What You Should Be Watching

As I was driving to work this morning, I was thinking of all the things I could talk about in my journal for this week. I went over the notebook entries in my head, and - like usual - I'm not going to go with anything I've talked about yet.

So I thought I'd talk about the TV shows I'm watching this season. That's always a good thing to talk about; everyone watches some kind of television. Mostly. I met a woman at Wal-Mart when I was buying my new TV a couple of months ago that said she hasn't watched any television since her son went to Iraq. Admirable. I couldn't do it.

Monday

How I Met Your Mother
I'm about two weeks behind on this show, but oh god, this show makes me laugh so hard. I've loved Alyson Hannigan since My Step-Mother is an Alien, and I was crazy about "Buffy." And there are no words for how much I love Neil Patrick Harris. It's Doogie, you guys. Barney is the best character that has ever been written on a show, ever. I laugh during every scene he's in. The whole cast is great, and it's very much an ensemble show, which you don't always expect from a thirty-minute sitcom.

Heroes
I started watching this show in the summer, when I got a hold of all of the episodes and watched them in the period of about three or four days. Oh god, this show had my heart in my throat so many times. I love Milo Ventagamsldkfj (really, I can never remember his last name) and Adrian Pasdar is just yum. Another ensemble cast, and they do pretty good with it, for the most part. Everyone has some sort of power and it's interesting to see how they work it into real life. The second season is interesting so far, but it isn't gripping me like it did last season - though I think it's going to start. It's still really, really good. The only big problem I have with the show this season is that they were talking about Louisiana and said we lived in counties.

Tuesday

No TV tonight (actually, catch up on TV that is on my DVR, which is everything). I used to watch "Bones," but I cut it out because I have too much other TV. I cut out "CSI: Miami" and "CSI: Vegas", also, and "Criminal Minds." I still catch "CSI: NY" on occasion, but I don't have to see it. (I'm not linking all those, sigh).

Wednesday

America's Next Top Model
Yeah. A friend got me hooked on this and now I can't get enough. I am a reality show whore anyway, and this just feeds my obsession. One of the girls on there, Heather, has a mild form of autism, so she is very social awkward. But god, she is stunning. I really hope she wins.

I'm supposed to be watching "Private Practice" tonight, too, because my current favorite actor's wife is in the cast (the actor is Jason Behr, his wife is KaDee Strickland), but I can't watch it. I really don't like hospital shows (Grey's Anatomy, ER, etc).

I also watch CSI: NY, but I've missed a couple of episodes. I did see it last night though, it was really good. Plus, Kerr Smith has a reoccurring guest star spot this season, and I like him. He plays creepy well.

Thursday
Survivor: China
Reality show whore. Need I say more?

I have to turn away when they start eating gross stuff though.

I've already talked about CSI: Vegas and how I gave it up for some sense of time when I'm not trying to catch up on my TV shows.

Friday

Hands down, this is my favorite night of the week.

Moonlight
Lovelovelovelove this show. I watched it because I was waiting for the season premiere of Numb3rs, and I was hooked. I've always loved the vampire genre. Some people yell that it's too much like Angel, some yell that it's too Forever Knight, but I don't care. I am in love with this show. I still have to watch last week's episode.

Numb3rs
I think this is probably my favorite. I love the math, and I love the relationship between the Eppes Brothers. David Krumholtz and Rob Morrow are both fantastic actors, and it shows on screen. And did I mention I really love the math?

And Colby. Oh my Colby. Sigh, all summer I couldn't wait to find out what Colby's story was - is he a spy, is he not a spy! I was crying by the end of last season's episode and I was crying but the end of this season's premiere. Such a great, great show.

So I have all this TV I watch; I record it all on my DVR. I'm almost caught up from last week; I still have to watch Moonlight and Numb3rs. I need to do that by tomorrow night. Don't ask me how I get all this in. I did have to cut out so many shows.

The sad this is most of the time I'm not even paying attention to the television, I just have it on Court TV or Discovery Times. I love true crime shows.

And thus ends the geekiest post I've ever written for this class.