AHOY thar! I forgot to send this out. My brain has been in a fog all week.
Not sure why.
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I am thinking of starting a contest. And this time there really is a prize. More later.
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Read The Eyre Affair - I loved it!!!
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This week's horoscopes go out to Jen, Mike and Graham - thanks!
Wednesday, April 30, 2003
Wednesday, April 23, 2003
sigh (4/23/2003)
Ok - I succumbed. I turned off my TV for the ninth annual TV-Turnoff Week, April 21-27. The Week is promoted nationally by TV-Turnoff Network, a nonprofit organization. Of course, this group is most probably funded by religious organizations as a guise to bring their opinions mainstream. But who cares - I could use with turning off the TV for a week.
I know, you are thinking - Michelle won't make it. Well, I have. Of course, that doesn't mean I have stopped watching TV. Actually, I am taping everything to watch it this weekend. I know, it's supposed to be for the entire week. Well, my shows are only on Mon-Thurs and Sunday. So IN MY MIND, it's okay to watch everything I taped this weekend as long as I don't watch TV from Mon-Thurs and Sunday.
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This week's horoscopes go out to:
>> Mike, Jen and Graham
>> Sally and Todd, great to see you last weekend!
>> Audrey, the bridal shower hostess with the most-ess
>> Ann & Dabney, great seeing you for 24 hours!
I know, you are thinking - Michelle won't make it. Well, I have. Of course, that doesn't mean I have stopped watching TV. Actually, I am taping everything to watch it this weekend. I know, it's supposed to be for the entire week. Well, my shows are only on Mon-Thurs and Sunday. So IN MY MIND, it's okay to watch everything I taped this weekend as long as I don't watch TV from Mon-Thurs and Sunday.
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This week's horoscopes go out to:
>> Mike, Jen and Graham
>> Sally and Todd, great to see you last weekend!
>> Audrey, the bridal shower hostess with the most-ess
>> Ann & Dabney, great seeing you for 24 hours!
Wednesday, April 9, 2003
boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
I have a migraine.
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So I took the Dragon Coach USA http://www.ivymedia.com/dragoncoachusa/
Well, I know that a lot of people (ok, my sister-in-law Jen) want to know what the Chinatown bus is like (I should explain: there are buses that only travel between Chinatowns in different cities. On the East Coast, there are buses that go between Chinatowns in Boston, New York and DC). I have now traveled on two to Boston and one roundtrip to DC. My first experiences were a little treacherous. It was on the Fung Wah
http://www.fungwahbus.com/
http://www.ivymedia.com/fungwah/
bus.
$20 one way. The bus picks up and drops off in NYC at the really big Buddhist Temple off of the Manhattan Bridge entrance/exit. I went early on a week day morning; so traffic was busy, but the corner was pretty empty. The first "bus" I rode on was actually one of those short buses that you see for the rental car agencies at the airport. Usually a couple of minutes on one of those are fine. But a 4.5 hour ride to Boston is another story ENTIRELY. Those buses have no shocks. So we experienced every pot hole between here and Boston. And let me tell you, there are a lot of potholes between these two cities.
The second time I rode the Chinatown bus was on the Sunshine Travel
http://www.sunshineboston.com/bustours/ct2bosnyc/
Now, I knew that this bus was a full size Greyhound like bus. I saw it on the road when I was on the Fung Wah bus. However, what I didn't realize at the time was that this bus, although it does go to Boston, stops mid-way at Mohegan Sun. Now, Mohegan Sun isn't really on the way. However, what did I care? $20 one way! There were a lot of Chinese people on the bus (There weren't any Chinese people on the Fung Wah bus, but I think that they knew that the short bus wasn't worth the ride). I would say that there were 70% Chinese and 30% Other on the bus. Sunshine definitely was geared toward their major clientele as they had Chinese soap operas with no English subtitles televised over the tiny, little tv screens. What was funny was when we got to Mohegan Sun (oh, I should explain. For those who don't know, Mohegan Sun is a casino run by the Mohegan Tribe, also known as the Wolf People. Well, the Wolf People have made a very nice resort and a great museum on Native American culture and, did you know, a radio station called The Wolf), almost all of the Chinese people got off the bus. It was amusing to see the bus empty out so quickly. I am not sure whether they were there to work or gamble, but either way, they all were in a hurry.
Since the first two times were just okay, I thought, why not take it to DC.
So I took the Dragon Coach (how cliché). This time, I didn't know what size bus I was going to get, but luck would have it, I got the big bus. However, when I got to the pickup/dropoff location, there were three buses - for three different bus vendors going to DC, Philly and somewhere in PA.
So, it took a little bit of sleuthing, but I got on the right bus to DC. It was actually an enjoyable trip. The bus didn't stop at a casino (it did stop for a rest stop and in Baltimore - I think the actual bus station in Baltimore) and there were Chinese movies with English subtitles. I got to see "Hero," a Zhang Yi Mou Film. I am not sure if it is even playing in the US now. It was really good. Short on dialogue, Big on action. And the sets and costumes were amazing. Basically a Hong Kong action film, but classy. It was a good trip. So worth the roundtrip cost of $35!!!!!!!!! On the return, there was no movie, but that was okay - I was passed out
anyway.
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This week's horoscopes go out to:
> Mark, get well soon!
> Michelle E., thanks for the great weekend!
> Russell and Bob, welcome back!
> Pluto, sorry I didn't call!
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So I took the Dragon Coach USA http://www.ivymedia.com/dragoncoachusa/
Well, I know that a lot of people (ok, my sister-in-law Jen) want to know what the Chinatown bus is like (I should explain: there are buses that only travel between Chinatowns in different cities. On the East Coast, there are buses that go between Chinatowns in Boston, New York and DC). I have now traveled on two to Boston and one roundtrip to DC. My first experiences were a little treacherous. It was on the Fung Wah
http://www.fungwahbus.com/
http://www.ivymedia.com/fungwah/
bus.
$20 one way. The bus picks up and drops off in NYC at the really big Buddhist Temple off of the Manhattan Bridge entrance/exit. I went early on a week day morning; so traffic was busy, but the corner was pretty empty. The first "bus" I rode on was actually one of those short buses that you see for the rental car agencies at the airport. Usually a couple of minutes on one of those are fine. But a 4.5 hour ride to Boston is another story ENTIRELY. Those buses have no shocks. So we experienced every pot hole between here and Boston. And let me tell you, there are a lot of potholes between these two cities.
The second time I rode the Chinatown bus was on the Sunshine Travel
http://www.sunshineboston.com/bustours/ct2bosnyc/
Now, I knew that this bus was a full size Greyhound like bus. I saw it on the road when I was on the Fung Wah bus. However, what I didn't realize at the time was that this bus, although it does go to Boston, stops mid-way at Mohegan Sun. Now, Mohegan Sun isn't really on the way. However, what did I care? $20 one way! There were a lot of Chinese people on the bus (There weren't any Chinese people on the Fung Wah bus, but I think that they knew that the short bus wasn't worth the ride). I would say that there were 70% Chinese and 30% Other on the bus. Sunshine definitely was geared toward their major clientele as they had Chinese soap operas with no English subtitles televised over the tiny, little tv screens. What was funny was when we got to Mohegan Sun (oh, I should explain. For those who don't know, Mohegan Sun is a casino run by the Mohegan Tribe, also known as the Wolf People. Well, the Wolf People have made a very nice resort and a great museum on Native American culture and, did you know, a radio station called The Wolf), almost all of the Chinese people got off the bus. It was amusing to see the bus empty out so quickly. I am not sure whether they were there to work or gamble, but either way, they all were in a hurry.
Since the first two times were just okay, I thought, why not take it to DC.
So I took the Dragon Coach (how cliché). This time, I didn't know what size bus I was going to get, but luck would have it, I got the big bus. However, when I got to the pickup/dropoff location, there were three buses - for three different bus vendors going to DC, Philly and somewhere in PA.
So, it took a little bit of sleuthing, but I got on the right bus to DC. It was actually an enjoyable trip. The bus didn't stop at a casino (it did stop for a rest stop and in Baltimore - I think the actual bus station in Baltimore) and there were Chinese movies with English subtitles. I got to see "Hero," a Zhang Yi Mou Film. I am not sure if it is even playing in the US now. It was really good. Short on dialogue, Big on action. And the sets and costumes were amazing. Basically a Hong Kong action film, but classy. It was a good trip. So worth the roundtrip cost of $35!!!!!!!!! On the return, there was no movie, but that was okay - I was passed out
anyway.
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This week's horoscopes go out to:
> Mark, get well soon!
> Michelle E., thanks for the great weekend!
> Russell and Bob, welcome back!
> Pluto, sorry I didn't call!
Thursday, April 3, 2003
New and Improved!
I have been barraged by magazines lately. I traded in my United miles for magazines and I renewed my People subscription AND subscribed to this new magazine called Budget Living. I have to say I was trying REALLY hard not to renew the People subscription. It's so expensive. But I couldn't hold back. I was going through entertainment/gossip/trash withdrawal. But now, not only do I get more gossip than I can take, I now get Time magazine, which - let's face it - is the biggest gossip rag around. If it wasn't for the fact that they put a scary picture on the cover each week, it would be People magazine. They chew up information and spit it out into little bite size pieces of pabulum for us to eat. Of course, they don't have pretty pictures of Oscar night - instead they have pretty pictures of Bush and Cheney. Regardless, People and Time are the same - Time just doesn't have the guts to admit what it really is: trash.
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ARGH!!!!! I am meeting with my accountant today and I forgot all of my tax forms at home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ARGH!!!!! I am meeting with my accountant today and I forgot all of my tax forms at home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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