Archive for the 'I have a slight TV addiction' Category

In which I admit that I’m not a “Carrie”

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

I haven’t seen a rated R movie since 1999. That’s right, I don’t watch rated R movies. In those nine years a lot of rated R movies have come out that I’ve wanted to see. And by “a lot” I guess I mean there are a few that I’ve wanted to see. Like “Garden State”. [...]

Does anyone know when the Olympics start? I haven’t heard.

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

I know we’re not the only people currently obsessing over the Olympics. Some of our friends, who are very, very anti-television signed up for cable recently. Just so they can watch the Olympics. They’ll cancel their subscription once they’re over and go back to living in a cave not watching TV.
We’re a little late to [...]

In which I talk about my on-going love affair

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

I was too young to remember, but my parents often told the story about the time our family television exploded, right in the middle of Mork & Mindy. They decided, right then and there, that they didn’t want to bother getting a new TV.
And so they didn’t.
We were the only family I had ever [...]

I which I try to be more upbeat then I really am

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

It was raining so hard yesterday afternoon that instead of walking a couple of blocks to pick up Babboo from school, I drove. That’s right people, I drove a few blocks to his daycare.
Cut me some slack, it was really pouring down rain out there.

(Apparently it wasn’t raining enough for the City of Seattle [...]

My kid learned how to fly a helicopter this weekend. Sort of.

Monday, October 1st, 2007

Friday night, before heading out to have dinner with friends, Babboo and I stopped over at our new house to check on the latest going-ons.
Behold, we have a concrete driveway:

While this may seem rather boring and not really blog worthy, it is, in fact, very exciting. Of course it doesn’t mean we’ll be moving [...]

There will be no need for anyone to visit Seattle after reading this

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

We’ve all benefited from the digital camera The King gave me for my birthday this year. I’ve been able to prove to the interweb that I see crazy things in downtown Seattle. Things like naked bike riders, out of place cowboys, and just plain crazies. This last week I’ve started to keep [...]