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"I Have Existed for Years, But Very Little Has Changed..."
When my mother and I went to Vancouver last year we walked by a block that had seemingly been reduced to rubble by an extremely localized tornado. It turned out the tornado was an NBC crew, who had temporarily destroyed the block for an upcoming earthquake movie named "10.5." It was impressive seeing the set up close, all the foam rubber debris and such was totally convincing in person, if wasn't for the cameras and crew we never would have known it was fake.
The movie is airing tonite and probably won't be very good, but if you happen to tune in see if you can spot the scenes we walked by, like these mannequins who caught a bad one.
I've been without TV for a year and a half now, and it's amazing how little my life has been affected by the lifestyle change. More than anything I've learned that the tube is so deeply embedded in our culture that removing the actual television appliance from my own life makes me no less a citizen of the TV nation.
I still spend every day hearing jokes and references to the latest hit shows, and even though I've never actually seen most of them, never watched Omarosa or William Hung or Nick and Jessica with my own eyes, I still feel like I get all the jokes, just about as well I did when I was watching along with everyone else.
Don't get me wrong, I'll never be one of those too-cool-for-TV snobs (I have the entire "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" series on my hard drive). But it's been a trip to take a step back for the last year, and get a different perspective by watching from the sidelines.
Posted by jsmooth995 at May 2, 2004 09:35 PM
I don't have tv myself. I only watch it on Sundays when I drop by my mother's house. The only thing I miss is watching sports.
Posted by: Hashim at May 2, 2004 10:38 PM
bobbito syndrome? I was amazed how Bobbito hasn't watched TV in many years. I wish I could stay away from the TV. although, i dont' watch as much tv but spent more time on pc.
Posted by: quimby at May 2, 2004 11:34 PM
how does not watching television make a difference if you still enquire about what's on tv? would your lifestyle be changed if you never turned on the radio again? jay, didn't you watch the grammy's and provide live updates? i think the pc is quickly replacing the tv as our main source of entertainment. you can find the same content on the net and a whole lot more. will we soon abstain from left clicking and ctrl+alt+del as well?
Posted by: dialect at May 3, 2004 05:13 AM
I was off TV for a minute since our illegal cable got shut off. but I've started watching network ish more now and I've realized that all the shit I used to think was really cheesy has become less so. "the practice" last night was a complete by-the-books tear-jerker, but I think it's been so long since I've watched ish like that, it's almost new to me.
Posted by: noixe at May 3, 2004 02:35 PM
i was fine w/out tv until i got hbo... so my excuse to that is, "it's not tv."
Posted by: leftcoastchic at May 3, 2004 02:45 PM
Hashim: Yeah I went without TV once before about ten years ago and basketball was the one thing that kept bringing me back. This time I don't even find myself missing the sports too much, I guess the Knicks have just broken my heart one too many times.
quimby: That's funny, yeah Bobbito has never been much of a pop culture head like that, although I know he is into movies somewhat. Hr used to have the audio of this Robbie Benson basketball movie on tape, and he would listen to it to hype himself up before he played a game.
dialect: I was at my mom's house for the grammys and oscars, I go there when there's something I really want to catch live. Yeah the internet is why i didn't feel like I needed cable anymore.. BTW I do actually have a TV, but I can't pick up any channels on it, I only use it for DVDs.
Posted by: Jay Smooth at May 3, 2004 05:09 PM
noixe: yeah the best part about not having TV at home is it's always a major event when I get to watch it elsewhere, no matter what show. I'm always at my mom's house like "Say word they're doing an 'Extreme Dating' marathon, LET'S GET IT ON!!"
leftcoastchic: yeah HBO is the hardest habit to kick.. But I actually never got HBO even when I had cable, as a way to get my antisocial self going to other people's houses on the weekend, lol. I need to catch up on the Sopranos and Deadwood.
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Don't front, you know you watch Making The Band, too!
Posted by: BCTW at May 4, 2004 09:36 AM
I've only seen Puffy's Making the Band once or twice, I saw the cheesecake episode and the "how dare you disrespect my brothers poetry!" episode.. that's anthoer one I need to catch up on. I did watch every episode of the O-Town version, repeatedly.
Posted by: Jay Smooth at May 4, 2004 11:22 AM
Sorry addicted to anime so I have to have a tv.
Plus I like MTV shows. And I cant forget BILL O'reilly.
"I Don't have a problem!I can stop anytime i want"
Posted by: LALA at May 4, 2004 04:48 PM
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