Ahhhh.... after three weeks of non-stop visitors, we finally have some quiet around here. These days, I've been treasuring the moments when ESK has gone down for a nap and all I hear is the sound of air forced through the heating vent and the occasional "tap-tap" of my keyboard.
Of course, I enjoyed all our visitors. But this weekend, hubs and I will be doing N-O-T-H-I-N-G.
Too Much TV
Back in the not-so-distant past, I was not a TV watcher. I didn't follow any shows and turned on the TV usually to pop in a DVD or to catch the NY1 weather report (Weather on the Ones! for you NYers out there). I was a busy person, with a packed social schedule, and lots of reading to do.
Fast forward 1.5 years... No one told me pregnancy and having a baby would turn my brain to mush! I saw my sister catch the TV bug when GMK was born and didn't think I would succumb. But I've fallen into the TV trap. And hard.
I'm not very proud of the caliber of shows we watch regularly. Mostly reality TV like "The Hills", "Real World", and even... gulp... "A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila" (which, by the way, is full of some crazies!). Of course, we are really into Season 4 of "Project Runway". Love the fashionista drama! Anyone notice the Korean girl Victorya seems pretty talented, but you never see any clips of her? Also, when we can, we catch "Jon & Kate plus Eight". Watching eight kids run around makes me feel lucky to just have ONE right now.
Not all of our TV is crap however. On a recommendation, we also started watching "The Wire" and are now completely hooked. Sooo very good. It is quite seriously the best television drama series I've ever seen. Like a novel on your TV screen. It is a cop show and has it's share of grit and violence, but it is 100 times better than "Law & Order". You root for the good guys, but because the show is so realistic and shows all points of view, you also find yourself rooting for the bad guys (drug dealers). And then later on, you realize some of the "good guys" are actually not so great, and that some the drug dealers are crazy messed up, but you love 'em anyway.
And then of course, we rent many movies. So many that I now have short conversations with the guy at our video rental store. Recently, we saw a documentary called "God Grew Tired of Us". Highly recommend.
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4 comments:
Oh, how i love TV. your next step is DVR. muah hah hah!
LOL! isn't spencer's sister horrid!?
oh. and you must check out meerkat manor, contrary to rbk's ridicule! :P~
I totally hear you on the tv thing. I don't know if your remember my post many months ago about a tv fast... well not a complete fast but I let go of DVR and with 3 kids it's hard to be consistent on a show but... I find myself able to watch the mtv reality shows b/c they rerun them. Oh, and for the Tila show... you don't want to watch but it's so out there you just can't help but watch. Like a bad car accident... I say... watching a bit of tv doesn't hurt anyone, right?
I tried to give up on Netflix but you know me, I LOVE MY MOVIES. Couldn't do it.
i'm glad i'm not the only one. i'm addicted to hgtv, food network, and tlc. my favorite - what not to wear. i could watch that show for hours on end. pretty sad. yeah, i caught a bit of that tila show once. i couldn't believe the premise, but of course watched it for another 20 minutes before turning the channel. yeah, allie is right. watching a wreck.
i still try to read, though slow, so between my reading and tv-watching, our house is...words just aren't enough. ;)
hope you'll have a restful and uneventful weekend. love those. :)
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