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March 29, 2007
Not So Darling Nikki
A few housecleaning items:
- Thanks for all the “Lost” feedback: nice to have some interaction going on in the comments section. On Sunday, my podcast will focus on the meta-narrative of the episode, as well as why “Lost” should have learned a lesson from Joss Whedon in terms of executing episodes featuring secondary/tertiary characters. About 20 of you will be excited by this, and the rest of you are praying that I find the time to code a “Lost”-specific blog so you can skip all this stuff more easily.
- I played Texas Hold ‘Em for the first time tonight, in my usual way of only being 4 years behind any particular trend. Actually won $10, after putting in $12 at the start, but this was largely due to 1) my brother essentially teaching me the rules of the game was we went along, helping with everything he could without actually seeing my cards and having the underlying desire to take as much of my $12 as possible, and 2) playing ridiculously conservatively with the exception of three hands, which I would have probably lost had the girls in the room not distracted the rest of the guys with wedding talk and horror stories from their respective trips to Gentle Dental.
- I was actually surprised there was more than one person in the room who’d gone to Gentle Dental, as I’d up until tonight never met one person who actually went. I’d seen their ads on the T and local television enough, but then again, I see tons of ads for the legal services of Barry Feinstein and Jim Sokolov, and don’t know anyone who uses them, either. (For those of you outside the Boston area, just imagine the cheesiest ads in your district for dental and legal coverage, and you’ll get the gist.) I’d kinda always assumed Gentle Dental was a front for the Boston Irish mob, quite honestly, but turns out, they do actually do a bit of dentistry. Who knew?
- Came up with a pretty spectacular way to help ensure we have enough money to pay for our wedding in August: put the last four invites up for auction on eBay, tell our mothers about this with about six weeks ago, sit back, and watch the sparks fly. I figure when all is said and done, we’ll have paid for the wedding, honeymoon, new house, at least two orphans previously earmarked by Angelina Jolie, and that chafing dish we’ve recently added to the registry.
- In the spirit of combing the two biggest topics of discussion recently here on the blog–“Lost” and the wedding–I’m going to start answering all questions regarding the nuptials in the same way that people on “Lost” answer any questions: in a frustrating half-speak that leaves people going, “OK, but what the f#ck does THAT mean?” For example: “Ryan, what will you be serving for dinner?” “When the time comes, you’ll know.” Stuff like that. I can’t wait.
- Speaking of not being able to wait? “Grindhouse”? Um, yes, please. Gimmee.
That’s all for now: over the weekend I’ll be doing the “Lost” podcast and doing my monthly “dear Lord, people Google the strangest crap and end up on my blog” entry (click here for last month’s epic installment). Until then...
Posted by Ryan McGee at March 29, 2007 11:59 PM