Thursday, June 28, 2007

Oy! It's been forevah!

Well, since I'm pretty sure only my family ever reads this thing, I don't feel too much of a need to explain my blatant lack of updates in over a month. Kris and I got married and it was fun and busy and taxing in every way imaginable. Anyway - I've recovered and determined to get back into this.

Here is my confession (and by extension Kris's confession also, but I don't think he'll mind).
When we returned from Saskatoon we had five full days to relax and unwind. We spent the first day unpacking, getting groceries and running a few errands. We spent the next 96 hours doing the following:
--Sleeping on average 10-11 hours/night ... A far cry from Kris's usual 7-8 and my 6-7. It was glorious.
--Watching the entire third season of Deadwood. We actually managed to rent all 5 discs at Blockbuster which is a miraculous occurrence.
--Watching the entire first season of How I Met Your Mother ... Hilarity ensued in short 21 minute intervals.
--Watching the first three-hour Battlestar Galactica Miniseries ... I was disappointingly underwhelmed.
--Watching Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer at the giant SilverCity in Gloucester ... In Kris's words this movies was utterly "forgettable", although I hadn't realized Jessica Alba's lips were so huge!
--Watching Mel Gibson's Apocalypto which was intensely brutal and I sensed likely somewhat historically inaccurate but I have no idea about Central and South American cultures so...
--Watching Nick Cage and Eva ManIhavenottalent in Ghost Rider ... We both agreed before renting this movie that it would terrible but boredom, I believe, prompted us to rent it anyway.
--I have also managed to watch the entire fourth season of Sex and the City late at night after Kris has gone to bed. Kris's constant running commentary and my hyper-sensitivity about and attachment to my girl shows would be, I think, a ruinous combination.

So there you have it. We spent 4 days watching television and movies, though I should note that we went for a few walks and a few games of darts. Some may find this horrid waste of time totally abhorrent but I, personally, am proud of our commitment to both our couch and 27'' Toshiba.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Okay. Regarding Battlestar Galactica - you must watch past the miniseries. Season One is goodish, but the last couple of episode are freakin' amazing. This is followed by Season Two which was excellent, and the first few episodes of Season Three are fairly brilliant. The rest of Season Three underwhelmed me. And now they are making us wait until 2008 or some nonsense until Season Four. Anyway - I think it's worth the slight slog at the beginning.

m said...

sloth is the greatest indulgence! enjoy it anytime you can.

Anonymous said...

I think it was a true marriage, between you and Kris and the couch.

I spent my Canada Day weekend watching foreign movies and reading about war-torn Afghanistan. And I LOVE "How I met your mother."