Television

Now that the strike heard round the world is over, TV is in abundance. Katie and I had gotten in the habit of DVRing Jeopardy! and other random shows that one likes to watch, but should never DVR. Don't get me wrong; I love Jeopardy!, but it's kinda one of those shows you run into at 7:30 and stick with it. If you miss it, it's not the end of the world. However, I've found that even Jeopardy! can benefit from DVR treatment. Between skipping commercials and the interviews, you can bang out an episode in like 18 minutes. Basically in just over an hour, you can get through a whole week. It doesn't take a lot longer to watch a whole week of Lost or a whole week of Boston Legal. Jeopardy! contestants have become characters in my show. There was even a guy on last week from the Baseball Hall of Fame who I sort of knew.

Anyway—got sidetracked a little—the biggest problem with the end of the strike is the overabundance of shows now. Everything is back! Our record list is like 30 shows long, because of the old 10 or so good shows we watched, and the 20 or so flawed shows that we fell in love with even though they were undeserving. The last three or four days, I've pulled up the DVR for something to watch and it warns us that we are running out of space! We've felt guilty watching any live TV, and three live hours for a Cubs game is way too much to ask!

The weather is getting nicer. The urge to not watch television is strong. The writers' strike has pushed good TV further into the spring than normal (I think). So it's pretty much a race against time for us to keep up with the DVR until all the shows end for the summer. Then we may have to pare down the list or hope something gets cancelled (but it BETTER NOT be Eli Stone; I love that show). Here I am, writing a blog post about it in the bedroom instead of watching TV right now... in fact, the TV isn't even on. Surely Katie has some crappy shows recorded that she should be watching without me. I'll take TV Slavery for $1000, Alex.