Sassy Black Friend

Last Lost post ever

And it’s only sort of a Lost post. It’s a short but actually kind of funny clip from the Emmys. I never watch award shows because I just get bored and can’t remember why I wanted to watch them. Plus, all the best stuff ends up on YouTube within hours, so why bother.

Ahem:

How many channels?

Or, my love affair* with cable television.

The first time I had cable television was some time in the late 80′s, when cable first came to my neighborhood. Like everyone else, we got it. My mother decided it was a waste of time soon after. But we kept it until 1993. So, I remember watching the first season of the Real World, and then the cable went away. By that time I was a teenager and spent as little time in my house as possible anyway, so it didn’t really matter.

When I went to college there was cable in all the dorms, I think we even got HBO. Since I only lived on campus for one year, it didn’t make much of an impression at the time. The only thing I remember watching was South Park. It stared around the same time as my Freshman year, so it was something new and exciting that everyone would get together to watch.

After I loved off campus is when I started watching more than a few minutes a day of cable. CNN was on in the morning when I was getting ready for work or class, and again when I got home in the evening. That first year in an apartment I had a new boyfriend and no money, so we spent a lot of time watching TV. Very hot dates, let me tell you.

When I graduated from college I was still broke, and now had extra time on my hands, so I got lots of fancy cable channels thinking it would keep me from going out and spending money. Fail. I still went out, came home to watch Iron Chef at 2 am and was still broke.

When I left DC to come back to Philly I lived with my mother for a few months. She is still happily cable-free. I felt like I was losing my mind. No Good Eats? No Mad Men? No True Blood? No Mythbusters? No Leverage? No Rachel-freaking-Maddow? Lame. So, I ahem – depended on the internet for a while, quietly seething. 4 months with 6 channels was shocking to me. Even though I don’t watch a ton of television, it had been over a decade since I couldn’t watch news whenever I wanted to.

Now I’m finally in an apartment that doesn’t smell, leak or give me a rash. I have a 2 year lease, and a very nice man is coming this afternoon to install my DirecTV. So, if you need me over the next week I’ll be watching MSNBC.

* not really.

Family Photo

Hey, lookit. Here’s a picture of SBF and myself taken last weekend.

What? We’re black! Kidding.

I wanted to post the real, unedited picture, but she’s one of those anonymous blogger persons.

I’m the short hobbity one on the right.

Quick brain fail

I’m taking some time off to relax, but I had to share this baloney with you.

I was just reading a book, and two of the characters were having a long conversation about how you can tell someone’s race just from how soft the skin on their face is. What? Who came up with that idiocy?

Sigh…

In case you missed it…

While we’re too tired and hungover to write anything.

“It’s different.” “Why?” “Because we’re white.”

Also… goatee bad, Jon. Shave.

Health and a hectic schedule

Things are going to get kind of quiet around here soon. J and I are both going to need a lot of rest after this party, and then the wedding craziness starts full strength.

The boyfriend is having a tough day – just found out someone in his family is dealing with a dual diagnosis situation. Apparently they’ve been hiding it from everyone else for months, which is terrible. But they’re a great family and will help as much as possible.

So, he’s not really in a party mood, of course. But I sent him off to spend some time alone to decompress. Hopefully he’ll feel better this evening, but Little Sister will certainly understand if he decided to stay upstairs and watch TV. For all the stuff we’ve had going on this year, at least we’re both healthy and coping well.