bar exam #3. Subtitle: you know it's bad when you start sending e-mails like this to friends...
"I *expect* you to know that I am *obsessed* with [an] ex-UPN show, (now on the CW network)
called, [insert TV show here...].
Here, i'll make it multiple choice just like a bar exam question (complete with trick/ambiguous answers). The best choice to fill in the blank above is:
a) Lost
b) America's Next Top Model
c) Veronica Mars
d) All of the above
Answer key is posted below your message."
...friends msg...
"Answer Key:
While I do *love* Lost - it's on ABC, not UPN. Therefore, A is wrong. ANTM is a UPN show that was picked up by CW. It could be an answer. Plus, I like ANTM but I'm not *obsessed* with it. It's one of those shows that I can't stop watching once I start but I hate myself for liking it (see: our mutual feelings for MTV's My Sweet 16). Therefore, B is wrong. Therefore, D is wrong. And, obviously, the correct answer pick is C. Go Kristin Bell!!! (hottest female vegetarian, says PETA. and, she's from Detroit.)."
(yes, it is 11:06 on a Friday night)
BUT guess what?!?!?! tomorrow night, i'm taking off to the Three Rivers Arts Festival to see the Eels. The Eels are one of my three favorite bands, all of which I saw perform live at least one time in the past twelve months. (i guess after tomorrow i can die a happy music fan) (the other two bands: the wrens, the essex green). The Eels or Eels (as you may want to correctly correct me) are not a very consistent group in my humble opinion (see: blinking lights and other revelations vs. beautiful freak or daisies of the galaxy) but when they're on, they're on. I think my all-time favorite song is "Grace Kelly Blues." Again, for more proof, one of my saddest let-downs was the eels' cover of "Pretty Ballerina" by the Left Banke (another top twenty-five favorite). I was so excited to see the cover...but, while others may disagree, this version was too fast for me!.
Anyway, the Eels open for Tom Verlaine. (excerpt from amg bio: "Famed for his trailblazing work as the singer and guitarist for the seminal New York punk band Television, Tom Verlaine also carved out an acclaimed and eclectic solo career."). OH!!! so that's who he is. punk-legend?
I'm happy to see the third part of my "perfect concerts" trifecta. (um, am i using that word correctly? i try! says Wikipedia: ""Trifecta" is also gaining popularity as a slang term to describe any successful phenomenon that comes in threes, for example: "She has the 'trifecta' of attractiveness, intelligence, and career success.""
called, [insert TV show here...].
Here, i'll make it multiple choice just like a bar exam question (complete with trick/ambiguous answers). The best choice to fill in the blank above is:
a) Lost
b) America's Next Top Model
c) Veronica Mars
d) All of the above
Answer key is posted below your message."
...friends msg...
"Answer Key:
While I do *love* Lost - it's on ABC, not UPN. Therefore, A is wrong. ANTM is a UPN show that was picked up by CW. It could be an answer. Plus, I like ANTM but I'm not *obsessed* with it. It's one of those shows that I can't stop watching once I start but I hate myself for liking it (see: our mutual feelings for MTV's My Sweet 16). Therefore, B is wrong. Therefore, D is wrong. And, obviously, the correct answer pick is C. Go Kristin Bell!!! (hottest female vegetarian, says PETA. and, she's from Detroit.)."
(yes, it is 11:06 on a Friday night)
BUT guess what?!?!?! tomorrow night, i'm taking off to the Three Rivers Arts Festival to see the Eels. The Eels are one of my three favorite bands, all of which I saw perform live at least one time in the past twelve months. (i guess after tomorrow i can die a happy music fan) (the other two bands: the wrens, the essex green). The Eels or Eels (as you may want to correctly correct me) are not a very consistent group in my humble opinion (see: blinking lights and other revelations vs. beautiful freak or daisies of the galaxy) but when they're on, they're on. I think my all-time favorite song is "Grace Kelly Blues." Again, for more proof, one of my saddest let-downs was the eels' cover of "Pretty Ballerina" by the Left Banke (another top twenty-five favorite). I was so excited to see the cover...but, while others may disagree, this version was too fast for me!.
Anyway, the Eels open for Tom Verlaine. (excerpt from amg bio: "Famed for his trailblazing work as the singer and guitarist for the seminal New York punk band Television, Tom Verlaine also carved out an acclaimed and eclectic solo career."). OH!!! so that's who he is. punk-legend?
I'm happy to see the third part of my "perfect concerts" trifecta. (um, am i using that word correctly? i try! says Wikipedia: ""Trifecta" is also gaining popularity as a slang term to describe any successful phenomenon that comes in threes, for example: "She has the 'trifecta' of attractiveness, intelligence, and career success.""
posted by mjs at
11:09 PM
2 Comments:
um since this was supposed to be commented on this post, i'll re-post it here.
proof that kirk is cool:
"i have been using trifecta in that way since at least 1996 (when i was old enough to gamble at the track)"
By
mjs, at 11:32 PM
proof that kirk knows me:
"it was ambigous... you are "obsessed" with antm in doses... and you are obsessed with tyra/tyroprah, but it comes and goes.
"on the other hand, you wrote a 20 page document about your veronica mars theories.... the answer is clear."
By
mjs, at 11:34 PM
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