Ready for Prime Time

For lack of a better explanation, we haven't had (legal) internet at our house for over 3 months. We've been paying for it, but it never works for more than 30-60 seconds at a time. (Yeah.) Hence the lack of blogging (and computer usage in general). A TON of things have happened in the months since my last update. (Eep, I didn't realize it'd been months.)

With the lack of computer usage, my roommates and I have been spending some quality time together. In front of the TV.

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In my last apartment, my roommate was totally into the show Heroes. While waiting for Heroes to start one day, we had the TV on NBC and I was like, "Oh hey, there's Rachel Bilson. What show is this?" The show turned out to be Chuck (about a computer nerd turned accidental spy). We watched the episode (even though we had no idea what was going on) and I've been hooked ever since. (The show is funny and endearing, and did I mention funny?) Flash forward to now and I've got my current roommate, Katie, into Chuck, too. Katie and I have sat down nearly every evening and watched one or more of the 54 episodes, starting with the pilot.

We cheated and watched the current season episodes as they were new on TV, so despite knowing the outcome of certain plot lines, Katie would shout, "Chuck and Sarah will NEVER be together!" Then she'd dramatically pretend to faint onto the couch with the back of her hand pressed against her forehead.

But speaking of television, since none of my roommates or myself are used to watching TV on a regular basis, sitting down in front of the tube made us feel lazy. This is how "two thing, a story, and Chuck" came about. We decided that an episode of Chuck would be a reward for accomplishing two things (example: unloading/loading the dishwasher --first thing-- and, say, loading the washer or dryer --second thing), then one of us would tell a funny story (mostly Katie revealing silly things about her childhood--like, she had baby casts on her legs to straighten them, but the funny part was that she kicked them off a lot, so her parents thought it'd be appropriate to SPRAY GLUE them on). Admittedly, towards the end of the second season, sometimes we were so excited for the next episode of Chuck, the two things became getting out the ice cream and setting up the DVD. As soon as we felt productive (subjective), we rolled tape.

Once we were caught up on Chuck, my friend Chelsea, sent me the first season of Arrested Development. The episodes are shorter and easier to commit to, so we've been breezing right through them.

Additionally, I've love the British television series Doctor Who. Love it, love it, love it. I think, for Comic Con, I'm going to dress up as one of the Dr. Who characters. I'm afraid to watch other seasons because I love the two main actors on the show (current season five).