Hooray for Thursdays

When I was a little kid, Thursday was the day before Friday.
In high school, Thursday was usually the night before a test or quiz.
When I lived away at college, Thursday was Thirty Thursday.
Now, after finishing 2.5 years of school, moving home, finding myself a job- I find that I look forward to Thursdays simply because it's a good TV day.

I've become hopelessly addicted to Grey's Anatomy, fallen in love with Ugly Betty, and ready for another season of Survivor. Let's take a moment to talk about each:

Grey's Anatomy: What a wonderfully entertaining show. A friend of mine criticizes me, saying that it's just unbelievably attractive people with an unrealistically sexy and steamy storyline... but with great camera angles. I don't care that it's filled with so much sex. I don't mind that the men and women of Seattle Grace are so good looking. I understand that, in real life, many would lose their jobs if they pull half the stunts that go on at that hospital. But I love it. This show is my guilty pleasure, the only TV show that I really look forward to every week. It does exactly what it's supposed to, entertain. I love the characters (even the ones I love to hate) and can't wait to see what happens next.

Ugly Betty: Now, the reason I started watching Ugly Betty was because I didn't have cable in my apartment last semester. And you can watch this online. So, to get my TV fix (which really isn't much, considering I watch an average of 5 hours a week...) I began to watch Ugly Betty. At first, I thought it was just a really odd show, something I could never really actually like or care about the characters. But as a I continued to watch it, they all really started to grow on me. It kind of reminds me of older shows where there is always some pleasant lesson at the end, some moral of the story that wraps it all up and leaves you with that warm feeling inside.

Survivor: Now this is a more complicated situation. I was entranced with Survivor at Season One. I tried to stick with it Season Two. And as the seasons kept going, I kept losing interest. I didn't have cable my first year of college. I was more interested in the "Thirsty Thursday" aspect of it in my later semesters (And 8pm is a good time to shower if you want to be ready to start drinking by 9). But my best friend and mother have always been hopelessly addicted to the show. And more so than I enjoy the show, I enjoy watching it with them and talking about the characters, the challenges, what will come next. Tonight starts the beginning of the next season, and I am excited to see what goes on at the next remote location.

SO, yea. Other than all of that, my Thursdays are just like any other day. I schedule my own appointments with my job (I work as a vitamin sales rep) so, sometimes I will work on Sundays or Saturdays and not have anything to do on Mondays. I don't mind, I love my job. It's really laid back and everyone I work with is pretty awesome, as well. No complaints here.

As a person, I try to remain relatively optimistic. And I do a pretty good job, too. One of the reasons people see me as a more mature person is because when something bad happens, I know that good things happen, too. People die, you fail, you fall. Dwelling is never going to stop any of these things. Sure, I get sad. Sometimes I think the sky is falling and my life will never get better- that God hates me and the world is against me. But I do buy into the whole spiel that you only get as much as you can handle. Because, well, otherwise I wouldn't be here. It's really that simple.

My only regrets in life have been that since graduating highschool, I've written significantly less. I was a Writing major in high school, who traded that in to work towards a B.S. in Molecular Biology in college. Yea, quite a change. I'd be really happy doing the science thing, but I know that I am a talented writer, as well. So I'm trying to write more often again. In part, that's why I started this, because just by getting something out everyday, it's better than never writing. It helps "get the juices flowing", I guess.


Oh my, recent update:
Since I've been sitting here typing, I've been talking to a different one of my best friends. A big flyers fan, she has an extra ticket for tonight's game. I love going to sports events. But, haven't I just typed an entire entry about how excited I am for tonight???
Here's what I think I will do: Use the technology that we have available, and record the tv shows. Go to the game. Come home, watch recorded tv. And be merry.

How does all of that sound?