WWJD?

Beep...Beep...Beep...Beep...
That's right folks, the new season of "24" is upon us. Jack Bauer returns tomorrow night as part of a two night, four hour premier event. Only on Fox. I should get paid for that.
For those of you who don't know, "24" is Fox's documentary series that follows Jack Bauer in real time as he fights terrorism and saves the world. He's already done it like 5 times. Jack Bauer received an Emmy for "Best Person Ever" last year, but accepted it under the alias "Keifer Sutherland" so as to throw off the terrorists. Last season's ending and this one's beginning can be summed up nicely by one of the Jack Bauer Facts: 1.6 billion Chinese are angry with Jack Bauer. Sounds like a fair fight.
Anyway, I wonder if during 24 Bush's approval goes up at all. Or at least if peoples' attitude on certain things change. Like how much danger we are in from terrorists, and whether torturing terror suspects for information is ok. The answer 24 gives us is yes, we are in extreme danger, and yes, torturing people works and is necessary to protect us. If we have Jack Bauer.

I will probably get called a number of names, and rightfully so, for the following:
Right now I have my computer set up so that when it starts, it plays the same sound as when 24 starts - you know, that fast series of beeps that accompany the "24" title showing up? Not the "beep...beep..." of the ticking clock for when it goes to commercial breaks. I downloaded an alarm clock and set it to play the "beep...beep..." clock tick sound every hour. And, by shear luck, the clock display on this alarm clock is red and digital. Awesome.
Before this, I had my computer set up so that when it starts, it played the main title theme of LOST--short and eerie. And, I had it so that when my computer shuts down it plays that sound that is often at the end of LOST episodes--that crescendo of instruments and then that sort of explosion-type sound that accompanies the "LOST" on the screen. Maybe I'll return to these settings once LOST returns, which I cant wait for.

Also, over the last 3 or 4 days or so, I've gotten into the new NBC show, "Heroes." You can watch all of the first 11 episodes online (along with a lot of other nbc shows). The show is good. A lot of similarities to LOST in that there is a lot going on, and a lot of it is about the unknown and destiny. The characters and acting is not as good as LOST, but it works. I like this thing networks are doing with putting full episodes of their shows online. ABC does it too, and I've been able to watch "The Nine", which also is a lot about the unknown, but with characters and acting not quite as good as LOST. I've heard NBC's "30 Rock" is good, so I might get into that. And does anyone know anything about the series that is similar to 30 Rock with Chandler in it? "Studio on the Sunset Strip" or something like that? What channel and is it any good?

Anyway, as the new year trudges on you may find yourself in some difficult situations. I advise you to refer to the title of this entry and ask yourself, What Would Jack (Bauer) Do?