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i just need to know

August 10, 2009 | books, shameless, tv

Here’s the thing about me. Once I get started with something, I need to know how it ends. Particularly with books and shows. I hate waiting to find out what happens.

This usually causes me to hole up in my room away from the world and internets until I finish whatever it is. Especially now that I’m looking for work, I spend a lot of time home sending resumes and emails. But basically, I have a lot of free time so get sucked into a new series or show.

You all may remember my reluctance to start reading Twilight then I read them all in three days. Because I just needed to know OMG did they finally just do it already?! Then I proceeded to push those books on many of you and got you all hooked.

Then there was Desperate Housewives. I know, kind of random, right? But you see, when you are unemployed such as myself and there is a show you have never seen that is on every day for two hours, it’s hard not to get sucked in. Plus, it’s on Lifetime and we all know my weakness when it comes to that goddamn channel. But yeah, so there was an episode last week that ends all, “5 years later…” and then the next day instead of picking up there, the whole series STARTS ALL OVER. And I’m like dude, where is Mike? And why does Gaby have two kids? And totally not surprised the twins are practically little felons.

I JUST NEED ANSWERS.

And don’t even get me started on the Sookie Stackhouse books*. Just don’t. These are the books that True Blood is based off of. Yeah, I flew through all of 8 or 9 of those in like a week and a half. Now I’m done with all the books that are out and I’m all WTF?! NEED MORE ERIC! and everyone is like “oh, the next book is out in October, it’s cool”.

OCTOBER? ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? THAT IS LIKE 3 MILLION YEARS AWAY AND DEFINITELY NOT COOL. WANT ERIC NOW.

After I read the books I decided I needed to see the show. I’ve caught a few episodes randomly but I needed to see everything from the beginning. Then I downloaded season one and finished in like a day and a half. Right now, I’m downloading episodes 3 and 4 of season two and I’m practically staring at Azureus watching the seconds pass because it is JUST NOT MOVING FAST ENOUGH.

So yeah, I might have a touch of an addictive personality. But I just can’t help it, I love a story and knowing what happens.

I’m now looking for what I will start once I finish True Blood. I think it will be How I Met Your Mother.

* Read them. Do it. Charlaine Harris. Trust me, you’ll love me and hate me for recommending them but just do it.

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Everyone is talking about these books. I should probably check them out.

Also, I’m just like you. I have to find out what happens on a TV show/in a book once I start. Delayed gratification just doesn’t do it for me.
.-= Lindsay´s last blog ..Milestones =-.

Ok, I have GOT to check out these Sookie books. And YOU have got to watch HIMYM.
.-= Doni´s last blog ..Silenced =-.

I’m watching How I Met Your Mother from the beginning right now! SO GOOD.

And I’m afraid to start those books…
.-= jenniferalaine´s last blog ..welcome to tiger week. =-.

I can’t figure out why I love the True Blood books but they are like candy – love them. I’ve only read the first 2 – I have this huge stack of books to read and can’t justify buying the other Charlaine Harris books (and my effing library doesn’t carry them – GAH!). But I will get back to them this fall. Is the TV show worthy? I’ve got it reserved on Netflix but haven’t moved it up my list yet. (LOVE HIMYM – great show. Also – love Big Bang Theory – if you have geeks in your life you will appreciate it.)
.-= Michelle Smiles´s last blog ..Oh the horror =-.

I really need to read those!
.-= Megan/SomewhatVoluble´s last blog ..It’s Okay Friday =-.

I purposely don’t watch TrueBlood on TV so I can binge through episodes that I’ve downloaded like five at a time. It can’t be healthy.
.-= Ben´s last blog ..Well played, Grampy… =-.

I am just like you. I was addicted to Desperate Housewives Greys and then it was Lost. Now, I can’t even watch regular TV because I hate waiting a week for the next show. I read Twilight and Harry Potter within a week. Most books within a day or 2. Now I really want to watch Sex and the City, but the dvd set is sooo expensive. I’m so getting that for xmas though!
.-= Jackie´s last blog ..I’ll be back =-.

Hmm, I’m kind of like that. I DO love reading series quickly to get answers – to find out what happens next. Yes, I do get addicted to them HOWEVER, I like that the books are spaced out sometimes. It means they’re not over, you know?
.-= Lauren´s last blog ..Cover War: Her Fearful Symmetry =-.

We are so on the same page. I effing LOVE Eric. I can’t wait until October! Grr.

At least we have New Moon coming up to look forward to.

Oh and did u see that she’s going to be publishing a short story Sookie Stackhouse collection? That might be good.
.-= Tia´s last blog ..Weekend in numbers. =-.

I’m exactly the same way… SERIOUSLY. We have like, 8 different shows going on at once.

Dexter is really amazing. I’d recommend that one for sure. And How I Met Your Mother will NOT disappoint either. Hilarious.

Now that I think about it… your Dazzle Me Edward post is the one that got me going on Twilight! hahaha
.-= Mrs. Priss´s last blog ..Pears in the Entry =-.

Ahh! I know how you feel. I read all the True Blood books in four days (unimportant things like sleep took the back seat) and then I finished Dead And Gone and blew a fuse! Need… More… Eric…
.-= Nicole´s last blog ..I’m not dead. =-.

I don’t know. I’m a little freaked out by the vampire craze. What ever happened to stories about, I don’t know, nice fuzzy bunnies?
.-= Kitty´s last blog ..Academia: Because we’re smarter than you. =-.

I’m also addicted to Desperate Housewives. Lifetime from 11-1!

Have you tried Weeds yet? I watched 2 seasons of it instantly on Netflix in less than a week!
.-= Leahchristine´s last blog ..The Orphan and a dirty ass =-.

OMG I love those books. And the one coming out in Oct is short stories, the next REAL book isn’t until next May! So for now I’m making due with the tv show and loving getting to watch Eric weekly.
.-= Erin´s last blog ..I SO Called It =-.

I just started the first book. I’m not quite far enough into it yet, but I like it. There was action in the first, what 20 pages?

Actually? I’m going to get some easy peasy dinner and keep reading.

PS

I’m sad you’re not coming to NYC. I wouldn’t be opposed to a…surprise of sorts.
.-= Katie´s last blog ..Drabs =-.

I really hate to break it to you but the book coming out in October is just a collection of short stories that were published here and there in compilations so far. The next novel (#10) comes out in May 2010.
So much for the bad news, the good news are that there will be several more books.
I love the books as well and went through all of them at a rate of one a day a few weeks ago. Twilight went the same except in July and August last year. Like you when I get pulled into a story I need to know what happens right then and there. It only took me a couple of weeks to go through all the episodes of Lost so far in April last year and there are many more TV shows I watched at a rate of 8 episodes a day.

i totally vote on how i met your mother as your next addiction. i flew through watching those seasons. i love it. and i was the same way with twilight, flew through it, i just had to know, haha.
.-= katelin´s last blog ..Hello wedding season! =-.

dude…godric the old-school older-than-jesus vampire is as bad-ass in the show as he is in the book
.-= miss. chief´s last blog ..i’ve got the new shoes blues =-.

Haha that’s so me too. I shut the entire outside world when I’m hooked with something, its like that with twilight series, harry potter books, and a bunch of tv shows. I love True Blood as well.

HIMYM is a really good show, I think you’ll finish it quick as well, all four seasons. Then after that, try Tudors if you haven’t watched it. Sexy!

Everybody’s been talking about those books! I’ll have to read them after I finish my current book. I’m terrible when it comes to books, I’m the complete opposite too, I get halfway through a book and then it sits on my drawer for weeks because I get too busy or I start another book or something. By the time I realize I never finished it, I’ve lost interest. Bleh
.-= Taylor´s last blog ..The Invitation =-.

I haven’t commented yet on your blog, but I just HAD to on this post! I am the exact same way the book and TV series. My finace and I watched the first 6 season of “24″ in a very short time on DVD. Then this last season we watched it “real time” and it was SO not as exciting. We will be totally waiting for it to come out on DVD so we can skip sleeping and eating and socializing and watch it all at once!
.-= Steph´s last blog ..Whip It Up-Tomato and Spinach Toss =-.

This is why I had to give up on “Lost”. I just couldn’t hack the idea that any answers I got would just further confuse the ultimate answer. I would need to know what was happening immediately so I could see it coming.

I also used to read the end of Nancy Drew books before I’d finished them so I could find out who the criminal was. I realised pretty soon that really DID take the fun out of everything though…
.-= Paula´s last blog ..THERE’S ABOUT FIVE MILLION PEOPLE IN SCOTLAND . . . =-.

Oh man, I’m like the complete opposite – I don’t ever want things to end. I hate endings. It’s the worst part for me to write, too.

But with Twilight – man I couldn’t wait for THAT to end.

I have so many books to read…but the True Blood series is def on there!
.-= jessica maria´s last blog ..You don’t wanna get mixed up with a guy like me. =-.

You and I have the same taste in books!! I have a question for you about the books. I will email you, okay? Thanks!!
.-= JillHimitsu´s last blog ..I must be, like, 100. =-.

Come down to StL anytime. You can steal my HBO and watch the show “On Demand,” meaning no more downloading.

TV shows that I love: Moonlight (only one season, but vampire-y and good); Sons of Anarchy (season two starts in a month on FX); Rescue Me; Lie to Me.

You said that you need more Eric… does that mean that Eric is the guy that we should be swooning over instead of Bill? I’m so curious =)

(I also have an addictive personality. Example: I watched Season 1, 2 and 3 of Weeds in less than a week. I’d be done with Season 4 if my social life hadn’t suddenly exploded.)
.-= Nora´s last blog ..Donkey Ote =-.

You MUST watch How I Met Your Mother. I just finished season two over the weekend and, like you, am chomping at the bit to get my hands on season three. Let me know what you think if you start watching!

That’s totally how I felt about those books. I love them. I even got my mom hooked on them! True Blood the series is a bit of a let down, I’ve got to admit. The books are much much better. Good luck with finding your next obsession. If you love vampire books, I could suggest a couple series!
.-= Kari´s last blog ..ReWind =-.

Also, thank you SO much for the advice. It was so sweet of you to take the time to comment and make suggestions – very helpful and much appreciated!

We sound like kindred spirits.

I’m exactly the same..with shows..movies…and mostly books.
.-= Ashli´s last blog ..Gah. =-.

um you’re awesome.
I read all 4 twilights in 10 days (you beat me..but it was IMPOSSIBLE to get them from the library!). About 3 weeks ago, I read a blog where someone quoted HIMYM and I said to myself, “THAT’S IT! THAT’S THE LAST’ HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER’ REFERENCE THAT WILL GO OVER MY HEAD!”

I’m on season 4. It’s awesome.
.-= Emily´s last blog ..favorite things part 2 =-.

Don’t get me started on Twilight. I didn’t know how many friends were obsessed with them and now I can’t wait to read the next three. I’m absolutely obsessed and have a new celebrity crush on Rob Pattinson.
.-= Allison´s last blog ..Vegas Take 1 =-.

i know EXACTLY what you mean. i’m rewatching Alias from the beginning and it’s gross. i watch up to 7 episodes a day. i have no life.
but i just need to get to the big shiny END. to know what it all comes to!!!!! this is why tv on dvd is the best thing EVARRRR.\end crazy.
.-= gemma´s last blog ..The Perfect Fit. =-.

I completely know how you feel about those books! I’ve been addicted since LAST FALL, and they cannot come out fast enough. I had a DREAM about Eric last night, which pretty much proves that either (a) I’m deranged, (b) I just really, really like those books or (c) the new one needs to come out immediately. Or I should just find a new book series to be addicted to…
.-= E.P.´s last blog ..The final goodbye and some realizations =-.

I’m so like that, too! This summer I watched 5 seasons of 24 in about 6 weeks. That’s a lot of our-world-is-going-to-end-in-2-hours! I don’t dare watch the last season, because then I’ll want to watch the new season as it comes out one episode at a time…that’s too much waiting!
.-= Ronnica´s last blog ..I’m a Squirrel =-.

I wish I was like that, as odd as it sounds. I always want to know, but that desire unfortunately isn’t enough to keep me motivated sometimes. I’d rather fly through things in no time just to find out the end than let it linger as I typically do.

I love true blood… I’ve missed the last 2 episodes because of my move and barely getting HBO again tomorrow.

I need to go read the books.
.-= Mel´s last blog ..The one where Janet Jackson is my drunken bff and Miley Cirus is a *#%W#() =-.

This post was me in a nutshell. I watched the season 1 DVDs of True Blood during a 4 day break from work and now I’m distraught that season 2 is not on DVD yet. Who cares that they haven’t all aired; I want them now!
As for How I Met Your Mother, great show! I also highly recommend Weeds and Eureka.

I am a TV junkie. I’m not ashamed to admit it.
.-= Sara´s last blog ..Updates =-.

i totally feel you. i have a bad habit of googling the end of things that can be googled and shows that air only once a week simply kill me.

girl, i feel the same about all of the above. i fell in love with a lot of these things after everyone else did and cant get enough. i get spoiled by watching/reading everything really fast up until present time. and then it is pure agony waiting for the next installments. just think about how fast summer has gone by and maybe october will be here faster than we know it.
.-= bodelou´s last blog ..back in the saddle =-.

I had the exact same experience with Twilight last summer. I went through them all in one weekend, because I just had to KNOW!!!

I just started “Dead Until Dark”. I’m feeling a little deja vu…

I'm watching How I Met Your Mother from the beginning right now! SO GOOD.

And I'm afraid to start those books…
.-= jenniferalaine´s last blog ..welcome to tiger week. =-.

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