Stuff I am watching on TV

I’ve gone awhile without updating for no particular reason.  Things are good.  I visited Monterey. I saw “Star Trek.” I went to bars and paid too much for cocktails. I rode my bike some more.  I celebrated my birthday with a night of karaoke followed by a day of Disney characters, and I actually felt really good about turning a year older for a change.  Usually on my birthday, I tend to feel a little panicky about all I have not achieved yet at my ever-advancing age, and this year, I just felt like I still have a lot to look forward to and that I am on the right track.

So, here’s what I’ve been watching on TV now that it’s summer and there’s no more Lost in my life:

Dexter - I just started watching this show and I am really enjoying it.  One of the reasons I decided to check it out is my mom’s recommendation (although I don’t think she’s as picky about television as I am because she raves about Cold Case).  The other reason I decided to check it out is Julie Benz, and on this show, Darla she is not.  But she’s really talented and though it seems cliche to say this, I honestly feel like she’s like a breath of fresh air. There’s something very pure and refreshing about her.  Michael C. Hall is also absolutely fantastic and, like, really attractive.  Dexter doesn’t seem like a bad guy to date, right?  Maybe not…

I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here - I tuned into the first episode out of some morbid curiosity and found it terrible and vowed I’d never watch it again.  I tuned into the second episode and witnessed Stephen Baldwin baptizing Spencer Pratt and felt like it may not be so terrible, if only because it will give Joel McHale good fodder for The Soup.  However, it’s on every night.  Even I, an ardent Big Brother fan, cannot commit to watching a crappy television show every single night of the week. I feel like the fact that this show may have sucked me in is some mean sentence for some past life misdeeds. It’s also quite likely making me stupider.

So You Think You Can Dance – This is the antidote for all bad reality TV, as it is just awesome.

The Hills – I actually watched the Speidi Wedding Special (I know), and Brody commented that he hoped Spencer and Heidi’s children have “creepy, flesh-colored beards.”  Funny, Brody! Incidentally, why was Justin Bobby at this wedding?  And Stacie (the Bartender)? I think that Lauren Conrad actually seems like a nice girl and that it’s good for her career and life that she has extricated herself from this absurdity.  I don’t know if I can deal with watching a season sans Lauren of Kristin Cavallari and Audrina making no eye contact with anyone, ever.

Any recommendations for me?  Beyond Dexter, I’m really starved for quality.