End of Summer

August used to be a significant month for me for one main reason: school supplies. There is nothing better than fresh notebooks, pens that are really inky, crisp folders. School supplies are at their best when they aren't messed up by actual....school. We used to take a trip to Minnesota at the end of the summer where we would spend a morning at Target gobbling up their supplies. Markers for 59 cents? Three packs, please. Around this time every year I get the itch to take that trip, but now the end of August signifies something different. Something very important. The beginning of new TV. It's the Fall Lineup Folks!

I don't know about you, but here is how I work it. I print out the schedule for each of the major networks (I include The CW--because you never know what guilty pleasure you might miss if you don't) and highlight shows that sound interesting. Then I create a grid, which used to be on a piece of notebook paper, but now has upgraded to a spreadsheet on excel where I plan out the nightly schedule.* Thanks to the beauty of DVR, I have two slots open for every 30 minute block. At the beginning of the season, every slot is filled, but I quickly weed out the shows that are A. bad or uninteresting or B. sit in my DVR for longer than a week unwatched. So, there you go. One of the few reasons I say good riddance to summer. Bring on the TV!



* Add this to the 2,540 reasons I don't have a boyfriend.