LIVE BLOGGING: 10 things I hate about you

Okay back from blogging hiatus and coming back at you with a vapid post about the new ABC family series "10 things I hate about you."

It's 8:12 and there's already commercial. So far there's a been a total homosocial moment when the nerdy guy peaks at a popular dude's underwear as a way to get his name for the pretty sophomore girl he's crushing on. Also big shrewy sis got a fake ID. Also the guy from the movie is still the father. Good job on career choices.

8:14: oops nerdy guy forgot his wallet and had to give his shoes to the cab. and the pretty girl was lucky enough to "leave the house with lip gloss"

8:15: WTF is a decoy house? "popularity is confusing, you'll pick it up"

8:15: big shrew sis is at the grunge club and her fake ID works.

8:16: omg awkward GLBT moment "you could be a butch lesbian or a transgender male. I celebrate you" semi-offensive and not even funny on a Bruno level.

8:17: okay the Heath Ledger replacement is only kind of hot and too clean cut.

8:18 "he's your chance, you want to kiss me" borrrring

Okay this is kind of exhausting to watch and blog. Bottom line: Even though the 90's are back, 10 things does not translate well this time around. I'm signing off.

live blogging from the dinner table

Mother: Oh I would get the white, how should I say this, "pottery style" dish set, but it chips easily. I think I'm going to go with Nantucket Basket. The same set I gave Wendy for her wedding gift. 
Uncle: Well, as long as you don't get them in black like our brother did. He said it made the food look better. HMMPH.  
Grandmother: His taste is simply too contemporary.
Father: I remember when he first got that set after he moved back to D.C. He lived in that dreadful basement apartment. The one where you had to trip over his parasail to get to the kitchen. HA!

Uncle: You're right. That was right off Connecticut Ave. 

Mother: And then he and John bought that much nicer colonial townhouse north of Georgetown. I wish they still had that place. The condo in Dupont is hardly impressive. 

Son: Mom, their old house was up on a steep hill and far from any public transportation. It was too residential. I like their new place. It's close to Whole Foods, restaurants, the metro, and other stuff. Plus, the windows provide a good amount of natural lighting [of course I would say this].

Uncle: You're right. It is closer to downtown. 

Mother: Spencer, they paid all that money for a view of the parking lot with a foul-looking dumpster.