So bad it's good

Although we have Slingbox which is great, our Belgian TV doesn't have too many English channels. (There are 4 to be exact and two of them are news channels.) So I rent U.S. TV series on DVDs at the Women's Club. In the year and a half we have been here, I have watched the first season of 24, Lost, Law & Order, Desperate Housewives, Gray's Anatomy, and Monk. Since I have basically seen most of the shows the Club has, I have had to resort to scraping the barrel and watching The O.C. The script and acting are so horrible that I can usually only watch about 20 minutes at a time because it just pains me. And yet I can't stop. Every Wednesday I go back and rent the next disc and subject myself to even more ridiculous teen angst. To save youself from wasting time, I'll just tell you what every episode entails:
--About 8 times an episode someone will ask Ryan a question and he just stares at them out of the corners of his eyes.
--The neighborhood always has a big party and Ryan gets in a fight with someone, which ruins the party.
--Ryan and Marissa get in a fight over nothing and then always make up in the end.

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Today at the Club I picked up a magazine from our swap area. Although the cover had been ripped off, I could tell it was a People which always makes me happy. What a find! Then I started reading. "Beardless for the first time in 15 months. Tom Cruise comes clean after finishing filming for The Last Samurai."

I think to myself, "Hmm, I thought that movie was already out. And I haven't really noticed him having a beard. Oh well, I guess I am just out of it."

Next I read about Trista and Ryan from The Bachelor having a wedding shower. I think, "Wait, aren't they already married? Are they renewing their vows?" It is then that I look at the date. Yes, I was reading a magazine from September 22, 2003. News that is almost three years old!
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We are just kind of, barely, maybe thinking about buying a car over here. In our search, we came across a Corolla for sale at a good price. The funniest thing is that our main concern with that car is that it would be too big for us. As crazy as that might sound, you have to do a lot of parallel parking and going down narrow streets here, and a "big" car would really restrict you. The most common size cars are little two doors. I find it commical that in the States I drove a Camry because I thought a Corolla was too small, and now it seems too big. Imagine a Tahoe around here.

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I swore to myself that if the heat ever let up here, I would never complain about the cold again. I have been put to the test because for the last week, the weather has been overcast and 60. However, with my memories of the 95 degree heat being so fresh, I am actually really enjoying wearing pants and long sleeves each day.

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Pick up a copy of tomorrow (Friday's) U.S. Wall Street Journal to read Kyle's article about the Mises Institute in Auburn, AL. This one even has his name on it!