massive amounts of television

There isn't much to do at my parents' house.
I have spent much of the past few days (the time that I was not locked out of the house because the 'rents forgot to tell me that they changed the passcode for the garage door opener) watching TV & movies and ripping CDs so I can put them on my new toy.
Some thoughts:

Watching Kinsey with one's mother is a bit awkward. It's all about sex. The other netflixed movie my parents had was Bad Education. I think I made the better choice. Besides, I have already seen Bad Education.

The Real World: Austin is boring.

My mother's love of The West Wing is a bit frightening. She has seen ever episode of the show multiple multiple times & continues to watch it every time Bravo shows it. My mother's favorite TV station is Bravo: The West Wing, Queer Eye, Inside the Actor's Studio.

Gilmore Girls in syndication makes me very happy.

The Daily Show is funnier when I'm not watching it two months after its airdate.

Iron and Wine's cover of The Postal Service's 'Such Great Heights' is featured in an M&Ms commercial. They are everywhere.

And my new favorite show is 30 Days. It was created by Morgan Spurlock, the man behind Supersize Me. The premise of the show is that people spend 30 days stepping outside of their world into a foreign environment. In last night's episode, a Christian man from West Virginia spent 30 days living within the Muslim community of Dearborn, MI. It was fascinating to watch this man learn, to watch people explain their faith. In next week's show, a military veteran moves into the home of a gay man in the Castro district. Quality.