Spontaneous Musings

Have the worse sinus/tension headach today, so as a result not doing all that much. Dropped laundry at the laundramat for them to do - which ain't cheap. Used to be 13 or 10 bucks to do three loads, now it is twenty bucks. Plus tip. Ugh. I really envy people who have their own washer and dryer, or have one in their building.

Watched a shit-load of tv this weekend and still have four programs I haven't touched on my DVR. (Life, Dirty Sexy Money, Torchwood, and Moonlight - in case anyone is remotely curious.) I am watching too many tv shows - this DVR thing is dangerous. It can tape up to 30 hours before it starts randomly deleting. I get the feeling that Tivo's have better storage capacity. And... I am apparently getting Showtime now. No clue why. They better not be charging me for it. As far as I can tell they aren't. Don't want it. Don't have the time. I've come to the conclusion that it is physically impossible to watch over 20 hours of tv a week without going stir-crazy.

Have now seen the season premiers of both Supernatural and Friday Night Lights, so no longer need to avoid flist spoilers. Adored Supernatural. Friday Night Lights just bored me. I honestly think this may be a one season show. Last season worked as a complete telenovel in of itself. I'm not sure I need or want more story for this baby. Also found some of the story-lines a little sappy and cliche. Will probably nix.

Supernatural on the other hand has much against my better judgement won over my heart. It is fun, sexy, funny, and scarey all at the same time. Reminds me of old school John Carpenter and the Westerns I studied in my youth. I also enjoy the funky Judeo-Christian by way of HP Lovecraft mythology. Is it just a tad racist and misogynistic? Yeah. But, it is also somewhat realistic in depicting the blue collar white male's attitude towards women and minorities - Dean and Sam aren't saints, far from it. They are deeply damaged men. We see everything from their pov. And the writers do a good job of showing how their pov is not always the most reliable. It may be amongst the most tightly written tv shows I've seen in a while. Also I'm enjoying the relationship amongst the characters - Dean, Sam, Bobby - how they relate to each other and the world outside of them.

Plus, much like Buffy did, we have demons introduced that act as metaphors for the characters emotional arcs.

( Supernatural Spoilers )

I may watch Supernatural live instead of Grey's, except I like taping because I like to rewind over certain sections. Grey's doesn't require re-winding or rewatching, it's not that deep. It really isn't. Sigh. The first two seasons of Grey's were pretty good. Now it's gotten very melodramatic and a bit too soapy for its own good. I'm still watching. But how long that will continue? No clue. Having similar problems with Ugly Betty. I found myself somewhat bored with it this Thursday. It was a bit too over-the-top for me.