Does watching TV count as an interest?

May 27, 2009 at 6:32 pm | In Life, Television | Leave a Comment
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I have been updating my CV.  According to “experts” employers just LOVE to see your hobbies and interests.  I have two genuine interests to place on a CV: yoga and creative writing.  I feel like I need a third in order to create balance. 

I used to put “going to the theatre” down on my CV.  I don’t feel like I can do this anymore.  I am at the theatre more than ever before, but that’s for work.  Although I see tons of plays, only rarely to I get to see a production in a non-professional capacity.  It doesn’t seem right to use the theatre as an interest anymore.

I have been wracking my brain for a genuine interest to put as my third.  I want a genuine interest in case I am asked about it in interviews.  I don’t want to be forced to lie.  In the end, I realized that the thing I do the most and what I really enjoy is watching TV.

I love TV as you probably can tell by this blog.  I think about TV and my favorite shows a lot.  The characters of Lost, Gossip Girl and Mad Men mean nearly as much to me as my best friends and family. 

I bawled my eyes out when Juliet fell down the hole.  I desperately hate the actor Patrick Fischler (Jimmy Barrett from Mad Men and Phil from Lost).  He might be a nice guy, but I want to spit at him…twice.  Once for what Jimmy did to Betty and once for Phil hitting Juliet.  Last night I dreamt I was a new character on Gossip Girl.  It’s been a long time since I woke up feeling that happy.

The thing is, you can’t put “watching TV” down on your CV.  It makes you seem really lazy.  While it’s okay to put “attending the theatre” because that sounds classy; “watching TV” makes you sound like a bit of a loser. 

It’s horrible unfair. Fundamentally, the theatre and television provide the same entertainment principle.  They are both a method of story-telling.  While I have seen some awe-inspiring performances on the stage, nothing can touch my heart more than a well-acted and written television show.  Likewise, although there is plenty of crap TV shows (Big Brother, anything off of BBC3 and all things with Chris Tarrant) there is a lot of crap theatre (things at the Royal Court, for example).  My point being, TV should get more respect in the spectrum of the arts than in does, and it should be okay to admit to watching TV on your job application.

Has The Apprentice jumped the shark? Yes!

May 20, 2009 at 5:20 pm | In Television | Leave a Comment

I have violent thoughts every time I watch it.  I was momentarily happy when Phillip was fired, but then remembered that Ben and Deborah were still on it and they are even worse.  I only watch it now out of a sense of duty; like it’s a job that I have to see finished.  I don’t enjoy it.

Simon Schama: my new BFF?

May 20, 2009 at 5:14 pm | In Celebrities, Life, Television | Leave a Comment

Okay, I admit have yet to meet Simon Schama, but he has definitely jumped to the top of my celebrities-I-want-to-be-friends with list.  So far, this list also includes Jarvis Cocker. 

Now Simon Schama is a brilliant television presenter and knows tons about art and history, but why do I want to be his friend?  It all steams from an interview he gave in this week’s Radio Times.  In the interview he is discussing his latest show for BBC4 on John Donne.  John Donne is one of the few poets that I actually like, and Schama apparently adores him, so this was a positive start.

Then Schama revealed his was asked to participate in Strictly Come Dancing and seriously considered it but declined because it was too much of a time commitment.  He also said that he would love to learn the tango.  I love Strictly Come Dancing and would like to be a celebrity simple so I could appear on the show.  Additionally, the dance I most want to learn is the tango.

Finally, the clincher in securing Simon Schama as my new celebrity BFF is the fact that he can’t do sudoku.  I can’t either!  I always thought of myself as a bit of a dunce because of it, but I feel so much better knowing that someone as mega-smart as Simon Schama can’t do them either.

I think this could be the basis of a beautiful friendship.  There is so much we could do together: he could tell me important stuff about history and art and John Donne, we could have tango lessons and not do sudoku.  Oh, what larks!

A Girl’s Guide to the 21st Century: Tip 6

May 6, 2009 at 6:01 pm | In A Girl's Guide to Life in the 21st Century, Fashion | Leave a Comment

Leggings are not pants!!!

This verdict comes from no lesser a source than Ms. Blair Waldorf, and no one effs with B.

Serious, why put yourself through the fashion mistake of wearing leggings as trousers?  No one looks good in leggings.  Even supermodels look a bit fat wearing them; mere mortals simply look ridiculous.

If you insist on wearing leggings, you can get away with them if you wear a pair under a mini-dress or a very long t-shirt.  The key is to have your top covered until at least the point of your mid-thigh.  Anything shorter is an outrage.

REMEMBER: Tights heighten every body flaw you have and you can see your underpants through them, so make sure you are well covered.

Doubly REMEMBER: Do not be like the girl I saw on the bus today: she was wearing TIGHTS with a t-shirt that stopped at her waist.  You could tell she was wearing flowery underwear.  I felt nauseous.

UNDERWEAR ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT = NASTY!

High School Sucks

May 6, 2009 at 5:37 pm | In Life | Leave a Comment
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I had a horrible dream last night.  I dreamt I was back in high school and looking for a prom date.  When I asked someone, I found out that everyone had already arranged who they were going with via facebook, and so there was no one left to be my date.

I was so happy and relieved to wake up and realise I was in my twenties, I was married and I would not have to worry about going to the prom or high school ever again. Yeah!

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