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Things That DON'T Annoy Me And/Or Suck (Short List)
- The other day when I was dropping off AD at daycare, I saw a HUGE black guy (seriously, this dude looked like a lineman) dropping off his little girl. This isn't the funny part. I'm getting to that. The funny part is that he was wearing the little girl's pink Dora backpack. He wasn't just carrying it by the loop, or slinging it manfully over one shoulder either. He was FULLY COMMITTED, wearing it over both shoulders just like a wee little Dora-loving schoolboy. I have no idea how in the hell he got it on (or OFF). It had to involve snapping his spine and/or dislocating at least one shoulder.
- There is a little boy in AD's room named Linus. I think that is SO CUTE. What do you guys think? Still too Charlie Brown? It's not like he carries around a little blanket or anything. That I know of. His parents probably won't let him have a blankie. You know, because of the whole "Linus" thing. I'm getting carried away here, my point is: I LOVE the name Linus.
- Pumpkin Spice Lattes are back at Starbucks. Oh how I love them (but not as much as Gingerbread Lattes)! Today, my excuse was "AD is a cranky pile so I need to take the long way (read:the way that takes me past Starbucks) so she can sleep a few extra minutes". Although, if I'm being honest, every way is the way that takes me past Starbucks in this area. ALL ROADS LEAD TO STARBUCKS. But this one has a drive-thru. Yeah, I know about The Latte Factor. You can all SHUT IT. As soon as 7-11 builds a drive-thru, I'll haul my extravagent ass over there for coffee, okay? Also, who has tomorrow's excuse?
- It's almost time for fall TV! I hope you are picturing me cackling with glee! What new shows look good to you this year? Is anyone watching The Biggest Loser? Because I'm certainly not. No, sir. That would just be pathetic and sad. And pathetic.
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There's nothing better, I think, then seeing great big dads care for their itty bitty daughters. There's something about all that pink. And, occasionally, princess outfits.
Always makes me smile.
Starbucks, MMMMM. Inversely proportional, perhaps, to wanting to watch The Biggest Loser. Y'know, because of the calories. But yes, take the long way. :) I always say, "I won't get SBucks unless I have cash." But guess what? There's an ATM on the way. Ha, I win.
Also very excited about The Office premiere. Some girl-pals and I are watching all together.
Not feeling Linus. I picture a pale skinny kid with a runny nose. It may be one of those things that if I knew an adorable little Linus, it would totally change my opinion. There was a kid in Zoe's class named Charisma, which I thought was a dopey name until I got to know Charisma and now I'm kind of diggin' it.
I would love to tell you all the shows I'm excited for, but I can't remember their names. Let me do some research and I'll be back!
Okay, I'm back.
New shows I'll be trying out:
Cane - stars Jimmy Smits
Pushing Daisies - neat concept
Dirty Sexy Money - stars the straight brother from Six Feet Under as a lawyer
Journeyman - time travel. Quantum Leap is one of my all-time faves.
Returning shows I can't wait for:
Dexter - LOVE this show. BEST show on TV.
Prison Break - mmmm... Wentworth
Heroes
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
I'm sure there are more. Many more.
My best friend from college named his son Linus. Then they had a daughter and they named her Thursday (I think; I can't remember now which day of the week she's named after, but the irony is that she was born on a Monday).
Also, we totally love The Biggest Loser - LOVE.
The Biggest Loser, yes I am both watching it and being one. Looking forward to checking out Pushing Daisies and Journeyman and for the return of Grey's Anatomy. Oh, and the Grey's spinoff, Private Practice is it? Lots of others I can't think of now. It's hard to watch everything I'd like to with all these kids. They take an awful lot of time from my television watching.
What were your summer shows? I checked out Saving Grace, which was pretty good, and as always LOVED The 4400.
And I just heard of a show called 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' that is crying out to be looked into, i.e. getting the previous 2 seasons from Netflix to catch up and then watching this season.
Penny-I KNOW! And you should have seen the size of that backpack. It was seriously hilarious.
El-e-e: Oh, The Office premiere. EEEEE! They've started reshowing the Jam cliffhanger from the season finale and I smile every goddamn time I see it. They had BETTER not turn Jim into some kind of DICK or something.
Lori-ok, I have so much to say about your tv stuff. I loved Six Feet Under so I'm on board with anything having to do with Pushing Daisies or the people who were on that show. Although I haven't seen Dexter. But we DO have Showtime (of course) and I've heard that it's good. I wonder if it's On Demand. Also, I'm interested in Journeyman too, because I LOVED that dude as Vorneus in Rome. Oh, I have a wee crush on him. Yes I do. AND, you guys better not have some special Canadian IN, because Studio 60 was CANCELLED! WAH!
P&D-See, I love Linus, but I don't get Linus and THURSDAY. Maybe Linus and Simon (which I also like), or maybe Linus and Elizabeth or Linus and Kate. I guess the problem is once you commit to Linus you are pigeonholed a bit for future names (AT LEAST IF YOU ARE ME)
I keep refreshing your comments to see what everyone is watching! Studio 60 was cancelled? That really sucks. Also, our On Demand has Dexter and I've made my husband start watching it to catch up for the new season.
I forgot to add America's Next Top Model to my list. If I was making excuses, I would say I watch it to stay hip with the students at work. If I was telling the truth, I love it when the pretty girls crash and burn.
I love, Love, LOVE the pumpkin spice latte!!! It is my favorite!
JMC-are you trying to tell me that you're on some kind of health kick? You must write about that! I love hearing about other people's health kicks!
Also, our summer shows, as always, were kind of "eh". We watched So You Think You Can Dance (which I love) and Last Comic Standing (which I ALSO love), but not much else that's good. I've heard good things about both The 4400 and that Philadelphia show.
The Office returns on September 27th.
I have it on my Outlook calendar. I have marked the whole day as "busy" for the event.
I CANNOT wait for Brothers and Sisters. That is hands down my favorite show on T.V. I am excited to start our Sunday night dinner/wine get together where we watch Extreme Home Makeover, Desperate HW, and Brothers & Sisters. I absolutly can't make it through an episode of Extreme HM w/o getting verklempt. Gets me every time.
My German colleague had a kid named Linus, but he pronounced it "lean-us" like they would in Germany. He would get sooooo mad and yell "my name is NOT Linus!"
Slim-I LOVE B&S too, although I am pretty much over DH. You are such a pansy about that EHM shit. WALK IT OFF!
MBM-Lean-us as in PENIS? Oh, god no. That is horrifying. I am not getting good feedback on Linus here! DAMN!
Oh, yeah. Forgot about Last Comic Standing. I watched that too. Just last night in fact, though I kept getting distracted, so missed most of it.
And no way am I on a health kick. I don't have the required discipline to be on a health kick. Once in a while I go on a health toe-nudge, but not currently. I just meant big loser as in pathetic and sad. And pathetic. You know, like THOSE PEOPLE who watch The Biggest Loser.
I absolutely MELT when I see men taking care of children, particularly little girls.
I know not of this Starbucks Drive through of which you speak. Which is surprising, b/c just about the only drive thru we don't have are smoke, booze, and marriage.
I can't WAIT for The Office My Name is Earl. If Karen is still working there, that will be T-E-N-S-E.
TLA-Well, this is Texas so we DO have drive-thru smokes and booze! It's usually set up kind of like a barn with both doors open; you just drive on in, they load the cases of Lone Star into the bed of your pickup, and off you go! GOD BLESS TEXAS!
Also, there is an NBC promo on YouTube on what the office characters did over the summer. Karen talks about how Jim "dumped her ass". Hehe
Could I comment any more on your comments? I have 16 comments, and HALF OF THOSE ARE ME.
Walk it off --hehe. Yeah I know it is pansy, but the boys cry, which then makes me cry. Speaking of Starbucks- I went through the drive thru of Caribou a while back and accidently ordered a Caramel Macchiato instead of a Caramel Cooler and the lady got all bitchy and was like, "This is NOT Starbucks." Made me think of the bitchista post. I chuckled.
We're geeks around here, so we watch a lot of SciFi. Like, Eureka and Doctor Who. Although, I have already set up TiVo wish lists for Reapers, Journeyman and Pushing Daisies. Reapers and Pushing Daisies make me think of Dead Like Me. I miss that show.
Gingerbread latte, oh how I heart you. But not as much as the Peppermint Mocha come Christmas time.
Speaking of drive-thru liquor, there's a place over in FW that has drive-thru daiquiris. You drive up, order what you want and they bring it to you in a styrofoam cup sealed in a plastic bag. Apparently, you are supposed to wait until you get to your destination before removing the bag. Rumor has it that all the TCU girls go there before class and carry around their styrofoam cup like, "What? It's a slush. Not from Sonic, though."
I am still a big ER fan, so that's the one I'm looking forward to. My best friend's husband used to let his daughters paint his fingernails and it always made me laugh and cry at the sweetness of it all at the same time. My daughter used to put ponytails (in his very short hair). Somewhere I have a picture of that. I'll have to put it up.
I am also delighted about fall TV season. We have been watching Friends reruns all summer, and it's getting old. I'm more excited for House than for any new show, but Torsten is almost peeing himself with excitement over Kelsey Grammer's new show, Back to You.
Erica - Reapers? What's Reapers? It sounds like something I'd like. Because I too miss Dead Like Me. Enough that I wrote a post recommending the DVDs for summer viewing. I'm going to look it up right now...
jmc - my bad, it's just "Reaper." Not plural.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0955322/
OMG, I hear you about the Starbucks pumpkin latte thing(though I am in Canada so mostly it is Tim Hortons which is just yummy and Timbits - I am trying to gain 10 lbs while visiting the in laws...)
I actually said I am excited for fall TV to start to my husband two days ago. He looked at me... well in a funny way like 'did I really marry this person!?' I believe this might have been as I stuffed another Timbit in my mouth (but could I spend under $5 American or Canadian for coffee and 10 Timbits anywhere else... surely not Starbucks...)
Some told me that The Bigger Loser started last freakin week?! WTH? When did that happen? No advertising or anything... SO I have missed two shows already.
I'm so late that most everything has already been said, but I'll forge ahead.
The man in the packback? That image makes me so very happy. He may forget to take out the trash and annoy his wife daily, but that is a good dad.
The new show I'm most looking forward to is Reaper. I love me some Kevin Smith!!!
1) I LOVE "FULLY COMMITTED." LOVE IT. Read it out loud to Paul and made him laugh too.
2) I love the name Linus, especially because of the Charlie Brown association COMBINED WITH the Linus Torvalds association. Except. And I am VERY HESITANT to say this, because I am worried I will be the only one. It makes me think of the word pen1s (I used a 1 instead of an i, but it looks like an L. Shoot.), even when I pronounce it the way I like to, which is the Charlie Brown way. I can't explain this.
3) Here is something else I am hesitant to say. I like those stir-in flavored creamers. Almost as much as Starbucks. And they come in yum flavors like chocolate mint and pumpkin spice. And a whole THING of it costs, like, $2. Totally justifiable to buy every flavor and have a little line-up in the fridge to choose from.
I love me some Biggest Loser. Tiny crush on Jillian. The blond chick is annoying. And thank HEAVENS they have a new host.
Tessie - Almost forgot Kid Nation. I think I'll check that out, too. And I THINK my comment email problem is fixed, and my reader problem too, I hope? Anyway, I guess Google decided I wasn't so bad after all.
Swistle - I love those creamers, too. My favorite is chocolate-caramel. I have it almost every morning. Right now in fact. Vanilla-toffee-caramel and chocolate raspberry also grace my fridge shelves.
Erica - Thanks. I used your link. It looks like a show I'll be watching.
The Biggest Loser just started (only one episode in) so you all can still jump on the bandwagon!
Also, I love those creamers too and use them at work, but (SURPRISE) fail to get my shit together to make my morning coffee at home. SIGH.
I've been waiting anxiously for The Office, of course, and 30 Rock. But I'm most anxious for My Name is Earl, because for some reason the season finale just GOT TO ME, and I actually sobbed. Sobbed! All out sobbing. About a show! For a really long time! I'm anxious to know what happens next.
I like Linus.
Love Linus.
Looking forward to Greys!
Happy time of year, no?
DRIVE THRUS! ALL HAIL THE DRIVE THRUS! And Pumpkin Spice is my all-time fave. I guess I'll have to find one today! Hooray!
I get SUPEREXCITED when Starbucks brings back the Peppermint Mocha for the year....mmmmmm.
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