Nov 20 2007
Camel Jumping in Yemen
Last night, Mr. Hot and I stumbled upon “Dr. Danger” - starring Dr. Bob Arnot. Our DVR immediately got programmed to record all new episodes. Have you seen this show? This guy is effen’ nuts.
During last night’s adventures (in Yemen), he was climbing to one of the highest points in the country with his guide. He slipped down the ridge and dislocated his shoulder. You could see where his shoulder ball was 4 inches lower than the socket where it should have been. He had his cameraman film him while he called New York on his Blackberry and had his guide try to shove it back into the socket. (Excuse me while I puke a little in the back of my throat remembering that…..)
But, I have a question here - and it’s one that Mr. Hot and I have discussed many times. Why not the Cameraman? Wouldn’t you expect a Cameraman on an adventure show like this to have some medical training? Oh. Shush. You know you’ve wondered the same thing.
And what about the ones where “There’s never been another human to step into this part of the world. So-and-so will be the only person to ever accomplish this feat!” - okay, so who the fuck is filming them?
Let’s hear it for the intrepid cameramen! Yay!
(Okay, sorry, off the soapbox now.)
Aaaaaaaanyway. Interesting show. Especially if you like to learn about exotic places and don’t pass out easily.
Then we were watching Keith Olbermann and saw this. I’m sorry, and yes, I think normally that theme diners can be fun, but there is just something wrong going on in Taiwan.
I managed to open my salad dressing (Dole Taco Toss , yum) today without squirting it all over my keyboard, so the week is looking up. And today’s my last day in the office since I’ll be working from home tomorrow and taking care of Shortman. That’s good too.
And I managed to get in a good 35-minute weight/aerobics workout yesterday. Today, I’m reloading my mp3 player since Yahoo Music-To-Go is dead. Dead to me. Dead to the world. Mr. Hot and I had a 2-years-for-the-price-of-1 subscription (or so we thought) because he paid for it with our Mastercard. It was a promotional price - if you were a new subscriber and used your Mastercard.
Then, the beginning of October, he got notified that our membership was going to expire November 18th. “Wait a minute, here”, thinks Mr. Hot. “This wasn’t supposed to expire until 2008.” So, he emails Yahoo.
The response he got back? Was certainly from a yahoo. A yahoo with no concept of customer service. “Since you used the 10 day free trial before you signed up for your membership, you weren’t considered a ‘new’ subscriber, and therefore, you don’t get the deal.”
Seriously y’all? WTF? Use the free trial to figure out if you want to be tied to a membership for two years and they use that to disqualify you from the membership special? Dead I tell you. (And actually, they’re not even offering the ‘To Go’ plan that allows you to copy files to your mp3 on Yahoo Music anymore. Coincidence? I think not.)
So, we’ve switched to Napster. I’m loading up the player in order to hit the treadmill tonight. What do they say? Twenty-one days to make a habit? That’s my new winter goal. Get back to doing the kick-my-ass workouts before I scare away those of you I’ve bribed all my readers with my morose-ness. I can still fit in all of my clothing, but the attitude? Bitchy-Blah doesn’t begin to describe me. (Well, of course it does….but I’d prefer it didn’t.)
So, now, here - watch this excerpt from last night’s episode of Dr. Danger. By the way, Yemeni men? Are like 5 ft. 3. Not. tall. Think about that when you watch them.
—- Please think good thoughts for Shortman tomorrow. I know it’s just teeth, but it’s the first time my baby has ever been knocked-out-cold and cut on. sniff. kathunk. —-
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OH MY GOD WITH THE YAHOO-MUSIC-TO-GO!!!!!
Ree, I have an entire post on my site about it. Same thing happened to us. We had pre-paid for the year, but then when my son got a Zen we changed to monthly payments for the music-to-go thing, and I missed a payment. They canceled us, didn’t refund the part we’d pre-paid and then told us they no longer supported the music-to-go thing so fuck you very much.
I think there’s a class action suit there somewhere. And don’t even get me going on the fact that they just completely took over my dear friend, Musicmatch, and ripped it’s heart out.
My first experience with GA was having my wisdom teeth removed. The pain? No biggie. The nausea from the stupid anesthesia? SUCKED. I’m sure shortman will be back to his old self in no time; hang in there Mom.
Would you believe that I’ve actually met Dr. Bob Arnot? I’ll tell him you said hi. Actually… he’s a friend of my last boss. I kinda doubt he remembers me.
I will stick with iTunes. Something about those other “services” drives me batty (and the fact that I submit client material to them only to be told to send it AGAIN makes me think they are jackazzes and only share a braincell between them).
I think working out will help clear the doldrums a bit, Ms. Hot! And, if it results in more wine, even better right?
Will keep Shortman in my thoughts tomorrow - he’ll do fine, you’ll do fine - just positive thinking!
I pay for a premium MSN email account, and they recently reformatted their whole system without consulting me. I hat ethe new format, and what’s more, I get ads! I’m paying to see ads! WTF???
About the toilet themed restaurant?
It’s efficient.
Think about it.
ewwwwww
Good luck with Shortman tomorrow. Poor bastard. I’ll be doing the same thing with Graceful — only a single baby tooth instead of Shortman’s personal hell.
Fingers crossed for Shortman!!
Good thoughts for Shortman!
Also, the cameraman plays a part in reality TV too. Like on Survivor, there has to be real food, because you can’t tell me Jeff Probst (does he even host that show anymore?) and the crew are eating twigs and berries.
Good luck Shortman… if I can survive 8 fillings in one week you can do it! Of course I survived because the doctor gave me some happy pills.
I’m an itunes girl myself.
Dude. Yahoo Music sucks LARGE HAIRY SWEAT-COVERED DONKEY BALLS. Let’s just say, I had to threaten to sue them MANY MANY times to get my money refunded for their uber shi-tay service.
I don’t even check my Yahoo account anymore. That’s how much I hate them and their stupid faces.
I was going to tell you to check out Candy’s blog, but she definitely beat me to it. There’s something going on there, I just know it!
Good luck to Shortman tomorrow. And to mommy…
Heidi
Thank you all. If you read the I am a Wuss post, you’ll see he made it through just fine.
I’m glad I’m not the only one with the Music To Go horror stories. I, personally, had no problems with iTunes, but Mr. Hot is (shhh) adamantly anti-Apple, which means we do not do iAnythings.
LSass - Is he cute? He looked cute on television. I bet he cleans up nice.
Marie - they didn’t call you? Damn. Losers.
witchypoo - I knew you had as sick a sense of humor as me.
Thank you all again for the good thoughts. His majesty is yelling for more ice. Must go serve.
Awww. I feel for you. My babies have been knocked out and cut on THREE FLIPPEN TIMES THIS YEAR!