Raising Hope: Garret Dillahunt against type, Martha Plimpton on fire, Cloris Leachman going wild, and the cutiest patootiest baby (I'd laugh if it's a boy...it's always in pink). I know "white trash" is highly exploited for sitcoms, and I'm totally out of the loop so I wouldn't know if it's rehashing material, but it's laugh-out-loud for me every week. And so supremely wrong. I couldn't tell you what the last sitcom I watched regularly was. I gave up years ago. But I did just set a season pass for Community.

Man, I forgot how much I liked this episode of L&O:CI. Enver is great in it, plus Miguel Ferrer.

Community has its dud episodes, but when it's on, it's ON. The show is so clearly written by ginormous nerd dorks, so even when it's not great, it kind of is. (Like the alcohol ep wasn't their best overall, but the bit where Abed talks about Farscape is THE GREATEST THING EVER ON TV OMG.)

Have we talked about the song All My Internet Friends here before? Because we really should have. Here it is: [link] It's about us! Yay us!

Taxes are done. We owed again this year, but not very much. Looking at the numbers from last year to this, it's kind of amazing we still have a roof over our heads. Turns out DH being jobless all year really did take a bite out of household income levels! Who knew?

Bringing community DVDs to ita's house...

I've been in someone's photo files since before I could speak, so it's hard for me to process that as something limiting or undesirable. I'm sure fingerprints followed shortly afterwards.

To get a state photo ID costs whatever fee they charge for the thing itself, which may be prohibitive for some who are poor. It can only be done at certain locations which may not be easily accessible for someone who does not have a car. Also, needing things like one's birth certificate can be prohibitive insofar as those things cost not only money to replace if one doesn't happen to have one on hand (I've lost mine at least three times since getting my first drivers' license), but also generally at least a few weeks processing time. This may not sound like a heck of a lot of fuss and bother, but I have seen how long it can take, how much effort, how prohibitive this process can be for someone who is disabled. On the other hand, once registered to vote, voting itself takes place in locations that are either easily accessible, or can be done by mail, at very little cost.

I know "white trash" is highly exploited for sitcoms, and I'm totally out of the loop so I wouldn't know if it's rehashing material, but it's laugh-out-loud for me every week.

Yes, and you know, usually I get bothered with it, but RH seems to come from a place of love for the...is culture the word I'm looking for? that I just can't get mad. Also, it's not using it for cheap laughs, they're all earned, so that helps.

I think I had other things to say but my sinuses are EXPLODING. I need to go home.

I've caught a few episodes of Raising Hope after Glee and it's so freakin' funny. I need to add it to the Season Pass list.

It can only be done at certain locations which may not be easily accessible for someone who does not have a car.

And takes time that you may or may not have.

I just asked someone to postpone a meeting, but I didn't realize how many other people were invited! Oops. Now I feel a little bad, but still happy not to have the meeting this afternoon.

Also, maybe I'm going to take off Friday? Because I'm over everything.

I pretty much was anti-sitcom for just about a decade, but 30 Rock sucked me in. Then, I got sucked into "The Office", almost 100% due to the Oscar character.

Then, I saw the "Modern Warfare" ep of "Community" and I was hooked. Period. I've seen every ep of season 2, and I'm moving through Season 1 by scattershot.

I highly recommend anyone contemplating watching "Community" to start with "Modern Warfare." If you like it, then start back at the beginning. If you don't like it, the show is not your thing. I didn't like the pilot of the show much and gave up on it. Then I saw that ep and the whole world changed.

ABC doing a Titanic mini-series.

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