John Beck

Bon vivant par excellence
Organizer of good things. Skeptical romantic. Needs pasta.

Let It Snow!

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I haven’t been leaving many personal blog entries lately. My entries the past couple months have been my Favorite TV Shows of the week list, SNL Digital Shorts or just music videos. I’ve got a day off and thought I’d finally give some updates. I was actually hoping to go to Baltimore today but the snow kept me from making the trip. Kind of a bummer but it gave me the chance to do some work here. I started making my Christmas cards. Did some painting. Some cleaning. Drinking and eating. The usual stuff.

What have I been up to? I go to Jo Jo’s Tavern every Monday night with the guys. Now that Jimmie Johnson won the NASCAR championship (AGAIN) I spend my Sundays watching football and other TV. The Ravens don’t get much TV time here in NJ so I fine a live stream of the game, if not I watch the Giants. A couple of weeks ago I was in Philadelphia to see my friend Leslie from MICA. She had an art exhibit and showed her amazing work. She was my old neighbor when I was living in Baltimore. A couple of weeks before that my dad and I went out with my buddies to play paintball. It was the first time my dad and I played and we were surprisingly good at it.

You can follow my Twitter feeds to see what I do on a more regular basis. I try to do as many different things as I can but it doesn’t happen TOO often.

I honestly believe one of the best shows on TV is Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel. It’s funny, entertaining and educational. I wish I could be like Mike Rowe.

I also believe that every NFL team has at least one Predator.

I also want to see the Sherlock Holmes movie, not because the movie looks good but because I love the outfits all the guys are wearing. I want to dress like that one a daily basis.

Lastly, it’s not too late to get me a Christmas gift, here’s my AMAZON WISH LIST!

Oh, and I’ve been raving about Fever Ray all year. Since I saw the concert back in September the majority of my blog entries have been about Fever Ray. Keeping up the trend I have to mention them again. Fever Ray are making many “Best Of 2009” lists including THIS ONE at Last.Fm. It will be a full year of Fever Ray next month and my love for Fever Ray are just growing more and more!

Favorite TV shows of the week: November 22nd to November 28th

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1) Dexter – “Hungry Man” +1
2) Curb Your Enthusiasm – “Seinfeld” -1
3) Family Guy – “Jerome is the New Black” +2
4) Super Dave’s Spike-Tacular – “Green Machine Record Breaker” No Change
5) Modern Family – “Fizbo” No Change
6) V – “It’s Only the Begining” +1
7) House – “Ignorance is Bliss” -1
8) Cleveland – “A Brown Thanksgiving” No Change
9) Sit Down, Shut Up – “High School Musical Musical” No Change
10) American Dad – “My Morning Straitjacket” +1
11) The Simpsons – “Pranks and Beans” -1
12) Heroes – “Thanksgiving” No Change

Favorite TV shows of the week: November 15th to November 21st

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1) Curb Your Enthusiasm – “The Table Read” No Change
2) It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia – “The D.E.N.N.I.S. System” No Change
3) Dexter – “Road Kill” No Change
4) Fringe – “August” +2
5) 30 Rock – “Sun Tea” No Change
6) Family Guy – “Quagmire’s Baby” +2
7) South Park – “Pee” +3
8) Super Dave’s Spike-Tacular – “Explosive Debut… Welcome Back Super!” New
9) The Office – “Shareholder’s Meeting” -4
10) Modern Family – “Great Expectations” Not Aired
11) V – “A Bright New Day” No Change
12) House – “Teamwork” -3
13) Parks and Recreation – “Hunting Trip” -1
14) Community – “Environmental Science” -1
15) Cleveland – “Ladie’s Night” +1
16) Sit Down, Shut Up – “SpEd” +1
17) The Simpsons – “The Devil Wears Nada” Not Aired
18) American Dad – “Shallow Vows” -2
19) Heroes – “Brother’s Keeper” No Change

Favorite TV shows of the week: November 8th to November 14th

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1) Curb Your Enthusiasm – “Officer Krupke” +1
2) It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia – “Mac and Dennis Break Up” -1
3) Dexter – “Slack Tide” No Change
4) The Office – “Murder” +3
5) Bored to Death – “Take A Dive” +1
6) 30 Rock – “The Problem Solvers” +1
7) Fringe – “Of Human Action” -3
8) Family Guy – “Brian’s Got a Brand New Bag” Not Aired
9) House – “Known Unknowns” Not Aired
10) South Park – “Dances with Smurfs” No Change
11) V – “There Is No Normal Anymore” -2
12) Parks and Recreation – “The Camel” -2
13) Community – “Debate 109″ No Change
14) Family Guy – “Hannah Banana” Not Aired
15) American Dad – “Man in the Moonbounce” Not Aired
16) Cleveland – “Cleveland Jr.’s Cherry Bomb” Not Aired
17) Sit Down, Shut Up – “Math Lab” Not Aired
18) Heroes – “Shadowboxing” No Change

Favorite TV shows of the week: November 1st to November 7th

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1) It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia – “Paddy’s Pub: Home of the Original Kitten Mittens” +1
2) Curb Your Enthusiasm – “The Black Swan” -1
3) Dexter – “If I Had A Hammer” +1
4) Fringe – “Earthling” Not Aired
5) V – “Pilot” New
6) Bored to Death – “The Case of the Stolen Sperm” -3
7) The Office – “Double Date” -1
8) South Park – “The F Word” -1
9) 30 Rock – “Audition Day” -3
10) Parks and Recreation – “Ron and Tammy” -1
11) Modern Family – “En Garde” -1
12) Community – “Home Economics” -4
13) Heroes – “Once Upon A Time In Texas” No Change