Out with the old...

I watched a lot  of television this last week. Some seasons have ended an some old favorites of mine gradually coming back. I have come to believe that my opinion on television doesn't count for much anymore. I am over fifty.   Way over fifty. But I am always willing to give my opinion anyway. So here we go.

Best short term quiz show since Deal or No Deal was that  Million  Second show.  I came late to the show, and had to miss a couple because I can only dvr two shows at a time and I had conflicts...several conflict.  But the fact that the contestants kept winning and stayed around so the veiwer could kind of get to know them...that was cool.  And Andrew did deserve to win.  I was kind of rooting for the young guy, but it was ok  that Andrew won. Anyway I liked it but didn't watch every episode.

Big Brother 15 ended this week.  Andy won, the sneaky little pipsqueek.   I guess he deserved to win more than any of the others.   But the whole season was kind of a dud.  Nobody was very likeable, and there was a lot of arrogance floating around the house. Also a lot of bad language and  politically incorrect, possibly racist talk pretending to be humor. Not good guys.  Not good at all.

And the night BB15  ended, Survivor began a new season with new twists and the return of Redemption Island.  I haven't decided yet how I feel about this.

So..first I posted this, then decided I needed to add something about Sibera and Under the Dome. So I took it back to draft.  Now I'm not sure what I want to say about these shows. I stuck it out with Under the Dome even though it was so different  from the book.   Plot differences didn't bother me so much.  But I just didn't care about the characters.   And it's the characters that make me such a Stephen King fan.  But when I get to the last episode and it isn't the last episode I actually got angry.  For some reason I thought it was a miniseries. I thought it would have a beginning,  middle and end all in one season.  I don't see this show going anywhere that I want to go with it, but unfortunately I will probably watch anyway.

Now with Siberia...I really would like to see where that would go in another season.   But I am probably one of only a few people who would.  Ratings were not good and I doubt that the show will be back.

Still want to talk about Mistresses,  The Killing, and Hell on Wheels but don't have time  tonight so I am going to publish now.

Looking for normal

So we got some sort of good news last week about my husband's health issues. But there is still a lot we don't know.  And I wonder if I will ever feel free of this nagging feeling that I just might not be able to handle the next crisis.   And then there are days when I feel I can't breathe; that all of this fear  and hopelessness is doing damage to my own health. Is this normal? What is normal?

I know there are things that I can't control.  I know there are things I must just accept.  I also know there are things I can do, things I should do, things I might not feel like I have the energy to do.  To do the best I can is going to have to be enough.

looking forward to Survivor continued.....

Ok so I went off the track last post, started writing about everything except  Survivor. But that was just to illustrate how poor television, especially reality television has been this summer.

So...Survivor. ..I have loved this show since it's beginning.   I have loved it even when I hated it.  Even when the exactly wrong person  (in my opinion) won.  Lots of Survivor fans hate returning players.   I actually like it.  I'm  not sure that I want to see Colton back however.  We will see what we will see.  And I amnot so sure about Rupert and his wife either.  But I think that I will like the new concept.

And I want to see Aras and his brother,  Monica and Brad, and even Kat and Big Brother winner Hayden.  And Tyson.  Tyson who screwed up so bad on Heroes vs. Vilians.  And for no good reason!

As I'm writing, I am watching Big Brother.   Double eviction-Amanda is gone and McCrea has won Head of Household- and I am happy about that.  Wanted him to win from the beginning but was disappointed when he hooked up with Amanda. Thought she was kinda funny in the beginning but got tired of her real fast.  How could he not get tired of her too?  There was some indication that he was embarrassed by some of her behavior though.

So--it was 111 degrees today, been a long summer with family health problems, and financial the ambiguity that goes along with that.  But it's September now, school has started and I'm looking forward to Survivor, and Person of Interest, and other TV favorites and cooler weather and better days for all of us.