J. Random Friday Five and a Meme!

1. How much TV do you watch?

About two hours a week, if I'm lucky.

2. What is your favorite type of programming?

Mahou bishoujo anime.

3. What is your favorite TV show?

Of all time? I'm ashamed to admit that it's either Space: 1999 or James Burke's Connections. I grew up in that awkward era after Star Trek had been cancelled but before Battlestar Galactica hit the screens. Space: 1999 was compelling SFnal TV: people died of vacuum exposure and shuttlecraft weren't just airplanes in space. Connections, on the other hand, showed me why both science and history were fun and exciting, and it was possible to be compelling at both.

Right now? I'm, uh, between shows.

4. Do you watch a TV show from beginning to end, or are you a flipper?

Once I've settled on a TV show I like, I'll watch it all the way through.

5. Could you give up TV for a month?

Oh, easily. I frequently have.

( The 'nobody else has' meme. )

Cute t-shirts and silly pictures

Well, Kouryou-chan and I played a rollicking game of backgammon, and I listened to Yamaarashi-chan read about twenty minutes of The Wind In The Willows. It was above her reading level but not by much and I think we're going to ratchet it down to Shel Silverstein and the Frog and Toad series. It was quite amazing listening to her, and looking through the homework she's brought home her reading and writing skills are really good! Like I said, my biggest fear is halfway through third grade they're going to run out of things to teach her and she'll be bored with the rest of school. That can be devastating to a bright kid.

The kids, Kouryou-chan especially, love playing with the digital camera, which I don't mind because, hey, it's not like it's costing us any film. The new kernel upgrade did the trick and my laptop no longer crashes when transferring files from the camera. But... ( Why Kouryou-chan should not be given the camera. )

And Kouryou-chan's new t-shirt came in. I was a little apprehensive about using the kid as a billboard, but she thinks its great and appreciates that this is something really important to her parents.( Mommy wants... )