I have had brief moments when I have found shows that I have enjoyed, lie Boston Public, my guilty pleasure after the birth of my first child. After Child #2, I managed to watch the entire first season of West Wing while I was up in the middle of the night feeding her.
But in recent years, I have not found time to watch much television. There are lots of shows that would appeal to me - if I had more time.
Well, over this break, I did allow myself a little bit of tv/movie watching. I'll never catch up, but here are a few things I can check off my list:
Super Size Me - this movie fit in nicely with the book Chew on This: Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food by Eric Schlosser that we read aloud just a few weeks ago. Definitely interesting. And a little disgusting, too. (I'm still thinking about my blog about the book).
The Short Game- a Netflix documentary that my friend, Kristin, told me about. Follows child golfers who are competing to be #1 in the world in their age division. I can think of lots of people who would like this- and someday I will probably be hearing these names again as they join PGA and LPGA.
From Earth to the Moon- a documentary that I have just started (it's like 72 hours long, so this might be all I get to watch in 2014!), narrated by Tom
Hanks, about the US space race. I so wish I would have paid attention while this was being taught when I was in sixth grade instead of reading a book under my desk as we would round robin read.
Parks and Recreation - I'd never seen this sitcom before, and I did manage to get in an episode before the girls' bedtime one night. I don't love it yet, but I would watch it again.
Still on my list to watch someday are Breaking Bad, Parenthood, The Good Wife, Friday Night Lights, and Grey's Anatomy. What shows should I be adding to my growing TBW list?
2 comments:
Well, I never thought I'd get hooked on The Walking Dead but three episodes in and I was more than hooked. The writing is so good and the acting is very, very good. I watched seasons 1-3 in less than two weeks and then caught up with the current season. They are on a mid-season break right now but pick-up again in February. I got no less than 5 people hooked on it just by talking about it.
I still watch Leave it to Beaver and The Wonder Years on Netflix. I love how different the two families are. Mrs. Cleaver with her pearls and Norma with her teased up dos and bright yellow dresses.
Do you watch Big Bang Theory? I love that show. I think you would like it too.
We just discovered The Mind of a Chef.It's a PBS series. You can get the first season on Neflix. It's so much more than a cooking show. Really fascinating.
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