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Now, today's story...

I am finished. My final final was this morning and I flew right through it. We'll find out later whether that means I did good or bad.

This means it is once again time to pack up my belongings and move them the 25 miles back to my house. I do hate to move. There's nothing less fun in the world. Well maybe there are a few things. I'd probably rather move than be shot in the head. Though I gotta say, I imagine being shot in the head would be pretty painless.

Hang on. Weighing my options. Shot to the head? Move?

Yeah, I'll move. Because if I'm dead, I'll probably miss the season finale of Lost in two weeks. Speaking of which, the first new episode since April 6 is on tonight!

I'm excited. When new shows are being promoted every summer, I like to go down the list and think about which ones I think I'll enjoy as opposed to which ones I think will bomb within their first month. I base my presumptions on what I've read about, people involved and any clips or promotional spots I've seen.

Lost was one of those shows that I just knew would be awesome — to me. What surprised me is that it became so popular. All I knew about it last summer was that it was a show about a bunch of people who crash on an island — but it was written by J.J. Abrams. To me, that meant it had to be better than any premise statement could ever hope to be.

It was. Still is. My favorite kinds of stories focus on character development, which is why I ended up taking such a liking to Lost. Each week it tells a story from the point of view of a single character and relates it somehow to what is happening on that freaky island. If that's not character development, nothing is.

I seem to have gotten off on a television tangent here. So while I'm at it, I should mention that there's usually always a show that I don't think will be that good that surprises me. This year, that show is House.

The only place I'd ever seen Hugh Laurie was an episode of Friends where they all went to London. He mocked Jennifer Aniston for a while. He was funny then, and so he is as Dr. Greg House. When it began, it seemed like a story-driven series about a medical team that diagnoses unknown diseases. Actually, that describes Medical Investigation and there's a reason it's not on anymore.

As the season went on, House turned into a more character-focused series. The episodes are still driven by the medical crisis but now there's a special emphasis on the people. For example, next week House is going on a date to get back a member of his team who left because of her unrequited feelings for him.

Good shows are hard to come by, but there are a few. And I demand that you watch them.

Or else...

Wonderful Weather: It's been beautiful outside all day. The clouds. The rain. I love all of it. Sometimes I do like living in Florida. Indeed. Now if only we could get a little snow every now and then.