Television

Gosh I'm glad Celebrity Big Brother is over. It got to be kind of a chore to watch it every night but if I saved it on V+ it took up so much space on the box. I thought having V+ would be fun, fast-forwarding through breaks, pausing live TV, watching films in the middle of the day that were shown on Zone Horror at 2am, taping episode after episode of Ghost Whisperer to watch at my leisure...but it's not like that. I'm always worried that somehow all the space on the box will be used up while I'm not looking and one of my regular shows won't tape, or staring at the TV screen in depair, asking it out loud why Hell's Kitchen won't tape even though nothing else is taping at that time, "Why are you doing this!?"
Here are some of the TV shows I'm watching at the moment:

Lost...the will to live

I actually stopped watching Lost around season three or so but the recaps on Television Without Pity were so fun that I started watching it again to enhance my enjoyment of the recaps. I stopped reading the TwoP recaps around the time they stopped referring to Michael as Mercutio but I continued watching Lost and even managed to drag my boyfriend back into the baffled fold-he'd been on the wagon since the end of the first season.
Anyway, I have almost no clue what's going on. I guess there's an alternate reality? The makers of the show are mocking us and we are lapping it up.

Nurse Jackie

Almost to the end of season one on this. I hope. I can't say I wasn't warned about this show but the pedigree was so high I just couldn't resist. Carmela Soprano! Steve Buscemi directs episodes for frak's sake. I hate this show. The opening sequence with all the jewellery flying around is like a nightmare for me. Green Wing is the only TV show set in a hospital that I can stand.

Jersey Shore

I almost can't believe that this is real. It's amazing. Only watched four episodes or so for now but this is a keeper. For me it's like

but with a T-shirt shop instead of babysitting, and an emphasis on the Italian values of respect, family and hair gel. I'm especially nauseated by Mike, who refers to himself as "The Situation" strutting about with his tiny little dog face.

Just looking at the Amazon page for that Babysitter's Club book and thought I'd share Linda Frink from Snohomish's views on babysitting:

"Also I don't think boys should be baby-sitters. I'm not prejudiced, I just know that things get out of hand when theres a boy baby-sitter. Remember the thing with Michael Jackson?"

I just want to post a whole line of exclamation marks.

I had a dream that I was shopping for second-hand books and sorting through some Babysitter's Club books to add to my collection. In the dream I came across Super Special number 42: Go Home Palefaces. I wish this was a real book. The cover featured Claudia et al. fighting for their lives on a raft wearing their Camp Mohawk uniforms.