You're getting cozy with Sarkozy
Nov. 15th, 2009 10:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vovatToday was the birthday of my wife ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bethje, and therealtavie came to visit. We met her in Philadelphia, and went to eat at the Palace Diner in Berlin. (That's Berlin, New Jersey, with the dubious claim to fame of being the hometown of Kelly Ripa.) After dinner, we stopped by the Berlin Farmers' Market, which Tavie seemed to enjoy. Unfortunately, most of the stores were closing up, but we DID get to see some of the crappy bootleg T-shirts, like gangsta Spongebob and Tom and Jerry lighting cigars with dollar bills. I often have to wonder if the makers of such items even know who the characters they shamelessly rip off are. I wonder the same thing about the decals of Calvin peeing on things. Anyway, happy birthday to Beth, and thanks to Tavie for coming to see us! It's rare we actually get to hang out with anyone.
In my dream last night, I was in a city inhabited mostly by rabbits who hated humans. Actually, I don't think I ever SAW any of these bunnies, so maybe it was just an elaborate hoax, but the people only felt safe riding on a bus. I was there for some class or something, and they issued us weird guns during the time we were attending. I think there might have also been a section of town populated by dogs.
The Sunday night cartoon lineup was really kind of weak tonight. Both the Simpsons and Family Guy episodes gave me a real sense of nothing happening. I liked the idea of Carl becoming Homer's boss, but the plot was neither particularly funny nor dramatic. I assume the calendar subplot for Marge was intended to tie in with her recent Playboy appearance, but while some of the jokes about the calendar were pretty good, that plot was pretty much totally dropped when Homer's busy work schedule became the focus. And the bit with Marge and Ned Flanders was just tacked on. I didn't watch most of the Cleveland Show episode, but Family Guy was pretty lackluster. I know they tend to reset everything at the end, but it seems like there wasn't even any real conflict along the way in this one. Quagmire has a baby he can't take care of...so he puts her up for adoption. Stewie makes clones that don't turn out that well...and then they die. Granted, plot has never been FG's strong point, but unfortunately the jokes weren't very good either. American Dad was also not one of the better episodes, but at least Roger was amusing. But then, I've seen some reviewers mention that they don't like episodes heavy on Roger's invented personae, so maybe they wouldn't care for this one at all.
bethje, and therealtavie came to visit. We met her in Philadelphia, and went to eat at the Palace Diner in Berlin. (That's Berlin, New Jersey, with the dubious claim to fame of being the hometown of Kelly Ripa.) After dinner, we stopped by the Berlin Farmers' Market, which Tavie seemed to enjoy. Unfortunately, most of the stores were closing up, but we DID get to see some of the crappy bootleg T-shirts, like gangsta Spongebob and Tom and Jerry lighting cigars with dollar bills. I often have to wonder if the makers of such items even know who the characters they shamelessly rip off are. I wonder the same thing about the decals of Calvin peeing on things. Anyway, happy birthday to Beth, and thanks to Tavie for coming to see us! It's rare we actually get to hang out with anyone.In my dream last night, I was in a city inhabited mostly by rabbits who hated humans. Actually, I don't think I ever SAW any of these bunnies, so maybe it was just an elaborate hoax, but the people only felt safe riding on a bus. I was there for some class or something, and they issued us weird guns during the time we were attending. I think there might have also been a section of town populated by dogs.
The Sunday night cartoon lineup was really kind of weak tonight. Both the Simpsons and Family Guy episodes gave me a real sense of nothing happening. I liked the idea of Carl becoming Homer's boss, but the plot was neither particularly funny nor dramatic. I assume the calendar subplot for Marge was intended to tie in with her recent Playboy appearance, but while some of the jokes about the calendar were pretty good, that plot was pretty much totally dropped when Homer's busy work schedule became the focus. And the bit with Marge and Ned Flanders was just tacked on. I didn't watch most of the Cleveland Show episode, but Family Guy was pretty lackluster. I know they tend to reset everything at the end, but it seems like there wasn't even any real conflict along the way in this one. Quagmire has a baby he can't take care of...so he puts her up for adoption. Stewie makes clones that don't turn out that well...and then they die. Granted, plot has never been FG's strong point, but unfortunately the jokes weren't very good either. American Dad was also not one of the better episodes, but at least Roger was amusing. But then, I've seen some reviewers mention that they don't like episodes heavy on Roger's invented personae, so maybe they wouldn't care for this one at all.
