Sunday, September 27, 2015

tv- Gloria Pulley

(Random opening thoughts:  Why does Microsoft word have the font default on Calibri 11?  Can this be changed?)
            
          I had an interesting childhood in that I didn’t have cable.  I’m not really sure why my parents never got cable, considering they both watch TV now.  Honestly, I’m unsure what I did with all that time I spent in front of the television…no really I can’t remember (my childhood memories have metaphorically been dumped in a box and shoved back to the deepest corner of my closet).  It wasn’t until middle school that we finally got cable, and by then, I was out of the loop on every cartoon.  Personally, I didn’t see what the big deal was.  Animated sponges and dogs with blogs never quite appealed to me as much as learning how to cook or exploring ancient cultures and faraway places. Case in point, I have a close friend who will try to reference cartoons he watched as a child or movies that “everyone knows about.” In return, I usually stare blankly at him and just continue on, telling him about the cool Nova special that was on.  #smh #nooneunderstandsme

Yes, I was nerd.  I still am. I have no shame.
           
            To answer the actual question, yes, I do watch TV when I can.  In fact, I’m currently watching travel channel with my father.  I used to have more time for weekly nova specials and national geographic documentaries, but nowadays, TV is considered just a welcomed break from homework and cross country and college searching and learning to drive and ACTs and SATs and taking care of my sister and all the things I would rather not do. 
            But I do love my Netflix account.  Friday nights after practice and pasta parties, it’s me time. Curled up in bed, I indulge in a few episodes of the series I am currently working my way through, the X Files.  I allow myself this vacation away from educational programming in pursuit of aliens and the paranormal with my opt Sculder (don’t know what an otp is? #smh).  In a way, television is an opportunity, not just to get lost in a storyline, but to explore places, cultures, science, and history… and not just a brain rotting contraption that’s slowly poisoning our youth. But this has its limits… Prepare for a rant….
 I’m completely ok with TV but DEAR LORD! DO NOT CALL YOURSELF THE HISTORY CHANNEL AND ONLY SHOW RERUNS OF REALITY TV STARRING A BUNCH OF RED NECKS IN A SWAMP!  SHOW ME HISTORY DANGNABBIT!  ALSO, THOSE WHO SPEND THEIR LIVES CARTERING TO A CAMERA AND GET PAID MORE THAN I EVER WILL, Y’ALL NEED TO GO.  Ok, I’m done.

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