TV Timeout

No TV for 72 hours!  So I have to say...this assignment probably wasn't as life altering for me as it was for others in our class (cou-Jasmine-gh).  I hardly ever watch any TV.  Once in a while I'll catch up with a show online.  Even more rare are the times when I sit down in front of the television in our living room.  I pretty much only watch TV socially.  I'll go to a friend's place to watch the game, for example.  There weren't any gatherings during our TV famine, though, so I can honestly say I didn't have to make any lifestyle adjustments.  I get my news online.  I get my entertainment from other sources (books, exercise, human interaction, etc.).  I can't think of a single thing that I ever try to find out and turn to the TV in order to do so.  I have the Internet...and it is much more convenient to me.  Not only does it have more information, but you ,at very least, seem to have so much more control over what information you access at what time.

The hardest part for me was avoiding TVs in public places.  We have them on every wall at the restaurant where I work, and sometimes I would catch myself glancing to, say, see the score.  In other words, I don't usually voluntarily turn on the tube, but when it's on in the vicinity it's hard not to give it any of my attention.  Not only was it difficult at times to physically stay away from the TV, but it's also difficult to keep it out of conversation.  I was paying extra attention to its prevalence in my life, and I realized that people don't just watch TV a lot, but they talk about it for what seems like the rest of the time!  It's crazy how much it infiltrates our thoughts; TV must be pretty powerful.

Because I don't usually watch TV, I did not find myself needing to replace it with a different medium.  I go to school full time and work two jobs, so I would hardly have time to watch it if I wanted to. I get my news online.  I get my entertainment from other sources (books, exercise, human interaction, etc.).  I can't think of a single thing that I've ever tried to find out and turned to the TV in order to do so.  I have the Internet...and it is much more convenient to me.  Not only does it have more information, but you ,at very least, seem to have so much more control over what information you access at what time.  There are so many things on TV that I don't want to see, that it doesn't usually seem worth my time to filter through.

That's all...