my name is jill, and i watch tv...

Well, I'm back. Let's see... We managed to keep our TV off. And honestly it wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be. I really didn't miss finding out who was the "Next NOT Big Giver," or who was the "Next Celebrity to get Booted for having 3 Left Feet," I really didn't mind not watching all the excess crap that I usually watch. We made time to cook together, we started a Gin Rummy tournament that will hopefully take us till we're 80 to finish, we went to the beach a few times, we even cleaned out a few closets. Things just got done. It feels so great. The main thing I think we accomplished is that we came together like a team and just communicated better. We were able to both speak and the other listen. And we managed to agree that planning a whole evening around what time this show or that show is on is not the way we both want to live. We didn't decide to throw our TV away, but we have decided to cut back, way back.

Now, I have to admit I did have one issue during the week and it was when I knew that American Idol was actually ON, like on Tuesday night at 8:00 pm. During that hour I seemed to be squirming in my seat a little more. I found myself being restless, very distracted and maybe even a little sweaty. Do you think there are meetings out there for people like me? This mostly stemmed from the knowledge that Dolly Parton was on as a guest. How did I not find this out before I made the commitment NOT to watch? What was I thinking? All I could think about during that hour was, is one of them singing my all time favorite Dolly song, and who might be butchering up her classics? This is knowledge I needed to know. But, I stuck true to the commitment with the exception that TL allowed me to TiVo it so I could watch at a later date. Sorry to those of you who are rooting for me to "just turn it off." But sometimes a girls just gotta watch.

The results are in and we already know who was let go, but just to stay true to my long-standing distaste of this girl... Kristy's still gotta go.


Don't you know she's still doing that weird knee thing under that dress...

I guess it doesn't matter much anymore as enough of them have to go to get to the top, so she'll eventually be gone as I know in my heart she won't be the last one standing. (I mean, the knee thing alone should be a reason to vote her out people!) I was pleasantly surprised when one of my favorites, Brooke did sing my all time favorite Dolly song, Jolene. I loved it. (Didn't understand why she was in the bottom 3 at all, but I think that was a curse of performing first.)

My top performance of the night was my favorite male... Yum.

Michael Johns... My pick for this year's winner!

Comments

[Kathy]

Hi, I just found your blog via dooce and I SO agree! American Idol sucks me in every time and Kristy Lee Cook has GOT to go. Who knew she'd stick around this long!?!

[karen]

I'm impressed you managed to go as long as you did without TV...I think J & I would have a hard time doing the same.