Friday, October 20, 2006
Time for an Intervention?Okay, I'll admit it... I was thrilled to see THREE comments on that post I left the other day! It made my day... however, it is almost 1am... so maybe it made my morning?! But then it got me thinking, does this mean I should start blogging more frequently? I do enjoy blogging, but I often question my motives behind it all - am I doing it for me or for others? I think it is a mix of the two.
James comes home tomorrow. I will be relieved to have him home. The apartment only feels like a home when he is in it with me. Otherwise, it is just a place where I sleep (restlessly), eat (poorly), study (with too many distractions) and watch television (ie: the distractions).
I have realized this year, that I have a TV addict. I think I might need an intervention. This realization came to me just other day. I don't know if it was the fact that my new PVR (like TiVo) had run out of space to record more shows or the fact that I currently follow about 14 shows. Yes, 14. Each an hour long. Now... because PVR allows me to fast-forward through the commercials, that means the shows are between about 40-45 minutes each. But that is still quite a lot of television. I may be ill.
And then thing is, EVERY night, I tell myself that I am going to just watch the shows on the weekend or save them up on PVR and record them onto VHS for later viewing. This would make sense because then I could view the shows when I actually have time - ie: a time when I don't have 2 midterms to study for and THREE papers to write.
But my addictive personality won't let me go 24 hours without catching up with that cute little Japanese guy from Heroes, or gazing dreamily at Wentworth Miller on Prison Break. And now that What About Brian? is back on, I need to know if the wedding is truly off and whether Brian will end up with Marjorie. And while I've heard good things about Entourage, I have a feeling that this is one show that I could end up ditching... I could never, however, miss the antics of Lorelai and Rory, or the cattiness of the girls on ANTM. And I'm always on the edge of my seat with Lost - what is going to happen to Kate, Sawyer and Jack with the others, and will Mr. Echo ever wake up? And just who is that sneaky black guy on Jericho?
As for Survivor, well... I don't really watch that, I just talk over it with the girls from school who come over on Thursday nights to "watch Survivor" (read: talk about school and ANTM). Then when they leave, I throw on Ugly Betty and Grey's.
Friday and Saturday nights I take a break and spend some time with my loving husband, home from the "big city". We do things that normal people do, like go out and socialize with other people. But deep down inside, I'm waiting for Sunday night, when we catch Studio 60 at 7pm from the East coast. James will actually watch this show with me, he's not a junkie AT ALL. Then, we may watch Amazing Race together until 9 and then James goes to bed (because he has to wake up Monday mornings at 4:30am to drive back to the "big city") and I stay up and tune into the girls on Wisteria Lane.
And then my rotation starts all over again.
I think I need an intervention.... maybe I should go on Oprah (which, by the way, I also watch once in awhile). :)
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