What's Up With Me, vol 2.1

Usually when I have a long blogging hiatus, its because I am super-busy and involved with something much more interesting. Not lately. My only excuse for not blogging is that I've discovered a totally retro medium: Television! I'm going to pretend its hip to be over the internets and be in the thrall of this quaint and two-dimensional beast. I won't even pretend its because I've discovered something as marvelous as The Wire and am thus lowering my standards temporarily. On the other hand, this little tech-crush probably won't last past this season, at which point, I may move on to our landline telephone and start calling old friends. We'll see how it goes.

So, how did this happen? And what do I watch? My brother-in-law moved in in late July, and I finally had someone to watch Entourage with, even if this season totally blows. Then I agreed to be his Top Chef buddy, if he'd watch Project Runway with me, but then he moved out before he had to follow through on that. So while I occasionally text him during TC, he's never had to watch PR, although Mr. Scobie has, and it is clearly death by a thousand little sewing needles for him.

Then I got curious about Parks & Recreation from hearing Tim Goodman (SF Chron TV reporter) talk about it possibly being the next Arrested Development. So that meant I might as well DVR The Office and Community, too. Oh, and what's this On Demand? Jason Schwartzman acting exactly like the ex-boyfriend of mine he resembles so closely? Okay, Bored to Death, I will watch you, too. I am now considering Curb Your Enthusiasm, just to see how the Seinfeld reunion goes, even though I never really watched Seinfeld!

Clearly the only way for me to get over this is for Treme to start so that I can go back to being haughty and irritating about one television show to which others do not compare. Then I can start blogging again. Or calling you on the telephone. What's your number?