I am a television whore...

It's true...I am, indeed, a television whore. I just can't help myself. More than anything else, it's what I do when I come home from work while I'm eating supper and then until I go to bed: I plop myself in front of the television and zone out for several hours. The sad thing is, we don't even have cable. And no matter how unmeriting the lineup for the night is, I still watch because I can't bring myself to do anything else. I'm pretty sure I watch more than any of my roommates, even though we share some shows and enjoy watching them together. How sad am I? And I don't know how I became to be this way...perhaps it was deprivation as a child, though I know I watched a fair amount then, too. But I was, it seems, alot busier at night, with chores and whatnot. Dude, I so need to find an organization or activity to get myself involved in. To my credit, I think, I really like watching TV news, especially the Today show in the mornings while eating breakfast before I go to work. I take some kind of simple joy from getting the latest headlines while sitting cross-legged on our couch that is so fulfilling. My roommates have even noticed it.

On about the news and the media in general....
I'm sick of hearing people complain about the liberal media only reporting negative things. A) We do the best we can. But more importantly, B) If we don't hear about the bad things going on in the world, how are we supposed to fix them???? Huh? Sure, it's great to hear about the good things that are happening in the world, but if we don't report on coruption, crime and the like, we are only allowing those things to continue to florish and that is unacceptable. So, I don't mind hearing if the world is going to hell. As citizens, it's our responsibility to right it and we need to know what needs fixing. I realize one person can't change the world, but even the little every day things can help. I highly recommend "Soul of a Citizen" by Paul Rogat Loeb for inspiration to that end.

I ought to go... Top Model, AmIdol and Lost are on tonight...hehehe.