Once upon of time, my list of favorite TV shows would have looked something like this:
Dawson's Creek
That was it. No other show mattered. Then Kevin Williamson left the creative staff of the show, and my list began to look more like this:
Mercy, Trauma, Friday Night Lights, ER, Three Rivers, Surviving The Cut, Life After People, Glades, Bones, NCIS, JAG, House, Kings, Pretty Little Liars, Jericho, Related, Wildfire, Kyle XY, Make It or Break It, Life Is Wild, Max Headroom, Gossip Girl, Defying Gravity, E-Ring, Falcon Beach
Then, I got rid of my satellite service, and had to rely on Hulu and Netflix for my TV fix. My list of shows turned into this:
Standoff, Murder One, Law & Order (any version), Roswell, Beautiful People, Veronica Mars, Lost, Off The Map, October Road, Rookie Blue, Battlestar Galactica, Caprica, The Event, FlashForward, Covert Affairs, Dark Angel, Brothers & Sisters, Fringe
In reality, I don't watch a lot of TV shows anymore. There are just too many to keep up with, and I don't have the time to get involved in all of them. But if I had to narrow down the list to my absolute favorites, they would be:
Friday Night Lights
Veronica Mars
Off The Map
Jericho
Kings
Sadly, the only one of those shows that is still on television is Friday Night Lights, and it's wrapping up the final season. Looks like I'm going to have a bit more time on my hands.
Now, if including mini-series events is allowed, I would have to add in Band of Brothers, The Pacific, Pillars of the Earth, and Into the West. Some of the best television ever created!
Friday, June 24, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Day 10 of 30 - Something You're Afraid Of
I know, I know. I can't count. This is Day NINE! Unfortunately, if you remember back to the list of topics for this blogfest, the topic for Day 9 revolves around a picture of my best friend. And at this point, I don't have access to those pictures. So, Day 9 is getting postponed. And that brings us to Day 10.....
What AM I afraid of?
-small, ankle-biting, yippy dogs
-earthquakes
-panic attacks
-enclosed spaces (claustrophia)
-people - not joking! Seriously terrified of people and social situations. They bring on the already-mentioned-and-dreaded panic attacks, as well as bouts of claustrophobia
-failure
-disappointing Jehovah
So....
That wasn't much fun to write. I need to go home and find pictures to scan, so that I can backtrack and get Day 9 up.
What AM I afraid of?
-small, ankle-biting, yippy dogs
-earthquakes
-panic attacks
-enclosed spaces (claustrophia)
-people - not joking! Seriously terrified of people and social situations. They bring on the already-mentioned-and-dreaded panic attacks, as well as bouts of claustrophobia
-failure
-disappointing Jehovah
So....
That wasn't much fun to write. I need to go home and find pictures to scan, so that I can backtrack and get Day 9 up.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Day 8 of 30 - A Place You've Traveled To
I've been to 45 states (still missing Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Hawaii and Alaska), Mexico, Canada, and numerous islands in the Caribbean (Jamaica, Haiti, the Bahamas, the Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands). I have many, many fond memories of travelling. I have amazing snapshots stored in the recesses of my brain that slip out to comfort me when I need them. I have favorite places to visit (Walt Disney World, Siesta Key, Lake Tahoe, the Outer Banks, Indiana cornfields, South Carolina lakes). I also have places I want to visit (the 5 states I haven't visited yet, Belize, Bora Bora, Scandinavia, the Atlantis Hotel on Paradise Island, and Atlantis Cayman Brac, the Atlantis dive in of the Cayman Islands). But recently, my mind has stayed mostly on Washington, DC.
I visited Washington, DC, in October 1988, when I was 10 years old. It is one of those places where I only have brief snapshots stored in my head for memories. I remember the Spirit of St. Louis, the Wright Bros flyer, and the Rutan Voyager at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. I remember the torn and tattered American flag at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. I remember the Hope Diamond at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. I remember NONE of the famous monuments, though I know we visited all the biggies. I do have a vague memory of walking up to one, but I don't know which one it was; I only remember the feeling of walking up to a huge monument.
Most of my memories of that trip are from Arlington National Cemetary. I remember vividly seeing the eternal flame at the grave of JFK (and learning then that he'd had other children, not just JFK, Jr, and Caroline). I remember seeing the grave of Audie Murphy, and asking, "You mean Eddie Murphy?" Daddy then explained who Audie Murphy was. Audie Murphy is now one of my favorite historical people. I remember seeing the mast of the USS Maine, and then making a point to learn what part the ship played in US history. I remember the memorial to the astronauts on the Space Shuttle Challenger, and already recognizing and understanding how much that disaster affected my life. I remember the Tomb of the Unknowns, and the changing of the Guard, and having no clue at that time how fascinated I would become with the US military.
I'm 23 years older, and atleast a few years wiser. I understand so much more about the history that DC and it's surrounding areas house. I can appreciate it now in ways I couldn't even dream of when I was 10.
Stay tuned: I return to DC in spring of 2012.
I visited Washington, DC, in October 1988, when I was 10 years old. It is one of those places where I only have brief snapshots stored in my head for memories. I remember the Spirit of St. Louis, the Wright Bros flyer, and the Rutan Voyager at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. I remember the torn and tattered American flag at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. I remember the Hope Diamond at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. I remember NONE of the famous monuments, though I know we visited all the biggies. I do have a vague memory of walking up to one, but I don't know which one it was; I only remember the feeling of walking up to a huge monument.
Most of my memories of that trip are from Arlington National Cemetary. I remember vividly seeing the eternal flame at the grave of JFK (and learning then that he'd had other children, not just JFK, Jr, and Caroline). I remember seeing the grave of Audie Murphy, and asking, "You mean Eddie Murphy?" Daddy then explained who Audie Murphy was. Audie Murphy is now one of my favorite historical people. I remember seeing the mast of the USS Maine, and then making a point to learn what part the ship played in US history. I remember the memorial to the astronauts on the Space Shuttle Challenger, and already recognizing and understanding how much that disaster affected my life. I remember the Tomb of the Unknowns, and the changing of the Guard, and having no clue at that time how fascinated I would become with the US military.
I'm 23 years older, and atleast a few years wiser. I understand so much more about the history that DC and it's surrounding areas house. I can appreciate it now in ways I couldn't even dream of when I was 10.
Stay tuned: I return to DC in spring of 2012.
Monday, June 20, 2011
1980 Me
Yes, I know. I didn't blog over the weekend. I'm sorry, but I had better things to do. I had the opportunity to return to my childhood, so I visited the 1980s for a few hours on Saturday night, by visiting Lakewood Amphitheater and watching Heart and Def Leppard in concert. Yes, for once, I actually did something fun and interesting!
Friday, June 17, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Day 5 of 30 - A Song to Match Your Mood
Gerald's refurbished (and classic) Nintendo NES system arrived in the mail yesterday, along with a small selection of games. This has been playing in my head ever since.
Otherwise, here's my song of the hour (year).
Otherwise, here's my song of the hour (year).
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