Television Sucks

OK, that's not exactly true. I love a lot of shows that are on right now (and more that will be on in February--the return of Joss!), which inherently creates the potential for a lot of wasted time. It's like having a friend who talks you into eating your weight in chocolate cake. The common response would be "you suck for bringing me that cake," but what you're really saying is "I suck for being too weak-willed to resist your caloric influence." Let's face it, TV is empty calories for the brain; it's passive entertainment that requires little from me but gathering cellulite. But there is a decadent buffet of quality (quality=scripted, sorry) programming that I will find difficult to resist entirely.

I have a family, and I live in a place that values an earlier prime time than other parts of the world. The offspring are in bed after prime time has begun, so it's a challenge to see everything I want to see on TV as it shows. (And this whole government-mandated-load-the-landfills-buy-HD b.s. is something else entirely.) Which is why I love love love that you can find most good shows online now. And there's usually one or two major sponsors, so no more of this 20 minutes of commercials nonsense. Wait, I have something in my eye...

I'll admit it. If not for the impending doom of the analog signal, I'd still be using rabbit ears and my VCR. As a matter of fact, I'd be doing that now, right up until Dark February, if my decade-old TV hadn't finally decided to meet its manufacturer. But I don't like to think of it as losing a TV, so much as gaining a butt-groove in my office chair.