Inspirations from cheese in a can. joey, kelly and danny.

I’m not a good sleeper in the best of times.  It’s hard to fall asleep (okay, except in front of decent television, I’m getting to that), and when I do, it doesn’t take much to awaken me.  All of this is magnified with this pregnancy.  I remember a little insomnia and annoying night-time wakefulness when Danny was a tenant, but not like this.  Anyway, over the years, I’ve learned to deal with this by finding just the right television shows.  They have to interest me, and they can’t suck completely.  Most of the shows that Joey likes are disqualified, much to his chagrin.  So, when it’s getting late (like 8 pm) and it’s time to lull myself to sleep, we have to find a show that fits my qualifications, which usually means that though I picked it, Joey is going to watch it, and I’m going to sleep through it.  Oh, man, I would hate being married to me.  So I have those usual shows that I try to keep hoarded (right now, let’s see….Amazing Race, House, The Biggest Loser, Top Chef, Survivor, The Office, stuff like that).

And, I have another layer of sleep-inducing programming.  That’s my 3 AM-ARE-YOU-SERIOUS-WHY-AM-I-AWAKE? show.  I try to find older shows that I can pile up on the Tivo.  It’s been CSI New York (and Miami), Intervention (sometimes the needles and vomiting would get to me, though), Law and Order, and lots of others, but I can’t remember what now.  Right now, my 3AAYSWAIA? show is Arrested Development.  I watch it on Hulu.  Last week when we had six houseguests, I had to give up my gestational bed (my sofa corner…I’m here 24/7).  We have no TV in our bedroom.  DANGER, WILL ROBINSON.  My hot-stuff geek husband hooked me up, though, and I watched from his ginormous laptop in the bed.  I wouldn’t have given Hulu a shot (me and Tivo are BFFs and I didn’t want to cheat), but the circumstances converged, and now I’m a believer.  So instead of having to obsessively hoarde shows on the Tivo (I will, still, just not obsessively), now I can just find older shows on Hulu and watch them.  Or sleep through them, whatever.

Yes, so, as I was saying, Arrested Development.  It’s pretty good….here are some of its selling points:  Jason Bateman stars.  Opie narrates (and executive produces, whatever that means).  It’s ridiculous.  And it’s good enough to sleep to.  How’s that for a glowing endorsement?  Last night (this morning?) as I was sleep-watching Season 1, Episode 6(ish) for the third or fourth time, I was struck by this enlightening advice:  “You take that brownish area by its points and don’t let go.”  And that’s the wisdom I’ll leave you with today.  Thanks for stopping by.