Journal Ecstasy

I'd like to be able to stick my nose in the air and claim that TV is too pedestrian (or that my husband and I don't ever turn it on), but that would be a big black lie. Of course we watch TV.

Some of my earliest memories involve watching first-run episodes of Star Trek (my fav), Laugh In (my mom's fav), Gunsmoke (my dad's fav), Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, and too many more to name. (Actually, thanks to Samantha, Jeannie and my mom, I learned at an early age that women have the power in most households. It's all about utilizing that power with such an otherworldly finesse that the men in the household believe that THEY actually had most of the ideas and made most of the decisions.)

It's also all about the right kind of mental training and conditioning. Think Pavlov. Think basics like sex, food, beer/wine, NASCAR...and maybe a little ice cream and the occasional cookie...chocolate, of course.

Now that you've forgotten all about the subject of this section, back to TV. My current favorite shows (in no particular order but most definitely in HD at 1080p) are:

Lost * Heroes * Saving Grace * 24 * Life * The Shield * Rescue Me * My Name is Earl * The Office * Nip/Tuck * Dr. Who * Torchwood * The Simpsons * Monk * Reno 911 * The 4400 * House * Bones * Without a Trace * Battlestar Galactica * Stargate Atlantis * The Colbert Report * The Daily Show * The Dead Zone * Prison Break * Etc.

And just about anything on Animal Planet, HGTV, TLC, BBC America, Comedy Central or HBO. I also like to catch up on the day's news via CNN, Fox News, The Weather Channel, MSNBC, etc. I also enjoy the various music video, digital music channels and on-demand choices offered by our cable provider.

Shows that I loved and wish they were still on in first run: Sopranos * Deadwood * Stargate SG1 * Invasion * Alias * Carnivale * Six Feet Under * Red Dwarf * Roswell * Buffy the Vampire Slayer * Angel * The X-Files * Profiler * The Pretender * Highlander: The Series * La Femme Nikita * Lovejoy * Star Trek (all versions) * Twin Peaks * Magnum P.I. * Millennium * Ally McBeal * Murphy Brown * Andromeda * Charmed * Dark Angel * Due South * Northern Exposure * Night Court * MacGyver * The Rockford Files * NYPD Blue * Hillstreet Blues * Farscape * Quantum Leap * Sliders * Absolutely Fabulous * Cheers * Just Shoot Me * Moonlighting * Remington Steele * Seinfeld * The Adventures of Briscoe County Jr. * Etc.