i never thought i'd see it coming
Day 01 - A show that should have never been canceled
Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching
Friday Night Lights. I have heard every argument against it, but guys, it's so fucking good. It's about football to some degree, sure, but football isn't the point. Football is the prism through which everything else is viewed, and the show knows how fucked up that is, the show uses that to show us. There's so much more going on. Season 1 is one of those nearly-perfect television seasons that come along so rarely, and seasons 3 and 4 have come close to matching it in intensity and emotional payoff (you can probably mostly ignore season 2; the show does).
FNL is a melancholy show, shot through with tragedy - it begins with the star quarterback being paralyzed from the neck down - and hope - we want these kids to get out of this dead-end town where high school football is the most important thing going on, get away from this machine that will build them up, tear them down and then spit them out, hungry for the next round of kids coming in - and we cheer when they do. The show's not without moments of triumph, moments of sheer transcendent joy. Plus, it's given us Matt Saracen, Tim Riggins, Tyra Collette, and Eric and Tami Taylor, one of the most awesome married couples to ever grace the screen - Eric and Tami are each awesome in their own right, and super-awesome together. And in season 4, it introduced Vince Howard, who is amazingly heartbreaking and awesome in his own right, and thus deserves mention all on his own.
I'm pretty sure there's nothing I can say at this point to convince people who don't want to watch it to watch it, but honestly, it's one of the best things on television, and you are so missing out by not watching it.
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this TV season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death
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there comes a time in a woman's life when she realizes that eating half a bag of potato chips for dinner is just not a good choice, and also when she's struck by a craving for macaroni and cheese (not from a box!) so strong that she heads out into the rain to pick up elbow macaroni and cheddar cheese in order to make some.
Man, I was that woman last night, and it was that time. I was so tired, and I was all "wah wah wah I don't want to cook, I just want to eat" but I wanted cheese macaroni so much that I pulled on a pair of jeans and ran to the grocery store around the corner to buy elbow macaroni and a bag of shredded cheddar (I didn't want it enough to grate the cheese myself; or, I should say,I wanted it more quickly than that). Of course, I forgot to buy a pan to bake it in, so I had to do it in the Dutch oven, but that worked out pretty well. That was about 7:10 last night. By 8:30, I had a bowl of hot, tasty, homemade macaroni and cheese with crispy breadcrumb topping in my hungry little hands.
I will be eating mac and cheese for the next week, but that's okay. I also learned, thanks to my handy dandy new oven thermometer that when I set the oven to 350° F, it actually heats to 375° F. Good to know. Explains a lot. So the macaroni was slightly overcooked and not as creamy as it could have been (and a little bland, tbh - I might up the amount of Parmesan next time, or add some garlic and onion or something), but still, tasty.
I had homemade chocolate pudding for dessert, so it was a night of comfort food, which I guess is necessary when it's a chilly and rainy night in JUNE. (I don't mind the rain, but I shouldn't be wearing a jacket in June! It just ain't right!)
***
Sigh. I suppose I should do some work now. Can't it be 5 o'clock now so I can go home and eat cheese macaroni and watch more Fringe?
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Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching
Friday Night Lights. I have heard every argument against it, but guys, it's so fucking good. It's about football to some degree, sure, but football isn't the point. Football is the prism through which everything else is viewed, and the show knows how fucked up that is, the show uses that to show us. There's so much more going on. Season 1 is one of those nearly-perfect television seasons that come along so rarely, and seasons 3 and 4 have come close to matching it in intensity and emotional payoff (you can probably mostly ignore season 2; the show does).
FNL is a melancholy show, shot through with tragedy - it begins with the star quarterback being paralyzed from the neck down - and hope - we want these kids to get out of this dead-end town where high school football is the most important thing going on, get away from this machine that will build them up, tear them down and then spit them out, hungry for the next round of kids coming in - and we cheer when they do. The show's not without moments of triumph, moments of sheer transcendent joy. Plus, it's given us Matt Saracen, Tim Riggins, Tyra Collette, and Eric and Tami Taylor, one of the most awesome married couples to ever grace the screen - Eric and Tami are each awesome in their own right, and super-awesome together. And in season 4, it introduced Vince Howard, who is amazingly heartbreaking and awesome in his own right, and thus deserves mention all on his own.
I'm pretty sure there's nothing I can say at this point to convince people who don't want to watch it to watch it, but honestly, it's one of the best things on television, and you are so missing out by not watching it.
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this TV season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death
***
there comes a time in a woman's life when she realizes that eating half a bag of potato chips for dinner is just not a good choice, and also when she's struck by a craving for macaroni and cheese (not from a box!) so strong that she heads out into the rain to pick up elbow macaroni and cheddar cheese in order to make some.
Man, I was that woman last night, and it was that time. I was so tired, and I was all "wah wah wah I don't want to cook, I just want to eat" but I wanted cheese macaroni so much that I pulled on a pair of jeans and ran to the grocery store around the corner to buy elbow macaroni and a bag of shredded cheddar (I didn't want it enough to grate the cheese myself; or, I should say,I wanted it more quickly than that). Of course, I forgot to buy a pan to bake it in, so I had to do it in the Dutch oven, but that worked out pretty well. That was about 7:10 last night. By 8:30, I had a bowl of hot, tasty, homemade macaroni and cheese with crispy breadcrumb topping in my hungry little hands.
I will be eating mac and cheese for the next week, but that's okay. I also learned, thanks to my handy dandy new oven thermometer that when I set the oven to 350° F, it actually heats to 375° F. Good to know. Explains a lot. So the macaroni was slightly overcooked and not as creamy as it could have been (and a little bland, tbh - I might up the amount of Parmesan next time, or add some garlic and onion or something), but still, tasty.
I had homemade chocolate pudding for dessert, so it was a night of comfort food, which I guess is necessary when it's a chilly and rainy night in JUNE. (I don't mind the rain, but I shouldn't be wearing a jacket in June! It just ain't right!)
***
Sigh. I suppose I should do some work now. Can't it be 5 o'clock now so I can go home and eat cheese macaroni and watch more Fringe?
***
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people have commented there.