Life without TV

[anitab]

Earlier last year, around March, when I moved house, I didn’t have a television set. My previous owner had one at the flat which I put to good use. When I moved I didn’t immediately buy one and it wasn’t a conscious decision at first, but then I decided that I’d try living without a TV for a while

Comments

[pinkoliphaunt]

Go you:)

I've come to feel that I'd be happy enough without TV as long as I had broadband internet access:) Still to try it out though!

I do agree on life revolving around TV at times at least. Given my erratic timings, I'd pretty much stopped having fav. serials, except for f.r.i.e.nd.s. I always tried to catch the nth rerun of that every day, even after they moved it to 12:30 am *ugh*, and even though I know I can get DVDs of every season so very easily. Just as I was about to convince myself to miss out on it every day, Star thankfully scrapped it on the night slot.:)

[anitab]

i don't even have broadband internet access. poor me! :(

[jace]

You may find this worth reading:

Twilight of the Books: A Critic at Large: The New Yorker

[anitab]

thanks jace. will check it out!

[sillifluous]

Doesn't Kitkit mind not having a warm box on
which to doze? I had a cat who loved to sleep
next to the TV and my parents wouldn't let me
watch TV for fear of spoiling her beauty sleep.

[anitab]

hehe, she usually finds something else :) sometimes she comes and sits on my laptop keyboard till i shoo her away!

[aivalli]

First, was addicted to watching MTV India top 10 - year 1998.

Then remote control got invaded.

Fought, the war for remote.

Got hooked to the 'intelligent box'. I whole heartedly refute simplex communications. - year 2000.

Chose to willingly give up (read: innocently lose) waging the war for remote.

Then /me lived happily ever after! :-)

My lovely story.

-N

[anitab]

remote wars can be scary and lead to big fights i think :) i will be spared on that front as my cat will be happier on the tv!

[deponti]

I have a good solution to the TV problem; it doesn't rule my life because of my ancient VCR, which is put to good use. I tape programs or part of them (eg. Jay Leno is only the first 10 minutes!) and watch when I am free, in the afternoons, etc. Other than this, I hardly watch "live" tv at all..

[anitab]

"when i am free, in the afternoons" - that has a lovely ring to it :)

[deponti]

It HAD a lovely ring to it before I started going to Hosur fairly regularly. :(