Now, it’s not going to come to a surprise to most of you that television lives in complete opposition to reading. Every hour of TV watched is an hour we could have spent reading, but I never had much of a problem with this. I watched one, maybe two, television shows a week and that was about it. But now everything’s changed.
I decided to switch from my awfully unreliable wireless internet to cable internet and at the same time finally got my apartment set up for cable and in the process decided to throw in DVR service, because it was eight dollars and it seemed to me the only way I was going to make paying for cable worthwhile. And I’ve barely touched a book since.
I’ve developed an addiction to the History channel and have about 15 hours of various programs and specials waiting for me. I can record the practice re-runs that play at seven in the morning and movies from the 10 different Starz and Encore channels I get. I feel like I’ve moved onto the couch.
Anyway, hopefully the novelty will wear off soon and I can get back to reading and wiriting about it here.
It won’t wear off. Cut the service and get your life back.