TV Watching Analysis

So, one time when my brother was in sixth grade or so, he did this project for school where he made a pie chart which listed his weekly TV watching habits and split it down by genre (e.g., sit-coms, cartoons, news, etc.).  And for some reason this always stuck in my head, even though it was like twenty years ago and seemingly insignificant.  I've sometimes thought of it when considering the change in TV genres.  Reality shows weren't even a category back then and now they've taken over the airwaves.  So anyway, I've become quite a regular TV viewer since I live alone and have discovered that I can look up all the shows online.  And so I'm going to break down my own viewing habits, because I can.  These are the shows that I watch every week consistently.

Comedies (4/7 or 57%):
*How I Met Your Mother - funny, funny, inappropriate but funny.  And has Doogie Howser, so where can you really go wrong?
*Glee - I kind of feel like this should go in its own category.  Like "comedic musical drama" or something.  But I'm keeping it with comedy.
*The Office - Starting to get less funny but still worth watching.
*Community - New favorite!  On the same night as The Office!  Highly recommended.

Dramas (2/7 or 29%):
*Gossip Girl - I always need one teen drama in my life.  This is it.
*Grey's Anatomy - I almost gave up on this show, but it's coming back around.  Also, they often have guest stars from Everwood, so you can't go wrong.  It's sad without George, but Alex Karev is getting better and that new guy is cute too.  Am I right?

Reality (1/7 or 14%):
*The Amazing Race - I love this show!  I consider this a respectable reality show.  I've started watching it with a friend from work on her big screen TV.  Much more exciting that my little computer.

So I'll admit that I sometimes watch other reality shows when they are on, and especially when there is a marathon.  It just sucks me in.  Also, I'll catch some other comedies, but not all the time.  But I'm still confused on the topic of the sit-com.  Are those comedies sit-coms?  Oh okay, they are.  According to what I can understand from wikipedia. 

The end!

love, Sarah

Halloween!

Remember when I was Juno last year for Halloween?  Too fun!  I'm not dressing up this year, but I was thinking about what costumes are/should be popular this year.

- Michael Jackson.  Duh.  Everyone wants to be the King of Pop.  Especially because he's not with us anymore.

- Jon and Kate.  Right?  So much drama in their lives.  If I had short hair and and Asian boyfriend, I would definitely do that act.

- Hidden Temple team.  Okay.  This has nothing to do with the past year.  But I think it would be pretty much awesome to dress up as a team from Legends of the Hidden Temple, one of the best Nickelodeon shows from our childhood.  (You can buy the t-shirts here: http://www.templeshirts.com/categories/Legends-of-the-Hidden-Temple-Shirts.aspx).  I still plan on doing it in a future year.

- Balloon Boy.  Am I right?  That kid in the silver homemade balloon got waaaay too much press to not be mocked as a Halloween costume.

- President Obama.  Can't go wrong with that.

- Lady Gaga.  Her outfits are already a costume, so it's easy.

And I'm out.  I'm off to Evelyn's first birthday party in Barnesville tomorrow!  Yippee!!

love, Sarah

So my dad was here this weekend, yay!  We went to the highest-class restaurants in town... Zorbaz, Perkins, and some sort of family cafe whose name I can't remember right now.  Also had what I consider to be the best Saturday schedule ever - sleep in, get up, leisurely drink coffee, drive while listening to public radio, go to the state park (Itasca!), come home, eat, and watch episodes of The Office.  That's right, my dad watched some Office episodes with me and appeared to be entertained.  He also fixed a few things at my apartment and told me a lot of his ridiculous jokes.  Amber also stopped by today on her way to St. Cloud and hung out for a little while.  All in all, a good weekend!  I'm not particularly in the mood to go back to work tomorrow!

love, Sarah

winter snow is here
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