No TV and no beer make Homer something something
Gord and I arrived in Costa Rica with grand plans to get jobs, learn Spanish, study finance, work out and get tanned. However, we still had the foresight to pack an entire CD book full of television series and movies on DVD. We were concerned (obviously) that after our tiring yet fulfilling days conversation might be too much effort. We packed seasons 3-5 of The Wire, 1 disc of Sex and the City (compromise), 2 seasons of Arrested Development, a number of movies, and (just in case) a season of 24. When we got to my parents’ place in the Bahamas we also took a season of Boston Legal, and seasons 1 and 2 of The Wire. In retrospect, this sort of hoarding should have demonstrated to everyone, especially ourselves, that working all day was certainly not an option.
We arrived at the condo in Costa Rica to a very large TV. We immediately ripped through seasons 1-3 of The Wire and our season of Boston Legal (highly recommended – Shatner, Spader, and Candice Bergen are all gems). We threw on Arrested Development in the background of many a hungover session. Oh yeah, we also tried really hard to get jobs. Last week we received our actual TV which is even bigger than our temporary TV! Large, wall-mounted, plasma-screen… it is fantastic. Except that we bought the cheapest DVD player in town and the new TV will have nothing to do with it.
Do not despair on our behalf however, for there is a wonderful array of English channels at our fingertips. Some highlights; NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, Discovery, E!, MTV… oh joyous day! I’ll let you know what this means to me. Most importantly, I can tune into Jeopardy daily at 5:30pm. I absolutely killed it in today’s episode, no big deal though. This also means I get Mythbusters, Conan, 30 Rock, The Office, and a variety of crappy reality shows (that I love). There is a dark side to this story. The Simpsons is on here, but with complete Spanish voiceovers. It is called "Los Simpsons" and Homer sounds all wrong, but when I watch it on mute it's still hilarious! Probably because I know every word. I know I can get it online, but I am just going to wait until I get back to Canada. I’m going to order a Crispy Chicken Classic Combo from McDick’s (with orange drink and sweet n’ sour dipping for the fries) and watch The Simpsons until my eyeballs fall out. Or until I get hungry again and need a poutine. Oh Sunday television on Global, I am your biggest fan!
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