travel animal channel

because of some wonderful circumstances, i only needed to take two classes this semester (the final semester thanks god). as a result, i have had some significant amount of day time free time. day time tv, however, royally blowsies.

for a while animal planet managed to pique my interest but there are only so many pitbulls i can watch being rescued. escape from chimp eden is a gem, but only for a couple episodes and then the obvious shortcomings an ridiculousness of the host become too apparent for me to stomach.

i moved on to travel channel, which was a surprisingly easy adjustment (since its only one push of the channel + button away). anthony bourdain and bizarre foods satiated my need for a while but then i ran across living with the mek a couple weeks ago.

living with the mek involves two british bubs running around in the forest with a group of indigenous people who's "way of live has remained the same for 5,000,000 years" or some equally implausible figure. the mek wear penis gourds. enough said.

it's interesting enough to see how the mek live but thanks to the presence of Mark and Ollie (the british bubs) i find an inordinate amount of humor in the show. it doesn't take much britishness to make me laugh. i find even british breathing slightly amusing. anyway, the show is terrible because i haven't yet figured out if Mark and Ollie respect the Mek or if they are trying a newfangled method of colonization. those brits are genetically conquer hungry. anyway, i've only seen a couple of episodes and i'm still eager for more.

speaking of funny, i was with my friend earlier today doing some exercising in his backyard. his dog was very perplexed that we weren't paying attention and between squats my friend would yell, "aliyah! quit" or "aliyah! i'm going to beat that ass." after a couple of minutes of silence (and more squats, much to my dismay) my friend yells, "aliyah! how'd you get your pants so dirty...er...i mean leg...you...dirty...the leg." funny thing is, the dog TOTALLY looks like a dog that would wear pants if given the opportunity. i must have laugh/cried for a good 15 minutes. i don't know if i will ever be able to look at Aliyah again without laugh/crying. it hurt my abs more than the squats. stupid squats....i spit on you. by the way, here are the mek and their gourds.

and here is mark and stupid ollie