30 Day TV Meme

Day 01 - A show that should never have been canceled
Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this TV season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show

Day 14 - Favorite male character
I've been stuck on this. It turns out that a lot of male characters I thought I really liked, I only liked when they were half of a relationship I was shipping. Like, I like Merlin+Arthur infinitely more than I just like Merlin on his own or with anyone else.
I think, stripped of any main relationship with anyone, my favourite character might be Sokka from Avatar: The Last Airbender. I love his story arc - going from a brash, sexist, kind of incompetent bro-dude into an excellent strategist with so much respect for everything around him. I love that he wasn't a bender and he didn't let that kill his sense of self-worth. I love how he's always flat out hilarious.

Day 15 - Favorite female character
Right now tied somewhere between Agent Dana Scully from The X-Files and Joan Watson from Elementary. Joan's still got some way to go in the show, and I didn't watch the final two seasons of The X-Files so there might have been some character assassination going on, but I really love the idea of the kick ass woman who knows who she is and what she wants and will take bullshit from no one, but actually does end up having an open enough mind to take on new ideas and new perspectives. Women who are caring and nurturing and feminine as well as strong.

Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
I don't really have a guilty pleasure? Like, when I like something, I just.. like it. I don't feel bad about it, generally. Though, there are a number of reality shows that I do enjoy that I feel a little bit iffy about because I feel like the people are being exploited or that the show is too scripted or whatever. Case in point: The Biggest Loser - show makes me cry something crazy, but at the moment the Australian version of the show has child/parent pairings and the ads showed the child saying 'I'm sick of being bullied at school, so I am going to change it.' ERR. How is being on The Biggest Loser going to stop you from being bullied at school? IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE. Or... Auction Hunters. I don't believe half of what they find is real. And I'm upset that Man vs Wild isn't as one-on-one as I expected. It's more like, Man + Entire Film Crew + All The Fixings vs Wild.

Day 17 - Favorite mini series
I don't think I've watched very many mini series, tbh. I always enjoy the Australian made ones when they do them. Ones about our politicians and such that I wouldn't see otherwise.

ALSO: I was still thinking about 'my favourite scene' question and just remembered when Blaine Anderson first appeared on Glee and sang 'Teenage Dream' with the Warblers. GAME CHANGING. AMAZING. PEAKED AND WENT DOWNHILL FROM THERE.

( day 18-30 )

randomosity

- I hid a few RL people from my FB newsfeed and I feel much less rage in the mornings when I check my FB. There's only so much stupidity, racism, classism and sexism I can handle with my breakfast.

- I have an issue with my Tumblr where I follow some extremely talented fanartists but their text posts and tags are just full of snobbery, hate and entitlement and I haven't worked out how to deal with that yet.

- I feel like I'm obligated to watch Game of Thrones even though it's pretty much just a whole heap of Crap Stuff that happen to Unsympathetic People now, or Game of Jerks. I can't remember the last time any character was happy. And there are A LOT of characters. I honestly don't think I'd be at all upset if any of them died.

- Unlike Spartacus where I'm guaranteed to cry buckets from here on out.

- The 30 Day TV Meme has made me think a lot about the TV I've consumed over the years. I was thinking about shows with Asian characters in them in my childhood and I could come up with two: Captain Planet, and the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. (a little later on there would be Ghostwriter, but I was a bit older by then). I remember wishing that Wheeler (the North American Fire guy) and Linka (the Eastern European Wind girl) would hook up - and I think they did, and thinking about it now, it's obvious that they were the only two who could hook up because they were the only two white people. And that went with Power Rangers too.. Kimberley the Pink Ranger ended up with Tommy the Green/White Ranger because black/Asian people never get romances. And it never ever occurred to me to think otherwise as a kid.

I really hope that changes as Liam grows up because I really do not want him to completely reject the fact that he is as much Vietnamese as he is white. I really want him to think that it's cool to be Vietnamese. Haha maybe he'll be into martial arts and drifting and I won't have to care :p

- We've had a lovely Easter - Adam took Liam camping overnight and I got a lot of sleep and managed to see my family and all my friends which is pretty much unheard of for me. Liam helped me decorate some Easter baskets for the family, and I filled them with eggs, when I woke up in the morning, all the eggs were mysteriously in Liam's basket. I WONDER HOW THAT HAPPENED.

- I really need to reorganise my wardrobe. Maybe I could do a 'should I keep / throwaway' photo set.