T.V. takes a turn for greatness

There was almost a decade in which I did not watch any cable t.v. Eight years to be exact. I caught a little t.v. whenever I went to visit friends or family in the city, but that was it for eight years, an hour or so here or there. When I did watch any television in those years it was mostly the music channel, a Star Trek of some sort (except for that DS9 shit... no way), which is a left-over love from my imaginative childhood or maybe Seinfeld cause it tended to be consistently funny. Other then that there was absolutely NOTHING of any interest to watch on about a hundred and a half channels. At least in my small viewing times.

I lived in a valley in the mountains with an alternative community for about 3 of those years, and then moved to the very close, and very, very small town (village maybe) that was close to 'the valley' for the remaining 5 years. In the valley there was no power grid, let alone cable. In this very small town the only way to get cable was through satellite and I was just not rich enough for that at that time. It wasn't a big loss, as I mentioned there was fuck-all on anyway.

Now I have moved back to a city, about a year ago... (Dec. 1) actually, to go to University, which doesn't leave a helluva lot of time for t.v., but you've got to have priorities. Just in time it seems!! T.V. has made some wonderful and highly exciting breakthroughs!! WooHoo! Soft-core porn can be seen almost every night of the week... WOW. Humor has decidedly leapt over the edge whole-heartedly, and I am with it! Let's hope the days of Friends type comedy dies quickly, and painfully. Friends was ok, but it was slim pickings (and oh so pure) in the light of shows like Arrested Development, or Family Guy, or how about Sex and the City. Oh and lets not forget about Futurama... and the good ole Simpsons (were the Simpons that controversial when we were children watching it?) I love to laugh!! Sure that may be a given, but hey, I can't be the only person to notice all those grumpy-assed, long-faced, up-tight angry people out there... they could use laughter as a prescription!! Comedians get to have ALL the fun. It seems that if you say something in a humorous way, you can say ANYTHING. Eddie Murphy was a great example of this in the 80's, as was Bill Hicks, who is way less known, but way more political. Nowadays, its still the stand-ups, Chris Rock comes to mind, but it is also the television shows. Family Guy and South Park are two of the top for controversy... well and Drawn Together, American Dad, The Oblongs and Clone High, all very funny to the point of disgusting at points. If you have something to say that needs to be heard, making it funny seems the way to go.

The next great leaps are in the more serious shows. C.S.I. came along and made it perfectly clear that people want more mystery and suspense, but I am Oh So Happy to report that it doesn't have to stick to cop shows. My absolute favorite of the suspense shows around today is Lost. Hands down, no competition. I managed to catch the first episode of this season and decided I needed to go back to the beginning and figure out what the fuck was going on. So I rented the first disk of the first season. Holy Shit. I was hooked from the very first moment, as I probably have mentioned on an earlier post, and from every moment that followed in every episode through the whole damned season. That is amazing. I can hardly wait for Wednesdays to roll around so I can see what is happening and what new things we learn about the characters. Whoever is the writer[s] for this show, BRAVO!! Whoever did the casting... Cheers to you too!! An excellent, highly compelling, enticing, addictive and hypnotic story has been created. Love it love it love it.

After Lost, my faves are (in order of most fave to least fave) The L Word, all I can say is Yumm. I am a lover, women, men, there are beautiful ones on both sides and I have a weakness for the beautiful ones. I have a long-term boyfriend, and he does not mind my swinging sexuality taste one bit (he is the only man in my life and he knows it) , so it works just fine all around. Next we have Desperate Housewives... love it, comedy mixed with mystery surrounding a bunch of randy housewives. A sign of the times. A little note though; I remember a quote from Oprah (through a magazine I believe cause I don't watch Oprah) that came out last year. She was saying that she couldn't watch, or find believable, a show about a group of housewives who all lived in a neiborhood that did not have one black family. Guess what, this season, a black woman moved in to the neiborhood. Sell-outs. Does this mean I won't watch the show, well I am by far not racist, so either way doesn't matter to me about a black desperate housewife, but I can be prejudice against stations that kiss politically correct asses to gain more viewers. I'll watch the show, but I'll call the station exec's losers anyway. I guess I can feel for them,it must be hard having Oprah giving out publicity, bad or good. Stupid Fucks should have realized that Eva Longoria (although hot) isn't enough to satisfy the majority of none-white people in the viewing hemispheres to being with. Regardless... love the show.

A station that does deserve mention and notice for its big balls, is Showcase. This channels advertisement shows adults in a hotel room dressed-up for some kinky role play sex and pillow fights, definitely has got my vote. I think Sex and the City changed everything, thank you, oh thank you.