Oh Lord, It Brings Me Down

No, this isn’t a post about Friday Night Lights and now much I love it–no questions asked no matter the number of tears shed by the end of the episode. Instead, this post is about how for a little while, I can’t focus on TV for too long each day without frying my brain function.

Sadly, one part of my job kicks up into high gear for all of November, and a bit into December, leaving me little time to process most of my television watching aside from “Actor/Actress is pretty”, “Plot is boring/contrived/impossible”. In fact, this job flat out keeps me from watching all of my Tuesday shows (not that I talk about them here) as they air. I’m also stuck at work for longer than I’d normally like, which puts a definite strain on my viewing habits (no longer am I able to happily come home from work by 4 to catch up on a few shows from the previous night before sitting down to another night’s programs start), instead I’m constantly forced to choose what to watch live and what I’ll worry about on my limited free time over the weekend (yes, I even work on the weekend for this particular month and half, as a teacher.)

There are also the few events that are keeping me away at times (like the Dawson’s Creek retrospective) as well as some other more leisurely activities that get in the way of my happy relationship with television.

However, so as to not make this post completely self-absorbed, here’s some news that has brightened my week: David Tennant (of Doctor Who and Blackpool fame) has been cast in an NBC pilot. Yes, that’s right. Enjoy the thought and hope that NBC picks the show up, while still letting Tennant keep his Scottish accent.