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Looks like I forgot I had a blog. I'll do that from time to time. My bad. I'm sure all zero of you reading this have been waiting with bated breath, so I'll list my thoughts on recent stuff, rapid-fire style:


Rock of Love - This shit needs to stop. It ended predictably and the reunion show was horrid. Booooring.

America's Most Smartest Model - An interesting concept, but pretty much misses the mark. The half of the show where the models are being tested on their intelligence is great, but the second half where they are tested on their modelness is boring. Maybe it's that I don't get what makes a model good, but if people wanted to watch a bunch of vapid models parading around looking dour, they would watch America's Next Top Model. Also, the models seem to be voted off based on how well they model, not on how smart they are. This seems like just a random "Top Model" show with a couple of quizzes on basic general knowledge, which in that context just seems to exist to humiliate them. Also, Ben Stein should be on more shows, he's outstanding.

Survivor - Average season. I like watching JRB, but the blurred out pubic region is getting on my nerves. These days there really isn't any more innovation in Survivor, so if you like it you like it and if you never liked it you'll probably not like this season (or any other season).

Big Brother - I picked up in the middle, and it's kind of confusing. Two people are on a team and the others are individuals? There's a guy who does whatever America votes him to do? Also, why is this on like 20 hours a week? Why are there like five different challenges before there is a vote? Seems like a pretty weak show overall, but there were a bunch of stupid people yelling at each other and making asses of themselves, so I'll probably watch next season. I'm easy to please like that.

Solitary - Now THIS is a good show. If you only order digital cable to get Fox Reality to watch this, it would pretty much be worth the price. Entertaining, original, and the people had good personalities. The challenges get difficult to watch at times, but if you could handle something like Fear Factor, you can handle this.

Shot at Love - Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. If I wanted to watch a bi girl flip flop over partners and make people do stupid challenges to talk to her, I'd go back to high school.

SNL - Another boring season. Nowadays there is one good skit per year, and it's usually a digital short staring Samburg. That skit was last week, with the people getting hit right before they eat. I laughed out loud.

How I Met Your Mother - Pretty much leveled off. Still standard and predictable (I have a running gag where I yell out either an exact line or a plot point before it happens, which my roommates LOVE). It's worth watching just for the NPH lines, though. He's hilarious, and has amazing timing and delivery.

Beauty and the Geek - Another good season. Pretty much everything about this show is well done, and the people who are on it honestly seem to be getting a rewarding experience out of it. Anyone who has never watched this show should watch it as soon as possible, it certainly isn't your typical reality show.

The Office - I'm honestly surprised that there wasn't an episode where Steve Carrell jumps over a shark on water skis. Seriously. Everything about the show has fallen off, and it's become predictable and boring. It seems like the writers are very good at writing dialog, they just wrote themselves into a corner with all of the story arcs. For the Office to go back to being the best show on television, it needs to be like the Simpsons, where nothing ever changes and it's a constant stream of Michael being a good hearted idiot and Jim and Pam having sexual frustration. The way it is now, it's just an average sitcom with good writing for a couple of the characters...kind of like How I Met Your Mother.

Curb Your Enthusiasm - Larry David is still funny. I think I don't enjoy it as much as I used to because I've became used to it being really funny, so now it isn't a pleasant surprise anymore.

Price is right - Know what? Good for Drew Carey. I like that guy. The Drew Carey show was one of my favorite shows, for the simple reason that it didn't pretend to be something it wasn't. It was a silly little sitcom that only cared about entertaining the viewers. It didn't have pretentious plots or over dramatic arcs, it was just good ole wacky hi jinx week in and week out. That sort of thing should be commended.