Coup de foudre

I've decided Max watches too much TV and by too much TV I mean, my mom watches The Walton's on the Hallmark channel for way too many hours during the day.  I'm not opposed to a moderate amount of Little House on the Prairie in one's life because everyone could use a little Laura and Pa to balance out the day, but more than one hour of The Walton's is bordering on ridiculous.  Because of this, I've made the decision that unless there is some high quality shows on like Kim and Kourtney Take New York or The Real Housewives of _____, Max and I are going to listen to NPR.

Sunday Max and I were listening to NPR while simultaneously trying not to chew on the mess my dad has on his desk, when I fell in love with Jason Siegel and I decided that he is my new love and should be my boyfriend.  I will present my argument in three parts.

Part I:  Jason Segel is pre-qualified to be my boyfriend in that a) he’s funny b) he has a job and c)  he doesn’t live with his momma (I think.)  He also meets Sara’s qualifications in that he doesn’t have any facial or neck tattoos.

Part II:  Jason Segel has brought back the Muppets, which I was excited about already, but realized today as I was teaching adjectives, is extremely useful.  I contend that the Muppets are the French teacher’s second best tool, after The Simpsons for teaching adjectives.  (The Simpsons have the Muppets beat by a slim margin because you can also use all of the family vocabulary with The Simpsons.  I mean, what are you going to say about the Muppets?  Miss Piggy and Kermit have been dating for decades?  You'd think they’d make that shit legal already.)  Miss Piggy, she’s fantastic for teaching words like fat, because you can’t use kids for that because they tend to get sensitive about being called fat.  This Muppet resurrection, if done properly, could carry me through until the end of my teaching career and that, is exciting news indeed.

Part III:  Jason Segel seems like a guy who wouldn’t be opposed to someone who has a pot smoking dog and a duck for pets.  This doesn’t seem like a big deal, but sometimes I think it’s been a deal breaker.

I do have some concerns.  Like maybe Jason Segel is taken or maybe he lives in a house that isn’t duck or pot smoking dog friendly or maybe he doesn't know who Alfie the Christmas Tree is or, heaven forbid, he spends all day watching The Waltons.