7:34 p.m.

Thursday, Mar. 09, 2006

Soft Daises on a Warm Spring Hill

I am a lazy person. Maybe this is obvious, maybe not. If I make myself out to be busy or doing stuff it's because I want people to leave me alone. That's the power of being a nerdy person, looks like you're doing something important and are a motivated individual to reach for the stars and interview them for a big magazine that uses big words. Big Word Monthly, although really it's published weekly. Oh, those people in the planning department, so funny. Like, there was this one time when we were playing ping pong in a bar after work and...you know I'm making this up right? Anyway, having a nerdy image is funny because some people make me out to be this high achieving person who's every pursuit is academic, intelligent, and highly thoughtful. For example, I've had comments that I probably don't watch television since most of teevee is dumb. Well, I may well have said it before, but I watch too much television. Actually, I'm doing alright at the moment, able to turn off the tube when I realize I don't want to watch television. I've spent many hours watching television in search of something good on, then so many hours have passed that shows I like to watch are on like "The Simpsons" or other cartoons. Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends and Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy are good cartoons outside the adult swim category. Shows with live people I like watching are Mythbusters, Daily Show, Colbert Report, Modern Marvels (sometimes), Gilmore Girls and now #1 Single. The two latter shows are of embarrasing yet I really like to watch them quality. For this reason, I sometimes think there's a 14-15 year old girl living inside me. And I mean that in a completely non-cannibal way.

Sometime this past Wednesday morning, either while taking a shower or on the bus to school, I was thinking about Gilmore Girls and anticipating the next episode becuase Rory just broke up with her boyfriend and I wanted to know "what's next!?!" Then I realized the day and that the show is one Tuesday nights, so I felt a little sad I missed the show. Usually on Tuesday nights I am home and I remember to stay home to watch the show. This past Tuesday was different because part of my medieval philosophy midterm was a take home portion and having a full day of classes on Wednesday meant that I better work on the take home now, on Tuesday after class 'now', so I can study last minute before class for the in-class portion. Instead of my usual at home evening of television I went to a coffee shop to ponder over the question and write most of it down. Academically, this was a wise decision. Sometimes my mind is like, "hey, you should do this," and I'm like, 'hey, you're right,' and I do the thing my mind said I should do. What a tool. Pssh. So, the moral of that story was that I missed Gilmore Girls this week and I thought about it because I think Rory should get back together with Jess. He annoyed me at first, but now I think he's cool. I mean, he wrote a book. Totally awesome.

#1 Single. With Lisa Loeb. This is my new vice: to watch the show and see how Lisa Loeb fares trying to find a man in New York city, New York. On the E! channel. Other great shows are "OMG, Hollywood stars are doing blah blah blah blah and the puppy is doing better now." You know, stuff I think is lame and wonder why people can't be satisfied with stupid rags like People magazine. But then there's #1 single. Nothing different than so many other shows except that I find myself looking up the E! website nearly everyday to lookup the schedule. I'm too embarrassed to keep a bookmarked link to the E! website with the schedule listings, so I google "#1 Single Lisa Loeb" everytime, and the writing box has my searches saved so when I type "#" the rest of the search pops down so all I have to do is hit return/enter (is it still called the 'return' key?) twice. I also worry a bit about having a cookie on my computer for the E! website because that just feels dirty. But, I like the show and, dammit, I keep seeing the same old episode. I want to see what's next! She hooked up with her friend and I want to see how things fare. Dammit E! Give it up or at least give me a marathon so I can see the first episodes I haven't seen. Lisa Loeb, #1 Single, all day on E! I will sit and watch and maybe drink coffee, then beer. NO. I will drink coffee then beer. I will neglect going to the bathroom except during commercials, and even then I may neglect going to the bathroom too long because I might miss something because I wash my hands too danged long or become easily distracted looking in the mirror, or cleaning around the sink, or moving over to the kitchen to look for a snack. Dammit E!, I am hooked to the point of painful bladder distention, be it necessary. Quit toying with me by showing stupid crap and get to the Loeb. I want to watch the escapades of this 30something musician who I had little knowledge/interest of in my past years; a name I connected with Lilith Fair. Oh shudder.

The show kind of annoys me though.

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