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I 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. I scared 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.

Date: 2005-09-12 04:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tenillypo.livejournal.com
People at work have been raving about American Dad too so I guess that means I should give it another chance. I did check out that War at Home crapfest for a couple of minutes. It hurt me, precious. Why are there people out there getting paid to greenlight crap like this? Gah!

It makes the old lady in my screech

Date: 2005-09-12 05:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ex-cayetana730.livejournal.com
Maybe sitcoms have changed since I last watched them, but I don't think it's ok to swear at your kids for those everyday "I don't want you to go out on that date" things. And why is someone swearing at his daugher on tv for fun?
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.

Re: It makes the old lady in my screech

Date: 2005-09-12 05:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wildflowersoul.livejournal.com
*snort*

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)
From: [identity profile] ex-cayetana730.livejournal.com
when it was called All in the Family!

haha! Well said.

Re: It makes the old lady in my screech

Date: 2005-09-12 05:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tenillypo.livejournal.com
Yeah, when I tuned in the two kids were off screen screaching vile insults at each other and the parents were hiding from them. Who wants to see that? It wasn't funny at all. It was like they were trying to go for the shock value laugh (ala Family Guy) but couldn't pull it off.

Date: 2005-09-12 05:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wildflowersoul.livejournal.com
I'm glad I wasn't the only one with morbid curiosity about the show! I actually thought to myself "well, if it's between Simpsons and Family Guy, how bad could it be?"

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"

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