tv time

people gasp when we tell them that we don't have a tv.

neighborhood children ask if we are rich when they hear only two people live in our duplex, but then recant and ask if we are poor when they find out that there is no television here.

while part of me would like to have a tv somewhere in our house, the reality is that our place doesn't really set up well for a decent one (and by decent i mean something like this unless we are content to either put it into our bedroom, thus hitting age 53 before even turning 28, or by rearranging our living room such that three people can actually get a good view of the screen. that'll make for a sweet super bowl party.

additionally we have netflix and laptops, so we aren't totally shutting ourselves out from modernity and its old 30 rock episodes.

so we don't have a tv. ergo when we went on vacation last week to a house with multiple flat screens and cable, it was time to veg out big time.

in no particular order, my five favorite shows from the week:

sportscenter: always and forever my all-time classic.

food network stars: a reality-show where the winner gets their own food network show. shannon and i got hooked our first night at the beach and spent the rest of the week scouring the tv guide trying to find out when it came on again. cooking shows make for the best reality shows, in my opinion, since they're actually doing something that is 1) tangible 2) is genuine and 3) matters, plus you get all the usual petty drama.

storage wars: the story centers around a successful douche bag, a jack nicholson look alike, the destined-to-be-insecure young white guy with a shaved head/goatee combo, and a gambler who has channelled his addiction into buying storage lockers. add in a guy who does that real auctioneer voice (though not as good as this guy) and you've got a great treasure hunt through the . . . self-storage units of los angeles.

law and order: true confession - i once watched 6 and 1/2 episodes of law and order in a row. on a friday night. by myself. and i wasn't sick or anything. i maxed out at 1 and 1/2 last week. i always love that show.

swamp people: just when you thought the world was flat, you run into some pretty solid evidence it isn't. the louisiana bayou: where gator hunting is alive and well and english isn't. i love it.