I’ve always been a voracious reader (I lived in books as a child. Seriously. There is home video footage of me sitting in my living room reading amidst a pile of books with absolute sibling chaos going on around me… and I am oblivious to it all. I heart books with some good hearting.)
…but I have also always loved watching TV. When my brothers and sisters and I were small, my parents believed that we needed to foster our imagination / mind through books and outside play, so out “TV time” was limited to evenings… and Friday night was always the best.
Friday night was Chip Night. Every Friday my mom would hand each of us a dollar and we’d walk to the corner store and choose a bag of chips (for years I ate nothing but All Dressed. YUM) then come home, spread out a big brown knitted patchwork quilt on the carpet and sit in front of the TV ready for the evenings festivities.
The first shows I remember loving were Eureeka’s Castle, Ghostwriter and Today’s Special. For years I believed that mannequins were people. I’m still not convinced they aren’t.
Hocus Pocus Alamagocus!
As we got older I began to appreciate new shows and I began a new Friday night regime of TV shows: TGIF. Now I’m talking the good ol‘ original 90′s TGIF here… and these were some of my favourite shows — can you guess the shows by the cast photos?
(image found at: http://sharetv.org/images/step_by_step-show.jpg)
(image found at: http://www.freewebs.com/discourse-analysis/Boy-Meets-World-TV-02.jpg) *sigh* Now that was good TV.
I’ve since outgrown chip nights and no longer sit cross legged on a blanket in front of the TV (an appropriate distance away, naturally) but I still enjoy watching TV. I often prefer it to movies as I love the storylines and I hate how movie endings are so final, and then you either feel dissatisfied or have to wait and wait for the sequel. I’m high maintenance, I know. haha
Aside from introducing you to my TV boyfriends, I don’t often talk about the TV shows I watch but this year I. can’t help. it. Seriously. So, let’s talk TV.
First things first–are you watching The Biggest Loser this season!? I have never been a die hard fan of the show, but I started watching from the beginning this year and I am loving it. I think Jillian is a little bit psycho (in a lovable way) and I heart Bob like no other… but what I love most is the little bit is CRAZY Tracy is bringing to the show this year! haha
(image found at: http://blog.zap2it.com/ithappenedlastnight/traceyyukich_thebiggestloser_s8_290.jpg)Every time she opens her mouth all I can see are her crazy eyes and I can’t wait to see what she’s going to do next. I feel bad for her teammate, but she adds a lil spice to the show. haha
Next — was anyone else weirded out by Tyra’s appearance on Gossip Girl? I LOVE that they’ve added Hillary Duff to the cast, but I thought the whole Tyra bit was awkward. Thoughts?
On to One Tree Hill (yes, I’m a teeny Bopper inside) — I have to admit, I’m on the fence about Nathan Scott. I’m not convinced he’s innocent! I have a sneaking suspicion that the baby will be his and chaos will ensue. *dum dum dum (that was evil music, in case you were wondering) What do you think??
Lastly, Private Practice… I think the baby is Sheldon’s, and I hope hope hope that Pete will love Violet + baby anyway. I could be wrong though, maybe we’ll get a happy ending and it will be Pete’s! Thoughts?
Well lovelies, after writing this post and realizing how much TV I watch (this baaarely scratched the surface. Seriously.) I’m off to go expand my mind by reading a book…. or maybe I’ll just sleep. haha
