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wildflowersoulI miss England. British Airways is again running their $500 for airfare and 3 nights in London at the, um, lovely Royal National hotel. If we had the time and the money... Instead there's a chance we can throw together a weekend in Canada next month, maybe, it seems like it could be pretty cheap. Quebec City!!! I *heart* Quebec City. There are ponies and cobblestone streets, and I could practice my rusty, rusty French.
So on Friday we finally checked out Jake Ivory's, which was The.Best.Thing.Ever. One of the piano guys even bought us a drink for requesting the crappiest 80s songs ever. Iscared impressed Drew with my knowledge of most of the words to Paradise By The Dashboard Light. There was much drunkenness and singing. Apologies to J., A., and T. for my patented Money Freakout at the end of the evening. Sometimes, when I am reminded of the soul-crushing burden of debt I carry, I freak out. I should have waited until we got home, though. But I think the drunken singing was still worth it.
Spent the rest of the weekend lazing about, watching some really crappy and some really scary movies, and reading (I started Freakonomics yesterday and am almost done). Oh, and last night- out of curiosity, I watched The War At Home, which is on after the Simpsons and before Family Guy. Holy Crap. I thought Reunion was bad, but no, The War At Home is seriously the biggest slice of suck ever. I'm actually dumber for having wasted half an hour of my life with it. I don't know why I kept watching it after the first horrible couple of minutes, but I did, and I am sorry. American Dad seems to be redeeming itself, though.
So on Friday we finally checked out Jake Ivory's, which was The.Best.Thing.Ever. One of the piano guys even bought us a drink for requesting the crappiest 80s songs ever. I
Spent the rest of the weekend lazing about, watching some really crappy and some really scary movies, and reading (I started Freakonomics yesterday and am almost done). Oh, and last night- out of curiosity, I watched The War At Home, which is on after the Simpsons and before Family Guy. Holy Crap. I thought Reunion was bad, but no, The War At Home is seriously the biggest slice of suck ever. I'm actually dumber for having wasted half an hour of my life with it. I don't know why I kept watching it after the first horrible couple of minutes, but I did, and I am sorry. American Dad seems to be redeeming itself, though.
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Date: 2005-09-12 01:51 pm (UTC)Reworking Klaus the fish into a DVD-like commentary character is a good idea. Hope they keep up with it.
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Date: 2005-09-12 03:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-12 01:52 pm (UTC)I mean, disregard the fact that the guy playing the main character CAN'T ACT, and the premise of the show is still awful. It's like Rosanne all over again without even the obnoxiousness to draw you in.
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Date: 2005-09-12 03:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-12 03:14 pm (UTC)I think a trip up to Canada would be much financially responsible right now than heading across the ocean, at least we can drive up there; I'll definitely take lots of pictures when we head up there.
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Date: 2005-09-12 02:31 pm (UTC)Just to give you a point of reference, so you don't feel like your debt is really all that soul-crushing:
My total student loan debt is $140,000. Plus interest it will be $250,000. After 25 years on the income contingent plan, I'll have only paid one third, and the rest will have to be forgiven by the feds (unless they change the rules).
In addition, I am $40,000 in debt from my surgery in January.
So, don't freak out! Your debt isn't truly unmanageable. As long as you are paying a little bit at it every month, it'll eventually go away, and they can't pound your door down and take your bunnies as collateral. Probably sooner than 25 years, in any case. And, hey, it is the American way to carry lots of debt. You don't want to disappoint your country, do you?
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Date: 2005-09-12 03:25 pm (UTC)But thanks for the perspective, it helps to remember that my burden is actually far less than what many people have to live with. But it is the product of many poor choices I've made, and that's hard/embarrassing to admit. Because a twenty-something-year-old should not owe credit card companies five-figure debt!
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Date: 2005-09-12 04:50 pm (UTC)It makes the old lady in my screech
Date: 2005-09-12 05:07 pm (UTC)No wonder parents are making f-ed up angry mean individuals. If you don't respect your kids, your kids won't respect you. And none of us will respect each other.
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Date: 2005-09-12 05:08 pm (UTC)Re: It makes the old lady in my screech
Date: 2005-09-12 05:13 pm (UTC)That typo is pretty funny, though.
I was just flabbergasted that they managed to make a half-hour long show about a father thinking his kid is gay and not wanting his daughter to date black guys. Um, I hated that show the first time it was on... when it was called All in the Family!
I feel dirty for having watched the whole thing. I was mesmerized by its badness!
Re: It makes the old lady in my screech
Date: 2005-09-12 05:27 pm (UTC)haha! Well said.
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Date: 2005-09-12 05:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-12 05:35 pm (UTC)Yeah, can you imagine sitting around a board room watching the pilot for that crapfest and saying "well, yes, I say let's go for it! The kids will love that show! frumph frumph frumph"