Comments | mellanella: No more TV!

mellanella

No more TV!

Aug 12, 2006 20:12

I haven't felt much like writing lately. Between recovering from my sinus infection and a whole slew of other things that have sent my brain into a quagmire, sitting down to write something reasonably intelligent was rather low on the priority list ( Read more... )

Comments 9

uberreiniger August 13 2006, 02:43:14 UTC

That compulsion goes away the more you watch TV. I lived alone for many years and pretty much had to have the TV on for background noise. Commercials just aggravate me now because they're loud, abbrasive, and rarely offer a product I even would think about needing. Very seldom do they make me want anything though. Perhaps if they were more enjoyable in their own right, they would.

mellanella August 18 2006, 14:00:25 UTC

For me, it was just the shock of going from relatively little television to over 12 hours of it every day. Yikes!

bretzysdude August 13 2006, 12:27:41 UTC

Engagement? Huh? When did that happen? Congrats! :D

mellanella August 18 2006, 14:00:46 UTC

Thanks! :-D

princessleia2 August 13 2006, 12:34:05 UTC

Not having cable really changed my TV watching habits, now the only things I watch are PBS (no commercials) and movies/shows we rent/download.

On the rare occasion that I do end up watching something on a channel with commercials I don't feel the need to buy the products - I feel really annoyed that they'd interrupt my show for this junk.

mellanella August 18 2006, 14:02:03 UTC

That's what I'd slowly like to do: watch good TV series off of Netflix and/or pick two or three shows per season to watch exclusively. Except for sports. Sports do get watched.

lucypevensie August 13 2006, 21:21:24 UTC

The important thing about commercials is that you REALIZE all this. Which you do.

TV in general gets the big middle finger from me anyway.

mellanella August 18 2006, 14:03:02 UTC

There really isn't a lot on that's worth watching most of the time. I'm always amazed by the fact that I have 40 channels, and rarely there's something on that interests me. The same phenomenon occurs when I'm in an evironment with over 200.

lucypevensie August 19 2006, 23:34:44 UTC

Much like in real life, I am wont to get sucked in to any show that involves food or shiny things. HGTV, TLC, and (duh) Food Network would be my downfalls (as probably would Spike, Sci-Fi, and Cartoon Network.)

But I don't have a TV! So it doesn't matter. Take that, media conglomerates!