Every day, my mum tells me about what happened on yesterday’s reality TV programs.
It’s really annoying because I do not watch reality TV in general. So, depending on the schedule, I get recaps of Amazing Race, Survivor, Daddy’s Little Girl1, and the like. I have no interest in these shows, and I hate having to listen to the recap.
Thank god she doesn’t watch American Idle2, because I think my head would explode if I had to feign interest in that as well.
I know someone is probably thinking, “Why don’t you just tell your Mum you don’t want to hear it?”
But, there’s a problem with that. I work with my mum, and I sit five feet from her for about eight hours a day. We’re the only people in the office, and she likes to talk to me occasionally throughout the day. And so reality-recaps are often the only thing she has to talk about.
At least yesterday she let me be smug all day about my straight As, even if she did ruin it when I was telling my dad.
—”You’re a God,” Everything You Want: Vertical Horizon
- Unsure if this is really the title of this program. My mum doesn’t know for sure, and she says something different each time she brings it up. The show is about spoiled rich girls and their fathers. [back]
- Misspelled, I know. It’s Ben’s fault; after his AI post, it’s been stuck in my head. [back]
I am such a geek. I am happy to stay home on Friday nights, because that’s when my favorite shows are on. Hello? I’m so in love with the new Doctor Who on SciFi. There is just something about a British girl, and an alien with a British accent traveling back and forth through time to save the world.
I’m too young to remember the first Doctor Who with any kind of detail, so please don’t tell me the original was better. I see is as more of a Star Trek to Star Trek: Next Generation comparison. And yes, I watch that too. It’s on at 6pm on G4, and for most of my childhood, it was on a 5pm on Fox in reruns every night. And still, when I walk in the house after work, I ask my mom what episode, and I get a rundown of the whole thing. But, I digress.
The only thing I could see that was bad about when Doctor Who was on, was that they were putting it opposite Numb3rs (CBS). But, Numb3rs hasn’t been on for the last two weeks. I’m afraid they’ve canceled it, but my mom thinks it may be on hiatus because of March Madness.
So yes, the geek in me waits for Friday nights for another episode of Doctor Who. And I’ve already asked for the first season for my birthday. That’s how much I like it, based on the first three shows.
I can’t wait until tonight’s episode.
Geek.
—”Light Up My Room,” Stunt: Barenaked Ladies
