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Tag archive for ‘Californication’

Shit My Boyfriend Says

or, A Television-Related Word Association Experiment With the Love of My Life

Here’s a list of every current show I watch, and my boyfriend’s instant reaction to each.

  • 30 Rock “Oh, Tina Fey…” (smiles)
  • American Horror Story ”Thrills me.”
  • Boardwalk Empire “Costumes…”
  • Breaking Bad “Oh, I don’t know.  I don’t know.  Come back to me with that one.”
  • Burn Notice “Never saw it… oh, but that guy is hot.”
  • Californication [...]

2009 Primies: Best Episodes

Aloha, dear TV junkies.  I may be on vacation, but thanks to some coffeshop wi-fi, I’m still able to update this here blog with cinnamon-bun-sticky fingers.  Surely you didn’t think I’d forgotten about honoring the best small-screen moments of 2009!  Listed below are my favorite episodes across the airwaves from all [...]

41 Shows Reviewed in 140 Characters or Less

Rose Byrne in "Damages"

Note: The following post first appeared as an article by the same name in The Climax, Hampshire College’s newspaper. Also, some of these micro-reviews may exceed 140 characters—my bad!

I am a student of television. Writing television scripts is my Division III [a senior project, in Hampshire speak]. So I have no shame in the [...]

The Hierarchy of Obsessiveness

The Hierarchy of Obsessiveness

The following post was originally published on my old blog on February 4, 2009.  Updates to this post are noted below.

Under some pretense of being an organized person (ha!), I keep a very meticulous list of the episodes I have yet to see for all the shows I follow. And I’ve noticed definite trends regarding my [...]