Yippee! Summer TV is here and I am now fully booked. It's actually going to be quite a stressful scheduling nightmare. You see, I have perused the Green Guide for the approaching week, and at the moment I have committed myself to the following shows [some of which screen more than once per week, just to give you a sense of the gravity of the situation. It's heavy, man] so here goes; 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards, Living Famously - Peter Sellers, The Bill, Nero Wolfe, Principal Takes A Holiday [the weekend 90s Disney movies have become must-watch in my house], Do Over, Still Standing, Two Guys and A Girl, Roger Ramjet, That 70s Show, South Park, Queer Eye, Will and Grace, Nip/Tuck, Six Feet Under, Extreme Makeover, Less Than Perfect, Scrubs, MDs, Human Contraptions, Teachers, The Bachelor IV, The Bachelorette - Trista & Ryan's Wedding Part 1, Kingpin, The Weekly Daily Show, The O.C, and finally, Big Brother - Would You, Could You, Should You? I am exhausted already. Added to this list must be the almost daily standards of Letterman and the Today show [U.S], without which I feel destitute. It's going to be quite a hectic time, and there are many factors to consider. Firstly, when will I sleep? You see, I can no longer simply tape Today at 4am and watch it the next day, because now channel 9 is screening Good Morning America from 4.30am onwards, and I enjoy flicking over to it to revel in its total crapness, so I need to be awake, which hasn't been working out thus far, but I remain committed. Also, on two of the busiest TV nights for me, Tuesday and Wednesday, I have to be at bloody work, for the entire duration of prime time and beyond! And there is such a full load on those nights, with many of the shows overlapping and for god's sake have mercy, I only have two VCRs! And stupid social engagements [you know, those crappy opportunities for fun and stuff] are cropping up with increasing frequency, which means more taping while I'm out. Which begs the question, when do I watch the tapes? I am concerned that my TV regimen is going to sap all my time, when I need it for sleep, for reading, for preparing for my RMIT journalism interview [oh yeah, I got one, which is a relief], for socialising, for freaking out about my RMIT journalism interview [your future depends on it, you lump], for work, for experiencing arts and culture [er, movies. By the way, anyone else up for Elf?] and generally allowing the weather to give me license to flaunt the life-o-relaxo that I have actually been maintaining for the past year. I mean, it's summer people. I am simply assuming the position. And I need more time. But the TV crop has the dangerous potential of seeming exceptionally good and necessary to my eyes. To the exclusion of everything else. It's gonna be so hard. Luckily, my organisational skills kick in when, and only when, a circumstance such as this TV scheduling conflict arises. I plan, I ruthlessly prioritise, I am technically proficient with the 'science' of pre-record, long speed, tape rotation. Wow, I am going to be flat out. I just wish that, well, is one more TV too much to ask? Santa can you hear me?