Since I haven't been able to keep a job for over a year now money has become tight. My wife and I decided it was a good idea to put off DirecTV for financial reasons and I couldn't be happier. It is amazing how much extra time of each day you gain without watching TV for the three...no wait I just researched it. Eight hours on average? You gotta be kidding me! Wake up people! There is more to life than reality television. There is reality. Use your brain. Make something. Play something. Do something! I posted a video on Facebook yesterday and I got a comment from someone saying "I wish I had time to do that!" My reply was "Quit watching TV and start making it." Technology exists for our betterment not our hindrance. Who cares what Kim Kardashian is doing? I only know her from seeing her on the cover of magazines in the check out aisle of the grocery store. It knocks me out how reality television has made stars out of people that shouldn't have been let into the audience of a Jerry Springer show. But then again, the producers are only doing their jobs. The audience loves it. I am suddenly taken to the scene in the movie "Gladiator" when Maximus, played by Russell Crowe, kills some opponents in a gory fashion and yells at the crowd "Are you not entertained?" and then spits at them. Preach on Russell. So here is what I have done without television.
- Got better on guitar.
- Taught my daughter how to play guitar. Now we play at living centers for the elderly.
- Painted a picture.
- Read some books. Some for entertainment, some for knowledge.
- Made Sushi many times. (A Youtube video will be forthcoming.)
- Built some cool lights.
- Lost weight. See other posts.
- Came up with some really killer ideas.
- Finished my bathroom.
- Figured out how to promote me!
So there you go. Do what the bumper sticker says. "Kill your television." The way things are going with the internet and On Demand services you're not missing anything anyway. Except your own life...Ho Chi Tim.
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