Goodbye Parks and Rec!

It's over! So sad. Parks and Rec was always such a silly, uplifting show that always retained a refreshingly positive vibe. I will have to move on to re-watching it on Netflix from the start, and continue making my way through Amy's book which is on my night stand.

I think they did a great job with the last episode. They went out on a high note, without dragging the show on for two or three more awkwardly stretched out seasons. The flash forwards were funny and futuristic, and also such a gift to the fans. Parks never had a huge audience, but the fans were faithful.

So much to watch, not enough time! I have television guilt.

Ever been told by someone that you just have to watch the newest show? Or what about the look of show when you revealed you’ve never watched a single episode of an established hit? (cough cough The Sopranos) I feel this sense of television guilt all the time.

First, because I work in television, most people expect me to be hyper aware of all successful shows, and usually a fair amount of flops as well. And I want to, I try to! But it’s truly impossible. I have a life people! I do things other than watch television! I get sleepy! And what about one’s particular taste, or mood. After a long day at work and an hour or two at the gym, I want to be entertained. I really have to be in the right mood for serious drama that could possible bring on the emotions. I cry easily ie my recent full break down into wracking sobs while watching Cake in theater.

And second, friends and coworkers expect me to watch certain things because they know I am a Serious Feminist Media Scholar. Therefore I should be watching The Good Wife, Agent Carter, and that show with Katherine Heigl where she’s like Olivia Pope but white. I want to watch these but I don’t! Because I’m in my pajamas watching season eight of Friends and I can’t stop.

What I watch

·         Parks and Recreation- Leslie Knope ftw

·         The Mindy Project

·         New Girl- for Winston

·         Great British Baking Show

·         MasterChef: Junior

·         Girls

·         Outlander- currently on hiatus but I love dearly

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Snooki and JWOWW- just ended! I watched them starting with Jersey Shore

Bye girls!

Shows I have abandoned:

·         Scandal- the guilt is strong with that one

·         Revenge -is that still on?

·         Downton Abbey-also strong guilt but terrible things keep happening to good people!

·         How to Get Away with Murder -zero guilt

·         Brooklyn Nine Nine- Oh Andy Samberg you are adorable but no one else watches this show

·         Looking/Silicon Valley- maybe its cuz they are West Coast shows?

Shows I would like to start when I have the time and energy because I’ve been told they are good television:

·         Rectify

·         Black Mirror

·         The Fall

·         The Good Wife

Until then they sit in my Netflix queue taunting me every time I click over them to get