Why I Hate Stealing from the British

I'm sad about the demise of my Clemson blog, which I've been working on steadily for a couple of years...which had lots of my more intimate thoughts, not to mention great photos, since 2000! I have no idea why it was taken down, or by whom, but through the grapevine, I've heard that all blogs on Clemson servers were terminated. Will try to provide links to my pages to see if they are still working.

I don't know why it annoys me so, but this new television show coming on NBC, "The Office" is a purposeful rip-off of the British comedy by the same name. See, the thing is, British people are funny and Americans, well, not so much. It really aggravates me that someone at NBC took Ricky Gervais's idea and thought that it would work as an American comedy. It was stellar the way it was--in Britain. We don't need to pervert that in anyway. It will just be all wrong and embarrassing. The commercials are not at all funny. Yes, I admit, I liked it much better when I rented the British version on DVD and had to really struggle to understand what they said. I like it better when I don't understand the euphemisms. I mean, at least by the fourth episode, I kind of knew when I was supposed to laugh. Grrrr! It's "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" all over again. Much better, British, Drew Carey. Americans overact. This show thrived off being understated. It won't work. [Of course, I thought "Friends" would never make it, too, so perhaps I'm not the best judge of these kinds of things.] I choose to boycot.

There may be an opportunity to go see a theater version of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and I can't wait! I haven't been to a show in about two years. I've got to do some research, but I really hope it works out. Wish I'd gotten the Magenta costume off eBay now.....

The interview went well. The last words as I left the interviewer's office was, "Don't sign any contracts before you hear from us." I really want this to work out.

Is winter really gone?

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Song Lyrics

Artist: Talking Heads
Song Title: Once in a Lifetime

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack... And you may find yourself in another part of the world... And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile... And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful
wife... And you may ask yourself-Well...How did I get here?

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down... Letting the days go by/water flowing underground... Into the blue again/after the money's gone...Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.

And you may ask yourself... How do I work this?....And you may ask yourself.... Where is that large automobile?...And you may tell yourself....This is not my beautiful house!...And you may tell yourself....This is not my beautiful wife!

Same as it ever was...

Water dissolving...and water removing...There is water at the bottom of the ocean....Carry the water at the bottom of the ocean...Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean!

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down...Letting the days go by/water flowing underground...Into the blue again/in the silent water.... Under the rocks and stones/there is water underground.

And you may ask yourself... What is that beautiful house...And you may ask yourself.... Where does that highway go... And you may ask yourself... Am I right?...Am I wrong.... And you may tell yourself... MY GOD!...WHAT HAVE I DONE?


Same as it ever was...
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Tonight, I am....

drinking: orange juice
singing: "volcano"- damien rice
reading: junk mail
wishing: for contact(?)
feeling: a headache
watching: i have three movies from Netflix.... "alfie," "x-files season 2 disc 2," and i forgot the other one