March 27, 2004

  • Spring Break: Last day

    Click here for entry 2004.03.20 Spring Break: the last day...

    Note: I have recovered from being upset about the wiseguy. If you still come here and are willing to admit it like a man/woman, then do so. But personally I hope that you aren't visiting this site anymore. Anyway, the O-man will be returning soon. No specific date, so don't hold your breath--as if you would anyway...

    BTW: If you reach the magic number, please leave me a comment.

    Spring Break: Last day

    Okay, it's still the weekend, but I have to start work--real
    work--since school's starting up again. So yesterday, Friday, was my
    last day of spring break. And again, I did nothing except my usual
    fooling around on the computer and getting stuff prepared for my
    literature seminar on poetry. Right now we're dealing with translation
    and how context can change the meanings of words.

    This
    week is also M's Spring "break". I told her not to cook this week,
    which would kinda explain the frequency of our visits to Glory Day's,
    our local watering hole. It's a sports bar near my train station that
    is relatively inexpensive. The food is typical bar food: nachos,
    bufallo wings, burgers, salads. But that's not why we go. It's always
    for the b-e-e-r. We are true lushes. But sasugani--can
    someone give me a translation for this? This is such a convenient J
    word that means "as one would expect given the subject's predilictions,
    talents, tendencies, or natural human reactions vis-a-vis the topic at
    hand"... Anyway, sasugani we were kind of beered-out after
    three straight nights of heavy guzzling. I'm not as young as I once
    was, and I was woozy for most of the day. So we stayed in to watch DVDs
    I had rented and was pleasantly surprised...

    Six Feet Under
    I am not a fan of pay TV. I paid for cable previoiusly, I now pay for
    satellite. How much more do these guys want me to pay? Don't I deserve
    HBO or Showtime by now? Well, I could live without movies that I can
    rent from Blockbuster's. But I really started to get pissed off when
    shows produced by these companies weree receiving a Emmy nominations
    and awards. How could they allow awards for best drama or comedy go to
    programming is only available with additional premium subscriptions. So
    eveyone was talking about the Sopranos and Sex in the City.
    Big deal. I'm a mule when it comes to paying extra for something that I
    believe should be free... like Xanga. But I had heard too much about
    Six Feet Under and so decided to rent the DVD. I was quite impressed
    and amused by this program about a family that is not dysfunctional by
    today's standards, butruns a business that would make most people feel
    dysfunctional: a morgue. There was a bit too much sex, for a TV show,
    and the gay brother actively kissing his lover caught me by surprise.
    But the story was interesting and engaging. We saw the pilot and the
    first two episodes, and I think I'll have to rent the rest soon. It
    wasn't good enough for me to call my satellite provider and order HBO,
    but I will see them on DVD.

Comments (14)

  • GW gives me my HBO, anything less would be sub-standard.  Just kidding, but yeah we get HBO in all the dorms at GW.  And I love Sopranos! 

  •     Nice....looking forward to reading your entries.  Btw, whats the magic number?

  • awww...damn, I'm not the lucky number, but hey I'll hold my breath AND cross my fingers for you :)   Hahah, i'm glad you liked the pics! hahah, my friends and I are so goofy @_@ I will definently write a detail analysis on what I thought about Frankenstein heheh, has soon has I take the Exam and see my grade hahah! ^_^

    My deepest respects to you and your mother...I am sorry to hear of her passing although it was a while ago...I am glad maybe writing in Xanga gave you some kind of a departure with her...I'm sorry I'm not good at writing things like this...I have yet to experience...something I will never look forward to doing...But has you said everyone deals with things differently...maybe because deep in your heart you know that she is really not gone, and that she is always with you in spirit, therefore you can talk to her through photos and out loud.  I for one do not think you are wierd.  Take Care. 

    Hope you come back :)

    Rie

  • My parents have good cable. I not only have NO cable, I have a TV that is smaller than my computer monitor.  hah!

  • in the words of LL Cool J... "don't call it a comeback!"

  • i will be holding my breath for you onigiriman!

  • That's right!  You tell him whose boss

  • used to have satellite when parents wanted to watch the ethnic chinese channel dont anymore tho.   rarely watch anyways, usually just comp, JOPVG and maybe karaoke. 

    interesting spring break *insert sarcasm*

  • argh! 19 838!

    btw, my computer can't read japanese , so leave comments in romaji! ;-D

  • you mean 20,000?  getting a bit cocky, aren't we?  well, i sort of miss the O-man.  i think i'll be holding my breath because you seem to be near breaking point, if you haven't reached it already  *smirk*

  • Down on campus, there are always choices about how we want to spend our money.  Choice one: Food or shelter.  Choice two: TV or Internet

    Needless to say, shelter and internet have top priority.

  • Blah. I hardly ever watch TV. I have broadband internet, and it's just so awesome that I never go near the TV. I'm glad to see that your departure wasn't permanent.

  • So, do you think the wiseguy learned anything from this?

    I don't have premium tv. I have before and it's o.k. for awhile, but, then I start seeing the same things on it over and over again. I get bored with the tv very quickly, unless it's something I haven't seen. But, even then, I'd rather just wait until the movies are on video and old so I don't pay the full price for them. I'm sure one these days that'll change and I'll get a dvd player or whatever they have at the time...as long as I don't have to spend a lot of money to get it. And it's not because I don't have a lot of money to spend on the stuff, it's just not a priority.

    I'm not much of a tv watcher at all.

    Hey, thanks for the input about my situation. Feel free to add more if you can think of anything. I've added some more thoughts to my post anyway.

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