Ah, Saturday — the day when, after a hard week of work (or at least looking like you work) you can relax and spend a whole day being worthless; or, at least, doing something that you won’t get paid for, but at least have full control thereof.

Today was no exception as I spent the first hour and a half after rising watching TV shows that were recorded on the Tivo. I’m rather fond of the device, as it not only allows us to timeshift shows so we can watch them when its convenient, it allows me to catch things I like that are on at the hairy, greasy buttcrack of dawn. In short, it increases my TV watching about 5-fold. Whether or not that is necessarily a good feature is somewhat left as an exercise for the reader.

I don’t watch much TV anymore, really. I weaned myself off of it during college. At that time, we just didn’t have that much free time to gawk at the tube and, if we did, it was usually a movie that we wanted to watch. There were a few shows that we tried to catch; specifically, That 70′s Show, but other than that show and watching CNN at 9am on very, very, very low volume while drinking coffee that dissolved ceramic, we really didn’t watch much.

While single and living in my apartment and later in my smaller house, I still didn’t watch much TV. I didn’t subscribe to cable as I saw it to be a waste of money and generally occupied my time by working on computers and listening to MP3s. By the time I actually DID get cable TV, my wife (then gf) was here, so she took over the TV watching duties and I generally stayed away.

Nowadays, I see it as mostly junky crap with an occasional smattering of interesting content. With that in mind, I try to keep my watching to a dull roar when possible. Here’s the shows I currently watch and enjoy on a regular basis:

Family Guy – Whether a repeat or a new episode, this continues to be THE funniest show on television today. I regularly laugh my ass of in response to this show’s completely nutty sense of humor. The 80′s references that Seth McFarland puts in are just even more icing on the cake.

That 70′s Show – A continuing favorite, I haven’t seen all of the episodes so I’m still enjoying watching them. Plus, Laura Prepon is *damned* hot.

Futurama – Not nearly as funny as the above two shows, but a geek classic and still a great watch.

Survivor – I love this show, but it’s the only reality TV show I get into. I don’t know *why* I got into it, but I really enjoy the strategy behind it and the way you get to see and analyze people.

The Red Green Show – Women HATE this show; men love it. That’s essentially because it is made by men, for men, and therefore we’re the only ones that understand it. I catch myself nodding so much during this show that I’ll probably have arthiritis in my neck from the strain.

CSI/SVU/L&O – All of these modern cop shows I rather like, although I don’t watch every single episode that comes out, just whatever I catch. Plus, Mariska Haggarty and Jorja Fox are DAMNED HOT.

Ghost Whisperer – I watch this with my wife because she gets too scared to watch it alone. It’s not bad, and it gives her a chance to try to educate me on her beliefs about the spirit world, etc.

That’s about it, folks. Those are the big ones; the ones that I’m most interested in. There’s a few others, such as Red Dwarf, SNL, etc. that I watch, but I’m not religious about them. I’m pretty much not religious about ANY of them, but there’s some that I prefer to try to catch.

So much for an exciting blog entry, eh? Sorry. I’m having a bit of a blogger’s writing block episode. I promise to be back with gratuitous nudity and so forth soon.