2006-06-08
A hundred'n'forty bucks the richer...
So there it was. After tearing the house apart, digging through the recycling bin, combing through rotting banana peels in the garbage, and even debating analysis of Mette's stools, the $140 I lost after Brazil turned up. Or under? It was on top of a high bookshelf underneath a potted plant. I must have put it there while zoning out to Atmosphere or thinking about the role that Rush Limbaugh can still play in Republican propaganda even after his drug addiction... or something. At any rate, I don't remember moving it there. I did remember it was under something; so I thought I had flipped everything over about fourteen times. I was wrong. I found it while finally dusting our office for the first time since Mary spit Christ out... or sometime around then. (Yes, I'm still promoting my amendment suggested yesterday; today I am taking a more aggressive stance by being overtly sacreligious.)
Of course, now that I found the money, it is going toward a new camera, so in a way I lost the money upon finding it. But well... still, what a relief. And I can stop eyeing Mette suspiciously now -- as after the money went missing I ordered 24-hour surveillance of that cute little cretin... assuming we had an enemy in our midst!
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Spent last night putzing. Ended up playing a couple of games of FIFA soccer on the Gamecube, trying to get myself revved up for the World Cup this Friday. Of course, the first games of the World Cup are on ESPN2, which is the one ESPN channel I don't have. I used to have it, but then the cable company switched the channel it was located on. You see, we don't pay for cable television. I just offered the cable guy a Fresca and told him I like watching sports, blah, blah, blah, while my in-laws were wandering around the house, chatting in German about where to put the bed in the bedroom, etc. I offered him a beer, because it was the end of the day, and vented with him about outsourcing, and though he declined the beer, he nonetheless went outside and hooked us up with Deutsche Welle, all the ESPNs, TNT, OLN, and a bunch of other channels that we would never ever get otherwise. Plus, we found out upon buying a cool television last winter to watch DVDs on, that he also hooked us up with about 20 high definition channels for free. We pay nothing for this -- just the cable modem price. It is pure genius! Seriously, always offer your cable people beer. It worked in State College too. We had 40 channels for free back then.
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More soon. I've got to plan my first two lectures for next week. Two sets of three hour lectures. Can I even talk that long before I want to crawl into a cave and hide? I'll find out.
Of course, now that I found the money, it is going toward a new camera, so in a way I lost the money upon finding it. But well... still, what a relief. And I can stop eyeing Mette suspiciously now -- as after the money went missing I ordered 24-hour surveillance of that cute little cretin... assuming we had an enemy in our midst!
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Spent last night putzing. Ended up playing a couple of games of FIFA soccer on the Gamecube, trying to get myself revved up for the World Cup this Friday. Of course, the first games of the World Cup are on ESPN2, which is the one ESPN channel I don't have. I used to have it, but then the cable company switched the channel it was located on. You see, we don't pay for cable television. I just offered the cable guy a Fresca and told him I like watching sports, blah, blah, blah, while my in-laws were wandering around the house, chatting in German about where to put the bed in the bedroom, etc. I offered him a beer, because it was the end of the day, and vented with him about outsourcing, and though he declined the beer, he nonetheless went outside and hooked us up with Deutsche Welle, all the ESPNs, TNT, OLN, and a bunch of other channels that we would never ever get otherwise. Plus, we found out upon buying a cool television last winter to watch DVDs on, that he also hooked us up with about 20 high definition channels for free. We pay nothing for this -- just the cable modem price. It is pure genius! Seriously, always offer your cable people beer. It worked in State College too. We had 40 channels for free back then.
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More soon. I've got to plan my first two lectures for next week. Two sets of three hour lectures. Can I even talk that long before I want to crawl into a cave and hide? I'll find out.
