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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
TV Time
I think if I had to make a list of inventions from the last century that made a significant impact on my life, near the top of the list would be television. Good old TV has been my faithful friend and stalwart ally for years, always quenching my boredom and giving me something fun to do (much to my mother's dismay). I really don't watch that much of it, but I definitely enjoy television :) In all honesty, TV is extremely useful and practical -take the news, for example, or the Weather Channel. But the practicality of television isn't really what peaks my interest today. What I'm wondering is what you enjoy watching on TV. I'd say what I watch is a mix of regular teen stuff and some more obscure interests -this week, via TV, I learned about modeling, deadly tornadoes, savantism, Simon Cowell's annoying albeit funny frankness, and the expected North Korean missile launch. I watch a lot of educational and random TV shows on Discovery Channel, family-oriented (not viewer families, but shows that profile families) shows on TLC, and too much news for my own good. But I have my guilty pleasures -last night I spent almost an hour watching the girls on America's Next Top Model verbally attack each other (and somewhat enjoyed it.) TV is also an interesting social tool -when The Secret Life of the American Teenager was on, it was an instant conversation-starter for me and my friends, as are other shows like American Idol, Desperate Housewives, and NCIS (at least in my school). But my all-time favorite show is My So-Called Life, from the 1990s, so no one's ever heard of that :) What do YOU like to watch on TV? How often do you watch? Are you a major fan or a casual follower?
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One minor correction -the North Korean missile launch I refer to is no longer upcoming, considering that it happened on April 4th (I wrote this a few weeks ago) :)
OMG I LOVE MY SO-CALLED LIFE!!! i intend to marry Brian Krakow. Haha, its actually funny you mention it, my friend and i just had a mscl marathon. of all, what 17? episodes.
Hannah, you totally made my day! OMG! Brian Krakow is the sweetest person. I love him. I wonder what would've happened with him and Angela if the show went on longer. Personally, though, if Rickie wasn't gay, I'd totally marry him :) As for MSCL marathons, I have 'em every few months (my mom got me the boxed set of all, yep, 17 episodes, for my birthday).
I occasionally watch TV. When I do though, it's via computer because I don't have TV. I used to feel left out when my friends talked about shows, but now I find them if I really want to see them and otherwise figure I'm not missing that much...
Emma, that's a good attitude. My mom didn't have TV at all when she was growing up, and she turned out just fine :) And, as you mentioned, if you really want to watch something, there's always the internet.
I don't really watch TV, except sometimes the news. :3 I never have, because my parents (mostly my mom) never encouraged it when I was younger, and my mom hardly ever watches TV. I just find it kind of strange for me to go into the livingroom and turn on the TV, lol...my dad watches it almost every night though. Although there are some shows that I've heard about and would really like to see sometime, I don't have the time, or at least, I'm not sure how to make time to watch TV. So I don't know what I'm missing really. But sometimes I feel left out and wish I knew what people were talking about when they talk about a TV show. (wow, this comment was super-long.)
Hannah-
I wish it had gone on longer! Oh well. I'm glad I was at least introduced to it :)
Marly-
Yeah, I know what you mean, sometimes it's totally annoying when people are talking about a TV show that you don't watch and it just goes over your head, like you have no idea what they're talking about. That happens to me a lot. In all honesty, as much as I love TV, you'll turn out just fine (if not better) without it :)
I watch Home Improvement, What Not to Wear, Nanny 911, it's me or the dog, iCarly, Wizards of Waverly Place (I know, haha), Dirty Jobs, Mythbusters, FULL HOUSE, SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH ( c how completely honest I am?) and some more i can't find in my brain right now=) I like TV but I can go for 3 days without it and be fine. I watch what's on and don't schedule things sround my favoriteshows.
Tutulorraine, you are very honest! Good for you! I love What Not To Wear, by the way. Awesome show. So fun to watch!
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