Miscellaneous March

When I moved out for college, I stopped watching TV. Prior to meeting Aisha, I did not have a TV for eight years. When we moved in together, we used to argue all the time about having a TV. It was integral to her life and I saw it as the main delivery vehicle for all the mass-media consumerist garbage that makes me wish I had the balls to be an active anarchist.

After having gone through innumerable relationships, I capitulated as there is no fighting a determined woman. Surprisingly it's worked out well. We've achieved a sort of balanced detente as a result:

Aisha loves the Food Network
Thomas hates the Food Network
Result: Thomas now loves Rachel Ray

Aisha hates NBA Basketball
Thomas loves NBA Basketball
Result: Aisha allows Thomas to watch most NBA games when they are on

Aisha loves Law & Order
Thomas loves Homicide: Life on the Streets
Result: Aisha and Thomas watch at least 10 hours of Law & Order on the Law & Order station (aka TNT) per week

Law & Order is what we eat dinner by now. It's become a hallowed tradition.

Next up:
Aisha loves Project Runway
Thomas loathes Project Bitchfest
Result: Thomas has to sit through season 1 and 2 and is now contemplating the bright sides of losing one's vision.
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Aisha and I are going to take our first official vacation together in Italy at the end of the month. No more shoe-horning weekends from business trips. No more piggy-backing a few days off from visiting family. Italy is going to be all about us only.

With Aisha by my side, I have no doubt it will be completely memorable.