December 2007
5 posts
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My sister, the babel fish
my german is getting even better! i have decoded “drucken” as “push” and now look less foolish trying to exit buildings. i have taken to saying “ottakringer” (a beer and our “u3 line” stop) in an attempt to feel more capable. alex wishes i would stop. but i triumphed today and managed to get a bottle of water from a cafe. i began with “waser...
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30 Rock(s)
Kenneth: Well, hurry up an get your second wind, because I’ve got our day ALL planned out. We’ll start at Bed Bath and Beyond and get all the things that you’re gonna need in here. Then, an old friend of mine from college is having a baby shower out on Long Island, so we’ll swing by there. And for dinner I thought we could just stay in and have the rest of that soup that I...
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Tin Man
It’s reasons like this that I hate that we don’t have cable anymore. Most days? Fine with it. BUT I NEED TO SEE THIS. Currently begging my mother to tape it when it is on encore this Sunday at 5/4C. VHS, how old school. Maybe I can get Sham’s coworker to DVR it and then convert it and burn it for me?! TOO COMPLICATED I JUST WANT IT. I am not Oz-obsessed at all. OZVIOUSLY. Edit:...
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The Snowman
The soundtrack is a whopping $23. But the film is on sale for $5.
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A purse of the Mondays
[Sham is cooing at Lyra.] Sham: Yeah, get in Mairead’s purse. Go on. Get in her bag. [Lyra hops in my purse.] [Sham praises Lyra and giggles to himself for a few minutes.] Me: OK, very funny. We have to go now. [I go to pick up Lyra out of my purse. She tries to bite me.] Sham: NICE ONE, partner!