{"id":2630,"date":"2015-08-11T03:27:54","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T08:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/?p=2630"},"modified":"2015-08-11T03:27:54","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T08:27:54","slug":"it-all-started-with-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2015\/08\/11\/it-all-started-with-a\/","title":{"rendered":"It all started with a &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbs.com\/shows\/big_bang_theory\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2631\" src=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2015.08.11.a-100x100.gif\" alt=\"2015.08.11.a\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2015.08.11.b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2637\" src=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2015.08.11.b-100x100.jpg\" alt=\"2015.08.11.b\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>With many recent expenditures, we&#8217;ve decided to put an embargo on eating out. This meant more time relaxing at home and a glut of TV watching. Season 5 of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hbo.com\/game-of-thrones\">Game of Thrones<\/a> was another engaging thrill ride, although the finale proved once again that no one is safe. To lighten things up, we decided to shift over to watching sitcoms, including Netflix&#8217;s incredible <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt3339966\/\">Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt<\/a>, which reminded us of Tina Fey humor and New York quirkiness, as well as CBS&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbs.com\/shows\/big_bang_theory\/\">Big Bang Theory<\/a>. Already in its 8th season, the show brilliantly touches on a spectrum of neuroses and eccentricities that are so pervasive and characteristically ingrained in the science and nerd-geek community. And while Melody was keeping step with new seasons of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fox.com\/so-you-think-you-can-dance\">SYTYCD<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/shows\/dance_crew\/\">ABDC<\/a>, I began working on the new vacation album. The mindless task and dual-screen displays allowed me to clear out part of our movie queue, though none were very memorable. We did score a free screening of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missionimpossible.com\/\">Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation<\/a> from our <a href=\"http:\/\/bmw.niello.com\/\">BMW dealership<\/a> which was surprisingly decent and entertaining. But perhaps our greatest excitement this summer is the arrival of a new beginning, which we hope is the start of a new adventure for us. We made the official announcement to our parents this weekend, and already my mom has added us to her <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.costco.com\">Costco<\/A> membership. Our life is about to change, and after many years, we feel finally ready. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With many recent expenditures, we&#8217;ve decided to put an embargo on eating out. This meant more time relaxing at home and a glut of TV watching. Season 5 of Game of Thrones was another engaging thrill ride, although the finale &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2015\/08\/11\/it-all-started-with-a\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}