shit, figure it's time for just my 4th post of september, heh. i sure as hell haven't been up to anything much more productive.

so hey, look, the tv season's officially started for real! not surprisingly, that's sapped plenty of free time lately. lemme go down my personal list --

the simpsons - really having a hard time holding on, it's just... kinda terrible.

family guy - definitely back up to its old standards in my opinion, well worth the tivo.

arrested development - i watched parts of episode 1 several times, fantastic.

kitchen confidential - eh, where's the funny parts? might give it a few more chances...

how i met your mother - i heard good word-of-mouth on the TiVoCommunity board, but holy christ this was absolutely terrible. these traditional sitcoms feel soooo trite now. i can't stand where the whole show just feels like it's on a big stage the entire time.

prison break - we look forward to it every week. if you can manage to suspend belief, it's well worth it.

weeds - a surprisingly entertaining showtime 30-minute dramedy. kinda the deviant version of desperate housewives, complete with drug-dealing and infidelity. mary-louise parker's a MILF, and kevin nealon is still funny.

my name is earl - first episode wasn't as funny as i'd hoped, but i'll stick around a bit longer and enjoy the jason lee-ness.

the office - went back and watched the first ep several times, happy NBC decided to bring it back.

lost - fuckin awesome, glad it's back. always stirs up the most discussion on boards.

over there - well done, but gets a little old at times. i'm way behind on it.

survivor - okay so far, kinda well past any chance at originality.

reunion - a little cheesy, but engaging so far.

ER - purely watching it on 11 previous years of habit, hard to care that much about anymore.

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alayna asked whatever happened to our idea of getting a netflix account for the summer, heh. seems like an unlimited newsgroup account works pretty well in its place. ;)

--j