Addicted to TV

I don’t think that it’s any big secret that I am addicted to television…I don’t consider it to be a problem…I revel in my addiction. Although, I have to say that it has been a long time since I’ve had so many shows that are on my “must watch” list. There have been times that despite how much the TV was on, there were only one or two shows that demanded my attention when they were on…that list has grown longer.
But first, a word about the shows that I’ve lost in the past year or so (ok…I should have aired my gripes in this area a long time ago…but it wasn’t like I was current with my blogging).


The two shows I miss the most:


Jericho. The great “nut” incident did garner this show 8 more mid-season episodes. And CBS was kind of enough to bring it to some sort of conclusion (while simultaneously leaving it open ended enough to resume should they want to). This was a greater courtesy than is normally extended (somewhere in my blog I think I complained about how both Surface and Invasion just stopped with huge cliffhangers that were never resolved). This show was rather dark, but it was also smart and clever.


Stargate Atlantis. This show finally seemed to grow up and come into its own and probably had two more good seasons in it, but instead Sci-Fi took the cancellation cleaver to it. More disappointingly, the buzz on the new entry into the franchise sounds a lot like the worst of the Star Trek shows (Voyager). Maybe they were afraid of letting this show linger too long like they did with its predecessor and elected instead to cut it down too soon. When they finally ended SG-1, they did it with an incredibly disappointing series finale (it wouldn’t have been a good regular episode). They did not repeat the mistake with Atlantis…giving it a decent send-off.




Other shows I miss:


Pushing Daisies. I guess that I knew show was doomed from the beginning, but I was hoping it would make it. Truthfully, I stopped watching before the end actually came because the buzz was it was going to end with a huge cliff-hanger and I just couldn’t manage it.


Moonlight & Shark


Now, all the stuff that I’m watching:


Chuck. The premise of this show is ridiculous, but the great thing is that they know it and they never take themselves too seriously.


Heroes. The first season of this show is still the best, but this season is much better than last season. It’s clever and has a great cast.


24. In some ways, the show is always exactly the same from season to season and in the real world, we could never tolerate Jack Bauer. But it still works.


Fringe. Either you will love this show or you won’t. If you were an X-Files fan, you should sign up.


Lost. This may be the only show that ever “umjumped the shark”. Another show that there’s just no middle ground with.


Eleventh Hour. Part X-Files, part CSI. Interesting & smart.


Primeval. BBC America’s offering to the Sci-fi genre. Clever even though the accents are sometimes difficult (thanks to the creators of closed captioning).

The Closer. Normally shown as a summer show that they decided to show this on Monday's against 24 and Heroes---good thing for Saturday repeats.

Burn Notice. Another one that also shows in the summer, but who threw out several episodes mid-season...fortunately they picked their time slot a bit better. Slick and entertaining.

Sons of Anarchy. I almost didn't watch this show and there are some reasons to not watch it, but it's well-written & well-acted. Katey Segal like you've never seen her...and she's brilliant.


Other Shows I enjoy:


Sanctuary. Not the best of the Sci-Fi channel offerings, but good to see Amanda Tapping and the show did get better as it went along.


Bones. I actually really enjoy this show, but tend to forget when it’s on. Good story lines and great cast chemistry.


Said goodbye on own:


House. Just don’t care anymore. Once they started the competition for his new staff, it stopped being interesting. Tried to watch for awhile, but not worth the effort.

A Quick Review

Wow…it really has been a long time since I’ve updated this blog of mine….I didn’t intend it to be so long, it just sort of worked out that way.

2008 Review
The year started off well enough…by March I had managed to lose 18 pounds…I was working out regularly and feeling pretty good about it. I was also horribly addicted to the Nintendo DS that I got for Christmas.

Then came March…..and we undertook a rescue mission for one of our clients that ended up being a life sucking experience. The work days turned out to be 12 to 14 hour ordeals…and almost every day of the week. I know I went one two month stretch where I worked every day. This greatly reduced the amount of time that I had for working out and consequently, I gained back every one of those lovely pounds I had worked so hard to shed…..and now I’m trying again. It seems that it’s harder this time….very frustrating. Wait…let me say it again…VERY FRUSTRATING. It was nearly impossible to not go out to lunch every day….it was a respite…a chance to run away from the building and everything in it. It did not help the weight control, but did a great deal for retaining sanity. We figured life would be painful for a couple of months when we started the mission, but it was MANY months. All things considered, I remind myself of how lucky we were. While so many were getting laid off, we were actually able to hire new people.

The next thing you know…it was October. And by that time, we had managed to make a mess out of our “office”. (Well, one day it’s going to be an office) which made working in there very uncomfortable. On top of that, the laptop is in desperate need of replacing. It has been a good machine…but it nearly 9 years old…so I should be lucky that it starts (of course, it takes FOREVER to start). Every time I turn it on, I wonder if it is going to work this time…and all the number keys don’t always work. So that makes it quite frustrating. However, since the office is still a mess…I won’t replace it. I plan on getting a desktop and since the desk is not really usable at the moment I am unwilling to buy a computer that will just sit in a box until the office is done. I have some great photo software the hubby got me for Christmas one year that won’t load on the laptop. On the other hand, we have a guest bedroom and one of the bathrooms got finished. That leaves the office, the master bath and oh yeah…the leaky basement.

I am sure that there were about a thousand more things that happened last year…but my mind is mushy on all the details (I’m sure some of it I purged on purpose). I had lots of thoughts about blogging…various ideas, thoughts, poems and what not, but never got around to it or felt like fighting the laptop to get posted. I hope that this year will be better in that regard. Wish me luck!