cable tv

now that regular season tv has ended, i have resorted to watching bizarre cable programming while i sit at the spinning wheel. so far, my favorite cable show is probably that jeri hall one on vh1, where she's trying to pick out a boy toy. this is actually a really funny show, b/c jeri makes fun of the idiots who managed to get on (and some of them don't seem to either have a personality or be a babe, so i don't see how they'd be successful boy toys). in the episode i saw, each dude was given L20 (i don't know how to make the pounds symbol, sorry) to buy jeri a present. one dude gave her a book called "the joy of ex" with a picture of jeri and mick jagger. KLASSY! and then they all had dinner, and one guy told jeri he was into pain, "kinky pain" as a matter of fact. this same guy was wearing a fuzzy white messenger style hat. you could just tell jeri wanted to send about four of them away, but alas, it's apparently a one-a-week deal.

another awesome show that i caught was on animal planet--it was called animal precinct, and featured animal control officers rescuing mistreated/malnourished animals, and then the animals get nursed back to health and get adopted (sometimes by the same officer who rescued the animal initially). i am all about happy endings and shows featuring dogs, so this one is a winner.

sadly, sports kids moms and dads (on bravo) is not nearly as entertaining as either of these other shows (or its predecessors on bravo--i was a big fan of showdog moms and dads, but again, that's b/c i like to watch shows about dogs). in the first fifteen minutes, a failed football player stated that he wants his son to live out his dream, and an eight year old cheerleader shook her booty in an altogether un-eight-year-old way. there are a bunch of other kids too--a basketball player, a 16 year old boy figure skater, some teen equestrians, and i think some others, but there are too many to keep track of, and none of them are cute dogs, so i'll be avoiding this one from now on.

thank goodness for tv shows on dvd! pete and pete has really been a godsend!