I heart Thursdays

Thursdays have been my favorite day of the week for as long as I can remember. Now you may be asking yourself "Thursday? Really? What about Friday and Saturday? Do you like school/work you crazy lady?" Here are a few of the reasons why I love Thursday...

I love the feeling of the week coming to an end and the excitement that starts building for the weekend.

Wednesdays have historically been bad/busy days for me so once they are over I'm usually a happy camper

Thirsty Thursday- half price drinks at the ball park. You'd have to be crazy not to love that!

And finally, NBC Thursday night comedy (You knew I'd get to talking about TV eventually)

I grew up with parents who watched NBC comedies so I was exposed to hilarious and often times ridiculous sitcoms at a young age. I'm very impresses and excited by the current Thursday night lineup. Community, 30 Rock, The Office, and Outsourced (okay, so I haven't gotten into Outsourced but at least it's at the end of the lineup so I don't have to change the channel for 30 min while a stinker show is on. Parks and Recreation anyone?)

I particularly enjoy that the Halloween episode is always a big one for Community and The Office and last night did not disappoint. Community always does an excellent job with spoofing pop culture and the zombie outbreak episode last night followed Community's recipe for success (too cheesy?). I love episodes featuring Troy and Abed and I think Donald Glover is a genius and hope he has a long, successful career.

The Office has had a lot of highs and lows for me this season. I hate to say this, but I'm excited about Michael leaving the show. I say Michael because I think Steve Carell can do no wrong and the writers of The Office are letting him down by making Michael more and more annoying and less and less lovable. What does this have to do with the Halloween episode? The episode was great, minus Michael's story line. I always love the costumes the officemates come up with(Kevin as Michael Moore) and the contest to win a coupon book was classic Office. Also, the cold opening probably ranked among my top 5 favorites (Pam with a mustache, a cardboard computer screen, Dwight as Philis. Love it). Unfortunately, Michael's extreme selfishness was over the top, even for Michael and it really took me out of the episode. This is not the first time in this season that I have been frustrated with how stupid Michael is getting and I continually lose any ounce of sympathy I ever had for him.

Despite my little rant at the end, I enjoyed watching my comedies last night and come Monday I will be looking forward to another great Thursday! Happy Weekend and Happy Halloween!

Free Time

With season 4 of Mad Men finally at a close *tear* I now have two free TV nights (Sunday and Monday). Whatever will I do with all of this free time? Study Accounting? Read ahead for Leadership?...

No, I plan to be a good little TV watcher and catch up on the shows I've been watching on DVD and Blu-ray. Here is a list of what I'm currently working on:
Modern Family season 1: LOVE, LOVE, LOVE (see previous post)

Firefly: There was only 1 season of this show because Fox is ridiculous and cancels good TV (Arrested Development, Family Guy for a little while at least, 24...I guess 24 might have been a little past its prime). Anyway, the boyfriend convinced me to start watching this show and it is a very captivating program with an excellent cast and stories that keep you wanting to watch to find out everyone's secrets.

Alias season 3: The boyfriend also introduced me to Alias (okay, he might have good taste in TV also) and I've already watched the first two seasons on DVD. I love Jennifer Garner and Victor Garber. The first season of this show was incredible and season 2 was also very entertaining but the believability of the show faltered....a lot. I understand that action/spy shows like Alias and 24 must stretch reality in order for events to makes since in an hour long show but things started to get just a little too ridiculous. I haven't gotten too far into season 3 yet but I'm very intrigued by Sydney's missing year. Hopefully I'll have positive things to say about this season and I'll be sure to keep you updated on my progress. 

Well, wish me luck with all of my TV on DVD endeavors! I will be sure to use my time wisely.

The Cams in my life

There are two Cams who both hold a very special place in heart.

The first one is this Little cutie and Heisman hopeful and the other is the character Cam Tucker on Modern Family.

I'd like to start out by official declaring my love for this series. I started watching Modern Family on Hulu about halfway through the first season and I've been watching all of the new episodes as the air Wednesday at 8 on ABC as well as watching the rest of the first season on Blu-Ray. This show has the trifecta of comedic gold: excellent writing, suburb actors, and truly touching moments. Every adult actor on the series (minus Ed O'Neal, what were you thinking Emmys?) was nominated in some capacity for an Emmy and actor Eric Streetstone took home the honor of best supporting actor in a comedy for his role as......

Cam Tucker, an ex-music teacher turned stay-at-home dad and life partner to uptight lawyer Mitchel. It is easy for Cam to become your favorite character on the show. He is over the top, kind beyond reason, and brings a larger than life personality to this quirky family. Although tonight's episode did not feature Cam and Mitchel as much, the few minutes they were on the screen Cam made laugh out loud at his attempt to "educate" Lily's potential daycare director about maize.

So to Eric Streetstone, congrats on your Emmy win! You continue to show you deserved it! And to the Modern Family writers, thank you for writing a show that is both hilarious and moving. You continue to restore my faith in quality TV comedies.