So, after watching
SYTYCD tonight, I can't help but feel that I have watched the equivalent of a box of jelly donuts. They taste great at the time, but then you're left with a headache and wondering why you did that to yourself.
SYTYCD, along with a multitude of other shows I watch, have begun to really disappoint me this season. Part of it may be that I have bitten off more than I could chew as far as a number of shows, part of it may be that many of the shows I watch (i.e. Reality programs) are pretty much all the same and the formats have gotten stale, or part of it may be that I am just kinda watching shit shows. It's kinda sad to me that two of my shows I SO used to look forward to,
Project Runway and
America's Next Top Model, have their season finales this week, and I can't he happier that I'm getting a couple more hours back in my week! I've already dropped Ugly Betty and as of last night, The Venture Brothers (that one hurt, I'll be honest, but I'm not willing to smoke pot on Sunday nights to find the humor in a half hour cartoon.) and am finding the following shows to be "on the chopping block."
So You Think You Can Dance? - last season was an absolute tour de force! This season appears to be lackluster and just sorta meh. I seem to recall early on in the show's history Nigel bringing out all the dancers at the end of a show and telling them all they need to step it up because the episode was embarrassing. If something equivalent to that doesn't happen soon, there's a really good chance I'm out for the season. (And I also posted on my facebook page tonight that Travis Wall could take a shit on stage right now and the three hosts would be fighting over who got to kiss his ass first. You're proud of him - WE KNOW!!! You can't help but wonder if they get a cut of his future earnings as choreographer or something the way they preen over him.)
30 Rock - I'm currently watching the first season again on Netflix and this show appears to have really slid down this year. It's focusing a little too much on quirky (we get it, Tracy Jordan's crazy) and not enough on some of the more nuanced jokes that made the first season a real classic. (And I don't think I ever realized just how fucking hot Alec Baldwin is. I mean I know he's always been good looking, but ga-damn!) If I do give this show up, I will be REALLY sad.
Top Chef - I'm in for the season, Taffy, don't worry, but as the season has progressed, I find myself thinking this is the douch-iest of all the reality shows I watch. Between the judges and the contestants, this is a show where narcissism is at an all time high. The fact that out of the top five contestants three of them are assholes, and one of them looks like a raging alcoholic party girl (guess who?), I am quickly losing my will to want to watch it. So help me God if Kevin doesn't win this season....
Project Runway - The only reason I will definitely go back next season is that we have been assured that Nina Garcia and Michael Kors will be back to judge every week, ensuring that the contestants' work will be looked at over time vs. some really interesting designer's (Ra'mon) won't be let go so early on in the season. And, let's face it, they can't possibly find more bland people to be on next season, right? RIGHT!?
America's Next Top Model - I made my demands known to Tyra (you know she's a huge fan of PiMC) in a
post earlier this week. If those demands aren't met....
Now, to end on a more positive note, there are other shows that I love and continue to enjoy, including Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, Modern Family, Glee, The Office and The Barefoot Contessa. I'm also looking forward to watching some missed shows on DVD/Netflix including True Blood, Mad Men, In Treatment and Battlestar Galactica. What do you think, people? Am I completely wrong here?
So, I finished Dog Days: Dispatches From Bedlam Farms. It was a great book that I purposely did not fly through. The pacing of the stories, taken from author Jon Katz's time on his Bedlam Farm herding sheep and spending time with his dogs, cows and donkeys, kinda demands that you read it at a nice leisurely pace. I'll say this - farming sounds incredibly hard, but incredible rewarding! Taffy will love the book, but hate me for giving it to her to read.
