Oh man I would LOVE to get some subtitles going on. I don't have a problem with watching things in French, particularly; it's shit that's in another language that's been dubbed into not-English that drives me bats. I can't make the differences between words as well; that seems to be more of a problem than vocabulary (okay, maybe a little bit with House).
But man. A half hour without commercials? Rad. Jeezy creezy.
ad: a compilation called "Sex in the Music." I heard the f-word in this ad. Oh man.
The half hour without commercials? Freakin' awesome. I miss European TV.
Actually, I did get the chance to see a little French TV while I was in Paris. The only thing that was really on was this show about really embarrassing celebrity moments the night before I was going back to Norway.
(And shit... it's so weird to say "I" and "me" lately when talking about this. But anyway.)
Since I didn't know French, I could really only follow the stories about Anglo-American celebs. But there was this one really awful scene where some random conservative type made Juliette Binoche cry in this French roundtable discussion program.
That almost made *me* cry. I mean, it's Juliette Binoche. Anyone that would even want to try to make her cry would have to be completely without a soul.
I did see a little French TV back in January, too; there was something (Spanish?) involving some dude acting as an ostrich, with his head all tucked up beneath this suit and one arm acting as the head and neck. And the ostrich did all these things (such as a striptease), and then nested, and had a baby...
There is a silent German film on now (about Anna Boleyn), with French subtitles. It has nice music.
Three channels, for now, is keeping me well amused.
There's a dark wonderful side to television...
anonymous
March 1 2007, 04:45:18 UTC
Hi Liene honey,
I tell you, it was like peeking at a forbidden magazine to watch television for a long time; the old "what is cool what is not" brigade were in full force. It's a fun break and it's good to have a fun break.
In Belgium we had some show that I think is shown in other countries. Anyway, I have no idea what it was called, but there were teams made up from different countries, and they all wore one piece spandex jumpsuits, and each team was a different color. Then they had to compete against each other in the most bizare ways ever - One time they had to jump onto these floating "ice burgs" that were in a pool. They had to jump from ice burg to ice burg until they got to the other side, where they had to pick up a big fake penguin and then they had to jump their way across. They had to do this until they had all the penguins on the other side. It was so strange. Another time they had to "save" a princess from a pirate ship, but first they had to get onto the ship via many stupid and silly devices. It was amazing. If you can find that show, you should watch it. AMAZING I TELL YOU.
I hate you. Wednesday I generally work from 8 or 9 until 8:30 or 9. There is no break on Wednesday. (And today and yesterday have, themselves, been like Wednesdays, but with less going outside. I am about to lose it. But not really; I'm just extra-intent on having adventures this weekend.)
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That's really all that was interesting on TV... we didn't get all the good stations like you apparently do. :)
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But man. A half hour without commercials? Rad. Jeezy creezy.
ad: a compilation called "Sex in the Music." I heard the f-word in this ad. Oh man.
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Actually, I did get the chance to see a little French TV while I was in Paris. The only thing that was really on was this show about really embarrassing celebrity moments the night before I was going back to Norway.
(And shit... it's so weird to say "I" and "me" lately when talking about this. But anyway.)
Since I didn't know French, I could really only follow the stories about Anglo-American celebs. But there was this one really awful scene where some random conservative type made Juliette Binoche cry in this French roundtable discussion program.
That almost made *me* cry. I mean, it's Juliette Binoche. Anyone that would even want to try to make her cry would have to be completely without a soul.
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I did see a little French TV back in January, too; there was something (Spanish?) involving some dude acting as an ostrich, with his head all tucked up beneath this suit and one arm acting as the head and neck. And the ostrich did all these things (such as a striptease), and then nested, and had a baby...
There is a silent German film on now (about Anna Boleyn), with French subtitles. It has nice music.
Three channels, for now, is keeping me well amused.
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I tell you, it was like peeking at a forbidden magazine to watch television for a long time; the old "what is cool what is not" brigade were in full force. It's a fun break and it's good to have a fun break.
BTW I love you,
Mom
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<3 <3 <3
ps come to Brugge with me on Wednesday.
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ps come to Brugge with me on Wednesday.
I hate you. Wednesday I generally work from 8 or 9 until 8:30 or 9. There is no break on Wednesday. (And today and yesterday have, themselves, been like Wednesdays, but with less going outside. I am about to lose it. But not really; I'm just extra-intent on having adventures this weekend.)
And also I love Brugge. In all its spellings.
sighhhhh
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<3
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BAH
BAH, I SAY
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