It's Apparently Pandemic

I go to my DD's school, and there's a story the teacher wrote on the white board about a "goul".
I go down the hallway and see the contract for behavior of another class posted on the wall, and the teacher has written "careing" as one of the adjectives.
If I sign DD out early for some reason, the form asks me for "students name".

Irony: book fair is this week at her school, and "Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation" is on sale. I think I'm going to buy everyone there a copy!

Old and New Shows, Updated

It's been a few weeks, and my list of shows to watch has modified a bit, to wit:
Six Degrees -- A bit soap opera-esque, and at the end of the day, who cares? Pass.
The Nine -- see above. How long are they going to drag out the 52 hours of their kidnapping?
Jericho -- Pass. Too dark.
Desperate Housewives -- Used to be one of my must-sees, but at the end of the day, too much sex-based comedy. Pass.
Without A Trace -- ALL of the regular characters are unhappy. Jack is divorced, Martin is addicted, Danny has a brother who was in jail, Marianne's character had heart surgery and doesn't get along with her son, Poppy's character can't decide who she wants to be with, the divorcee riddled with guilt, or the drug addict. Well written, but too dark for me. Pass.
So, here is the list of Terri-approved shows for the fall:
Sunday: Amazing Race -- the BEST reality show out there. You cannot predict what will happen. Will someone have the taxi driver who gets lost? Or put diesel in the gas tank?
Monday:Heroes and Friday Night Lights. See earlier post. I don't think FNL is going to make it. Its ratings have been tanking. Too bad. Kyle Chandler is yummy.
Tuesday: House -- Hugh Laurie makes that show. When did he turn sexy? Dancing With the Stars.
Wednesday -- Dancing's Results Show, which I fast forward thru, and watch in about 20 minutes. The rest is patter and filler.
Thursday -- Survivor. Yes, it has jumped the shark. I still watch it. I fast forward thru it, but I still watch. Grey's Anatomy - LOVVVVVE that show.
Friday -- Numb3rs and Battlestar Galatica. Numb3rs is a cute little show. Filler TV, really, but still enjoyable. A step above Monk. BG is one of the best dramas on TV. Won a Peabody, for heaven's sake.



In care you're curious, DH's list of must see TV: Dr. Who, Battlestar Galatica and The Unit. It did include Blade, but Blade got canned. DH also likes the Stargate series. Notice a trend?

It's an Oxy, You Moron

So I was at Penny's today, shopping for Jillian, and yes, according to Penny's impenetrable sizing charts, she wears a 6x1/2 PLUS jean. That enough modifiers for you? Apparently, in Penneys' infinite wisdom, they don't carry 7 plus. They don't carry 7 1/2 plus. The area between 6x1/2 plus and 10 plus is an arrid vista.
Anyway, so since I was in the jean buying mood, i decided to get myself some jeans. I tried on a pair of size 16 jeans, which fit ok at the top, but skin tight on the thigh. I took them off, and looked at the size. The result? They were size sixteen SLIM. Hello? Nothing slim about a size 16, fella.

Ratings on the New TV Shows

Standoff -- watched 5 minutes of pilot, changed the channel. Yawn.
Shark -- James Woods is a fine actor, but the premise of the show and its execution lack a hook to keep me watchiing. And the banter between him and Jerri Ryan smacks too much of 90s dialogue.
Ugly Betty -- so how many times can we make fun of someone who's not pretty and have it be funny? How about 0? A one-joke show. Pass.
Six Degrees -- A bit soap opera-esque, but a guilty pleasure. On the watch list for now.
1 vs 100 -- not my kind of show
Men In Trees - ditto
Kidnapped -- good show. Conrad, we barely knew ye. I'll watch till its 13 contracted episodes are gone.
Vanished -- I don't care about any of these characters. They could all vanish, as far as I'm concerned.
Heroes -- LOVE this show. Interesting premise, great writing. Makes me want more at the end of every show.
Studio 60 at the Sunset Strip -- yes, M Perry's character may be Aaron Sorkin, Harriet may be Kristin Chenoweth, etc, making the whole show a sort of roman a clef. I don't care. Love the writing.
Brothers and Sisters -- Pass
Justice -- Haven't we seen this show already? Pass.
Friday Night Lights -- a bit draggy at times, but it features the handheld camera work I have loved since Homicide: Life on the Street. Beautiful, and Kyle Chandler is yummy.
Smith -- there was no one to root for in this show. not surprised it got the axe.
The Nine -- I'm going to watch it this week, as it sounds interesting. Since the network hasn't cancelled it yet, maybe it'll have some legs.
Jericho -- interesting but dark. am watching for now, esp since it's set in Kansas (tho not filmed there, of course)

Laundry Woes

I know there are those out there who advocate doing a load of laundry every day. And I've tried, I really have. But I get busy and forget about it, and then before I know it, it's ten at night, and I don't want to deal with it.
Right now, I have a load of towels in the dryer that have been there for a week, and a load of whites in the washer who have been there for three days.
So, I usually declare a Laundry Day twice a month, and that's all I do all day long. I get caught up on my TV watching and my laundry at the same time. And I get all done, except for that last load, that usually stays in there, neglected and woeful, for a week.

Sigh

This may be because I'm the youngest child in my family of origin, but I get tired of responsibility. I get tired of being the one to pay the bills, remember the appointments, do the laundry, do the dishes, read with the children, run the errands.
I know, I need to grow up. But sometimes, I get tired of being a grown up. I want to revert to adolescence, and just lay around all day and watch tv and eat things that are bad for me. (and not gain weight)

True Snippet of Conversation Overheard While On Vacation

"So, I'm on a diet, 'cause I need to lose weight, and I've gained. So that's a good sign, isn't it? Don't you always gain before you lose?"

Pine Sol, Anyone?

I've been reading over these posts, and it occurs to me that my blog is boring, if not shallow. Since I became a SAHM six years ago, my world has narrowed. I used to listen to NPR every morning on the way to work, and the way home, read the paper at lunch. I was Informed, by golly.
Now, I rarely listen to NPR, rarely read the paper, and never watch TV news, as it tends toward the infotainment or sensationalist side.
So, it's one of those situations where I'm like, "Oh? There was a war in Lebanon?" because my focus tends to be more on the state of the house, dishes, laundry, car, and garage than the state of the Union. I'm turning into a Stepford Wife!
p.s. As evidence of the Stepforditude, I just finished composing on ode to laundry, and then deleted it as too boring.