You know, there is nothing stranger than watching yourself on TV.. especially for a semi-shy person like myself (I know.. you’re saying.. semi-shy ?!? .. but think about it a little more.. and I tink you’ll agree). Diane and I watched the second episode of the colony with Max and a few of his friends in an overheated dorm lounge down at pratt. Once again.. I liked the show… At the same time.. it’s odd seeing all the stuff that didn’t make it into the show.. 5 24 hour days are pretty tough to cram into an hour TV slot. The whole complicated progression of making the wood gassifier had to be broken down into a few short beats.. I remember how absolutely amazed I was that we were actually making electricity out of wood fumes.. .. I hope the sense of ‘can that really be working ..?!?!’ came through. For those who are wondering.. we got about 3 hours of generation from every charge of wood. .. which was sufficient to top off our batteries. One thing I really loved about the show was that everything they showed that worked.. actually worked.. if it didn’t work.. they’d show that it didn’t work.. That was really important to me.
It’s hard for me sometimes watching the interpersonal stuff is hard for me.. the stress we were under often led to friction between folks on the cast.. It’s strange to see since we are all good friends now.. I know that the drama makes for more watchable TV. but I’ve never liked conflict…
It’ll be interesting to see what folks thought of this second episode..Let me know what you think I think things are going to get more interesting from here on out..
I need to sleep now.. more tomorrow. Nite folks.. Nite Sam !
-me
ps. For what it’s worth.. here’s part of the twitter feed I captured for the east coast screening.. interesting mix of comments !
t_stay the colony.. on the discovery channel.. legit.. check it out..
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angrypenguin1 The plight of honeybees & alarming potential causes of colony collapse disorder http://bit.ly/4meivo
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Chicago_SC Um yeah this Discovery thing “the colony” is lame. They’d of done better just showing how to be a freegan as it is, just more BS.
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shacker The Colony is turning into DIY heaven, a little post-apocalyptic Maker Faire for the armchair.
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DubiousBastard By far, my new favorite show is the colony
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blogsbe Is anyone else watching the colony?
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Eltrainlane Just caught the second episode of the colony http://bit.ly/ZOBk9 ) and I really dug it.
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mtgiang the colony is having it easy. where did the goat come from?
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eclecticbliss watching The Colony (what the future could look like after a global viral outbreak) “reality” show on Discovery Channel
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BossCampbell @porkchopRICH you coming to drink with me tomorrow at the colony?
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almitra the colony on discovery might just be the best show ever.
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epicjbrown Watching The Colony w/the wifey- #Discovery puts out some quality programming
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bglendin Watching the colony with alex, I can’t stand some of these people ugh
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sassypsyche The colony: It’s like big brother meets mythbusters.
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mtgiang the colony is having it easy.
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mtgiang the colony is having it easy. where did the goat come from?
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mtgiang the colony is having it easy.
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sassypsyche Anyone watching the Colony on Discovery Channel? Interesting show.
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beccarisa The Colony is my new favorite show. So postapocalyptic.
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pencilears Watching The Colony, what a bunch of morons.
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itsDESIREEE @kaliannawu oh hecks no. You do NOT see the pimples hiding under my bangs : Its like a colony..
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lavsudar casino – Chamber casino party set for July 30 (The Colony Courier-Leader) http://…com/nd44re
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gzusone This new show The Colony seems pretty cool. Book smart doesnt always mean smart. Street smarts also crucial in life.
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6pm_Noel Officially addicted to the Discovery channel show The Colony. And saddened that I would have no skills to offer after an apocolypse. 🙁
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Camaran And also, The Colony on Discovery Channel is pretty darn good. I want to go on the show now.
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foodeater Watching The Colony, post-apocalyptic “reality” survival show set in L.A. Hard to buy into since its all so controlled.
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allinone09 News Daily: Afghanistan not a colony – Miliband – The Press Association (http://cli.gs/rteyj)
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CrazyinBonTemps watching ‘the colony‘ on discovery. This show is really cool!
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mandy_soto93 Watching The Colony then going to sleep.
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apollstar The Colony is the best reality show Ive ever seen!
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txcountry Watching The Colony… In a very very sad lonely mood tonight..blah
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ntjevan Ok, so The Colony on Discovery sounds cool…but in reality how do you have a show about a post apocolypse world without first having one?
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gregvaneekhout I hope mutants eat handyman Mike on The Colony.
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Marciegee Calling Fluffy Bunny, I mean, @mreko The Colony is on! Dagger needs her fix of scaring the colonists!
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reichenberger13 Watchin’ The Colony.
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