This fall, I made a rare TV trade-off. After two years of watching NBC’s Heroes on Monday nights, I’ve decided to give it up (and wait for it to come onto DVD next year) in favor of Showtime’s original series Dexter. I concluded that watching suspenseful shows like Heroes is best done viewing every episode in succession with limited commercial interruption, so DVD is the way to go. Plus, I really only have time to get into a few TV shows at a time, and the 1.5 seasons I’ve seen of Dexter have blown me away!
For those of you aren’t familiar, Dexter is an emotionless 30-something single man who works for the Miami Police as a blood spatter expert, but at the same time holds a dark secret of murdering murderers. Throw in the romantic subplot and it’s one hell of a show! Of course I can’t take credit for discovering the show, Feeney had been raving about it for months. Then again, Feeney raves about a lot of shows, and he’s always right. The other shows I intend to follow this fall include The Office, 30 Rock, Scrubs, and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I’m dropping the seldom-funny My Name Is Earl from my regular viewing this year too.
In other news, I’m gearing up for another wedding dance this weekend in Shakopee. The couple is in their mid-30s and expect up to 100 people to be dancing at any given time all night. I hope they’re right, cause that makes my job a lot easier. This is either my last or second-to-last DJing gig of the year. I’m still trying to hammer out those details. After that, my weekends will be free enough to make the occasional trip home or at least leave to go somewhere for a day or two.
I’m all set for an appointment with the local oral surgeon, Dr. Tidstrom. I have been told by various dentists since 1998 that I need to get my wisdom teeth out. X-rays do in fact show that all four wisdom teeth are growing in. The ones on bottom look like they’re fine, but the two on top literally have nowhere to go, as you can see on the x-ray.
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I can’t comment on Dexter as I have never watched it. Don’t you have DVR? That’s been a life saver for the TV addict that I am. I am like you, in that I like to watch something suspenseful in one dose, not broken up by commercials. I DVR “The Biggest Loser” (now quit scoffing, have you ever watched it?) and only allow myself to watch as I am on the treadmill. This stretches each 2 hour episode into several shorter spurts. I fast forward through commercials and enjoy the show to it’s fullest. As for your teeth, I hope they’re putting you under. I had mine removed with only some novacaine…not a good idea. That dentist soon went out of business, so that should say something about his crappy methods. It would be nice to have you and Lauren able to buzz home for a weekend now and then. Is the Bash off for good? Will you come for the baptism?????????????????????????????????
I can no longer claim you as a brother…you gave up watching HEROES?!?!? Seriously? This season has been heart-stoppingly amazing…you’re missing out on a lot!
I’m in the same boat as you with my wisdom teeth, though. My dentist yelled at me for not having them pulled sooner. They are all fitting in just fine. I’ve never had a single problem with them…yet he insisted that they need to be removed as soon as possible. I’m just too big of a chicken to actually go and do it. You’ll have to let me know how bad it is!
Wow, our television schedules are miraculously similar now. The only additions I would make is “How I met your mother”, “The Sarah Silverman program”, and “Jeopardy”. God I love Jeopardy.