Nutrition in the form of ramen
I spent this last week in Charlotte, NC. The purpose of the trip was to help my sister with her move-- she has a job there. In reality, though, I sat around every day watching HGTV at my aunt's house. It did provide me lots of thinking time though. Particularly the 16-hour drive.
The biggest accomplishment of the trip was watching the entire series of The Venture Bros. On the first night of the trip, last Sunday (the 5th?) we only drove about 4 1/2 hours to my aunt and uncle's house in Illinois, and I watched an episode there: it was actually the first season finale, and it ended in a way that I had to figure out what the hell was going on. After I watched all thirteen episodes in like a day I became aware I was obsessed. That's pretty much what I did with Doctor Who too. Anyway, it was awesome, the highlight. Even though I saw every episode, I think I'm going to buy the DVDs.
I doubt any of you are aware, save one possibly, but it was record-breaking highs in Charlotte this week. It got up to 105, the highest in over 50 years. The news anchor said that it was the highest in over a decade, even though it clearly showed on the green screen like a second later that the previous record was from 1953 or something like that. Suffice it to say I did not spend much time outside, it was either The Venture Bros. or HGTV or the Food network or playing with my aunt's dog. (By the way, my sister will be living with my aunt until October 6th, when she moves into the apartment she found on Wednesday.)
During the car ride, I was afforded enough time to finish the BBC miniseries Casanova, which I highly recommend, and listen to my iPod for probably about 10 hours. It may only have 100 songs on it, but it's a lifesaver. The song "3rd Planet" came on, and I was suddenly just in awe of the beauty of the song. There's a line that goes, "Reminding you we used to be three and not just two," and the second I heard it it just sent chills through my body. I've listened to it probably twenty times since then, and while it's such a perfectly ambiguous song I have yet to grasp its entire meaning (and I never will, despite some online reading) I am still struck by it.
So that's the story of my trip.
The biggest accomplishment of the trip was watching the entire series of The Venture Bros. On the first night of the trip, last Sunday (the 5th?) we only drove about 4 1/2 hours to my aunt and uncle's house in Illinois, and I watched an episode there: it was actually the first season finale, and it ended in a way that I had to figure out what the hell was going on. After I watched all thirteen episodes in like a day I became aware I was obsessed. That's pretty much what I did with Doctor Who too. Anyway, it was awesome, the highlight. Even though I saw every episode, I think I'm going to buy the DVDs.
I doubt any of you are aware, save one possibly, but it was record-breaking highs in Charlotte this week. It got up to 105, the highest in over 50 years. The news anchor said that it was the highest in over a decade, even though it clearly showed on the green screen like a second later that the previous record was from 1953 or something like that. Suffice it to say I did not spend much time outside, it was either The Venture Bros. or HGTV or the Food network or playing with my aunt's dog. (By the way, my sister will be living with my aunt until October 6th, when she moves into the apartment she found on Wednesday.)
During the car ride, I was afforded enough time to finish the BBC miniseries Casanova, which I highly recommend, and listen to my iPod for probably about 10 hours. It may only have 100 songs on it, but it's a lifesaver. The song "3rd Planet" came on, and I was suddenly just in awe of the beauty of the song. There's a line that goes, "Reminding you we used to be three and not just two," and the second I heard it it just sent chills through my body. I've listened to it probably twenty times since then, and while it's such a perfectly ambiguous song I have yet to grasp its entire meaning (and I never will, despite some online reading) I am still struck by it.
So that's the story of my trip.
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