First (and this has nothing to do with todays title), I had my first humiliating experience in Dublin. I walzed into Starbucks, stuck my ipod into my pocket and bought my morning coffee. On the way out, I realized that the ipod was no longer in my pocket! I must have amused several people by the way I hunched over and scoured the floor of the coffee shop, but, glory hallelujah, I found it under a promotional sign. So - I bent over to pick it up, and sent my newly bought and piping hot coffee, well, everywhere. Whole place stops dead and stares. Counter people come and clean up. And I slink out with a bruised ego and a nasty burn on my hand. I am sitting here right now with a nasty yellowish goo on said hand that numbs the excruciating pain (yes, I'm plying for sympathy here...)
Anyway, on to the "57 channels" thing. I have digitial cable!!! Now before I get marked as the world's biggest loser, I have to say that I'm excited about this because I spent the last 6 years of my life confronted with German TV and American TV dubbed into German. Yikes. Now, suddenly I have access to English-language TV heaven. And even better, I get cool British shows! As all Americans know, even the most snobbish of US elites admit to watching BBC America and old episodes of "Are You Being Served". So I can tell my US friends that I watched East Enders and "Ladettes to Ladies", and instead of being reviled as a chav, I am seen as uber cool, avant garde and a charter member of the intelligentsia...though anyone from Ireland or the UK will know that it's the intellectual equivalent of watching professional wrestling...
Right now, I'm thinking guiltily of all my friends who will say "oh how nice. You know, I never, watch TV, too busy with friends, family, work, studies, truly intellectual pursuits, etc..." All I can say is - yes you do. I know you, and I've seen the twitching when you know you'll miss the next American Idol. Don't even.
Boy, I'm in a snarly mood today. Must be the burn on the hand (with said yellow goo...). I'll be nicer next post, I promise.
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