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Oct. 9th, 2007 09:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
brokenrecordOk, so one of the things I did during parents' weekend was go to Barnes and Noble and my parents bought me a lot of books (7, in fact). And I thought those books would last me like a year (well at least a couple months, considering how often I've been reading books recently), especially since I was in the middle of a book I didn't really care much about. But somehow, since Friday, I've finished The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (which I had about half to go through, and by the way, is decent, but not anything special, in my opinion) and read all of Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay (good, but not better than the show), Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (absolutely amazing, but also rather depressing), and Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card (very good, and I need to read more in this series). The thing is, this was a really bad time for me to get into a mood where all I want to do is read books, seeing as I have a good amount of tests and that midterm paper in these two weeks. I need to spend my free time making flashcards and outlining the paper and finding sources, and instead I'm reading. sigh. I need to stop, but I'm pretty sure I'm just going to end up picking up another book after this.
Oh, and I don't know if I can keep watching this show. I mean, I haven't watched the episode yet, but I know what happens, and read Ausiello's thing about Sarah Wayne Callies and that she's really never coming back and how everything happened, and I just... I didn't start watching for Sara or for the relationship between Sara and Michael, but it certainly hooked me onto the show, and I don't know how invested I would've gotten in it if it hadn't been for them. My favorite moments on the show are all tied to them, and I was so sure that they were the endgame (and I'm sure they still would've been if SWC hadn't gotten pregnant. Not that I'm blaming her, I understand her position, but at the same time... if that hadn't happened, I truly believe Sara and Michael would be together and happy in the final episode) and it almost cheapens the moments between them from before that I loved so much knowing how it ends up. But at the same time, I'm the sort of person who watched every episode of Charmed through its eighth season just because I had to know what happened. Even though the storylines were awful and I hated Kaley Cuoco (or however you spell that), I still had to watch it to the end. I don't know if I can just give up the show, even though I want to. I still haven't seen this episode yet. I do like Whistler, and I've always liked Michael. This is just... a very different show to me now.
And the thing is, if I were at home, still in high school, I'd probably stay with it. But it's so much more difficult now, with more schoolwork and more pressure and the fact that I have to use the slingbox and have less control and it would really save me a lot of time and energy if I dropped the show. I already dropped Bionic Woman after the pilot and Dirty Sexy Money 10 minutes into the pilot (it seemed like a very good show, but not a show for me, if that makes any sense. But if I was at home, maybe I'd have stayed for the entire episode). I'll probably stop watching America's Next Top Model so I can watch Pushing Daisies as it airs (and I don't care enough about ANTM enough to record it). I decided not to watch Moonlight before it even aired even though I was originally planning to for Jason Dohring (well, this decision was also helped by the fact that I heard so many reviews about how awful the show is). Just, yeah. This is a very long way of saying that I've dropped plenty of shows I normally wouldn't, but the circumstances are different for me now. I don't know. Maybe I should just watch a few more episodes and see how I feel. Or keep them saved and watch them when I go home for Fall Break. I don't know.
I really wish none of this had happened.
Um, what else? Basically all I've been doing for the past few days has been reading, doing schoolwork, and watching television. I lead a very exciting life.
Oh, and I don't know if I can keep watching this show. I mean, I haven't watched the episode yet, but I know what happens, and read Ausiello's thing about Sarah Wayne Callies and that she's really never coming back and how everything happened, and I just... I didn't start watching for Sara or for the relationship between Sara and Michael, but it certainly hooked me onto the show, and I don't know how invested I would've gotten in it if it hadn't been for them. My favorite moments on the show are all tied to them, and I was so sure that they were the endgame (and I'm sure they still would've been if SWC hadn't gotten pregnant. Not that I'm blaming her, I understand her position, but at the same time... if that hadn't happened, I truly believe Sara and Michael would be together and happy in the final episode) and it almost cheapens the moments between them from before that I loved so much knowing how it ends up. But at the same time, I'm the sort of person who watched every episode of Charmed through its eighth season just because I had to know what happened. Even though the storylines were awful and I hated Kaley Cuoco (or however you spell that), I still had to watch it to the end. I don't know if I can just give up the show, even though I want to. I still haven't seen this episode yet. I do like Whistler, and I've always liked Michael. This is just... a very different show to me now.
And the thing is, if I were at home, still in high school, I'd probably stay with it. But it's so much more difficult now, with more schoolwork and more pressure and the fact that I have to use the slingbox and have less control and it would really save me a lot of time and energy if I dropped the show. I already dropped Bionic Woman after the pilot and Dirty Sexy Money 10 minutes into the pilot (it seemed like a very good show, but not a show for me, if that makes any sense. But if I was at home, maybe I'd have stayed for the entire episode). I'll probably stop watching America's Next Top Model so I can watch Pushing Daisies as it airs (and I don't care enough about ANTM enough to record it). I decided not to watch Moonlight before it even aired even though I was originally planning to for Jason Dohring (well, this decision was also helped by the fact that I heard so many reviews about how awful the show is). Just, yeah. This is a very long way of saying that I've dropped plenty of shows I normally wouldn't, but the circumstances are different for me now. I don't know. Maybe I should just watch a few more episodes and see how I feel. Or keep them saved and watch them when I go home for Fall Break. I don't know.
I really wish none of this had happened.
Um, what else? Basically all I've been doing for the past few days has been reading, doing schoolwork, and watching television. I lead a very exciting life.
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Date: 2007-10-10 07:59 pm (UTC)I'm exactly like that, where even if a show starts sucking, I'm already invested in it and I have to keep watching to the end. And I'm sure if I were home, I would keep watching, but it's harder to keep up with shows now that I'm in college, so I don't know if I will.
I thought the name Whistler sounded familiar, but I couldn't remember where I'd heard it from before. That would certainly take the show in a new direction!