Ahh the sweet serenity of the Maiden. So calm. So peaceful. Here, I find myself speaking in my “gentle” voice, and playing Chet Baker, and drinking red wine. It’s nice, and tonight’s quiz mellowed me out after a long, hard day at work.
First things first. I don’t watch TV, don’t like TV, believe TV is one of the great contributors to the dumbing down of American culture. That being said, I LOVE TV-on-DVD. Through that medium, I can find shows that do NOT, in my opinion, contribute to the dumbing down of American culture. And also, I can find these shows commercial-free (commercials contribute even more to the dumbing down of American culture than the TV shows themselves do). Am I considered a TV watcher if I watch TV shows on DVD? My theory is once you strip them of their commercial element and place them in a void of anything but they themselves, they cease to be “television” as we know it and may be evaluated as an art form other than television. But then, I’m also a snob who likes to brag about how he doesn’t watch TV, so you should probably stop listening to me.
Oh wait… I didn’t mean it! Oh great, there you go. Well that makes things easy then. Can cut this thing short. Let’s see. The Maiden rules. $150,000 Wardrobe took top prize in a field of seven. Homo Joe and the Nancies came in second, and sported a big bushy fake mustache at odd times throughout the evening (one of the nancies did, that is, not Homo Joe. Homo Joe don’t need no fake mustache, lemme tell ya). People were very generous with their tips. The Maiden’s vegan tacos are delicious. I have no complaints. Life is good. Except for this crick in my neck I woke up with yesterday. But that’s going away too. Not that you care. You stopped reading a paragraph ago, and you were right to. There’s gotta be something on TV more interesting than this, right? Right?
Current favorite TV-on-DVD thingy: <i>Peep Show</i>, a wickedly funny British comedy. Oh, I forgot to mention, the Brits do TV way, way, way better than we do. And that includes <i>The Office</i>, American <i>Office</i> fans. Sorry, the Brits kick our ass when it comes to TV, and that includes commercials. Their commercials are so good, in fact, they almost make me forget I’m watching TV. It’s a good thing I don’t live in Britain! They’d probably make me fall right back off the wagon!
lovies, JWS