Reincarnation

I'm a little embarrassed to admit it, but I really miss American TV! I know there are far worthier ways I should spend my time, but sometimes I just want to veg out on the couch with a Diet Coke (not a Coca Cola Light), a big bowl of popcorn, and watch "Saturday Night Live" or "The Daily Show" or "Oprah" or "Ellen" or one of the many, entertaining, fluffy sitcoms that I used to love to watch. There are a few shows I can still get in Norway--Tuesday nights, if I'm willing to stay up late enough, I can see Gray's Anatomy and King of Queens. On Wednesday nights, Gilmore Girls and Ugly Betty are on. Jay Leno and Conan are on CNBC every night, but after my bedtime.
Instead of just accepting the fact that we won't be able to watch our favorite shows most nights, Kevin and I obsessively flip, flip, flip through the channels, sure that we will find something mindless and amusing and in English. Unfortunately, Norwegian television is pretty educational. (It is unfortunate when you just want to veg. Obviously educational programming is far superior to trash TV, but sometimes, trash TV is all I want!) We get several news networks, including CNN, BBC news and Al Jazeera. We also get several Discovery channels, Travel channels, cooking channels and Animal Planet. Last night, we finally surrendered the hope that we might find "The Simpsons" and started watching a documentary about humpback whales.
I remembered a comment that Kevin's grandmother once made. She said if there is such a thing as reincarnation, she would like to come back as a seagull and poop on the heads of everyone she didn't like! I told Kevin that I think I would like to come back as a humpback whale. They're huge, so they probably don't have to worry about predators, they're endangered, so people aren't allowed to hurt them, and they get to swim and sing and breach in the ocean all day--what a life! I asked Kevin what he would like to come back as, and he replied, "A crow, because they use tools." Hmm, I think someone is really missing Lowe's and the Home Depot! Of course, I couldn't just accept this answer to my hypothetical question, so I tried to convince him that he should come back as a humpback whale too, and then we could swim around together. He said, "I vowed til death do us part for this life only, I'm not signing up for another round of crazy in the next life!" I'm kidding, he didn't actually say that, but he did give me a look which was not too difficult to interpret! In the end, he was a good husband who humored me and said, "Okay, we can be humpback whales and swim around together." After 6 years of marriage, he has learned well! His response kept me quiet and happy and he was rewarded with another 10 minutes of un-interrupted TV viewing enjoyment!