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[readishmael]

Why is it that I feel way more stressed panicky about deadlines on a day when I've actually been really productive than on days when I've done nothing at all?  I let myself get away with being really lazy, and then when I work hard it's never hard enough to stop the worrying.  I'm weird.

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[squonkfan]

I used to watch a ton of TV, too, but then there came a period where there was almost nothing on that I gave a damn about. And several shows that I had given a damn about just prior to that had taken such sudden, drastic downward spirals--most notably House--that I was incredibly weary of the whole enterprise anyway. So when I moved, I decided to just go with the most basic cable package and otherwise ignore my TV--which of course left out cable shows that I knew were good, but by that point I couldn't be bothered. I really don't miss it. If I do need to see some currently running show then I can download it, which I've been doing with BB and for my junk food, Project Runway, but little else (not counting defunct shows that I'm either re-watching or catching for the first time). Of course, when BB comes back I'm going to be faced with a dilema in that regard, because I don't think I'll be so willing to wait the extra few hours anymore.

all the male characters have some ambiguously gay moments

Hello! I'll definitely have to add this to my queue. I need to finish up S2 of The Wire first, though.

[readishmael]

For the last several months I've been either without cable or without my own TV, so I'm watching almost everything online. It actually works for me. But no way would I want to wait for BB. That is a show I absolutely have to watch live.

Hello! I'll definitely have to add this to my queue.

Haha, I knew that would work. I should warn you upfront, of course, that it's not like those male characters are actually appealing at all. Of the three that aren't Danny Devito, one's illiterate and crazy, one's just a stupid macho asshole, and one's an outright sociopath. It's not so much that there's delicious slashy subtext; it's that the writing employs the homoeroticism in such a smart, funny, refreshing, and progressive way. (But I do in all honesty ship Mac and Dennis.)

[squonkfan]

...Danny DeVito is in it?

Obviously I have no idea what's going on.

[readishmael]

Yeah, DeVito joins the show starting in season two. That's one of the major ways the show was different in season one from what it eventually became, the other being that the characters weren't as completely batshit. Even though it's changed over time, there's no point when it isn't funny, though.

[squonkfan]

That description reminds me of Spin City. The characters were semi-wacky the first season, but it still had an earnest, Gary David Goldberg-type undertone to it. Then second season all the characters lost their shit for some reason. Of course, in that case I thought the show got obnoxious and I stopped watching it.

[readishmael]

Well, I'm definitely not gonna dis the first season, because it's great, and honestly they weren't really sure what they were doing with DeVito when he first joined in season two, so it does appear at first that the change is for the worse, but because there was never anything sincere or sweet and redemptive about the characters or the tone, allowing them to be crazier meant allowing them to be much, much funnier. Especially the woman, Dee, who is stuck in the "only sane man" role in season one, but gets to do so much more after they let her go nuts.