Ramblings
Sushi:
I reallllly like sushi (without fish). I could eat it for dinner every night. Would a sushi enthusiast call me a poseur because I claim to like sushi without liking its integral ingredient? I don't care, it's delicious and healthy. However, part of me thinks I like sushi because liking sushi is cool. Perhaps it's part of my whole "I live [within several metro stops of] a city, I now like yoga, starbucks, and sushi, and take my ipod everywhere!" persona.
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year:
Traditionalists would say Christmas, I say March. The birth of Christ and one day of presents is great and all, but what can beat 3 full weeks of dozens of exciting and meaningful basketball games? St. Patrick's Day falling on the first week, and sometimes even first day, of March Madness makes it even more exciting. I'll never forget St. Patrick's Day freshman year getting sidetracked by jello shots on my way to my 9:15, then by tequilla shots before my 12:15, then later that day being tricked by Kevin Brogan maybe into leaving my room, only to be locked out by my roommate and her male companion. With basketball in the background all the while. Oh college.
Netflix:
I just signed up, partially to be cool, partially b/c of my sushi/yoga/starbucks city persona, partially b/c one can only watch so much reality tv in one week. I have to watch 4-5 movies a month to make it worthwhile, and I currently have 9 on my queue (what an odd word), 5 of which are the 1st season of the wire. Please share movie suggestions with me, or if anyone has netty, be my recommendation friend! Oh, and if anyone wants to try it, I have free 1 month trial memberships. (I did a 2 week trial a couple years ago and they were really good about it). Apparently blockbuster's mailorder movie deal is a little better than netflix, and you get 2 instore rentals a month free, but blockbuster is a borderline evil corporation with the whole late fee scam, so I'm going to stick with the little guy.
I reallllly like sushi (without fish). I could eat it for dinner every night. Would a sushi enthusiast call me a poseur because I claim to like sushi without liking its integral ingredient? I don't care, it's delicious and healthy. However, part of me thinks I like sushi because liking sushi is cool. Perhaps it's part of my whole "I live [within several metro stops of] a city, I now like yoga, starbucks, and sushi, and take my ipod everywhere!" persona.
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year:
Traditionalists would say Christmas, I say March. The birth of Christ and one day of presents is great and all, but what can beat 3 full weeks of dozens of exciting and meaningful basketball games? St. Patrick's Day falling on the first week, and sometimes even first day, of March Madness makes it even more exciting. I'll never forget St. Patrick's Day freshman year getting sidetracked by jello shots on my way to my 9:15, then by tequilla shots before my 12:15, then later that day being tricked by Kevin Brogan maybe into leaving my room, only to be locked out by my roommate and her male companion. With basketball in the background all the while. Oh college.
Netflix:
I just signed up, partially to be cool, partially b/c of my sushi/yoga/starbucks city persona, partially b/c one can only watch so much reality tv in one week. I have to watch 4-5 movies a month to make it worthwhile, and I currently have 9 on my queue (what an odd word), 5 of which are the 1st season of the wire. Please share movie suggestions with me, or if anyone has netty, be my recommendation friend! Oh, and if anyone wants to try it, I have free 1 month trial memberships. (I did a 2 week trial a couple years ago and they were really good about it). Apparently blockbuster's mailorder movie deal is a little better than netflix, and you get 2 instore rentals a month free, but blockbuster is a borderline evil corporation with the whole late fee scam, so I'm going to stick with the little guy.
posted by Alexis @ 2:31 PM
2 Comments:
At 10:31 PM,
Xiao G. Wu said…
Sushi: For me it's hard to imagine sushi without the fish. I wouldn't even concider it sushi but after looking it up, apparently having rice rolled up in seaweed is enough to classify as sushi. Go figure. There is nothing wrong with your chosen lifestyle. A lot of people at your age are trying to live a lifestyle we are programed by media to live. The fact that you recognize it means you haven't been completely brainwashed.
DH: No comment other than I I like girls with good teeth. I guess girls do too so I should start brushing at work I suppose. It's just odd. Did I mention I hate these braces?!?!?!?
Christmas: Bahhmumbug... I hate this time of year. Not being Christian, I feel I'm forced by social pressure to buy gifts for my family. So figure 2 parents plus one sister, her son and husband. Add gradpa and you get 6 people. Let's see I get zero gifts from my parents or gramps. I get one gift from my sister. If anyone is keeping count I'm already in the hole. Then you add a sig. other and I'm at 7 gifts and I only get two.
Netflix: Now that I've just canceled my comcast digital cable to one save money and to kill the biggest drain on my productivity, i'm considering starting up on netflix again. I mean I have HD and basic cable! How f'd up is that? It's cheaper now, only 11.99.
E-mail monitoring: I didn't see this article. It's not as bad as it is at BAE, another government contracter. Chris P. works there now. Let me tell you, writing him an email with anything like shit will raise a flag and get bounced back to me. But thanks I'll keep my eye on what i send out.
patientInform: Good luck.
At 10:16 AM,
Alexis said…
Re: Netflix lower price. I started with the $11.99 package, but you can only get 4 movies out per month, and only 2 at a time. I switched already to the $17.99 one because my first selection was the first season of the wire, and the 4 movies per month thing doesn't look like it will work for tv shows. But you can switch back and forth whenever.
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