My Vengeful God

So apparently someone upstairs, and I mean that in the reference-to-a-higher-power kinda way not the literal someone-is-currently-above-me kinda way, doesn't want me to watch TV. As I may have mentioned before, I bought a VCR to use as my TV tuner for my lame busted tv, but was missing an RCA cable. So I purchased a fancy RCA cable from radio shack, with diamond plated tips for increased conductivity, and got home all excited that I would be able to watch Scrubs tonight. So I plug everything in and I turn the VCR on. I see a picture on my TV and nearly jump for joy... then the VCR starts making funny sounds like it is trying to play a tape... makes some more sounds... and then turns off for me, which I appreciated. I turn it back on... see a picture (no sound mind you) and then it makes the same sounds and turns it self off again. So me thinking I am all clever that I can trick the machine to work right, I try sticking a tape in during this startup procedure. It sucks in the tape and then makes a horrible squawking sound and then spits it back out. Apparently open box from best buy means that it won't work at all... so they might have well just put a big pile of crap in there... at least then I wouldn't have wasted my time trying to get it hooked up to my tv. i would have said... oh it is a piece of crap in a box... wow I got hosed. nuff said.

I also learned another important lesson today. Zebra cakes (made with 95% zebra meat) are no good as a pre-run treat. After work today, I ran the normal 4 mile loop. I was just trying to get some mileage in cuz I have been slacking bigtime lately. After about 3 miles I got a huge cramp that made me actually stop and walk in the last quarter mile. I haven't done that in a while. So you can run and eat your zebra cakes too, but not in the reverse order.