• 11Oct 06

  More Than I Can Handle

  Back when I was apprehensive about just getting basic cable I remember thinking to myself that it was just gonna be an experiment, and if it didn't work out I could just pull the plug and go back to reading and writing all the time.

  Now that I'm married things have taken a sharp turn deeper into TV land though. Now that we've bought ourselves a 50" SXRD and hooked ourselves up with digital cable including an HD-PVR we are knee deep in quality television in our house all the time.

  Not that that's a really bad thing, but I remember thinking that I was getting used to the idea of not watching TV and doing some physical activities while I was on my honeymoon, and I had been looking forward to the opportunity to keep that flow going when I got home... oh well.

  Nowadays there's times during the week when I barely even have time to catch up on all the shows I wanna watch. I have to stay up late after I get home from work and then wake up early the next day just to pack in Dexter, Heroes, Studio 60, Robot Chicken... and the list goes on. I've already started paring back on what shows I can really commit to (or the network does it for me, like with Smith) maybe it might be time to install that TV in the bathroom to really take advantage of every waking minute...

  • Posted Oct 11, 2006 7:06 pm PT
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• 22Feb 06

  Now That We've Got Cable

  It's really not all that I thought it would be. I mean, I generally wind up downloading missed episodes from the internet anyway - and since they don't have commercials it's all the better.
  
  I think the best thing about having cable is having cable internet (and even there the wiring in our place is lousy so our connection is tenuous at best).
  
  I can't say the fault entirely lies with TV - my schedule is fairly counter to be able to follow anything that's going on show-wise. In the morning I can only watch the news, and when I'm at home for dinner, all my fiance wants to watch is Entertainment Tonight and Reba. By the time I finally get home from work in the evening, I'm lucky if I can get a chance to watch The Daily Show.
  
  I've heard that the PS3 will have some kind of TiVo device built in, and in that case I'll be able to really follow all the TV I want. After getting my hands on my first season of TV on DVD (can't remember which one that was - maybe Spawn) I think I've developed a real taste for being able to watch shows whenever I feel like it, and without any commercials to boot.
  • Posted Feb 22, 2006 9:30 pm PT
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• 13Oct 05

  Cable's Eve

  After a summer without cable - a summer of fun in the sun - we're finally going to be pumping cable into this place. This will be the first time in about 10 years that I've actually done this deliberately. I've otherwise tried to intentionally limit my access to the idiot box because I know I lack the self control to do it myself.
  
  These days, I've found a better way to sink my teeth into some great TV though. I've gone the "low tech" route to TiVo (if that makes sense). Torrents have been providing me with all the TV I've been craving/missing, and as such I've been very well versed in some fabulous television. Farscape, Firefly and 24 are just a few examples of the shows I've been able to keep current on despite the lack of cable. The problem with that though, is that I'm a little off the pace and it takes a long time to get my hands on a show.
  
  Don't get me wrong though - as I've tried to explain, I need to keep TV slightly at bay or it will consume my entire existence. Pop Culture in general fascinates me, but television (good television) holds a lot of answers to the questions people have been asking about who we are and where we're going - at least I think so.
  
  I'll get into that later - about the TV being a tool for Socialization and what that might do to you.
  • Posted Oct 13, 2005 3:12 am PT
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