V-Day review

Since I started my new job, I've been getting home around 6 p.m. I typically grab a bite to eat, bike 3 miles on my handcycle, sort through junk mail, and catch up on a few other things. When 8 p.m. rolled around last night, I flipped the TV on. Highly irresponsible of me because I've committed to revamping this Children's Medical Ministries website. It's in dire need of a face-lift. Their previous designer didn't do them any favors.

So here's a few thoughts on Valentine's evening TV: I watched American Idol with my mom. We split a small bag of chocolate and caramel-drizzled popcorn. If that's not romance, I don't know what is. It's down to the final...uh, 48? Or something like that. They were giving a lot of people the boot last night. It's a good thing I'm not a judge, because those pain-in-the-butt twins wouldn't have had a shot in hell. I have no tolerance for high-maintenance people even if they can sing. I just figure even some good singers aren't worth the headache. It gives me comfort to know they were kicked off later for stealing a car or something illegal. They've got some crazy people on that show but I suppose that's just the way they like it. Good for ratings.

I can't stand the guy on that show House, so I switched over to catch a bit of Men's figure skating. I checked my gmail and noticed they've got a chat feature with it now. I saw that Russ was online so I ambushed him in typical Allison-style: "What's this chat-thing, yo?"

He was also watching the Olympics, however his coverage was an hour behind my own. Alas, we couldn't watch together. But it was OUR delayed Olympics viewing moment. I watched a bio on men's figure skater Johnny Weir and then asked Russ, "Do you think ALL men's figure skaters are gay?" Russ implied that most probably use the sport to pick up chicks. He's probably right. Women love figure skating. I would pay $20 bucks to see Russ in Johnny Weir's swan get-up.

I was in the process of telling Russ I wanted to be a luger (a person who luges) when he abruptly left our chat and went to pick up Greek food. So much for our moment.