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Continuing The Monotony

by State School Elitist

If anyone was expecting some witty prose on a specific topic, then they came to the wrong place. When it comes to something like a television blog, not watching television tends to limit ones scope of material, and that is exactly what we have done. Not intentionally, of course. We would love to have some choice entertainment on weeknights. But the bottom line is there just isn’t much worth tuning in to.

As for current, viewable television, we’ve got one more episode of Friday Night Lights before the writers strike effect kicks in, and five more episodes of The Wire until the greatest television drama ever concludes. Other than that, we at least have a new season of Survivor kicking off tomorrow night, which we’ll preview over the course of the day tomorrow. But for the time being, expect more nonsense like frivolous links and strike updates, because we are plum out of ideas.

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These are your new castaways for tomorrow’s premiere. Certainly a heightened emphasis on eye candy. Always a good moment for the folks.

Like, for example, we caught about four minutes of Nip Tuck last night during breaks from super Tuesday coverage. If you want an update, Christian is now screwing some socialites to persuade them to become clients and Sean is still infatuated with Eden. Meanwhile, pigs still aren’t flying and water is still wet. Man, I haven’t felt this liberated since that time I slashed my neighbors tires for screwing his girlfriend on the hood of my car. Wait, what?

Teri Hatcher won a $2 million dollar lawsuit against some makeup company. Not that this is relevant to anything ever discussed on this site, but this is just a great day for the little guy. Its not everyday a rich, famous actress can stick it to the corrupt makeup conglomerate. Seriously good news for anyone whose ever been asked to be a spokesperson.

Here’s the new “bachelor” for ABC’s fledgling reality series. We don’t like throwing this term around because it seems overused and applied to any male who demonstrates even a semblance of self-confidence nowadays…but this guy is a total douche. Like, Douchy Mcdouchenson might be his legal nickname. Whatever, we’re certain the female contestants vapid, self-centered materialism will rival his douchosity.

GoDaddy experienced a spike in website hits after the “Too hot for TV” Superbowl ads. Shocking, I know. Sex appeal increasing consumer intrigue, its like this country is no longer hanging witches. But really we expect Danica Patrick was referring to her race car’s engine and she was incapable of doing any mechanical work on it. Did anyone of you people watch it? We refused to visit the site because we have an acute disdain for this broad. She seems like a cool dame, but talk about unwarranted celebrity. Man, at least Anna Kournikova was actually, bona fide hot.

As you can tell, we’re over-extended and desperate for material, so consider this a plea for tips. If you discover anything newsworthy in the industry, feel free to send it our way. Otherwise, expect a Survivor preview tomorrow.

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