Let's... TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE, please.

So you get to work, the party, your friend/family's house, the conference, school, anywhere where there are people you haven't seen in days, weeks, months years.  You say "hi", try to make small talk, be polite, wish you were home sleeping, stick around and hope there's food.  People love to talk about themselves, so you divert the conversation back to them as much as possible while casually making eye contact with each and every exit, still waiting for the food, and hoping its good.

Eventually you have no choice, you need to start participating in the conversation or the people around you will think there is something wrong with your state of mind (especially not good in work situations where looking around, down, away and walking backwards out of cubicles only works so many times).

The question "so what's new with you" comes up a few times, you casually say one or a variety of "nothing", "same old", describe something great you recently purchased, a new food you tried, how little sleep you got during the last busy week/weekend.  Diverting the conversation again, you find out the new food they tried, the new purchase they made, the indecisiveness going into another purchase, that their cat got out, and future vacation plans.

It comes back again, in hushed tones.  This time much more targeted, unfair, sure to hit you where it hurts topics you have no interest in discussing again because its all that goes through your head outside of that conversation.  Depending on your specific life situation at the time, the first question out of the ballpark is along the lines of "did you buy the ring yet?", "when is he going to propose?", "how's the baby doing?(followed by unwarranted advice)", "still no bf/gf, eh?", "how's the house hunting, its a buyer's market you know", "hear from any schools yet?", "did the lawyer ever call you back?", "how did the weigh in go?", "what happened with that insurance situation?", "HOW IS YOUR JOB SEARCH GOING?". 

Bringing it back to the start, did they not ask "What's new?".  Every waking moment is spent with thoughts running through your head of how to solve the dilemma at hand, how would an answer to any of those questions not be considered "new" and discussed earlier.  If you are going through any sort of similar situation that is considered life changing by any stretch of the word and you have no interest in discussing it with those of whom only have only briefly heard that something is up, I speak for you.  LETS TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE, please!

disclaimer: close friends and family with sincere interest, you talk to them about it frequently, they know your real situation and how you are handling it, are exempt.

Overheard in my life... Taken out of context edition

• "Do you not know that I'm Asian?!" "well, did they say anything yesterday?"
• "Do you think the macaroni is really hollow?" "SOMEONE GIVE ME A BABY"
• "Best Urination Station in the Nation" "The Big Pee at the Big E"
• "Alright ladies, we've got a full house here, and all we need is a flush.... oh you got that poker joke, huh?"
• "Sit back and relax, just don't be in such a rush that you forget to flush"
• "Lo is not the right answer! Cain means Lo!"
• "This is maybe my favorite conversation we've had in 2010 DUH"

The Television Graveyard

Brief hiatus. I'm lame. Hello again.


"Lone Star" was "HUGE" for "My Generation". Too bad none of it lasted.

I have a real heartache for television shows that are cancelled before they had time to mature. This might be because I know someone who is now unemployed due to one such cancellation, or because I was drawn into CW's "Runaway" a few years ago and have no idea what happened to that family after the first 4 episodes. I don't know why but I really do just feel bad.

These particular three cancellations actually do hit a personal note though because before each one aired, I formed an opinion- which I don't normally do about new shows.

Example: "Hellcats"? I should be all over that, but I don't even know when it airs.. and truthfully- I care more about when Maci on "Teen Mom" got all of her tattoos than watching two Disney channel princesses cheer to the death. Apparently its awesome and a guilty pleasure that I would/should really love. I prefer to watch Lauren Graham on "Parenthood" as I pretend she is still,

and forever,

Lorelai.

When I first started to see ads for "Lone Star" I just thought of it as another Fox show to air after "House"- which means I would inadvertently end up watching part of one episode at some point in the time in the season. This struck another chord close to home when friends traveling JetBlue told us that they were able to watch the pilot before it aired... WEEKS before. Hello hype! I was surprised to hear it lasted even two episodes.

"Huge", I just didn't care about at all... and I think that was only because it conflicted with my regularly scheduled TLC offerings of the evening. I do remember making a point though to remember that I didn't care and not to watch an episode in the chance I might actually like it.

"My Generation", I was legit so psyched about. All summer I kept saying "I'm going to watch that!" after a teaser aired. A week before it was set to premiere, I did my loyal research on its website to learn more about the background, etc. I have absolutely no idea why I thought an ABC show like this would be REAL... but being the show's exact target aged audience, I was devastated to learn it was scripted...overly so and full of real actors. I chose not to watch it when I found that out. When a friend posted on fb asking everyone to watch it to save her job- I tuned in. For 6 minutes. Sorry, ABC, but you did this one some justice. And so very sorry, friend.

I just read an article about the 10th anniversary of Gilmore Girls airing. What if they cancelled it due to poor ratings? Apparently the first few episodes WERE met with poor ratings! Trust me, I'm not saying any of these shows are of Gilmore caliber, but I do feel for them.

What are YOU watching this season that is new? Anything? I'm not. I'm sticking with my "same olds" from last season and they take up enough of my time.

I used to be much more "in the know".... but my $10 Entertainment Weekly subscription ran out.