January 31st, 2010 by IamDraven

Ok, I don’t get to watch too much TV, so when I do, it’s ‘quality’ at least by my standards.  My favorites are Bones and Glee, and pretty much any original series USA comes up with.  TNT’s closer is a personal favorite too.  When I saw a promo for MTV’s The Buried Life I thought “this could be great, or another Jersey Shore.”  (Note, I’ve never watched Jersey Shore but the way it appears in other mainstream media makes me nauseous.)  The show’s tagline is:

1 question.  4 guys.  100 Things to do before you die.

The episode I finally cleaned out of Erik’s DVR tonight was EPISODE 1: The Buried Life crew arrives in Los Angeles to cross off number 6 — “attend a party at the Playboy Mansion”. The guys attempt to sneak into the Mansion as uninvited guests. While in LA, they also get an opportunity to help a group of underprivileged kids by providing their classroom with a new computer.

The episode was funny, insane, entertaining and heartwarming.  When they met with a charter school’s 5th grade class one of the girls said her wish was to adopt a child someday.  And there, watching MTV I started crying.  When I saw a promo about helping another man find his son I knew I couldn’t watch the second episode tonight.  Oh how I wish my hometown would be on there to visit list and they could help my find my biological mother.  (Which is high on my list). I’ve had my ‘bucket list’ for a while and by each birthday I’d try to do at least 10 things off it.  (I usually did this in my birthday blog on MySpace) and a few years ago found 43 Things which is an on line bucket list.  I wasn’t on it for a bit due to it being blocked at work, but I need to head over to it to update some accomplishments, and figure out what else I want to do with my life.

If you’re curious, my 43 Things is HERE and the guy’s list is HERE

BTW, the boys are on Twitter too.  Follow them HERE