MySpace "Addiction" - Monday, January 09, 2006, 22:20

I was still at work at 7:15 PM when I realized that How I Met Your Mother was about to air in 15 minutes! Now, I know I have that show scheduled to record on my home-built PVR, but I couldn't bear the thought of waiting a couple weeks to watch it, since I will be home just for a night at the end of this week before jetting out to Arizona for the marathon over the weekend, and then heading straight out to work again next week. So I bolted! Before I wrapped up for the night, knowing full well that I will miss about ten minutes of the show. What have I become? Am I... Am I... Am I addicted to TV, finally, just like the millions of Americans out there? What will be next? Potato chips' crumbles on my shirt around the gut, and empty beer bottles all over the coffee table? LOL But seriously, I hope not...

Speaking of TV, I decided to catch the premiere of Emily's Reason Why Not and Jake in Progress. Here's my take on those shows. A mini, unprofessional review, if you will. Heather Graham is nice looking. She's got some well-endowed body parts (real, I hope). She's not a great actress, but decent, even though I personally would not regard her as good of an actress as Marcia Gay Harding. But her acting wasn't bad. So something is missing in that show. I caught myself losing interest while watching it. Is it the screenplay? The delivery of the story line? The accompanying music? I don't know. But I know I wasn't drawn into the show with the urge of ignoring nature calls even during commercials, just as I would be if 24 was showing.

As with Jake in Progress, I laughed so hard at some point that I thought I had to pee! Okay, maybe not that hard, but you get the point. John Stamos portrayed Jake, the main character, well. Rick Hoffman played Patrick, who is a stereotypical, almost annoying, monotonous, token oddball who happens to be Jewish too. {Funny, I have a Jewish friend who is just like that!} And I practically busted out laughing when I saw Naomi, Wendie Malick's character, at the hospital who felt like she was being thrown into a pool of sharks when discharged from the hospital after given birth! {Which oddly reminded me of my first year with my company.} Her description of the bedpan in the hospital: "The devil's toilet." LOL Jake in Progress is witty, with the snap snap of certain spontaneity that is hard to miss. And it's makes it harder to dislike the show when you can identify somewhat to Jake. {I am not a player, though!!! Cross my heart and swear to...}

I hope that Emily's Reason Why Not gets better with time and Jake in Progress doesn't lose its edge and continues to grow. Only time will tell. If both do get better, then it appears that Monday is shaping up to be a regular TV watching night for me. And I hope I don't get addicted to TV. Maybe I should instead hope for both shows to tank or be yanked? ;-)

Hmm... I'm done watching TV, and it's already 11:12 PM here in Michigan. Damn that Eastern time zone! Oh, and I almost gagged when Horatio got all funny looking and awkward when he finally accepted Marisol's invitation to "just dinner." Barf!!! What is a hot chick like her doing with the old H who seems to have a neck problem? Thank God it's fiction; otherwise, it would have given me hope that if an old geezer has game, then I am still still in the game! LOL

Okay, time for my routine floss, brush, facial scrub and sleep. Tomorrow's another day. It'll be great! And I hope the cute front desk girl isn't working tomorrow night. I want to be good, but the awesome cookies she brings to work every night may damage my performance at the end of this week. I can't wait!!! Less than a week separates me from my lightning speed Marathon finish of 7 hours! ;-)