Thursday, October 23, 2003

Counting Sheep

I need the counting sheep. Now. It is 3:30am. I have to teach all day today, and it's 3:30am and I'm awake. This is bad. I didn't go to bed until midnight. I won't live on three hours sleep plus 10 hours teaching plus an hour drive up and back. This is the second night in a row. Something is up in the windmills of my mind that isn't letting me sleep, and the more I worry about not sleeping, the less sleepy I become. The bad part? I can guarantee that I'll get really, really sleepy around 5:30am, and then I'll only have a half-hour before I have to get up.

While I puttered last night doing not much of anything, I caught the latest West Wing. I thought it was a good episode, centering around a North Korean pianist who wanted to defect. I love it that Bartlett can do musicspeak, even though it seems a bit improbable, only because he seems to be able to do everything. Still in all, he had a great scene as Charlie begged him not to give him a two-hour lecture on this history of Chopin Etudes. It was funny. And yes, unfortunately, there was yet another squicky scene with Josh and Amy. No feet, thankfully. Josh said they needed to "put language to whatever they were doing (relationship-wise)". I'm watching this yelling, "Sick and wrong. The words you want are sick and wrong!" I don't think he heard me. The last scene was great

Dear God
CJ looked absolutely stunning in the last scene.
I want that dress. Of course, you know it means
that I'll also need the body to go with it. As always,
I know you're up to the task.

Thanks lots,
~~Green Tuna.


Bartlett discussed the meaning of the word "Han" while mournful Chopin played in the background. One thing this show knows how to do is use a soundtrack to get the point across. It's the whole "a picture is worth a thousand words" idea, except using music instead of art.

I also caught the new episode of South Park which lampooned both Boy Meets Boy and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. Overall it was a great show (Yay! Chef was back and had lines) but I always feel a little (a lot) left out because I don't get QE. Why? Because I don't have digital cable. Why? Because I'm not ready to bow to the corporate cable weasels just yet. So the only time I've gotten a chance to see the show is when NBC deigns to throw me a bone. Still in all, it was a great SP episode, and the word "metrosexual" is sure to creep into our vocabulary soon.

Tonight is Survivor and ER (If I can stay awake that long). I don't have a feeling yet for Survivor -- but I'll be checking the boards during the day (pray for sick students) to see what scoop might be. As for ER, well, I'm kind of meh on the whole show. Will it be a Congo show or a Chicago show? I don't know. All I know is it would be a pleasant change of pace if it was a good show. I'm not holding my breath.

OK -- pray for sleepiness.
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