POTS and Television: A Match Made in Heaven

I have a chronic, debilitating condition and a love of television. Two things have not gone so well together since peanut butter and jelly (or peanut butter and Oreos, if you’re Lindsay Lohan). Anyway, I’ve noticed recently that my TV taste has been less than ideal, so I’ve decided to make a new rule for myself:

I have to swap two trashy TV shows that I currently watch for two legitimately well-done TV shows that I’ve heard good things about.

1) Keeping Up With the Kardashians for Community

This coming year may be the year that the Kardashians finally go away. With the divorce heard ‘round the world causing the family an unprecedented amount of controversy, the end is near for the E! royals. I vow to do my part and stop watching anything that involves a Kardashian. Instead, since I do love me some cutting edge comedy, I’ll watch Community, which has proved to be exactly that. The last three seasons have brought viewers some amazing things, such as an episode done entirely using claymation and an episode centered around the school having a campus-wide paintball war. It has also been consistently laugh-out-loud hilarious. If you throw in the fact that Community stars Joel McHale, who I’ve loved since I started watching The Soup and that the show has a continuing relationship with Cougar Town that involves cast members from each show randomly popping up in the other, there’s absolutely no reason for me not to be watching.

2) Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids for Louie

I’m not going to make any promises that I can’t keep, and I don’t think I’m ready to quit the Say Yes to the Dress franchise cold turkey. However, I can bear to lose Bridesmaids, which is basically what would happen if The Real Housewives of Atlanta were forced into the same bridal party and taken shopping.

I’ll swap it for Louie, the FX comedy written, directed, produced and edited by its star, comedian Louis C.K. The format of the show is incredibly unique, as each episode contains multiple unrelated storylines separated by stand-up performances by Louis C.K. The show stars Louis C.K. as a fictionalized version of himself, living in NYC while raising his two children alone. This allows many of Louis C.K.’s real-life colleagues and friends to appear in guest roles. The show is also hysterical in a dark, sarcastic way, critically-acclaimed, and Emmy-nominated. If that wasn’t enough to convince me, I got my first taste of Louis C.K. when he starred opposite Amy Poehler in Parks & Recreation, which is one of my absolute favorite shows. After that, I’ll have no problem giving his show a chance, even if it means leaving my beloved bridesmaids behind.

-Sam

Our first post!

Hi everybody!

It's Sam and Meri here with our new blog about stuff we like!

I'm Meri and I love food. Possibly a little too much. But that's okay because it means you get to read about food! I will be writing about my various food adventures involving cooking and possibly just my trips to Wegmans (these supermarket experiences might be more prominent than you think). That's basically all for now. I'm tired of writing so I'm going to hand it off to my favorite roommate--Sam!

I'm Sam, and I have two aspects of my life that go hand-in-hand: I suffer from a debilitating illness known as POTS, and I love television. Luckily, POTS allows me to get a lot of television-watching done, which leads me to have many fascinating thoughts on the subject. In this blog, I'll be talking a little about POTS and what it means for my life, but I'll mostly be sharing my thoughts on television and the entertainment business.

We'll try and connect our posts now and then, so that you're cooking comfort food recommended by Meri while watching a warm and fuzzy movie recommended by Sam. We hope you enjoy POTS and pans!

P.S. Meri is on the left and Sam is on the right in the photo