Things I Have Watched Instead of the Project Runway Finale

I have been laid out sick this weekend with the monster disgustoid cold from hell. It took hold of my system sometime around 2 p.m. on Friday, reached peak awfulness Saturday evening, and seems to just now be abating.

Just in time to go back to work. Thanks for that, universe.

So one of the things I did this weekend was watch a great deal of television. I had a number of things built up on my DVR, and this weekend I managed to whittle it down from 72% to 59% full.

I did this without touching the Project Runway finale or the Project Accessory premiere.

Part of it was because I knew that I wasn't capable of thinking clearly enough to write about the Project Runway finale. So I told myself "hey, you don't have to recap it. Maybe you just watch it once through, for the escape of it all, and then you do a 'collected thoughts' post on it once your skull has de-phlegmed itself."

And I'd hesitate with the show title highlighted, knowing the outcome and knowing it wouldn't provide any sort of escape, and then I'd scroll down and pick something else.

So I thought I'd share with you this list of all the things I watched this weekend while I was not watching the Project Runway finale:

· Happy Endings

· Community

· Parks & Recreation

· The Office (in other words, the entire NBC Thursday night lineup, except for Whitney. Take a hint, NBC)

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Last week’s episode of Case Histories from Masterpiece Mystery. The show itself is so-so – the first episode was much better than this one – but the lead actor is magic. He’s like Jon Hamm, but with a British accent, and therefore even slightly sexier.

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The first episode of Whitechapel, which is pretty damn good. And speaking of actors who are magic…Rupert Penry-Jones claims that he’s 7 years older than I am. The man is either a liar or he keeps a picture of himself in his attic.

· Wednesday and Friday’s episodes of One Life To Live. Also the first three or four minutes of Thursday’s episode, but only enough to establish that there was only going to be one storyline involving people I could stand to watch that day (Natalie and Roxy. I normally like Starr and Hope, but Daniella was in the scenes with them, and I refuse to acknowledge Daniella’s existence, and the Ford brothers and anyone involved with the Dead But Maybe Not Gigi storyline is just wrong) and therefore not worth the workout it would give my Fast Forward finger.

Last week’s episode of Boardwalk Empire, which I’d already watched but man, I cannot get enough Richard Harrow.

· Three episodes of Seinfeld, all of which I’d already seen, naturally.

· Parts of a few episodes of Snapped, all of which I’d already seen, naturally. It makes them an excellent backdrop for napping to.

· The Law & Order where the guy tries to kill the doctor who botches his son’s killer’s execution, and Jeremy Sisto flirts with everyone.

· Five episodes of Chuck’s Day Off from my DVR. I love Chuck’s Day Off. There are only 2 cooking shows I’ve ever DVRed for non-ironic, non-blogging purposes – Chuck’s Day Off and Bitchin’ Kitchen. I think it’s because they’re both charismatic Canadian chefs whose food looks good (and is good, in the case of the recipes I’ve tried) who have adorably weird accents and who I’d like to hang out with. And in Chuck’s case, I’d like to hang out with him naked.

· Whitechapel, again, because it’s just that good. It seemed to go more quickly the second time through. I may’ve blacked out for part of it.

· Random “true crime” stuff on Investigation Discovery. One of them involved a dude they described as “a sexy rock-n-roller with down home family values.” Awesome.

· Once Upon a Time. It’s good, but the dependence on Jennifer Morrison’s ability to be believably tough is not. At all.

This week’s Boardwalk Empire. Too much Catholicism; insufficient Richard Harrow.

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