Scorpion

I definitely love looking at Katherine McFee's face and body from a variety of angles and I relate to the alienation and unique perspective that genius can present in this world and Scorpion provides both. That may be enough to keep me watching in spite of the stupidity of the writers. The obvious, contrived plot movements are ridiculous and sometimes challenging to listen to in spite of the visual candy. The episode ar Chernobyl may have crossed that line of contrived stupidity I can tolerate. Even McGyver had more credibility with his make-shift escapes that pushed the limits of physics beyond logic amd there was not a whole lot of science in that show. This has become The A-Team with big words.

I guess I could take watching this show week to week because the contrived plot movements and scientific stupidity did not pile up as much as it is piling up watching more than a few episodes in a row. I know it is partly because of the way these supposed geniuses are portrayed as emotional inepts without using any logical explanations (like savant autism, for instance). That is just one of the flaws in the writing that leads to so little character development in spite of the dramatic-effect discussions that delay action at critical times. In almost every scene, the stupidity just gets worse.

The emotional stupidity and immaturity is bad enough, but the flawed logic of supposed geniuses points to the writers and producers and cast ignorance or assumption and acceptance that their audience is as ignorant and illogical as they are. Like just one example, why couldn't Walter knock Collins out instead of listening to him for almost a minute and letting him go? To push the emotional development of Walter and then fix that by pushing even further to catch him? Stupid.

So little intelligence or logic in a story about geniuses.

Eye candy. Is it worth it?

The Continuing Saga of Life Without TV

Yes, the TV is still not plugged in. Being too heavy to be a functional paperweight, it remains a 55 inch, 70+ pound table decoration and occasional clothes rack. I appreciate those of you who have sympathized and even more, appreciate the recommendations for new shows. I also appreciate your valiant attempts at keeping spoilers out of my view, though some knowledge of favorite shows has trickled in and while I have not seen the episodes, I am aware of the departure of characters and a couple of show cancellations that would be rocking my world had I had the TV plugged in this season. I can still read, after all.

I know I am missing shows I really want to watch. NCIS, Bones, Castle, Elementary, Rizzoli & Isles, Dr. Who, Orphan Black, The Big Bang Theory, Criminal Minds, Scorpion, Mr. Robot, The Expanse, The X-Files, Humans, Blindspot, Quantico, 12 Monkeys, Halt and Catch Fire, Zoo, Dark Matter, Supergirl, Killjoys, Rosewood, The Shannara Chronicles, Colony, The Last Ship, The Magicians, Lucifer, Stephen Colbert, . . . and many many others on the list of "being DVR'ed" shows. Then there is this list to check out, remember, or mourn. Are you out there?

Since my TV-watching partner, Jackson, moved out (she's still in love, so yay for that), it would be quite lonely to watch major changes in shows we've come to love without her (or anyone), so maybe not having a TV is for the best. I am interacting much more than ever with actually people who are not on TV, after all.

As you may have noticed, I added another list to the lists on the right sidebar. This one will list the shows I read about that I am curious about. I suppose I could have used an existing list further down the bar of lists, but hey, I'm not as organized as I might be if I took all this seriously. Feel free to organize all this somewhere if you like. Collaborate, even.

I don't think this blog has actually come up with any formal "spoiler" identifier as the writing here is not meant to be structured or anything more than my rambling distractions afforded or inspired by glancing up at the TV that provided background audio and visual simulation for me. I mean, I am not an AV Geek (though there might have been a time I might have been a wanna-be... is being a wanna-be AV Geek something beneath being an AV Geek in the hierarchy of cool? lol lam... of course it was a rhetorical question and you'd have known that had you prepared for this entry by reading all of the previous entries and the rest of the written gardens, or at least the blogs), after all. Perhaps the whole blog is a spoiler, but not in the usual sense, aye? (self-deprecating humor or some other obscure reference?... I'll leave that for you to decide as I wander on somewhere between a smirk and a smile).

Life has become quite monotonous of late, actually. I would not necessarily attribute that to lack of TV, but who knows. Not seeing Dinozzo's departure or missing the Castle's finale might have contributed to the dulling of the events and activities offline, though the lack of funds due to long term goofing off (as in not working and not really looking for a job) probably has more to do with the lack of diverse activities. Living alone helps, no doubt. It is a minor tragedy that I've had all this time to take TV watching seriously and unplugged the TV. What new shows have I missed? What old favorites have had traumatic changes? How can the world go on without me? I suppose I miss the fictional drama I used to watch, aye?

So seriously (maybe), where is all the motivation to get back into the world of fictional reality?

I'll be right here when you want to share. :)

Actually, that is a lie. I last checked into this blog a couple of months ago, or longer. For all I know, you may have stopped by and left a thousand messages only to delete them when I did not respond. Are you that capricious? Am I that teasing taunting or irreverent? Are we ever going to find a common bed for unbridled thralls of passion? Just imagine what questions we might pose if we watched TV together.

Mockery, especially self-mockery, is strong in this one.

Loneliness too.

Narf :)

Life Without TV

It has been just over a month now since I moved and I have survived without TV. I miss the imaginary friends on many of the shows and sometimes feel really sad that I do not know what is going on. I don't know if I have the discipline to sit and watch online (I don't have two computers and my phone is too ancient {not enough memory} to effectively use for the web). I read about some shows and I don't know if what I read already aired or if it is a spoiler. Sad.

I am loving music again. Music always has been my favorite form of audio-visual entertainment. Still, I want a TV-partner again. A connected TV might help lol. I guess I should explore the alternatives that will work with my "Smart" TV. Some friends have boxes that provide a whole lot. Then there are services a whole lot cheaper than cable. But which one will provide my shows? Sci-Fi and BBC America are the most important to me. USA, TNT, TBS, AMC, and a few others and the networks (especially CBS) would be enough, though ESPN and a few others would be missed.

If you happen to be an alternative to cable TV expert (or just know anything that can help), I'd appreciated it. Thanks. :)

not so background these days

While I still am usually on the web while the TV is on, especially if I am watching TV with commercial breaks or sports, recently TV has moved into a prominent role in this life as I've not been working and my long-time best friend and roommate is moving out and I'm stressing over money so TV is providing mindless distractions and stories and characters that take me away (without the Calgone... who says I never watch commericals lol). The shows watched most are DVRed and listed on the right. I am sad that I will soon not have a TV-watching partner (she is usually on her phone browsing while watching... we must both have ADD lol). Anybody interested in the shows I watch? :)

fall 2015, sort of

sort of watching limitless, do you ask yourself how can they not be watching their guinea pig like a hawk 24/7? or in other words, how can they not know he is meeting with other people while working on top secret cases?... makes no sense, unless they do know and are waiting... other new (and a few old returning) shows on in the background include minority report, heroes reborn, blindspot, rosewood, quantico, haven, scorpion, castle, dr. who, bones and the fall season is just kind of starting, i think... so many scared people in panic mode on tv these days... so many sad people in crisis... so many people so serious, so concerned, so dramatic... and the details, so many conveniently overlooked when they are obvious when any small detail could change everything, save or destroy the world, make it all good or bad, gotta have the drama... living on the edge of emotion is what tv is about these days... or is that just what i choose to keep on in the background?... what about you, what do you think, feel, see, when you watch tv?...

so there's sex and violence and all sort of extremes of drama that anyone can buy into with a little imagination and willingness to overlook a logic flaw or few... the perfect recipe for anyone seeking distraction, if you are willing to overlook a logic flaw or few... of course those of us who see the logic flaws can put it in the picture and multi-layer the distraction by analyzing the storyline from an art-class perspective while continuing to indulge the story for the roller coaster of emotional distraction it can be even in the background as the babbling continues to record the awareness of the distraction as if avoiding the reason the distraction (who knows, loneliness, pain, loss, suffering, fear, illness, whatever) doesn't even exist...

What?... you mean you just watch tv?...

narf :)

things we don't know?

as i may have mentioned (recently, even), i generally take the history channel with a truckload of salt as way too many things i have seen on it are over-dramatized and ridiculously provocative pandering to the fears and accident-gawking tendencies of current human conciousness... whether 10 things you don't know about is purely that sort of bather or whether there is fact within the dramatic presentation is not clear as far as i know, but it definitely presents some interesting premises along the way... like the show on mormons that claims the book of mormon really claim that the ancestors of the native peoples of the lands called the americas were actually jewish as in the lost tribe of isreal?... as expected, religious wars happen... but there are a lot of curiously dramatic presentations of facts in the series that could provike interesting conversation among open minds (or violent debaste between closed minds)... naturally, it's a human thing... so what else is new?...

low quality confusion

the history channels are so patronizing... pandering... condescending... stupid... aliens, prophesy, religious dogma, zombies, pawn stars, swamp people, and pickers?... the nba finals are sloppy and boring once again... golden state played a mediocre game one and won going away in overtime... golden state played a very poor game two and lost in overtime by giving the ball away a few times in the final minutes after coming back 13-4 in the final few minutes of regulation... and the cleveland coach says they are up against a very good defensive team?... golden state was standing around like spectators on the floor all game... the only chance cleveland has is if golden state goes to sleep on the court the way they did in the second game and plays the worst games they've played all season three more times out of the next five games... the refs do seem to be allowing them to play street ball and they did not do what they've done the past few years, which was give lebron special treatment, but once again, it looks scripted to prevent a sweep and make for excitement that had to be fabricated - or golden state is not nearly as good as they are touted to be... boring to watch such poor execution in a championship final... meanwhile, the science channel seems to have a different definition of the word science than i do... they should rename the science channel the freak show channel... the discovery channel is about the same... that's why tv is on in the background much more than as an actual focus of attention...

i do enjoy some of the shows listed on the right, mostly as escapism, but ultimately, the bulk of tv is over-acted low quality confusion and pandering to human fears, delusions, and egocentric stupidity... what is sadder than the fare shown on the tube is the way so many people seem to soak it up as actual knowledge or meaningful experiences or even, reality...

new snl

i watched a while, strike, strike, strike, strike, strike... no, it wasn't a bowling tournament... it was consistently striking out and unimpressive to the point of annoyance until a tv reviewer from the 1700's came along and gave it a bit of life... so far it is not something i will tune into again unless i am just channel surfing out of boredom... they've got another half hour to impress me or at least to show me why tuning in is not a waste of time... woah, it just got stupid... i mean, it was bland and trying way too hard, but the smart neighbor bit, that was just stupid... the biggest challenge to snl is the skit-commercial format... boring or stupid skits betweem very long commercial breaks and teeny-bop music doesn't hold the interest... carly rae jepsen wasn't bad, but the show needed a whole lot more... the snl i fell in love with had talent busting at the seams on so many levels, including musical guests that left you wondering how in the world a tv show got them on tv... i mean, they almost got the beatles back together, but john and paul were just too stoned to get in a cab... seriously, the rolling stones, u2, simon & garfinkel, the kinks, aerosmith, the grateful dead, queen, the band, the eagles, springsteen, jackson browne, prince, george harrison, radiohead, david bowie, nirvana, pearl jam, joe cocker, elvis costello, bob dylan, seriously, are music legends showing up today?... even if they did though, the writing is so weak... but still, sometimes i miss new york...

tv and me

this entry will sort of summarize but mostly list the tv shows currently on the dvr and the tube most as memory can recall... ncis (wiki, wikia) has become like family in spite of the theme and macho patriotic tones that perpetuate fear, hate, and war within us and all around us... dr. who (usa, youtube, wiki, wikia, wikia 2) has risen from etended family to close family mostly due to jenna (wiki)... and just like that i am tired of linking (though i like the idea of a comprehensive linage page of all the shows i want to research or remember) and thinking about which shows i dvr and watch so the fifteen minutes are up... reference, get it?... tv generation attention span... more later if this wort of motivation returns... until then, see the right side lists... or watch your tv, it's always on in the background, after all...

college football 2015

watching the college football bowl games and playoffs i am once again amazed at how some teams cheat and get away with it, especially the big money teams... watching florida play it is too obvious that they commit penalties on every play and the difference this year and last year is they are getting called on those penalties... they appear to be taught to cheat, it is so consistent... on goal line runs they will grab a facemask or on break away pass plays they will hold the receiver and their offensive line gets away with holding almost every play... the same thing happens for alabama and other big name schools, but more than anywhere else, the sec conference is where i see the ridiculous unfairness most... the ncaa may be hearing that from enough people who actually pay attention to the details of every play as this year the bias toward the big names and sec has not been as universal, though it is still evident... other than the politics and economics, the college seasons has been interesting and when i forget the violence, fun to watch... amazing how the mind can compartmentalize to enjoy life...

10 easiest AQ non-conference schedules

ACC NC State: Old Dominion, Georgia Southern, USF, Presbyterian
SEC Vanderbilt: Temple, UMass, Charleston Southern, Old Dominion
SEC Mississippi State: Southern Miss, UAB, at South Alabama, UT-Martin
SEC Alabama: West Virginia, Florida Atlantic, Southern Miss, Western Carolina
SEC Florida: Idaho, Eastern Michigan, Eastern Kentucky, at Florida State
P12 Arizona State: Weber State, at New Mexico, Notre Dame
ACC Duke: Elon, at Troy, Kansas, Tulane
E Pittsburgh: Delaware, at Florida International, Iowa, Akron
B12 Texas Tech: Central Arkansas, at UTEP, Arkansas
Colorado: Colorado State, at UMass, Hawaii



and the toughest non-conference schedules?... well, Missouri is still old school and has not yet gotten into the sec ways of cheating and taking the easiest path so we might say they don't count... and everyone faulted florida state (personally they were amazing to go all season until the playoffs without a loss as they had to be near perfect in the fourth quarter to get there and they weren't against a great oregon team) all year yet they chose three teams that were supposed to be ranked and just one cupcake which put them on this list...

10 toughest AQ non-conference schedules

B12 Texas: North Texas, BYU, UCLA
B12 Iowa State: North Dakota State, at Iowa, Toledo
ACC West Virginia: Alabama, Towson, at Maryland
P12 USC: Fresno State, at Boston College, Notre Dame
SEC Missouri: South Dakota State, at Toledo, UCF, Indiana
B12 Oklahoma State: Florida State, Missouri State, UTSA
ACC Florida State: Oklahoma State, The Citadel, Notre Dame, Florida
ACC North Carolina: Liberty, San Diego State, at East Carolina, at Notre Dame
B10 Minnesota: Eastern Illinois, Middle Tennessee, at TCU, San Jose State
B10 Ohio State: Navy, Virginia Tech, Kent State, Cincinnati


this may have been a meaningless complaint after all lol lam narf :)