Weather and Hot Dogs

I bet you're all thinking, "Whoah what the hell is this post going to be about?" Well.....sit back and read.

I'm one of those people that likes to have background noise most of the time. It's difficult for me to just sit on my sofa and be on the internet without music on in the background or an episode of Seinfeld for distraction. I think it's a habit I have developed from living on my own. Having said that it's rare that I just sit there and watch TV and do nothing else, I'm usually multitasking, but as a result of this habit I do end up watching more TV than I like to admit.

When I go to bed at night I'm often too tired to read and I will watch some TV until I get really sleepy. Similarly, in the morning, I'll flip the TV and watch the news or what not while I'm waking up.

But the regular TV shows are kind of getting boring in my opinion. In fact, it's been years since I've tuned into a channel below 20.

Recently, I've explored two new channels: The History Channel and Discovery. While exploring this new TV territory, I've woken up while watching the following:

Ancient Weather

The episode I watched was about the Maya Civilization and their collapse during the 8th and 9th century. The show said that there are new theories that this happened due to 200 years of drought. It was super interesting to watch how the drought drove them to do crazy things including human sacrifice to the Gods in hopes that the rain would return. Quite fascinating! Picture me lying there all squinty eyed, only one eye open really, bed hair watching this and saying "oh isn't that something."

How it's Made

This is a great show, but this morning I saw how hot dogs were made. I wish I could take that back. I didn't need to see pureed meat like that. It burned my eyes! Having said that, I find this show super endearing. It is one of the few shows out there that has such a simple concept and simple way of filming with a narrator (very a la Mr. Rogers). And usually, the companies they follow are little Canadian businesses. Very cool. Again, pan your imagination back to me all squinty eyed and learning about hot dog tubes. Indeed!

I've also watched a few episodes of Pawn Stars. Another gem! Kind of like a more up-to-date Antiques Roadshow. Have you seen it?

Anyways, I feel like guys would be impressed with my latest viewing choices. And I kind of get why they like this stuff!

I may not be eating a hot dog for awhile though. If you want to see for yourself here is the video - although its the EXACT same video, it's a guy narrator instead of the girl. And the dialogue is identical! Weird!