We are a very media orientated family. Currently, right this minute, we have two televisions on as well as the computer. Me blogging, the houseguest on the little television playing Halo 2 and Top Gear playing on the big one. Is that an overload or what?
When I was growing up, I don't really remember the television being off. It was always there, in the background, even if no one was watching it. I was a Disney child. Back when the Disney channel was still a premium, we got a free preview that they never turned off. Thank you to stupid cable companies.
I admit I watch the boob tube too much, I'm a lazy couch potato stoner. Is that really a bad thing though? I enjoy it, I'm not hurting anyone by doing it and believe it or not, I have acquired quite a bit of knowledge through the power of television consumption.
The internet is becoming an appealing outlet under this same reasoning. I spent the morning on YouTube. It was fun. After having seen the movie "Hot Fuzz" last night (HBO and Cinemax free preview, yay!) it made me want to watch the show "Black Books." Probably haven't heard of it if you don't have BBC or something but it is an awesome show. Well, YouTube has it. If you are going to watch it, start with episode one: Cooking the Books.
The other day I got sucked into taking a bunch of surveys. Never really been a fan but I found some cool ones, at least ones that entertained me long enough to actually do them. Here are a few of the niftier ones:
Ha! So yeah, I get on the computer to do something relatively productive like blogging and ended up doing that. Have I lost respect for myself? Not yet, give it time.
I don't think I will ever drift away from our media induced society, I'm in love with all forms of entertainment you don't have to leave your house for. Laugh please. We currently own a NES, Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and the XBox (with over a hundred games for the XBox alone,) and can you believe we aren't done yet? XBox 360 is next, mainly for Halo 3, I love you Bungie! Can't wait to see what they do next.
Anyway, I promise to come up with something more substantial in the way of posts here soon. It's a little awkward to be sitting here typing when someone new is sitting eight feet away. Anonymous blog remember? The hubby is all who knows. I feel like I'm being sneaky or something. It will get easier, I just have to get more comfortable. Maybe after tomorrow evening I'll have something interesting. My mom is taking me out to dinner for Easter (weird considering once I let go of the Easter Bunny game she kept pushing me to play past the age of fourteen, Easter kind of meant nothing anymore.) So off I go to try to entertain myself and the houseguest for the next six hours until the hubby comes home. Easier freaking said then done by the way!
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