we got all night

So I'm slowly getting back into TV. And then after that, maybe I'll get into movies again, or video games. I miss stories. (Getting back into) Reading is a slow process, but it's at a pace I'm accepting for now. Podcasts are another story.

I'm just going to ramble about some shows now, the things I'm watching and such. I have to catch up on Burn Notice this weekend and next up are Happy Endings and Man Up because it's faster to binge 30 minute shows!

I gave up on Suburgatory. I like it, but when I was collecting links to download on Friday I went, "It's not THAT important," and clicked out of the post. I'm having more fun with the other shows.

( American Horror Story )

( HIMYM and Chuck in general )

( Leverage )

( Misfits )

( Hell on Wheels )

( Grimm )

( Bored to Death )

( How to Make it in America )

I haven't watched the newest Hung yet, but that show keeps getting better, too. HBO, YOU'RE ON POINT. At least, with my shows. I hear Boardwalk Empire is getting even more bland than it used to be.

In other news, I know I tend to get into cycles where I'm like, "I WISH I KNEW A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. I'M GONNA LEARN AN INSTRUMENT. INSTRUMENTS ARE EXPENSIVE. I HAVE A KEYBOARD. FUCK IT, MY FINGERS DON'T WORK THAT WAY. MUSIC IS HARD." But guys, OCARINAS. With my new phone I was able to download an Ocarina app. But it doesn't work properly (you can't play a D note, says one comment on the Marketplace... I just know I can't get a higher note than C) so I decided to price real ones. I won't buy a ceramic one because lololol I am a clumsy person who will break that shit eventually. And also, wouldn't it get nasty, being a wind instrument? I remember the recorder from freshman year of high school getting disgusting with my spit. I don't even know if I'm going to buy that particular brand--apparently there are lots of ocarina makers? Anyway, I figure plastic ones are decent enough. And it's geeky enough that I'd stick with it just for the geek factor, if not the musical accomplishment. WE SHALL SEE.

Doot doot doooooo, catching up on TV I missed last/this week.

( Big Love )

( How I Met Your Mother )

( Chuck )

( The Cape )

( Being Human UK )

( Being Human US )

( Mr. Sunshine )

( Off the Map )

I got my dad hooked on Archer with last week's episode, he got the first season yesterday and he's all caught up today. MY FAMILY WINS AT MARATHONING.

Caught up with TV! Mostly. I still have to watch The Event, Terriers and this week's Undercovers...

( How I Met Your Mother )

( Chuck )

( No Ordinary Family )

( The Big Bang Theory )

( Big Time Rush )

I have a lot to do today. I miss when weekends actually meant I got to relax and not catch up on everything there wasn't enough time for in the week.

( Cut for cut's sake, see tags for shows mentioned )

We don't have any snow and I severely doubt we'll get any tonight, but I still have White Collar and Big Love to watch before I turn in for the night. Luckily, I can watch both while in my bed! \o/

Lastly, by way of betgirl, NPR article about latest Chuck episode and fan entitlement (psst, SPN and Lost fans!)

I purposely haven't posted because I wanted to lump all the TV commentary I could in one post and my otherwise free time has been swallowed up by The L Word and anime. If you've seen me comment somewhere it's because it was during some theme song sequence gave me some leeway to do so.

I'm rushing like this because I want to get at least five animes and two American shows over with before school starts Thursday. Not for any particular reason, that's just my random goal. I'm super excited to go back, unlike most of my flist. Heh. Anyway. TV.

Sunday night TV was mostly "eh."

( How I Met Your Mother )

I have nothing to say about AOP, Modern Family or TBBT, other than "awww" at Sully, Sheldon and Mitchell.

( Chuck )

( White Collar )

( Leverage )

Haven't seen Supernatural yet, lalalalala.

( Burn Notice )

Okay, I'm going to go watch season four of The L Word while I wait for links to SPN, The Deep End and Archer-- all of which I'll watch tomorrow after I come back from the movies (I'm super-behind on movies, but I can't say no to Han Solo and Rick O'Connell).

Last night I was alerted to the fact that Bored to Death was filming today/yesterday in Brighton Beach, so after much debating this morning I decided to go see if I could catch a glimpse of anything. I didn't, although a pair of pigeons got freaky under the boardwalk in front of me. I guess the whole sex on the beach thing isn't just for humans.

I got some ideas for summer jobs after over-hearing some extras who sat next to me on the beach, so the day wasn't a complete loss. And thanks to Cesar Millan's "Official Twitter" I'm researching drummers who have French bulldogs with social problems, because what are the odds of that combination?

( In Plain Sight )

( Brothers & Sisters )

( The Big Bang Theory )

( How I Met Your Mother )

( Chuck )

( Lost )

( The Unusuals )

Lia

I ended up watching Touching Evil yesterday instead, and even though I'm not done yet (almost-- at episode ten now), I can't say I'm a fan. I can't find anything wrong with it either. I can't get into it. It's oddly paced but my little synopsis nugget is this: Take Mulder and Scully's relationship without the "I believe"/"I don't" and throw them into a Law & Order. I do enjoy Pruitt Taylor Vince, though. He always plays whacked out people, but he's always a joy.

I lost track of the day entertaining my nephew, who's also on vacation. So after he went to sleep I caught up with TV. Except for tonight's Chuck and last week's Supernatural.

( The Big Bang Theory )

( How I Met Your Mother )

( My Boys )

( Chuck )

( Lost )

( The Office )

I liked The Unusuals. I don't really have anything substantial to say. And I stopped watching Castle because it wasn't interesting me. You've gotta have something other than an actor to interest me, and then my mom stopped watching so I had no reason to sit around when there was other taped shows to be seen.

OH. AND PARTY DOWN. :DDDD I know someone on here was talking about it recently, but I barely remember what day it is, so forgive me when I say I can't remember who. But if you like It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, you'll probably like Party Down. It starts horrible, but by episode three I was into it, and episode four was amazing. The humor is a bit like The Office, but with the language of Sunny. And the characters all reek of desperation that you can laugh at, just like both those shows. So that's a big recommendation.

Krod Mandoon, however... is a bit too Comedy Central for me. I didn't even recognize Sean Maguire (from Off Centre and The Class), I was just watching because a silly version of a fantasy show seemed like an interesting show. But everyone on the show plays it like it's on Mad TV, with that "wink wink, we're not taking this seriously either," kind of silly acting that I can never really get into (I think that's a good analysis of why I don't think Will Ferrell is funny, too). But I'll probably watch the next two episodes for the hell of it, and then hope it finds an audience (doesn't every show on Comedy Central go on forever, anyway? Besides vehicles for stand-up comedians?)

Does anyone watch Greek or In Treatment? Not that I need another show to watch, but I keep hearing about them and was wondering what was the attraction. But if they're that good...

I'm definitely forgetting something else I wanted to mention. But I guess it'll have to wait.

Lia

( Brothers & Sisters )

( Big Bang Theory )

( How I Met Your Mother )

( Chuck )

( Burn Notice )

( Castle )

It's 4 freaking AM. Big Love must wait yet again. BUT JIMMY FALLON TOMORROW NIGHT!!! I'm gonna be downtown tomorrow so I might just stalk around town and Twitter because I am a low-life and obsessed. You know how people say Change came to Washington when Obama was elected? I feel like Jimmy Fallon on Late Night is that change for talk shows. IDEK. Words cannot express. There may be picspams, I'm just saying.

And finally:



HE'S ON THE GRAPHIC FOR THE WHOLE STEEL CAGE MATCH AND HE'S STILL LOSING? VOTE BARNEY EVERYONE!

Lia

You guys, my dad (and my newfound Gaiman obsession) has turned me onto this podcast called The Moth and I highly recommend you go check it out. It's a bunch of stories by people from all walks of life, but it's not the "Once a upon a time" type of stories. They're more like, "This is what happened to me this day in June two years ago," type deals. The lot of them are interesting, although some are hysterical and others are heart-wrenching. I was planning on making a huge "Podcasts I love and you should check out!" post soon, so I'll upload some of the better stories that I enjoy then. But until then, check out the episodes on iTunes, because they seem to update a lot and I don't want you guys to miss out on a gem that I haven't listened to yet.

Speaking of podcasts, wtf is up with AC360˚ getting longer? When I first started listening it was around 10 minutes long, and now it's up to 30 minutes. I hate just watching the latest episodes of news podcasts because I want to know what was going on in the world while I was ultra busy. But seven hours of old news is almost too much. I clearly have priorities though, because being seven episodes behind on Diggnation is almost nothing to me (I'm actually only one episode behind atm).

( Big Love )

( Chuck )

I don't have any words on Lost.

( Burn Notice )

I feel like I'm never on LJ anymore. Does it feel that way to you guys? According to my calendar page it is.

Lia

Wow, of course, LJ's downtime magically happens right when I'm posting this. Anyway... I had a great weekend, and as for the Super Bowl, WHO SAW THE USA NETWORK AD. EVERYONE ALL TOGETHER, OMG. Clearly my favorite, followed by Year One, GI Joe and Transformers trailers, although I may be biased, lol.

( The Office )

( Big Love )

( Big Bang Theory )

( How I Met Your Mother )

( Chuck )

Also, Tweetdeck FTW. I was in need of an actual application for Twitter since Twitterfox wasn't cutting it with keeping track of everyone. And yes, I know. But when one person posts every five days and another is posting replies every five seconds, I miss out. And I was going to go with Twhirl, DestroyTwitter or Spaz as I was recommended, but then Tweetdeck just updated when I went to try it on Gabe the laptop and now I can do everything I was hoping for! YUSSSSSSSSSS. I was thisclose to diving into the API myself. I must re-download it on Ryland (who might finally get updated to Leopard this weekend, if I get the time). Yayyyy.

Lia