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The blood pressure raising season finale was last night and it definitely disappoint. But throughout the last 24 episodes, I’ve noticed that 24′s view on the world is slightly modified for Tv.

1. Jack Bauer is more important than the President.
2. Jack Bauer’s cell phone has the most amazing battery life known to man.
3. Even during highly secretive missions, it is not necessary to put your cell phone into “vibrate” mode.
4. Everything revolves around Los Angelos
5. You can get anywhere in LA within say…15-20 minutes.
6. It is not necessary to eat.

I’m not sure if you were equally obsessed with the Apprentice as I was, but season 2 was awesome. I actually didn’t even watch season 1 (probably because I didn’t have it as a season’s pass in my Tivo). With Kelly kicking Jenn’s butt in the finale of season 2 only a little over a week ago, Trump announced that season 3 is already ready, and will premiere on January 20th.

This time it’s not going to be guys v. girls, it will be Streetsmarts vs. Booksmarts. The streetsmart team will all be highschool graduates, and the booksmart team will be college graduates and more. I am not 100% positive on who will win, but I will put my money on the streetsmart team. Trump likes ‘winners’ and people with proven experience and winning tendencies. Even in season 2, he shied away from super booksmart candidate Kevin. But, the season has yet to begin, and I haven’t seen any of the candidates yet. Better yet, apply to be on Season 4 of the apprentice!

Quick poll, who do you think will win in Season 2…booksmarts or streetsmarts?

I’ve always wondered what the heck happens on TV at 2 AM when the clocks fall back an hour. Thanks to my 4 hour nap this afternoon, I was able to stay up and actually stay up to see what happens. (Yes, I know, this is a little lame…stories of drunken halloween parties and costumes would be much more fun and newsworthy, but, as you can tell, I didn’t go out this year. ) I didn’t actually see what happens then, but I did search around in my Tivo guide to see what the timing was per show. For example, ESPN had SportsCenter on from 1AM – 1AM. Other stations had shows on at 1, 1:30, 1, and then 1:30 again. Veeerry tricky. Well, I guess that answers that burning question I’ve had for the past few years. Enough of this overthinking non-sense, it’s time for bed. I should be out getting an extra hour of drinking.

This weekend, I hit up the State Theater in good ol’ Falls Church, VA with fellow Samurai Don, and Andrew. It was a veritable JMU reunion as I saw probably about 30 people that I knew. We JMU’ers love our 80′s music I guess. It was a ton of fun, and they ran through a library of totally necessary 80′s songs that you’d expect from any quality 80s cover band. I really don’t think that 80′s cover bands will ever go away, simply because everyone deep down inside loves to indulge in a cheesy power ballad, a quirky one hit wonder and a beer with some friends just to get stupid. I’d put the Legwarmers right up there with Gonzo’s nose, and The Breakfast Club.

In other news, I just read that Conan O’brien will be taking over the all prestigious 11:30 time slot that Jay Leno will have had reign over for 17 years. My tastes have gone from Letterman in the 8th grade (back when he used to do a lot more funny things with Rupert G from the Hello Deli), to Leno (simply because Letterman kinda lost it), and finally to Conan. Possibly one of the most brilliant talk show hosts ever. His off the wall humor has definitely made it into my everyday speech, and his “In the Year 2000″ skit has been a staple in quoting late night jokes. Hopefully he won’t be forced by his producers and program managers of NBC to stray from his proven recipe for laughs just to fit in with the 11:30 crowd…