Well, we're one step closer to being free. Today we will receive our new Sirius satellite radio receiver and remote control. After we install it and the first of the year rolls by, we are CUTTING OFF THE CABLE!!! I am so happy about this. We have not watched TV....I mean not turned on the TV at all in over a year. But somehow the umbilical cord of having it there has persisted. Some of it is because we were tied into a two year contract with AT&T, which we are now out of. So now we will be truly free of this horrific medium.
I wasn't quite prepared for how much more "outside" the mainstream it would put me to simply not watch TV. But people react mighty strangely to the notion that you don't watch television, if it comes up in conversation. And it does, because TV is such a mainstay of peoples' experience. "oh, did you see_________last night?" Or talk about ball games or reality shows. But I am very glad that I no longer spend time in that way.
Of course, if I ever get depressed again, I'll have to resubscribe so I can watch the Food Channel :-)
1 comment:
I admire you guys dispensing of the teevee once and for all. It will be a liberating experience. I was recently at a brewpub that had 13 television sets on all four walls blasting a different sporting event. At the end of the evening I felt as if my soul had been sucked out.
I've been listening to Sirius in the house quite frequently (it came bundled with my satellite TV service). The only reason I have satellite is so I can watch Euro soccer games. I don't watch the other 200+ channels that come with the service other than the occasional NFL game or PBS show...
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