Flash In The Pan!

We got satellite this week again. I had not moved the service with us this summer.

Besides the financial savings, I figured it was good for us not to watch T.V. too much and since reception in this area is pretty limited, we weren't watching much.

However I cracked under the pressure when my very limited reception of ABC (Fuzzy) NBC (Fuzzy) FOX (Very Fuzzy) PBS (Clear, most of the time) and CBS (Total Fuzz) became Fuzz, Fuzz and More Fuzz and the PBS. I did not repeat, did not make out with the installer, despite what any of you may have heard.

Like a famished children in a candy store, we began a watching frenzy this week. First show, Spongebob, it was a double score because it was my favorite episode where Squiward tells the marching band in his monotone voice, "Don't bother showing up tomorrow, I'll just tell everyone you died in a marching accident." I have been trying to get my husband to tell that to the band for a couple of years. Spoil sport. *sigh*

And Dexter let's not forget Dexter Laboratory or classics like Tom & Jerry.

Snippets of other favorites like Colbert Report and my most trusted news source The Daily Show. Somehow I have been thwarted in every attempt to watch a full show. I will try again tonight. Please think of me at 9:00 p.m. and wish me well.

The hubby is happy again now that he can watch football and ESPN, and cartoons, and movies. Let's face it he is a total TV junkie. It is an activity that for the most part we can enjoy together. We have the same bad taste.

Of course we got the promo package that came with free HBO and so we saw The Fantasic Four, Dreamer, and the classic Flash Gordon. Flash Gordon you say? A Classic? Come on it is B movie best. Sound track by Queen, I have been going around singing Flash Ahahhhhh! (Note to self: I wonder if this is why people think I am wierd?) But really Nora, why is this movie so great? Well there are many things, but the wedding vows are my favorite. The hubby and I would have used them for our own, but we couldn't agree as to who got to say Ming the Merciless vows, so we went traditional instead. (Although to this day he insists I choked on the to honor and obey part. Whatever! Okay I did, but don't tell him I admitted to it. Seriously did he think I would obey?)

Zogi, the High Priest: Do you, Ming the Merciless, Ruler of the Universe, take this Earthling Dale Arden, to be your Empress of the Hour?
The Emperor Ming: Of the hour, yes.
Zogi, the High Priest: Do you promise to use her as you will?
The Emperor Ming: Certainly!
Zogi, the High Priest: Not to blast her into space?
[Ming glares at Zogi]
Zogi, the High Priest: Uh, until such time as you grow weary of her.
The Emperor Ming: I do.
Dale Arden: I do NOT!


Really can you think of anything more romantical?