This might go better in Premium, but I saw the premiere of the new Flight of the Conchords sitcom last night. It's going to be on HBO after Entourage sometime in June, and it's wonderfully funny. It's kind of exactly like being at one of their shows, if their shows had plots. (And the ratio of music/banter is reversed -- instsead of a concert with interstitial talking, it's a sitcom with frequent song breaks.)
And if bon bon is around, Kristen Schaal is in it playing their American fan. I'm totally psyched for her -- from BK ad to HBO in less than 5 years!
Unfortunately, the PR firm handling the premiere party for HBO was pretty sucktastic -- the party was crap. First, they were completely unprepared for the number of people who were there. I understand that not everyone who RSVPs to an event will necessarily show up, but you should at least have a contingency plan in case everyone does. Also, an open bar at the Tribeca Grand should be serving more than cheap wine and Budweiser. And if the invitation promises food, there should BE FOOD. (No, one tray of spring rolls brought out after the screening has started does not count.)
DH and I ended up leaving to go get food in Chinatown and coming back just for the screening, because it was so miserable and crowded and did I mention no food? The whole thing was just mind-bogglingly incompetent.
After standing in line 15+ minutes at the PO and the clerk had only served two customers, I gave up and ran my other errands instead. Feh.
Oh! That makes me a little sad I don't have HBO. I'm so slow at catching up on DVD.
Sorry about the suck party, Jess. I hope the PR firm had the (goddamn, it's like I don't speak English anymore with all the words I'm missing) perceptiveness to notice their failure.
We're apparently having a security issue in my office! Apparently there's some man sitting in the reception area, and now we're waiting for the police. Or something. The upshot is, I can't go to the bathroom until it's resolved.
And if bon bon is around, Kristen Schaal is in it playing their American fan. I'm totally psyched for her -- from BK ad to HBO in less than 5 years!
They advertised the show like three times last night during The Office, and she's totally in the ad! I'm psyched for this show, too.
I just made a blood donation appointment, and now I really don't understand why they call me CONSTANTLY.
I can't get LifeSource to leave me alone. Problem is, they have my work phone number. But, I've got ABneg blood, and have also recently started donating platelets (which is what they really need from ABneg donors, apparently), so they're even more persistant about calling me. I scheduled a donation for Sunday at noon, and they just called to remind me. She tried to get me signed up for another donation in June (since platelet donors can give more often), but I told her I'll call them when I have two hours for the procedure.
HBO's putting the first ep online for free on Monday. (On HBO.com, I assume.) I meant to say that earlier.
I wish they'd put their stuff on iTunes, though. It would make my TV life much easier.
goddamn, it's like I don't speak English anymore with all the words I'm missing
Huh, so pregnancy really is like a 40-weeklong migraine. And I thought it was just the first trimester.
I wanted to say Yay, Grace! for the extubation, but she got reintubated while I was reading the rest of Natter. It's like watching y'all's lives on TiVo. I'm gonna say Yay, Grace and Noah! anyway, though, because they deserve a yay.
Re your brightly-colored skirt, ita, have you tried fixing the dye with a salt-water soak? That worked for one of my brightly-dyed items. Don't know why.
My current quandary is this lovely Indian skirt that says hand wash except the pattern on it runs awfully. It's a beige skirt with bright colours just above the hem. Am I supposed to wash it separately from itself? I already washed it in delicates with magical Woolite whatever. Now I just look at it sadly.
ita, have you tried Clorox 2? It really helps. It might even remove whatever colors have bled, if you didn't dry the skirt in a machine.
have you tried fixing the dye with a salt-water soak?
What's my risk of it bleeding colour in the soak? Because it's the running onto itself that upsets me the most. Can't I like, laminate it or something?
eta:
It might even remove whatever colors have bled, if you didn't dry the skirt in a machine.
I most certainly did not. Hmm. Still nervous, but more thinky.
