It's All About Me

July 22, 1999

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I am such a geek that I am already getting excited for the new TV season. Remember when the new season used to start at the beginning of September? I remember the new season starting around the same week school started, right around Labor Day. Now half the shows don't start airing new episodes until October. Are they trying to torture me? Because it's all about me, you know.

So, I watched Felicity Tuesday night and was just reminded how much I enjoy that show. All you TV snobs can bite me - it's a good show. Mary and I were talking about TV snobs the other night. I used to work with quite a few of them. They're all, "I keep my television in the closet and I only pull it out to watch certain shows on PBS. I would NEVER have cable. I only listen to NPR and read magazines like The Economist." Now that's fine, I guess. But don't look down on me for watching Buffy. There's a reason television is called entertainment.

I need a haircut, but after my last hair fiasco I can't go back to my old hairdresser. I could go to the woman who fixed my hair, but it's kind of expensive. I have such a basic haircut that I feel guilty spending a lot of money to get it cut. I just need a trim. But I'm nervous if I go to Supercuts, they'll screw it up somehow. I wish I had a friend who knew how to cut hair, and I could just give him or her $10 to trim 1/2 inch off the ends. That's all I want.

Jim and I made plans to go out to dinner last night after he got done golfing. While I was waiting for him to finish, I started feeling kind of crappy. I started to get a headache and I felt really tired. I couldn't figure out why this came over me all of a sudden. Then I realized that I hadn't eaten at all and it was 7:00 at night. Unfortunately, the reason that Jim and I were going out to dinner was because we have no food in the house. I scrounged around and found some pudding cups in the fridge. They expired back in May. I ate one anyway. I feel I should make this public knowledge in case I get food poisoning and have to be taken to the hospital. Then I ate some really stale Twizzlers. I don't know why I thought those two things would make me feel better. It worked a little - at least until Jim called and we went to dinner.

We went to Friendly's because it's the closest to our house. This couple at a nearby table got one of those gigantic sundaes and then sent it back. I'm not sure why, but the waitress brought them another one so there must have been something wrong with that particular sundae. I got a root beer float because I was having a craving for one. Today I want a purple cow - grape juice and vanilla ice cream. I'm going grocery shopping today and I think I'll buy the fixings. It's the little things, really.

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Parodies crack me up when they're done well, and Weird Al is the King. You can also check out his new Star Wars parody video.

Blair Witch Project did $57,700 per screen this past weekend. In contrast, the previous record was held by Schindler's List at $26,265. Gee, do you think movie studios will start taking the web seriously as a means of promotion?

I can't hardly wait until Jennifer Love Hewitt's new show tanks.

While I disagree with this guy about the Tom Green Show (I hate it, he doesn't), I agree about cable TV being an oasis in a summer of network reruns.

While I exaggerated a bit a few days ago when I said Amazon was on the way out, I still don't get why their stock keeps going up as their losses increase. I can appreciate people investing in them in anticipation of future revenues, but at what point will they start making money? And how long will investors wait?