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Am in TV coma.
Also, so sad. Our “To Do” list on TiVo? Less than a page long. I am not sure that’s ever happened since we got it. I guess we’ll be using Netflix alot more.
Please? Can the writers come back, now?
I am reality tv’s biggest fan, don’t get me wrong. I’m clearly addicted, admit I have a problem, but love my problem. I am, however, dreading the crap that is going to make it onto TV and stay because there are no writers.
aaaaaand that’s all I’ve got. I’m avoiding talking about leaving my job. It’s going to make me cry. I need to put it out there, but am avoiding it until I can’t avoid it. Let’s just say Khalil asked me last night if I was going to cry every night until I left, and I sobbed, “proooobabbbllyyyy”. Leaving is going swimmingly. Yeah.
While I’ve been avoiding blogging thinking of things to say, these sites (along with my sadly neglected blogroll) have been keeping me busy:
Enjoy. As soon as I can get my shit together enough to write about it, I’ll be back.
Wow. I’m wondering if other NaBloPoMo participants spend time thinking, “WTF am I going to write about?” I kind of like it though, I like having to write every day and stretching a little.
On to regularly scheduled programming.
Let’s talk TV. I’ve always loved TV. It’s the couch potato in me. One of my biggest guilty pleasures is trash TV. I’ll be honest. I don’t need quality programming to be happy. Do I like quality programming? Absolutely. I don’t need it though. I love all the trash TV that certain major ‘music’ networks have put out that have nothing to do with music and everything to do with pop culture.
I was thinking about my all time favorite TV shows. To limit myself, I’m only doing shows that are not airing new episodes. They can still be on the air in reruns, but can’t be producing new shows. That’s a different post for a different day.
5. Punky Brewster. Punky was an orphan who found a vacant apartment and then the owner or manager of the building took her in. I loved Punky best because she had her own style of dressing. Seriously! But I just adored this show when I was a kid. I watched it religiously. I haven’t seen it in forever and wonder what I’d think of it- first as a grown-up and second as a social worker.
4. Party of Five: Again with the orphans. What did I love about shows about kids living without their parents? I don’t know. I loved the drama of this show, and I loved how the family interacted. I was so so sad when it went off the air. I of course had a huge crush on all the boys, but I especially liked the episodes featuring Claudia, the youngest.
3. Life Goes On: This was my first exposure to Down Syndrome. I loved the family aspect of this show, particularly that the family was not portrayed as perfect. I can still remember the exact time and place when I first saw this show. I stopped dead in my tracks and for some reason was mesmerized. I think both by the portrayal of Corky, who had Down Syndrome, and by the fact that there was a character on the show named Paige. I thought that was cool.
2. Dawson’s Creek: Talk about teen angst. I watched Dawson’s Creek at the end of high school and all through college. You couldn’t find me anywhere else on Wednesday nights, and everyone knew it. There always seemed to be something going on in the show that was somehow going on with me. I identified with all the characters in one way or another.
1. Friends: Sometimes, I have trouble sleeping. If I get upset, sometimes I have a hard time turning off my head and calming down. When these things happen, I watch Friends. Maybe it sounds ridiculous, but it’s true. I can turn on an episode and it’s soothing to me somehow. Every episode makes me laugh every time I watch it. What other show can boast that?
A. My S0-Called Life: Teen drama abounds with Angela, who is a thoughtful and insightful 15 year old. She deals with issues far above her age, and I loved every second of it. You hear voice overs in Angela’s voice at the end of the show. I liked that insight. I was horrified when it was cancelled. horr. i. fied.
So I didn’t keep it to five. Sue me. There were others I could have added: Felicity, Mad About You, the Practice, Ally McBeal, ER… NO I am not a TV fanatic. Well… But the shows that made the top 5A are shows that I somehow relate to. Something in them spoke to something in me. There was something about that show I identified with that made it hard for me to turn away.
