TV Shows and My Interesting Saturday

I'm just going to say this now: I love medical shows. House and Scrubs are my favorites, so I'm going to discuss my opinions about them, and I'll do a journal part about my Saturday. Excited? Great, let's begin! : P

I'll admit, I didn't start watching Scrubs because of it's medical aspect, I got addicted to it just because it was so incredibly funny. Almost no show could make me laugh as hard as Scrubs could. It's also impossible not to love the character of JD after you watch one episode. He's hilarious, quirky, and lovable! : D

The shows have great messages too, or at least the older ones did. I don't like the newer ones as much, they're more like a soap opera now than a medical show. The "new JD" as I call him, is very different than who he used to be in the older shows. He's not as lovable. It's as simple as that. So I don't watch the newer episodes, the older Scrubs shows are the only ones that I like.

House's medical mysteries are amazing, the answers will almost always blow your mind! Even without the medical aspect, the character of Dr. House alone is enough to leave you wanting more. Hugh Laurie has a lot to do with that, he's a fantastic actor. This show is particularly captivating, because there are just so many things to keep you hooked. The medical mysteries, House and Wilson's friendship, House's team, Dr. Cuddy and her desire for a child, the list goes on. Admittedly, the newer episodes (like Scrubs) are starting to become more about the drama than the medicine, but I still like to watch them anyway. I don't know if it's Hugh Laurie's acting or the medical aspect that keeps me watching them, but they're still pretty good as far as I'm concerned.

Now, about my Saturday. . . . . I had to wake up at 4:30 AM and wound up getting home at about 10:15 PM. It was a long day, and I won't go on about all of the details, that would take forever. But I will give a brief description of what went on.

NHC and his dad arrived at my house a little late, about 5:45 AM. We then zoomed through a completely traffic-less town to pick up some other members of his team, which was interesting. I wound up having to ride in a van with six guys (I was the only girl, lucky me), one of which being Mezzic. It was a little awkward with him at first, 'cause I was still pretty ticked about him listening in on NHC and I's phone conversation. *Sigh* I wound up having to choose either forgiving/ talking to Mezzic again, or continuing to ignore him (but ignoring him would be extremely difficult, since everyone else was talking to him). I didn't feel like spending my entire day sulking while everyone else laughed and had fun, so I chose to forgive him. He did say that he was sorry. . . . *Shrug*

The hour and a half long car trip there wasn't very eventful, we all talked and I got to know a few members of NHC's team a bit better. When we arrived, I'll admit, I was a bit confused for awhile. Can you really blame me, though? I was in a completely foreign place, and my only companions were rushing about because they had a tournament to do.

I didn't know that family members/ friends were allowed to go in to watch the interviews that the teams had, so I wound up missing the first two for absolutely no reason : ( NHC came up to me with an exasperated look on his face and asked me why I was staying behind in the pit area doing nothing. In my defense, though, one of his team members told me that they needed someone to stay behind to watch their supplies and stuff, and I seemed like the perfect candidate for that. She told me to stay behind, and nobody told me to follow them or anything, so that's what I did. Basically, things weren't very clear, and it didn't help that I had absolutely no idea where anything was or where to go. After NHC told me that I was allowed to go and watch, I just followed him places and tried not to fall behind.

The one interview that I did get to see was fascinating, the topic for this year was Climate Connections, so they discussed causes of global warming, ways to reduce pollution in the environment, why algae is a good alternative fuel source, ways to conserve water, and much more. They combined this with a game-show theme, which was very entertaining : ) They dressed up in costumes for it and everything, it was very well done!

Up next after that were the actual runs, which took place in a gym (I'm not even sure if we were in a school or not, that's how totally lost I was). The gym was packed. If I had to guess, I'd say that there were maybe two hundred people or more in that place. Insane.

Just our luck, too, it was a very muddy day. Before long, there was a thin coating of mud on the floor, which doesn't seem that bad. . . . if there had been places to sit. There weren't very many chairs, so most people had the option of sitting on the muddy floor or standing for 16 and a half hours. I probably spent about 85% of the time standing (and running around with NHC and his team) and I assure you that by the end of the day my feet felt like they were about to fall off.

Maybe I should give a little info about what the runs were like, even though I have no clue what I'm talking about. Well, here's what I gathered: Each team has their own robot, but each team has to compete on the same table (well not physically the exact same table, there were two tables, but my point is that they were identical) with the same setup. The object is for the robot to complete certain challenges or missions for certain amounts of points. Teams had four runs. . . . . I think, and they had about a 3 minute time limit for each run.

Now me, I had next to no idea as to what was going on. I'll admit, their project pertaining to environmental problems was more interesting for me, but I was curious about the robotics stuff as well. Luckily for me, NHC's team (and him!) are all very nice people, and they patiently explained things to me when I had questions. Mostly I asked NHC and Mezzic my questions, but I spent time with their team too. And there was extra time, which surprised me, because I thought that they'd all be very busy the whole time. For the most part I talked to NHC and Mezzic, but I got to know their team a little bit better.

After the runs and the award ceremony, NHC and his team did a presentation for ALL of us. I was very impressed, NHC seemed quite calm while he spoke to 200 people and the judges. I get nervous when speaking in front of large groups of people, but he was amazing. The rest of his team did well too, but NHC stood out the most to me. Or maybe that's just because I couldn't take my eyes off of him, I don't know : P

I'm very glad that NHC invited me to come with him, but I'm still wondering why he did. It was interesting for me, of course, but why would he want me there? Don't get me wrong, I was very willing to go, the whole thing was quite an interesting experience, but I'm not sure why he invited me. Wasn't I just another thing to keep track of? He was busy enough without me there, why would he want me in the way? I tried not to be a burden to him or his team, but part of me worries that I might have. Well whatever his reasons were, it seemed to make NHC happy that I was there, so I'm glad that I went : )

~Till next time