default topics

since i am new to the blog - which by the way, i may call "journal" because i feel less pressure when i do so - i feel like i need to tell you, my imaginary readership, that when i am uninspired, i will have default topics. they are: my kids and tv. regarding the kids, i hope this doesn't conjure up images of kathy lee gifford (from the old regis and kathy lee) going on about her precious cody (yes, i know this ages me). but don't worry - my kids aren't nearly that precious.
and to keep you up to speed, i should tell you that i have two kids, amelia, almost 10, and mac, almost 7, both of whom watch a good bit of tv. alot of parents today will try and convince you that the tv is bad for your kids. of course, these are the same parents who are shuffling their 3-year-old to soccer and scheduling back-to-back playdates. when i was a kid, playdates were called ronnie-and-glenda-getting-together-smoking-and-drinking-coffee and me and chris, my playdate, were told essentially to get lost. we could have watched as much tv as we wanted, but after an episode of flintstones and an andy griffith, we grew bored with tv.
nowadays, my kids are watching spongebob and icarly. i have cut back to about 4 episodes of law & order per week - down from about 3 a night. i can watch the svu one if there isn't a regular sam watterson episode available, but i cannot watch the criminal intent series primarily because the main guy is just too smart for me. he always knows the real story and the girl on the show, god love her, never figures anything out. i just can't be asked to believe that she would not have been fired in real life by now. i have scaled back the law & orders to allow room for more scrubs. and speaking of medical shows, i saw a preview last night for ER (i did feel i had to use caps here despite my distaste for them). i cannot believe this show is still on. i thought for sure a bomb would have exploded in that place during a quarantine for a leprosy outbreak and killed everyone except noah wylie, who would have to perform his own brain surgery to save himself. frankly, as shallow as it might sound, i lost interest in the show not long after george clooney left. so i have covered my tv preference and my kids. i am not sure how much more material i have.