Well me personally? I'm still living on the couch, but the TV hasn't been on. Well, not that much. And that's saying a lot! First let me make a confession. I have a problem. I'm a TV addict. I LOVE watching TV. As my hubs likes to tease, "with exception of sports if the bube tube is on you better believe C's productivity level drops off the charts." I'll admit it. I'm there tuned in and zoned out. What can I say? It's one of my preferred forms of recreation. But sense the WGA strike and dwindling new eps of my favorite shows, I'm finding that my TV intake has started to really drop. Don't get me wrong I'm still watching but it's not holding me like it usually does. The problem is I've either already seen it or its reality shows. And come on, who want to see reality. I get enough of that in my own life. Give me fantasy. Give me something that lets me escape!

So what have I been doing? Reading for one. I've done more reading in the last three weeks then the last two years combined. And I'm not talking periodicals. I mean real books I've also been revisiting my personal DVD collection, randomly skimming through all 5 seasons of Angel and 8 of Buffy. I've watched Firefly and Serenity at least two times each. I've hit Sports Night and the early years of The West Wing. I've even gone out and purchased the first season of Veronica Mars just to see something new and find out what all the talk was about. (Liked this one and plan to buy the second season as soon as I'm finished with the first.) The know stuff I've been watching will the PBS documentary Pioneers of Television has been fun and informative. I'm even going to watch the PCA awards on Tuesday night. Of course I would be watching even without the strike. But I'm even more interested now because I want to see this new "format" they're planning. (Rather than having it on stage now it's going to be broadcast from a studio and read audience submitted questions for the award recipients.) Even if the shows and movies I voted for don't win I still think it will be something for the history books.