Somehow I get sucked into all sorts of surveys. Phone surveys, intarweb surveys, and sometimes even focus groups. I’m stupid about it because I’ve been paid money to attend focus groups so I guess that’s one of the reasons I answer the questions. I’ve watched several TV shows for surveyors and usually they’re awful. I kind of liked Hawaii but they never got ahold of me for my comments, which would have been, “It’s frigging Hawaii. Where are all the damn Asians?”

Tonight I watched a new show called Captain Cook’s Extraordinary Atlas. The main protagonist was an 11-year-old girl and so I thought it was a kid’s show. But the rest of the show was very dark and scary, so I have no idea who the hell the audience is supposed to be. I’m remembering how I was at that age and I would have had nightmares for years if I saw this show. But other than that, it was kind of weak. It’s like after reading something like Harry Potter and getting really sucked into the story and then reading some weak wizard story that was marketed to suckers who wanted more but didn’t really deliver.

In other words, it wasn’t worth it. It felt like a PBS show at times, then a WB show, then ABC kids, and finally it just didn’t satisfy any of the expectations. Oh, well, I’m sure someone will like it.