My TV Life Is Barely Breathing

Here's what's unwatched in my TiVo queue:

Episodes of Grey's Anatomy: 2
Episodes of Desperate Housewives: 5 (clearly I'm not going to watch this season)
Episodes of The Office: 1 (I only watched last week's on Tuesday, yo)
Episodes of ER: 2
Episodes of Brothers and Sisters: 1
Episodds of 30 Rock: 4
Episodes of My Name Is Earl: 12 (I record it every week but have never seen it. I know.)

The only thing I made time to watch this week was Degrassi. Poor Spinner. And Friday Night Lights. And Scrubs. Apparently I do have my priorities.

I did manage to catch about an hour of the CMA Awards last night, the very night they were on. Yes, that would be the Country Music Association Awards. Used to be that I'd just wait for the awards shows to show up in my TiVo (ever since I inadvertently missed the Emmys one year they've all gotten recorded, from Porn Awards to the Latin Grammys) and eventually settle down to fast-forward through the Grammys/CMAs/MTV Awards for anything good. But I'll tell ya, this year, I've known the airdate of the CMAs for months. Then I found out Miranda Lambert was nominated. Then I found out she was performing.

I still fast-forward through it. One of my favorite parts of watching the CMAs is seeing what non-musicians are there presenting. It's always nice to find out who the closet -- or not so closet -- country fans are. Addison Montgomery, who knew? (Sorry I'm not watching your new show.) And the sight of Father-of-the-Bride Kimberly Williams-Paisley still makes me giggle. This time, I found myself slowing down and watching performances quite a bit. Like Brad Paisley. And Taylor Swift, whom, yep, I love. And, um ... mumblemumblebigandrich.

I've already combed YouTube for Miranda Lambert's performance to post it here for y'all's enjoyment, but no dice. If you don't believe me that it was unfreakingbelievable (singing a song that's not even in my top three faves on the album), believe Gretchen Wilson, who was caught on camera afterwards with a small smile affirming: "That was great." I think she was actually thinking "That was fucking great." And next to her, Kid Rock -- whose association with country music I have yet to unravel -- was nodding and applauding in agreement.

So far, no one I've directly recommended Miranda Lambert to likes her. To that I say a hearty: eh. Everyone can't like everything. She's too twangy for some, and not mainstream country enough for others. But man does she need to be heard.