I Suck At Angel

Yesterday, Karen and I had our weekly get together with our friends (Marc and Kelley). As Marc was craving Indian food, we decided to order from the Punjab Cafe located in Quincy.

Needless to say, the food was delicious. For anyone curious, I had the lamb vindaloo, which is lamb and potatoes cooked in a spicy sauce. The lamb is served over basmati rice. The meal tasted very good.

Anyway, on the agenda for the night were episodes of season three of Angel. The episodes that we watched were: "Heartthrob" about a vampire bent of avenging the loss of his love at the hands of Angel; "That Vision Thing" about Cordelia feeling the physical effects of her visions; "That Old Gang Of Mine" about Gunn's old gang indiscriminately hunting down demons; and "Carpe Noctem" about Angel switching bodies with an elderly man.

Of the four episodes, I probably enjoyed "Carpe Noctem" the most. Although, the "That Vision Thing" episode was a close second because it featured Cordelia. And not only did the episode center around Cordelia, but Kal Penn of Harold and Kumar fame appeared in the episode. Kal Penn played the "young man in fez" role... which went along with our Indian food theme, I guess.

Regardless, the reason why I probably enjoyed "Carpe Noctem" the most was because it featured more of Winifred (also known as Fred) Burkle. Yes, it's tough... Fred versus Cordelia. How is a person to choose? In this case, I went with Fred. Plus, watching Angel as an old man trying to escape from a retirement home was pretty funny.

There was a time when Marc and I thought Amy Acker (the actress who plays Fred) could star as Karen if there were ever a movie about Karen. Interestingly enough, Karen actually said she could see the reason why we would have chosen her.

Anyway, it was a fun night as usual. Kelley made her special muffins again which were delicious. I love it when Kelley bakes... probably because I get to benefit from devouring the baked goods like cookie monster.

Speaking of Kelley, she sent me a list of "Ways to Maintain a Healthy Level of Insanity" which I thought I would share:

1. At lunch time, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars. See if they slow down.


2. Page yourself over the intercom. Don't disguise your voice.


3. Every time someone asks you to do something, ask if they want fries with that.


4. Put your garbage can on your desk and label it "In."


5. Put decaf in the coffee maker for 3 weeks. Once everyone has gotten over their caffeine addictions, switch to espresso.


6. In the memo field of all your checks, write "For smuggling diamonds".


7. Finish all your sentences with "In accordance with the prophecy."


8. Don't use any punctuation.


9. As often as possible, skip rather than walk.


10. Order a diet water whenever you go out to eat with a serious face.


11. Specify that your drive-through order is "To go."


12. Sing along at the opera.


13. Go to a poetry recital and ask why the poems don't rhyme.


14. Put mosquito netting around your work area and play tropical sounds all day.


15. Five days in advance, tell your friends you can't attend their party because you're not in the mood.


16. Have your co-workers address you by your wrestling name, Rock Bottom.


17. When the money comes out of the ATM, scream "I Won! I Won!"


18. When leaving the zoo, start running towards the parking lot, yelling "Run for your lives, they're loose!!"


19. Tell your children over dinner: "Due to the economy, we are going to have to let one of you go."

I had a chuckle over a few of them. Enjoy!