People have been pushing me real hard to watch "Flash Forward" and "Glee," while I have seen some of these shows and they are good and all, I just do not think I can continuously watch them. y now it is just a fact, we cannot watch every movie ever made, every tv show, read every book, yet some of us try. I just need to know what I can get out of it. I have already watched a lot of comedies; and Glee has some uniquely funny moments, but it makes me feel strange, almost sick when I watch it. Flash forward has something off about it, its trying to hard. Yet I could continue to watch these shows, and many others, despite any flaws. I watch several shows with flaws, so it comes up why do I not watch them?
I used to tell and push people to watch television shows but for the most part I have stopped, (I still do with Lost, hence the "for the most part.") I am back in school now, working around 20 hours a week. I try to draw and paint, and play guitar, and . . . Then I also try to have a social life. Not to mention the time I spend with my family. Two hours a week becomes a lot, a lot of time I don't have for hit and miss entertainment. The only time I really watch t.v. is about when I go to bed. When I do that, I want to watch an old favorite on DVD. (I invested money into my DVDs and now I need to see a return in my entertainment.) Even my DVD watching is at a minimum.
So why do I bring this up? As a former t.v. junky, I just want to say, it is great being on the outside. I no longer have a compulsive need or urge to be in a living room by such and such o'clock to see what funny quip House makes to his superior, or if Ted finally met his children's "Mother." (Plus now that I watch less t.v., I justify how bad it all is to myself, and I can see it as it really is. It is all awful for the most part.) So I am free, no longer anchored by the black glowing box, I can run, and breathe the fresh air of the world! Come join me friends, the air is sweet when you develop muscles enough to run!
