60 Minutes
Daily Show was a repeat, and Dr. Phil was just plain depressing and annoying (he lost me after "I need to warn everyone; this is what I do. Today is not about being on TV, not about the ratings; this is real life") which came, really, as no surprise. And so I found myself working out to "The Gossip Girls". A show I have mercifully avoided ever knowing existed until today.
This from a closet adult "Bevery Hills 90210" addict. Seriously. I used to watch that show religiously on Wednesday nights. A friend, who shall remain nameless but was also partially responsible for the kitchen fire in my apartment, and I used to get together regularly and watch the show. Granted our enjoyment came mostly from criticizing the characters, plot, and everything in between. But I still watched it every Wednesday. Right up until the series finale.
Yeah, so anyway - Gossip Girls. I'm sorry, but those "kids" are supposed to be 16...17 years old, tops? Seriously? And while Beverly Hills was already pretty far cry from any reality I've ever known, Gossip Girls is just a completely different universe. Is this what kids are watching now? Is this the current, American equivalent of Degrassi Junior High? If so, we're cancelling our satellite subscription the minute we start letting Bobbin stay up past 8pm.
I remember when I started being allowed to stay up past 8pm. It was Thursday nights, and I was in fourth grade and living in Ottawa (the first time). It was the the year Buck Rogers returned to TV in an updated series staring Gil Gerard and Erin Gray (who later would be the dad's girlfriend on Silver Spoons). The year was 1979. At 7:30pm The Littlest Hobo would come on, which all 4 of us would watch. When "Hobo" was over Sarah would go to bed, and I'd get to stay up and watch Buck Rogers on the black and white TV in the living room with Mom and Dad. Every other night of the week I still had to go to bed by 8:00. But Thursdays were special.
I can't think of a single TV show these days that's on at 8pm that I'll be ok with letting Bobbin watch when she's in fourth grade except possibly whatever is on PBS or the History, Science, and Nature channels. Maybe Star Trek if it's still on then... I say this now. But I reserve the right to have a change of opinion between now and when I actually need to worry about it.
Ah - but this post was originally about exercise. Yup - 60 minutes on the elliptical as per my plan. I'll check my weight again in 4 weeks and not before. I also reset my calorie counter with my new weight; 5 lbs lighter. That was fun :-)
Comments
I can remember being allowed to stay up 30 minutes later on Thursday nights to watch "The Cosby Show". There's definitely nothing that good on TV these days. Certainly nothing worth postponing bedtime for.
Posted by Sarah on August 19, 2008 8:11 AM.At least I don't put garbage in my oven. :-P
Posted by eJuana on August 20, 2008 3:46 PM.