TV? More Like I Love You

I love me some TV. But obviously not like cable, or the news. I mean genuinely amazing tv shows with amazing story and characters you wanna spend your days with. It's a huge part of who I am. It all started four-ish years ago, sometime before sixth grade, but not too long after fifth. My sister was watching this show called Doctor Who...

(flashback time)

Gianna: Are you gonna watch Doctor Who with me?!

Jared: I don't know, looks kind of stupid.(Worst thing I've ever said)

Gianna: Well it's not and it's awesome.

Jared: Sure

Gianna: It's starting, shhh!

[Over the next couple of hours "Silence in the Library", "Forest of the Dead" and "Midnight" came on. Jared was entranced}]

Jared: Wow. That... was... pretty good.

[However inside Jared knew he was going to watch this show from the very beginning]

(back from the flashback)

At that point in my life I hadn't really known that tv consisted of more than boring news stories and Spongebob Squarepants. And by golly was I in for a ride. I think it took a year for me to actually start watching Doctor Who, but when I did, the throttle was set for full steam ahead. I remember getting up one day, making french toast sticks, and watching the whole third season of Doctor Who that day. Those times were great, because I was literally able to shed off the worries of real life. Delve into my darkest nightmares, watch amazing stories of amazing caliber and let my mind run free. It was a completely different experience. Over the next few years, I started watching plenty more tv shows and  loving every second of it, also diving into story driven video games, comics and my own imagination. I also began to get a taste for writing. Sadly at this point in my life reading was not in my repertoire (that's a weird ass word to spell). Around the seventh and eighth grades, my schoolwork and work in general began to decline. I blame tv shows and video games, but honestly I don't really care. If it's a choice between bad grades and tv, I choose tv without a doubt. After all without tv I wouldn't be the same person I am today. However, I think it may have taken to great a toll on me, this first year of high school. But I will NOT talk about that right now. Later. Anyway, if it weren't for television and the magical apparatus that is Netflix, I have no clue where I'd be today. Well probably the same place. My bed, Chicago, Illinois. But I mean where I'd be accomplishment wise. Where I'd be spiritually, mentally. But most importantly, who I would be. Yeah sure I'd be the same 'person'. Jared. But I know without a doubt, I'd be a different Jared. So I want to thank you, Gianna, for showing me Doctor Who all those years ago. Hopefully, if the stars aline right and my britches are tight, I'll be able to make my own 'Doctor Who'. I mean if that does happen it'll probably be as popular as this blog is, but if by some miracle it does get out there and people truly enjoy the shit... well, I think I'll owe my sister a bit more than a 'Thank you'. Maybe a flower, or a car, or a house, or a boyfriend. Who knows? Who knows. Anyway I hope you enjoyed this, my second blog post on tiasajaredclark. For the lucky few reading this, I'll show you all the tv shows I've ever seen every episode of, in rough order of how much I love them.


1. Doctor Who
2. How I Met Your Mother
3. Supernatural
4. The Walking Dead
5. Psych
6. The Office (U.K. and U.S.)
7. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
8. Freaks and Geeks
9. Louie
10. Sherlock
11. Attack on Titan
12. Video Game High School
13. New Girl
14. The Guild
15. The Big Bang Theory
16. Brooklyn 99
17. Torchwood

And remember, this is not just a story about tv shows. This Is A Story About Me.