Normally
at this time of year, I, Scanner Bryan, would have spent the last
couple days giving myself a couple massive hangovers and then surviving
them via Gatorade,
Chinese takeout, and OTC painkillers (well, OTC if you're in Canada).
But this year, I wound up with an inordinate amount of stuff to do
around the house over New Year's break, meaning that the only thing I'm
thankful to have survived in the last 2 days is TNT's 36-hour Law & Order
marathon, of which I believe I saw approximately 176%. Honestly, I'm
not even the biggest fan of the show, so I'm not entirely sure
how I wound up seeing so much of it while re-organizing my
bathroom, assembling Ikea furniture, and cooking pigeon peas to
celebrate
the holiday. (They were out of black-eyed peas.) Actually, towards the
end, I think I was inventing things to do in front of the TV just to
avoid walking away, which distressed both my wife and myself. Thankfully, the marathon is over as of a couple hours
ago, giving me the closure that I was unable to give myself. Did I learn anything? My debriefing (heh) follows.
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