So it begins... my media love affair.

I'm not going to lie- I'm not a "TV watcher". I'm already batting out of my league. I have come to terms with this, and I've tried to think of specific reasons for my apparent distaste with watching television. Perhaps it is because I can barely sit still and devote a block of time to staring into the flashing box on the wall without doing something, anything, else... knitting? Doing a crossword? It's nearly impossible for me (and that I can manage to sit through a film at the cinema is beside the point!). Maybe it is because I've long had a love affair with music, and that I've attached myself in so close a way that demolished any chances television and I would have had. "Sorry, but I'm seeing someone else..."

In all actuality, it's probably because I play too much World of Warcraft. Oops!

Regardless, to be a true critic of the media is to be well-rounded, and requires attention on all fronts- music, books, games, and of course, television. I am hoping that this class will help me to build an appreciation for the art of the TV show, as well as the ability to distinguish the good from the bad in a meaningful way.

Alas! Where to begin but by stating what television I do occasionally watch.

Okay, so I watch this a lot... Grey's Anatomy, programming on the Discovery/other learning Channels, Project Runway, Family Guy, whatever is on the Adult Swim lineup
Guilty Pleasures... World's Strictest Parents, Dog the Bounty Hunter, America's Next Top Model, Real Housewives of (insert affluent city here)
Really? That's actually on TV? o_O... most everything MTV produces (The Hills, anyone?), Two and a Half Men, VH1's half-a**ed attempts at getting washed up stars their chance at "Love"
At home I'm forced to watch... HGTV/TLC decorating shows, Cake Boss, Ace of Cakes, Food Network
I've been excluded from conversations for not watching these shows... 30 Rock (haha!), The Office, Breaking Bad, Weeds, Nip/Tuck, Heroes, Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, Mad Men, and every other show worth its salt produced in the last 10 years

Dear Television,
I solemnly swear that for the next 5 weeks I am yours to have and to hold, to sit by the light of your glowing face and rejoice in the wonder that is in your pixels, or your plasma, or what have you... after that I make no guarantees.
Love,
Sarah