Grrr. They are selling the house next door to ours and these stupid people keep walking up our driveway to check it out. I wondered if they were having a convention around our car and walked outside and they started asking me questions about whether you could hear the traffic inside the house next door etc. etc. Um...I don't work here, I live here. I live here and not there and if you have questions ask your friendly neighbourhood agent who gets paid to put up with this shit. Plus, if you feel no qualms about trespassing to look at a house - why don't you use the driveway of the house you want to buy? You wouldn't have to crane your neck over a high fence, I wouldn't have to shoo you away and we'd all be happy.

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I love some things about the summer TV schedule even though most people think this is the time the good shows disappear.

1) TV sitcoms make a comeback. Last year it was That 70s Show five days a week, this year it's How I Met Your Mother starting from the very beginning again. Suit up! (Wow...they look so YOUNG they have baby fat on their faces still...well, two of them do). Granted, this year, we haven't had a sitcom drought like the past couple. Channel Nine seems to play Two and a Half Men every hour on the hour because it's their one trick that works. I get so confused by the schedule - especially when they play three episodes back to back and the kid grows then shrinks and grows again. Play it in order damn it!
2) Fringe is back. Joshua Jackson wheeee!
3) Home and Away is off my TV screen! YAY!

What??? Fringe has been pulled for The Mentalist tonight???

Buh-Boh.

No Josh...dangit. I hope this doesn't mean it's going to get bumped to late night viewing.

PS - Going to see Strassman and Teddy Bear tomorrow!!! Squeeee! So excited!

TV I'm trying while fandomless:

Carnivale, Fringe, True Blood, HIMYM, Rush and Deadwood.

This is what I am watching via DL anyway. I think every single one is a different genre. Huh.

I've heard good things about Mad Men but have yet to watch it. Thoughts? Is it just good and well made or is it my thing?

Why aren't I watching season three of Dexter? I like watching Dexter on DVD in one or two shots. It's one of the few shows you can do that without noticing too many continuity errors (or at all) and it's fun (even though the credits get really annoying that way).

( Super short HIMYM premiere thoughts )

I haven't started watching Carnivale yet even though I have several episodes because, since it's already over, I figured I'd wait until I had them all in case I liked it and wanted to watch the next one NOW. I've heard very good things.

True Blood is the slowest download ever and I'm only downloading because it's a vampire series based on a series of books. I haven't read the Sookie Stackhouse books but I'm hoping it means there's slightly more plot and direction than the average vampire show. Do I kid myself? We'll see. I'm open to trying vampire shows.

( Fringe thoughts. )

( RUSH thoughts. )

Are there any new shows I should be watching?

Watching Fringe and just had to say something. Great intro to Joshua's character (sounds like an awesome super intelligent jackass, my kind of poison). When he came on the screen after his introduction my reaction was: *pants* yeeeeh gahhhhds, rrrowwrr, eyes so blue!! And other less intelligent things (oh yes, I sink lower).

I missed that face and I'm so glad I got to see it on a show like this rather than having to sit through Grey's Anatomy.

( Only mild spoilers which you'd already know if you've even heard of the show. Mostly vague thoughts. )