No, I'm not dead. I just haven't been terribly inspired to blog lately. This is, perhaps, because absolutely nothing is going on in my life outside of work and knitting. And since I blog about my knitting here, my urge to blog has been sated. Yes, there is a hugely thriving world of knit-bloggers out there. And I am among their ranks now, for the past month.
But I didn't want to leave you all lonely and without the wise words of the Jon Blog for more than absolutely necessary, so I figured I'd type something here for you, gentle reader.
And I don't want to talk about Iraq or about George Bush or John Kerry, so I figured I'd blog about my boyfriend. He's Miranda's boyfriend, too. And I hear that Jeff has been dabbling with him a little bit, too, and he pissed Mike off the other day, too. Gosh, we all have the same boyfriend? Who could it be?
That's right, I'm talking about TiVo.
Now there are things I love about him, but there are a few things I hate about him, too. There are lots of things that I love about TiVo, such as fast forwarding over the ads, rewinding back when it's that Gap ad with the really hot guy, or the really cute guys in the stupid Old Navy commercial with Morgan Fairchild, and stuff like that. And sometimes TiVo even makes a smart choice on my list of "Suggested Shows."
But right now, I feel more compelled to write about something I hate about him. Granted, it's not his fault that there are two shows I love which are now, regretably, airing at the same time. Yes, I'm talking about "Scrubs" and "It's All Relative." One features a fabulous gay couple and the disarmingly cute Christopher Seiber, and one doesn't really feature any openly gay characters but does occasionally have cute actors like Zach Braff take their shirts off. And I'm getting this irrational crush on ZB, even though I have a very firm personal rule against dating actors.
Why the rule? Well, there are a few distinct reasons behind it.
#1: I have known actors. I have dated actors. What is a gay male actor's favorite thing? I will tell you: it is the sound of his own voice. He will talk and talk and talk and talk. I know very few actors with whom I can get a word in edgewise.
#2: If he's a good actor, then how can you ever be sure that he's telling you what he's really feeling? Granted, part of this has to do with my own security, but you never really get to see the Playbill for real life, so I always wonder if the credit says, "Appearing as himself, Your Boyfriend." Or does it say, "At this evening's performance of your life, the role of your boyfriend will be played by This Guy..." Know what I mean?
#3: If he's not a good actor, well, then, let's just not go there.
Oh, if only TiVo could get two shows at once. Or if the network execs would flip one of these shows to another time which is still open in my primetime viewing schedule. Ah, to dream...
Posted by Jon at April 7, 2004 12:25 AM | TrackBackI echo your comments about TiVO and I suspect that future generations of the technology will be able to record two shows that air at the same time. This seems to be the biggest flaw in the technology thus far and I can't believe that the happy little TiVO scientists aren't busting their asses to figure it out.
As for your comments on actors...OUCH. Seriously, don't paint us all with that same brush. There are ego-centric practioners of every profession.
Posted by: Jere at April 7, 2004 12:26 PM