Jericho: No. Bad. I had to remember the name of this show so I could spread the word and warn people against it. Oh, the writing. It is pain. But at least Skeet got work. I like him in other bad things. Like Chill Factor. And I know there's someone out there going, "holy crap, I thought I was the only person who ever saw that." You weren't. Sorry.

Heroes: Best. Pilot. Ever. I don't know anything else about the show yet but I can tell from the first episode that we will continue watching this for a while.

Green Wing: We gave it a shot, but in the long run, no. It was too much like acid.

Robin Hood: I'm so sorry, BBC. I wanted to like it. I really did. But I just don't get it.

I guess it's a good thing we're finding shows that aren't all that good. If we had too many, we might not have enough time to watch them all...

Anyway, we have plenty to hold me over until the next season of 24 comes and goes so we can watch it all IN A ROW. Or at least an episode per day, so we don't have to wait a week between hours.

Studio 60: Watched two episodes, like it so far. I didn't think Matthew Perry was going to be quite so amusing, but this turned out to be a perfect role for him.

Touching Evil: Seen a few random episodes. The main detective character rocks. Shows with slightly crazy protagonists generally do seem to rock.

Dexter: Two or three eps. Strange, and the nature of the show makes it a bit gross (I am not a fan of realistic blood). But interesting. And strange.

House: Still as good as ever.

Oh, we also saw The Prestige today and liked it, though it was only slightly confusing. Good stuff.

Huff: Hank Azaria and Oliver Platt? Hell, where do I sign?



Canadia apparently has some good TV as well, and they can curse as much as they do on Showtime. I would not have known either of these true facts if it were not for the magic of the internet. eowyn797 and I have watched the first three episodes of Slings and Arrows, featuring Paul Gross (formerly of Due South), and it's freaking hilarious.

We also have the new Doctor Who but have not watched it yet. On April 15th, my friends list was flooded with doctor_who. BLAH BLAH BLAH. MY OPINION THIS, MY OPINION THAT, SPOILER SPOILER. Shhhhhhhhh. I'd better like it.

Over the weekend I was overcome by something that appeared, to me, similar to a stomach flu. Whatever it was, it laid me out bad after an unpleasant night of exploding; my stomach wanted the sweet release of oblivion before any water or other substances. Within 24 hours I could drink 7up (the carbonated elixir of my youth), and by the time I had to go back to work, I was okay. Now, somehow, the torch has passed to eowyn797's insides, and it is lingering much, much longer. The human body puzzles and frustrates me sometimes.

We're making our final payments towards our fabulous (it's fabulous!) Contiki holiday in September. This is still the biggest financial project I've tackled in, oh, ever. The car was nothing; it was practically handed to me when I got a big chunk of family money about five years ago. This is a thing I've invested significant portions of my own earned paychecks into over the course of the last five or six months, and somehow that makes it feel more ... well, earned, and deserved, and owned.

All things considered, I'm doing all right. It's all good, all the time. Though I really do need some more explosions in my television shows right now, and they don't make enough new 24 every day to fill my quota.

Oh, man. Band of Brothers. So good.

Too many curse words in rapid succession would be required for me to convey how good. Most of you probably saw it long before I did, so you're not surprised. Still got one ep left. I cry.

Such is life.

24 is on again! My mornings are awesome when Jack Bauer's day sucks.

The work days have been going by slowly, but calmly. I do feel a bit of the Get Out Of The House (Aside From Going To Work) Bug. I have a strange urge to go miniature golfing again, but I'm not sure why.

Numb3rs and House have been on the menu lately. Both have been more or less episodic, not much in the way of continuing storyline, but both have people talking about lots of stuff I don't comprehend at all (high math and high doctor-ology), which is awesome.

Yesterday was the one-month anniversary of a splitting headache, which was headed off at the pass by one sleek little green Advil gelcap. I haven't felt like I needed one of those for a long time.

Also, I had a totally awesome moment this morning when I correctly diagnosed Eowyn's internet problem: dying network card. "But it worked before" is an excuse that should never sway an experienced technician.

Interesting thing about Nowhere Man: It is established fairly early on in the series that Mr. Veil's pursuers can do a lot of things, and are capable of killing him ten times over if they so desire. It's also established that, well, they're not killing him, and eventually he figures out that they simply won't kill him as long as they don't have what they want from him.

The interesting thing is that, despite the fact that he managed to go largely unharmed throughout the course of the series, he never seemed to get really smug about this near-invulnerability.

Perhaps if Bruce Campbell or Kurt Russell had starred, it might have been a comedy.

Hmm... maybe one of you people should write the pilot for that show.