Category Archives: television

For the following reasons I have not yet completed a satisfactory draft of this paper:

-When Husband goes to work he’ll be out of my hair
-This seems like a great morning for a 5 miler
-One more cup of coffee
-One more article, I just need to read one more article.
-What citation style are we supposed to use?
-Those christmas lights aren’t going to hang themselves!
-Did I leave a dress at the drycleaners?
–Sleepy kitten
-I have to go to the grocery store and buy a giant bag of baby carrots. Immediately.
–Save Greendale
-Inbox zero, bitches!
-Hey, the neighbors are home!
-Maybe neo-liberal theory is the best framework for this paper, after all…
-Hey, Charlie’s Angels is on and it’s the one where Farrah has to infiltrate the roller derby team! (aka Angels on Wheels).
-Hey, the other neighbors are home!
-Twitter!
-It’s happy hour somewhere!
-I’d better get coconut flakes in case I make cookies this weekend. I better do this right now.
-When did we get so many neighbors?
-Time to commiserate on facebook with everyone else who isn’t getting enough work done today.
-Hello, Jehova’s Witnesses, I’d love to hear more about the Watchtower!
-If I add coconut flakes to this oatmeal cookie recipe should I reduce the amount of flour? I’m omitting the walnuts. Maybe just reduce the sugar, I did get sweetened coconut flakes. Maybe I shouldn’t have gotten the sweetened ones. Maybe I should go back to the store…
-Hey, Husband’s home and he’s making thai food for dinner! Maybe I’ve done enough homework for one day…

No time for a full episode of Charlie’s Angels? Here’s the 5 minute minisode courtesy of Crackle TV:

(I’ve got the world’s worst 32 page 1st draft done. Worst because, well, it’s badly written. Also because the assignment specifies a length of 15 pages. I can’t even procrastinate properly. Also, badly written. Bad. Bad. Bad).

I wish I was kidding. About any of this. Any of it at all. Or at least exaggerating for comic effect. But I can’t and I’m not.

Scooby Doo: The Mystery Mask Mix-Up

There’s no end to the horrifying ethnic stereotypes in some of the early episodes of Scooby-Doo. And by “early” I mean, “the first 60 or 70 or 80 episodes.”

The combination of cringe-worthy Chinese waiter impersonations and the insane music make season 2’s “The Mystery Mask Mix-Up” a real standout. As you may recall, there was a brief period at the end of the 2nd season where every chase scene was accompanied by a nonsensical pop song. See also: I’m in Love with an Ostrich.

Since I found the chase scene musical interlude for this episode on youtube, I thought I’d share it with you:

I was hunting around for commentary on this episode when I came across a funny website about the first few seasons of the show. This note about “The Mystery Mask Mix-Up” sums up my feelings about this episode perfectly: “The smugglers have to use golden masks and carrier pigeons to communicate with each other?! How expensive is the telephone?”

Happy holidays, everyone. Now quit trying to make polite conversation with your crazy relatives and go watch some TV instead!

Scooby Doo: I’m in Love with an Ostrich

I do a lot of things for you, my loyal readers. Other times, I do things for fun, but I claim I’m doing it for you, just to boost your self-esteem. This is one of those times.

I’ve been watching a lot of Scooby Doo. In the 2nd season, the creators started inserting pop songs into every episode. It’s the nutty lack of relevance to anything happening on screen that makes these songs so hilarious.

In “Jeepers, it’s the Creeper” the gang runs from a big green dude called The Creeper while, for no reason at all, a song about being in love with an ostrich plays.

[youtube video: Scooby Doo, Daydreamin’ (I’m in Love with an Ostrich)]

[link updated 11/13/15]

A whim one evening to watch a few episodes of Scooby Doo turned into a typically ridiculous quest to determine the original chronology of the show and to watch every episode, in order.

I don’t know what’s wrong with me sometimes.

If you don’t find this idea as exciting as I do, go to the store and buy yourself a box of BooBerry or Count Chocula. Eat a bowl or two of cereal and this project will seem like The Best Idea Ever.