For the past six and a half months, Kent and I have pirated an unsecured internet connection from our neighbors and used rabbit ears to get local television shows. It has been fine (and free), but tomorrow we join the 21st century. We will be getting our own internet connection, cable and DVR box. (I've missed Bravo and TLC, and Kent has missed ESPN--he really suffered during the World Series.)
While I'm excited to get cable, I have realized it is not a necessity and not having it has lessened the amount of time I spend in front of the TV. I would say I currently watch an average of 5 hours per week. The national average is about 20 hours per person per week, so I'm below average which is great in this case, but I want to stay around 5 hours even with cable. My hope is that DVR will keep me from aimless viewing, but we'll see. I missed an entire season of Project Runway, so I might have some make up viewing to do.
Anyway, we're looking forward to joining the modern world of technology and communication, and I can't wait to watch SportsCenter every night.
Beauty School Drop Out
8 years ago
4 comments:
Congratulations! Now you'll have more channels and information than you ever could have imagined needing :)
really? thats fantastic. i cant wait for sportscenter either. are you excited for 'around the horn' as well?
i lived without cable for 2.5 years in HB...now i am right up there with the 20 hours average. I'm such a sucker for thos reality shows!
Good luck.
You haven't missed any new PRs -- Top Chef finishes tonight and then they are starting that horrible Make Me a Supermodel thing. Then they'll probably do the haircut one and then it should be PR time but I'm not sure if they are doing one more season or if it now goes to the Lifetime network. (did you hear they bought the show?)
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