Well, I spend the weekend struck down with the mightiest of colds. Stuck strictly indoors for two days and with a strong intent to polish my statements of purpose so I can get one step closer to finishing up my grad school application packets, I discovered the secret to success, health and dare I say wealth? Yes, and it is Buffy: The Vampire Slayer. I spent 20 of those 48 hours watching the entire Buffy-Angel arc from beginning to end. Now, I'm not going to say it was the best 20 hours I have ever spent, but it's definitely in the top 1. It was made extra-fun by the lateness of the hour (3:30 am baby. I've come to the conclusion that you never really adjust to the time difference.) and the fact that I was watching it with my roomie Audra. Audra is great to watch TV with because she gets just as involved in the romantic lives of fictional characters as I do. She figured out how the Buffy-Angel arc would ultimately resolve itself in a fit of convolusions.
"But..." (sits upright)
"Then..." (Slumps over)
"But wait..." (Sits back up right)
"And then..." (slumps down on couch)
"They can't..." (sits back upright again)
ARGHHHHH!!!! (collapses completely on the couch and possibly loses consciousness briefly)
I cannot tell you how much fun it is to watch a decent version of Romeo and Juliet with someone who is as big of a sucker for romance as you are. We even cried at the same moment at the end. Which, despite of--nay--because of its unrelenting melodrama--only a monster devoted of any semblence of humanity would not do. I look forward to tonight when we start Season 1 and keep the train going to until Season 7 (which is the final season). It should be treat. Plus Audra agrees with me that the Chest is amazingly hot and now we've roped Bridget into watching it with us. This so makes up for Halloween.
Oh, and stay tuned to a special "bonus" post tonight--"Taiwanese Root Canal Terror!" (Paul finally went to the dentist--he is there at this very moment in fact--and has a ton of fillings that fell out and need to be replaced and one molar that broke after the filling fell out and is now undergoing a root canal.)
Keep your stick on the ice.
3 comments:
Porr Paul. And how did you not know the secret to good health (and for that matter, everything) is Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Sheesh Jen, I'm almost depressed you're related to me.
Oh, please. Like you've ever watched Buffy.
Ummmmm, why didn't you slam me for misspelling poor. I think Buffys going to your head.
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