Couch Potato

It is a true sign of being a bum. I have a list of TV shows in a week that I will not dare miss, and what's more, I feel passionately about. Feel free to skip reading if you don't like TV. I'm feeling better (ignorance is bliss...I'm not thinking of anything and indulging in TV and Harry/ Draco stories -- for me, that's the best way getting rid of unwanted melancholy.)

My grasp for TV broadened immensely when I resigned from work two years ago. It lessened when I was practice teaching and is back again full force. So here I am, going to talk about my sister's favorite topic -- My Favorite TV Shows. (And I'll be confessing to watching even those crappy ones...hehehe)

The Apprentice
I probably still have business and corporate in my blood because I totally enjoy watching The Apprentice. It's silly really because the prize of this show is a job. Yes, they do not give millions, they give the winner a job! Anyway, I like the interaction, the bitches and the whining, the strategies and all the backhanded way each candidate stabbed at each other behind their backs. Besides, I like Bill, last season's winner and so far, this season's tasks are interesting. Ah...I don't miss corporate at all. Who needs corporate's understated, yet sometimes spiteful energy, when you can watch it on TV at the comfort of your room?

CSI Las Vegas
Ah, how can I resist science and drama coming together on TV? I don't know why I'm not very good at Science when I spend most of my TV nights in the past watching Discovery channel instead of telenovelas. But alas, my Scientific knowledge is not up to par, but my interest on the subject has always been piqued, by any sort of mystery. And CSI Las Vegas has all the right recipe for TV drama. I like the cast, I like the plots and I like how they solved each case every episode, trying to separate their personal lives from their work. Great stuff. I look forward to Wednesday nights.

American Idol
Here's the crappy TV show confession part. Well, I like Fantasia. So I watched this season from the very beginning. Sometimes I wonder at the decisions of Americans voting in the show. I don't know why Scott is still there and why Nadia is not getting the boot out. I swear, I will not eat desserts for a we-- okay, for 3 days as a sign of protest against all Americans if they still not let go of Scott or Nadia. Those two are the worst singers in that show! I like Carrie. I hope she wins. And I hope Scott and Nadia fall flat on their faces this week.

Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
The reasons for watching this show? Carson, Kyan, Jay, Ted and Thom. Enough said.

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The dry wit, the laughing at the expense of his guests, Headlines, Jaywalking, and all the Michael Jackson jokes? Who wouldn't like this show? I especially look forward to the opening act and the segments...those segments are the best. Headlines (i repeat), Jaywalking, Stuff we found on e-bay last Saturday is hilarious, though Teenage Wasteland need to be scrapped.

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Conan is funny just by standing there. He can stare at the screen for five seconds and people will still laugh. The lanky redhaired geek who makes fun of other people and thinks he's gorgeous routine is fantastic. I have gotten used to watching Conan before going to sleep at night. My evening wouldn't be complete.

The Amazing Race & Charmed
TV shows I still watch from time to time that I loved to watch before. I still watch Charmed regularly but not religiously, you know what I mean? Amazing Race lost its appeal when they allowed and keep on allowing, might I add, Rob and Amber to be in the race and do despicable things.

Lost
I can't tell you much, except this -- I like it so far and everything's a mystery. I'm eagerly awaiting the next installment. What will happened to Jack? And how did Colonel Locke captured the boar? Hmmm... and the one million dollar question? Where really are they?

My Favorite Channels ---
Living Asia
It's about travel. It's about the beauty of Asia and the Philippines. I'm a travel fiend and I love my country. Can't ask for more...(And they are fond of quoting famous people about travelling. A Channel after my own heart!)

CNN/ BBC
Whether you believe me or not, you'll more often than not find my TV in CNN or BBC in the morning and at night after Conan if I'm still awake. I've made friends with Walter Rogers, Veronica Pedrosa, Christiane Amanpour and the rest (there's Richard, Alesio, Akita, Bill and so on and so forth) during the invasion of Iraq and I couldn't let go ever since. It was this two news network that made it possible for me to know the answer to the million peso question in Game Ka na Ba? this afternoon since I've been following news around the Pope since he got ill until the funeral. (The question? Where is the mosque, where PJPII visited - the first time a Pope ever visited a mosque, located? What Middle Eastern country?-- The answer? Wee hee, you probably already know the answer to that if you've been watching CNN or BBC, they kinda repeated this over and over again in relation with the Pope's eventful and legendary accomplishments and I was psyched that I knew the answer!). About BBC, sometimes, when I'm reading, I like turning the TV on and putting BBC...just so I can hear those British accents I so love to hear in the background.

National Geographic
Or Discovery Channel. I am a firm fan of Discovery Channel when SkyCable CAMANAVA still offer both channels. I find NG boring and Discovery has Ian Wright, GlobeTrekker, science mysteries, and so on and so forth. But since they deprived us of Discovery, (those wretched, despicable cable TV operators here in Camanava) I had no choice but to watch NG. And this is a case of learning to love the one you're with...I like watching Frontiers of Construction, Megastructures, and About Asia. Ah, those engineers building seemingly impossible construction feats gained sexy points right before my eyes.

HBO
Home Box Office. Movies you can watch at home. Again, 'nuff said.

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Hah, I used to watch comedies...Frasier, Everybody Loves Raymond, Monk, Becker...those guys crack me up! Really. I like Niles, I like Raymond's brother Bob ('Does his name starts with an R and ends with an 'aymond'? cracks me up everytime, I tell you!) I like Monk and I like the condescending wit of Ted Danson in Becker. I still watch Will and Grace, Friends and Frasier though. But not religiously. Just if it happens to be on and there's nothing interesting in my favorite channels...

I wonder why I don't have a favorite pinoy tv show? Well, if I would've, it'll be one with Ryan Agoncillo on. But I don't like Krystala. I am neither a Kapamilya nor a Kapuso. My bro and sis will tear me apart for my saying I'm not a Kapamilya.

So, there. My most used keys in my remote control are 18, 19, 24, 28, 29, 35, 36, 37 and 44. Hmm... it's Monday today, so Queer Eye tonight. Alas, no Jay Leno, no Conan, so I'm going to have to be ready with a book to read (probably re-read Da Vinci Code, or another Dan Brown...I have read all of his four books and I'm looking forward to the sequel to The Da Vinci Code) and every now and then watch my fave channels.