tivovovovovovovovo

Because sometimes you have something you need to say, but you can't because the words won't come out, or you get scared, or you feel stupid. But if you could write a song and sing it, then you could say what needed to say, and it would be beautiful, and people would listen, and you wouldn't make a complete idiot out of yourself. But all of us can't be song writers, so some of us will never get the chance to say what we're thinking, or what we want other people to know that we're thinking, so we'll never get the chance to make things right again ever... So give this guy a license!

~ Rory Gilmore

On Monday night, my friend Johanna and I put on our hipster caps and headed off to the Bijou theatre to see the decided non-hipster documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty, which, if you can find it, is so worth a watch. It documented the era of Disney when they had just about given up on animation/movies at all, and the Nine Old Men were on their way out, to their major comeback with movies like The Little Mermaid through The Lion King. Essentially, the years 1984-1994. The politics behind the scenes were details, and holy crap. Really fascinating. Also, there were lots of great shots of the animators working and things like Jerry Orbach and Angela Lansbury recording "Be Our Guest" (auuugh!). The best parts were the ones featuring Howard Ashman, who was obviously a really amazing person but was even more opinionated and involved in the stories of the films he worked on than I realized. What a cool guy. Just bring some tissues, because when he dies, if you're anything like me you'll cry like a baby.

I've been enjoying the new TV season, and found some new shows that I enjoy. Some of them ($#!* My Dad Says, Outsourced) I really just began watching out of curiosity and so I could say I've seen an episode, and some I started but quickly dropped when I couldn't force myself to feign interest again (Hawaii Five-O).

So far my favorite of the new shows is The Whole Truth. Perhaps the concept will wear thin, but thus far I'm quite intrigued by learning what really happens only after the jury has delivered the verdict.

HIMYM has not yet redeemed itself of last year's catostrophically terrible season, but it's been a step up so far.

You know what totally gets my vote for the best start to the New TV Season? Law and Order: SVU. Freakin' BLOWING ME AWAY this season. (Oh, and Medium kicks ass too, but the only other person I know that watches it is my mom.)

For the record, shows I'm watching (* indicates new show) are:

Sunday
Desperate Housewives

Monday
HIMYM
Mike & Molly*
Hawaii Five-O* (dropped)
The Event* (dropped)
Castle (saving for later)
House (saving for later)

Tuesday
Glee
Raising Hope*
Running Wilde*
The Good Wife (saving for later)

Wednesday
The Middle
Better With You*
Modern Family
Cougar Town
Law & Order: SVU
The Whole Truth*
Undercovers* (saving for later)

Thursday
Grey’s Anatomy
Private Practice
Community
The Office
30 Rock
Outsourced* (dropped)
$#!* My Dad Says*
The Big Bang Theory

Friday
Blue Bloods* (saving for later)
Medium

Not counting the shows I'm saving for later (obviously), that equals out to 14 hours of TV a week, which I don't really think is so bad since that's about two hours a day on average. It's still more time than I spend reading, though, so I need to work on that.

Because I'm a nerd, I just figured out how much TV that is considering I skip commercial breaks.

7 hour long shows @ 43 minutes each = 300 mins
13 half-hour shows @ 23 minutes each = 201 mins
= 600 mins / 60 mins = 10 hours

So really, ten hours a week? That's not that bad, right?

~