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You might be wondering what I've been up to lately. I know! Me too!

Well, one thing I will tell you is that I have not been watching as many things on the TV as I usually do. This is partially due to the hellacious writer's strike, which I believe will probably continue well into 2012 and by that time everyone will have long since been watching TV on the internet anyway (which, by the way, was invented not by Al Gore, but by Michael Cera). In light of the strike, and because I'm trying to cut down on things like television AND FOOD, I've only been watching David Letterman. I've been a fan since I was 14 and no one can tell me that fat, stupid Jay Leno is smarter, funnier, or a better interviewer so don't even try it - and I hate Conan too, thanks. I've also been tuning in to a little bit of the Jeopardy. When I know the answers I feel pretty smart and I really surprise myself sometimes. I enjoy a call and response television experience and I also like using the answer formation, "What is". Like, "What is the Gettysburg Address." It's pretty fun and it's a good way to learn things or remember things you forgot you already knew.

But one new thing that has happened TV-wise is that the second season of Rock of Love is upon us. There was some cross-internets whispering going on that the rock star of the second season would be Tommy Lee, but they decided to bring Bret Michaels back since he apparently didn't make a vital love connection the first time around. As much as I feel Tommy Lee, this is very exciting to me. It's probably a good move show-biz-wise because Rock of Love was like this totes phenoms of a show where it was something like the most watched reality show ever even though most viewers were reluctant to admit they were hooked. The irresistibility factor is largely due to Bret Michaels. It's because of his sense of humor, which I'm not sure he's even aware of. It's because of his pure shamelessness. It's because of his confusing hairdo. Did you see the premiere last Sunday? His hair is even more confusing than last season!

So VH-1 should keep Bret in there as long as they can before people start wanting to see if other 80s hair band rockers and their groupies are as thoroughly entertaining. Another thing they could do is throw Flavor Flav into Rock of Love with the whores, and toss Bret Michaels into Flav's exactly-the-same similar reality show, Flavor of Love, with the 'hos, and then see who fares better.

Other than all that, I've been pretty busy.