

I'm reading Downton Abbey fanfiction. I haven't read any fanfiction since around 2005, but the libraries won't be reopening any time soon. One thing that strikes me is the number of trigger warnings. I don't remember there being anywhere near as many when I read fanfic as a teenager. They spoil the chapter if you don't scroll past them quickly enough.

I found this movie for free on Tubi. It’s underwhelming to say the least.

Anyone else hating Zoom? I just had to do a call with some friends. It was fine, but I hate talking on the phone in general. With Zoom, you can't even scroll your phone while you pretend to listen. It's just all goofy and awkward.

Another observation about Zoom? Older boomer ladies specifically are loving it. My mother and other women I know in their 60s, 70s and beyond are zooming up a storm. These are the same women who can barely text. What is it about Zoom that has captured their fancy?

I was unable to procure Reese's hearts or eggs this year due to the pandemic.

I feel cheated.

[quote] I'm reading Downton Abbey fanfiction.

Are there any decent m/m Downton stories? I really want to read one where, say, Branson slams it into Wobbert.

One of my guinea fowl is sick & probably dying. He's been staying on his own away from the other 2 sleeping in the yard all day for a few days. It's been cold, wet & windy for weeks. Today it seems he can't lift his head & is aimlessly walking with his head down. I tried to sneak up in him & catch him. I got surprisingly close before he roused and flew off a short distance. I didn't want to exhaust him, so I let him be.

He's not eating. The other two birds walk a bit, realize he's not with them & start calling him. But he doesn't go with them.

I've had them for 8 years this April.. I'm sad. I like this one particularly because he's different looking than the other two.

There are fewer & fewer bugs for them to eat because neighbors all treat their yards with pesticides -- Starting in April -- and they're competing with all the blackbirds for insects in my yard. I try to supplement with peanuts. peanut butter suet cakes, dried insects, shelled sunflower seeds. I give them lots of white millet, they're favorite.

If only the sun would come out. They always feel better after they sit in the sun for a day. More rain is coming.

Their favorite, sorry, not they're favorite

Their favorite, sorry, not they're favorite

A young neighbor girl has invited everyone on our street to a "social-distancing block party," ugh. Sounds dreadful. I would duck it, but the family is right next door, they're nice people, and it's always wise to maintain good relations with one's neighbors.

That's one thing about this pandemic – you can't get out of things by pretending you have somewhere else to be. Nor can you say you have a cold because, well....

I've been having strange dreams during quarantine.

My dream last night was that Elizabeth McGovern dressed as the Countess Cora Crawley of Downton Abbey was the new hostess at my favorite restaurant. I mentioned the resemblance to her as she seated me and she said "I get that a lot.".

I really feel scammed when I "WW" a post and afterwards notice it is from 2016.

22:33 GMT. Week 10 (I think?) of lockdown. Six glasses of red wine. I'm sitting in my bedroom literally LOLing at stupid and disturbing Dolan Duk comics. I think that on some level, I always knew this was how I would end up.

Op the “paralysis” sounds like a lucid dream. I know they can suck but once you are aware the fear gets less if during the paralysis you can find anything in your room/house that looks slightly different(it can be very little) from what it looks like irl you know it’s a dream. Awareness means a lot. Also before you go to sleep you can state that when you want to wake up you clap your hands(in the dream) or blink your eyes f.e Whatever you feel comfortable with. It takes a bit of practice but it can be done,

Yesterday I walked past a house that had Union Jack bunting, and a tree with Union Jack baubles hanging from it, in the window. Are Brexit trees a thing now?

I slept well last night, seven hours. And I just had an idea for a play called "Elizabeth and Edith," about the longtime collaboration and friendship of Elizabeth Taylor and Edith Head. The title is all I've got so far.