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hot_pastrami · 11-13-2003, 12:13 PM

I gave up on television years ago. I used to be an addict, and one day I was stressing because I realized I was going to miss the show I wanted to see... And the big, red, wait-just-a-goddamned-minute light went on in my brain. TV is SO missable. It contributes less to the value in my life than just about everything else. I did a 180 and stopped watching TV altogether, owning a TV just for the sake of watching movies. I didn't have it hooked up an antenna or anything.

Fast forward eight years or so. Now, I'm married to a woman who loves TV. We have Dish Network with a PVR, and the TV is on all the time. I don't pay attention to it much though, and it's muted it during commercials to stem the urge to destroy things.

But, I do occasionally pay attention to it when she's watcing something on the History Channel, some of that is interesting. I think my TV-watching pendulum is swinging it's way back to somewhere in the middle.

11-13-2003, 12:13 PM	#5
hot_pastrami I am meaty Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 1,119	I gave up on television years ago. I used to be an addict, and one day I was stressing because I realized I was going to miss the show I wanted to see... And the big, red, wait-just-a-goddamned-minute light went on in my brain. TV is SO missable. It contributes less to the value in my life than just about everything else. I did a 180 and stopped watching TV altogether, owning a TV just for the sake of watching movies. I didn't have it hooked up an antenna or anything. Fast forward eight years or so. Now, I'm married to a woman who loves TV. We have Dish Network with a PVR, and the TV is on all the time. I don't pay attention to it much though, and it's muted it during commercials to stem the urge to destroy things. But, I do occasionally pay attention to it when she's watcing something on the History Channel, some of that is interesting. I think my TV-watching pendulum is swinging it's way back to somewhere in the middle. __________________ Hot Pastrami!