Fall Television

It has been awhile since I've posted anything here, but it's finally that time of year again. The time for our beloved shows to return with brand new episodes and new shows attempt to gain our attention and garner an audience. Yesterday, "Parks & Recreation" returned, just one of many shows that I watch. A few shows, though none of my real favorites, have already begun.

"Revolution," a new show on NBC has proven to be better than I expected. Getting into a show is tough, though some pilots hook you right away. This show is for anyone who is a fan of "Heroes" because it feels like a cross between that and "Lost." It will hopefully continue to hold my attention and keep being exciting. If it doesn't do those things it will fall into the hole that "Heroes" did, but much much sooner.

Maybe I'm just biased to NBC, but most of the shows that I watch are on this network. Community, 30 Rock, The Voice, Parks & Rec, The Office, Revolution, Go On (another new show that has surprised me for the time being), and Parenthood. That last one has been a guilty pleasure for awhile and I don't know why I like the show. It's just a good show. Then there's Modern Family, the one show I watch on ABC and New Girl and Fringe on FOX for the network shows I watch. Finally there's American Horror Story and Wilfred on FX. And my friends wonder why I don't need anymore shows to watch...

Of the five comedies on NBC that I watch, two are having their final seasons this year (30 Rock and The Office) and two others need to have incredible viewership, and fans ready to fight for them, if they want to stay on the air (Community and Parks & Rec). The two endangered of being cancelled are two of the funniest shows on TV currently. I honestly cannot think of more smartly written sitcoms nowadays. They both have been falling into the rut that Arrested Development had, they are almost too smart for the "common viewer." However as Arrested Development is gaining more attention again I think people are beginning to watch Community and Parks & Rec the same way, if not these two shows are getting a similar viewership.

As shows start up again, so does my quoting and referencing. Parks & Rec had some gems last night and I can't wait to use them to see who really follows these shows too. I can't wait to see what surprises come from these different shows and how the new ones change over the course of the season.

Leaving the Country

I love traveling outside of the United States. Being surrounded by a different culture and experiencing as many new things as I can. And so begins my trip down under. I'll be traveling to Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Uluru, Auckland, Cairns, and Yungaburra.

I've been excited for this trip since I was accepted to study abroad in the rain forests of New Zealand and Australia. I'll be traveling all over Australia for two weeks with my parents and from there will meet up with my study abroad group where we'll be living in the rainforest for a month.

Today we're flying out of Milwaukee to Chicago, a very short flight, we didn't even reach cruising altitude before we had to descend again. From Chicago to LAX 3.5 hours and from LAX to Melbourne, a whopping 14.5-15 hours. I'll be keeping this as updated as much as I can, but due to possibly lacking the internet at times I might find that hard to do.

I'm starting in the south (Melbourne) where it will be the coldest I'll be experiencing (hopefully). I'll be going to see penguins in their natural habitat on one tour and going on many other tours and awesome experiences that I'll be taking pictures of and sharing here (if possible) and on Facebook.

I started this on the plane to LAX and am finishing it in the airport...on my phone. Waiting for three hours to board a ginormous airbus.

Leaving at 11:30 pm US time I'll be missing out almost entirely on May 27th which is pretty cool I think. It'll be like I'm time traveling (hello LOST) and then gaining that day back by experiencing a day, July 11th, basically twice. I'll be even more confused as to what day it is than I am normally during the summer. I'm excited for that and the only reason I can come up with is the fact that I'll feel like I'm in Back to the Future or something, but instead of traveling back multiple years, I'll be "traveling" one day. Oh well.

As I said before I'll have intermittent Internet access while down under, mostly when we take trips into the nearby town and I'm going to update this as much as possible. I may even be able to Skype for a short time. If you want to you should be able to search for me by name. Otherwise try minicoop1227. Until next time, from Australia, have a good Memorial Day weekend!

Taken from the plane to LAX