brief weekend update

[kivrin]

Stuff from the weekend in DC:

- The Chinatown bus is still the best deal going, even though in the rain it's somewhat grimmer than other forms of transport.

- I have a paranoid fear that my DC friends will like each other better than they like me, as they have so much more in common, being married and living in elegantly appointed places in the same city. (Also, they're all so much smarter than I am.)

- The corn maze was good fun, despite significant amounts of mud, and despite the fact that I got cocky going down the mud-caked steps of the triumphal arch that led out of the maze, and slipped and fell hard on my left butt cheek. Luckily, I missed my tailbone, but unfortunately the point of impact was such that, while I can sit with reasonable comfort I can't lie on my back, which was unpleasant when I finally got to go to bed at nearly two o'clock this morning.

- While some parts of The Muppet Show have aged rather poorly - the laugh track is terribly intrusive - the Swedish Chef never gets old.

Comments

[prosicated.livejournal.com]

Man, the Swedish Chef is hands down some of the best stuff ever on TV. So're some of the guest spots.

[kivrin.livejournal.com]

One of the episodes I watched with folks on Saturday night was the Rita Moreno episode, which had a great bit of her singing "You Give Me Fever" with Animal on drums - and he kept doing loud riffs at the wrong moments, scaring her, and finally she went over and smashed his head between cymbals, and it was great. *g*

[headrush100.livejournal.com]

*waves* from another overage Muppet viewer (who particularly loves a bunch of gophers in front of a nuclear power plant singing "Man Smart, Gophers Smarter" and Kermit singing "I don't want to live on the moon" (*sniff*).

Glad the comments were useful! :-)

[kivrin.livejournal.com]

Excellent icon selection! :)

The comments were indeed EXTREMELY useful. Thank you!