sick days...

March 8, 2011

Well, I was off to a good start when we re-launched this site but I was fully tackled by some sort of flu/mystery illness and it has thrown off my game.

I spent most of a week holed up in my house sleeping and drinking 7-Up and watching TV. I almost never watch TV unless it is for a specific show like 30 Rock. I don’t have very many stations at my disposal, so I spent most of the time going through the channels over and over again… it was a total waste of time, but I wasn’t really up for much so it was fine, whatever.

My point of all of this is this though- there is a few things that are being advertised on TV that I found really funny, even sick-

ULTRA RARE!!!

The “Ultra Rare” $2 bill painted for National Parks. They are selling a $2 bill with a painting of Yellowstone or The Grand Canyon- which is fine, it is neither here nor there, but they refer to the $2 as the rarest of Us currency. I thought that was awesome- you can get both for $10, but usually it would set you back $60 I think- this is not a good deal, just in case you were wondering.

FOREVER LAZY!!!

The Forever Lazy Snuggie Thing- ok, I just want to point out when some of our more patriotic citizens are going on and on about the laurels of America and our greatness, etc… this is one of those things that will forever come to my mind from now on. It is essentially a giant polyester cocoon that you lounge around in, I actually wish I had a non-polyester version of it while Iw as sick… it did seem cozy. My problem is that is called THE FOREVER LAZY!!! What message is this sending the rest of the world, or our youth, or us for that matter. It just makes me wonder why our country is ranked 25th in the world in math and 21st in science in the top 30 industrialized countries.

One of the highlights of my sick time television adventure was a channel that sneaks through my more than basic cable package, The Travel Channel- I watched Andrew Zimmer consume some amazing food in a 300 year old, continually running restaurant in Spain. What he was eating was not for me, as a vegetarian I would not eat suckling pig brain… even if I wasn’t a vegetarian I wouldn’t eat a brain, I think… I don’t know. It made my wanderlust kick into high gear though- I am ready for some adventure. At least for a few hours I could live vicariously through Zimmer.

YO!!! Also please check out the Tembloroso store to see Matt Poe’s silk screened print Cactus House from the Fwd: Society Collective of artists. I have seen this in person and it is beautiful, I will be buying one as well, just so you know, so take that!