Kill Me Now...

There are a bunch of TV shows that I watch on DVD only -- meaning that I wait until they are out on DVD, and then I rent or borrow them. There are a myriad of reasons why I do this. With the episodes on DVD, you don't have to watch commercial breaks... If there is a cliffhanger, you don't have to wait for a month to see the next episode... Plus, I can watch TV shows that come on channels that I don't get (like Six Feet Under and The Sopranos, which are on HBO).

And I miss a lot of shows, because I never watch shows in real-time and they might be up against another show that I need to record. For instance, I was debating about watching The Office this season, but it is up against Smallville, which is Heimlich's favorite show.

And then there are plenty of shows (like Firefly), which I never watched when they were being broadcast, because I didn't know about them, or they didn't sound interesting at the time.

Consequently, I am WAAAAY behind the curve with a bunch of shows. I finally was able to start watching Season 6 of The Sopranos on DVD. In one of the first episodes of the season, Tony Soprano (the main character) gets shot and falls into a coma. And while he is in the hospital, the doctors tell his wife that he can probably hear them, so they should keep talking to him and play his favorite CDs for him.

That that point, Heimlich and I shared a little chuckle... Because I can't think of many things more horrifying than being forced to listen to music that Heimlich picks out for me, and not being able to communicate that I HATE HATE HATE Sting and all of his crappy music -- and that his very existence is like an insult to me.

If I'm stuck in a coma, I'm going to want to hear Zeppelin, Floyd, and the Stones. But, of course, I don't really listen to CDs, so my pitiful collection wouldn't help anyone figure out what I listen to. And I don't think that anyone would be able to figure out the MP3 player I use now. And Heimlich thinks that all of my music just sounds like untalented jerk-offs wailing away on guitars (which I can't really argue with)...