This is the first time in my life that I've been without television. As a child, I spent most of my waking hours sitting before a television. During my teens, I watched college basketball, the Knicks and Yankees just about every single night. From 2000 on I became a full-on news addict, spending hours upon hours watching MSNBC, C-Span, PBS, etc. The last few years my viewing has been fairly limited to HBO and The Office. Since I can wait for the former on Netflix (Bored To Death better come soon) and the latter on Hulu or NBC.com, well, it was time to bid farewell.
Not only will I save over $60/month, but I will have to fill that time with other activities, hopefully reading, writing and jet skiing.
4 comments:
congrats! i've been w/o a tv for over 10 years now. . . perhaps that's a warning?! NPR, newspapers, magazines, and Netflix fill the void more than adequately. One thing's for sure, you won't miss the ad's.
it's a pretty fantastic feeling. if i could kick smoking after 18 years, i'm sure TV should be a breeze.
I didn't have cable TV from the time I moved out of my parents' house (Jan. 1992) until just after the Towers fell on 9/11. (I could get some local stations via rabbit ears from the antenna on top of the North Tower.) Nine years! This was even pre-internet for a few years. I was more into listening to music and writing in journals. If I didn't live in SuperMax Isolation, I might just do it again!
P.S. NO BUTTS?!!
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