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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 03-14-2006, 01:42 AM:
Yeah, of course literally you can. But for those of you who watch 0-30 minutes total a day on average compared to people who end up watching about 3-5 hours a day. I don't care what you watch or what programs or specials non-sense. I'm speaking as just television... either news, cartoons, sports, c-span and from of you having your TV on while you multitask or even just background noise as you sleep. The question is...
How much television do you watch on average a day?...
And from those of you who just NEED to watch something(a show or whatever)... Are you able to spend a week or even a month without watching it? (This is by choice not by schedule conflicts and the like)
And from those who do not watch much at all... how are you able to keep current with news, events, disasters, trends, and etc. And if it takes you two weeks later to find out about "Katrina" that is pretty sad.
Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 03-14-2006, 02:00 AM:
I could live without "cable." I would prefer not to live without a TV SET, however.
I really only watch 3 shows with any regularity:
Letterman, Judge Judy, and 60 Minutes. I tape all of those and watch 'em when I can. (Usually have a backlog built up.)
Sometimes after work (before going to the theatre) my wife and I will watch "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune." But I probably spend more time watching DVDs at home than I do actual TV.
As for news: I like to check online newspapers. The Orlando Sentinel is my favorite. You can find out FAR more, faster, online than you can watching TV news. I find that when news happens, I usually find out about it on the web before TV has gotten to it. (I guess this is mostly because I don't have TV at my day job.)
Posted by Dieter Depypere (Member # 3184) on 03-14-2006, 02:22 AM:
I do not like watching TV, so yes, I can.
Posted by Stephen Furley (Member # 1277) on 03-14-2006, 02:36 AM:
I have done for the last eight months or so, since my set packed up. I may get it repaired or replaced at some point.
Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 03-14-2006, 04:20 AM:
I don't have a TV at home, and this is a conscious decision - as I deal with moving images all day at work, I like a break from them when I get home. Of course I don't really get one, because I do a lot of video-based work on my PC - editing clips of archive footage for broadcasters, public and education screenings, that sort of thing - as well as watching DVDs that way.
Radio (Britain's main public service broadcasting speech station, Radio Four, has extensive news and current affairs coverage, the only downside being what is in my opinion its very strong political bias), Internet and newspapers are where I generally get my current affairs from. If there's a TV broadcast I really want to see, I can always ask the University library at work to record it for me (we do this for programmes that use any of our footage as a matter of routine), or a friend.
As for Katrina, think I probably found out more about it more quickly through online news sources than if I relied on the TV.
Posted by Nick Scott (Member # 2850) on 03-14-2006, 06:02 AM:
Im at around 4hrs a day 1hr in the morning before work (bit of a cheer up) then 3 hrs of wind down tv when i get home from work.
I Dont really care what i watch just aslong as it doesnt put me to sleep
So no i dont think i could go that long without tv
Posted by Jason Winn (Member # 3568) on 03-14-2006, 06:38 AM:
If there was no TV, I would die. Seriously, I would just stop living. I don't know what I would do without it. I have lots of shows I love watching, but my favorite is wrestling. Yeah, I'm a huge wrestling smark. I watch it every Monday and Friday. Some shows I might be able to live without, but I don't think I could live without wrestling.
Posted by Matt Fields (Member # 3211) on 03-14-2006, 07:41 AM:
I don't have cable. I can only pick up one station, sometimes. The only time I use the TV is to watch the occasional DVD. I also watch Seinfeld and Everyone Loves Raymond on DVD.
So yes, I can live without it. I use the internet, read the paper, and listen to the radio for news, ect.- Matt
Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 03-14-2006, 07:58 AM:
I don't have a TV. When I want to watch something on TV, I go elsewhere. I don't really have time to watch TV at home and, even if I did, most of the programming doesn't really interest me enough to get a TV set.
At one point, I was randomly selected by the Neilsen ratings people to be one of their "ratings households" (they were looking for someone who didn't have cable and didn't have kids). The Neilsen people were very nice, but they had a difficult time comprehending that someone might not have a TV set. I tried to convince them that my opinion of television was just as valid as anyone else's, but they evidently didn't agree.
As for news, I read the paper and listen to the radio (WBZ and NPR). I don't feel out of touch.
Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 03-14-2006, 08:09 AM:
TV, especially sports is generally non-productive time. I watch very little TV but I couldn't live with being aboe to watch "Emeril Live"!
Mark
Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 03-14-2006, 08:09 AM:
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Posted by Brian Michael Weidemann (Member # 2243) on 03-14-2006, 09:25 AM:
It's a monitor for my DVD player, and nothing more. If I lived without it, I'd save money on DVD's, sure enough. No broadcast programming. Years ago it may have been consciously decided, but now I don't even think about it enough to say I don't care. I don't get current events from anywhere, although I switch on NPR while I'm driving every now and then.
Who's Katrina?
If you HAVE to "keep current" on trends, especially those that "television" is telling you are trendy, then THAT is pretty sad.
Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 03-14-2006, 09:42 AM:
Hmmmm, the TV set in my bedroom doesn't ever get turned off! That's because my boyfriend needs to sleep with music (Usually VH1 Country) and it drives me crazy!
As far as me actually turning the TV on to watch it, it depends on if I'm working that day. Usually if I'm working its between 0-1 hrs and if I'm not its probably closer to 2-3 hrs.
On most days I could live fine and be happy with a good book, but I do like watching my Sex and the City and CSI: Las Vegas.
Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 03-14-2006, 10:13 AM:
I don't watch TV very much. "The Sopranos" and "24" are the only TV series I'm currently watching. "24" is the only thing that has me switch from my satellite dish to the outside antenna (my Dish Network thing doesn't have the local channels package on it). I know there's a few other good TV series peppered in with the tide of crappy so-called "reality TV" programs. But I just don't feel like making the effort of following any other shows.
Usually the TV set functions more as background to what I'm doing on the computer. When its on, its usually switched to Comedy Central. Sometimes HBO will be selected.
Posted by Steve Scott (Member # 630) on 03-14-2006, 11:31 AM:
Since I usually work weekdays, I only get to watch prime time-late night TV & whatever movies are replaying on the weekends. But I could really care less what's on until my roommates leave ESPN or some crime scene investigation show on all day. After they've gone to bed around 10 I'll flip between whatever's on IFC or Comedy Central, until adult swim comes around with my Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Now's the time of year in MN to sit around home & watch TV.
Posted by Bruce McGee (Member # 131) on 03-14-2006, 12:21 PM:
I'm slowly weaning myself off TV. While in the hospital, I had 18 cable channels to choose from. It was awful. AMC was running a James Bond marathon, etc.
I had the dish turned off about 4 years ago, and will NOT deal with Charter Cable again. During my recovery at the folks home, the only channels I watched were Turner Classic Movies, and TV Land.
Now, at home, I only have the off-air channels. There are 7 of them. I love "Judge Judy," and one local station plays Andy Griffith for an hour on Saturdays. PBS lost me when our local channel dropped "Are You Being Served," and "Keeping Up Appearances" from its line-up. Local news really sucks big ones, and they all do it for 90 minutes every week-day!
When NTSC TV goes away, I will use all my sets for DVD monitors. I watch alot of DVD's.
And feeding the drinking habit.
I still have my 21" round screen RCA color set to feed, too. Its 46 years old this year!
Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-14-2006, 01:27 PM:
You should mod your RCA for s-video.
Posted by Jesse Skeen (Member # 586) on 03-14-2006, 01:35 PM:
TV is dead to me. But as long as you're reading this, www.stopthelogos.com needs your support.
Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-14-2006, 02:24 PM:
That site certainly does need help. It reads like it was written by a first grade student.
quote:
The logos we are referring to are the permanent on-screen network logos that are typically on the bottom left corner of your TV screen.
My TV must be broken because they are on the bottom right of my screen.
quote:
They feel we are so stupid, we can’t remember what channel they are watching.
This sentence makes does not make any sense.
Posted by Richard Greco (Member # 2032) on 03-14-2006, 02:33 PM:
I'm obsessed with CSI: Vegas and SpikeTV. I just got HBo for the Sopranos. My TV is usually on for about 8-10 hrs a day. So I'd die w/o TV
Posted by Richard C. Wolfe (Member # 431) on 03-14-2006, 11:09 PM:
I might watch one or two hours of TV a week, usually news if something major has happened, or possibly a special on the History Channel. However, there are some weeks that I don't watch anything.
I read the morning paper for most of my news, and I listen to radio on the way to and from the theatre. I will also check out major stories on the internet.
People are often stunned when they talk about a popular prime time TV show and I have no idea what they are talking about. I can't even name one show that is on prime time TV. By the way, who ever replaced Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show?
The last serial that I watched was Peyton Place, and I think that was in 65. Stopped watching TV before the serial finished so I never did find out how it ended.
Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 03-14-2006, 11:23 PM:
I usually have my TV on all the time. 90% is on some dumb news channel. I consider it to be 'background noise', since I don't usually watch any of it. But I'll make an exception when it comes to Project Runway.
I use to love having the TV off, and being able to listen to music, but having worked at a record store for 6 years now, I'm so sick of music that I don't want to listen to it at home.
As for DVD's, I own about 40, which are my ultimate favorites that I've seen a billion times, but I hardly watch DVD's anymore since I either see them in the theater or I just don't have time (or want too) to sit down and watch one.
In conclusion, I think I'm just burnt out on entertainment and should pick up a book to read!
Posted by Darryl Spicer (Member # 711) on 03-14-2006, 11:24 PM:
quote:
I still have my 21" round screen RCA color set to feed, too. Its 46 years old this year! [beer]
KAAAA...BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Bruce McGee (Member # 131) on 03-15-2006, 09:03 AM:
Darryl,
This TV has only done the KA-BOOM! Once in its time with me. It was my fault. Picture tube was installed too tight in its mask. Happened while I was at work running films. Has run well ever since then.
Joe: I could do the S-VHS if I wanted. Why change 46 year old perfection??
Posted by Ian Price (Member # 14) on 03-15-2006, 09:44 AM:
I haven't owned a TV in 3 1/2 years.
I moved in to a new house in Cloverdale where there is no terrestrial broadcasting. I knew that I was a total slacker and I needed to do the back yard landscaping. So I decided to not buy a TV till I got the landscaping done.
Once I got the landscaping done, I had planned a trip to India. I was trying to lose weight, so I decided to put off buying a TV until I got back.
Once I got back, my business partner announced that he wanted to buy me out and I decided I might move, so I put off buying a TV until I figured out what I wanted to do.
My cousin came and visited me and was so impressed that I lived without a TV that he went home and pulled the plug on his cable TV.
I get the Jones about the Olympics but I went on the road for a month and watched the Olympics in Motels and friends houses.
I still want a TV, my current favorite is the Sharp 45" 180p LCD flat panel that looks good in the store. I would ultimately like to live where there is good terrestrial TV HDTV broadcast as I object to paying for cable. This in spite of my Food TV habit.
Yes, you can live without TV, but much like smoking or desert, I still crave it.
But when I stay in the motel, I discover that as Dire Straights said best, 500 channels, and nothing on!
Posted by Richard Hamilton (Member # 321) on 03-15-2006, 10:29 AM:
T.V. isn't a problem. I live in hotels, so it is usually only on as background noise to block out the airplane noise, or the "couple next door" noise! If I am watching it, it costs me $11.99 - $29.99 depending on which porn movie I buy! (the all day package is the best value!).
I recently went a couple of weeks on the road with no cell phone and no computer. All this did was keep me up all night watching t.v.!!
Rick
Posted by Jeremy Jorgenson (Member # 2989) on 03-15-2006, 12:12 PM:
I have three 'shows' that I watch ... the Super Bowl, the Oscars and the Olympics. Otherwise, I don't watch broadcast/cable tv anymore (unless my roommates have it on ... but we are rarely awake and at home at the same time). As others have also noted, I use a tv as a monitor to watch DVDs, but if I didn't have one, I'd probably use a computer to watch them.
I get my news primarily from radio, if somebody got a paper at work, I might read that.
quote: Allison Parsons
In conclusion, I think I'm just burnt out on entertainment and should pick up a book to read!
hmm, I think books are entertaining too.
Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 03-15-2006, 12:33 PM:
Yes. I watch very little TV other than news. Like some others here, my TV is mostly a monitor for DVD/LD/SVHS playback. No cable in the house though that might change soon since basic cable + internet + long-distance VoIP is now cheaper than our current phone + DSL. Not hooked on any current shows, though I admit to wanting to own all seasons of The West Wing on DVD someday.
My roommate is the complete opposite with two PVRs and a VCR constantly recording stuff off of just the local OTA channels, plus grabbing free downloads of certain SciFi shows off of various P2P sites and burning them to DVD. He spends every not-outside-the-house-minute in front of his TV.
Posted by Robert John Jeromson (Member # 2559) on 03-15-2006, 02:39 PM:
The Larger of our two sets broke down recently and we found it alittle frustrating particualrly on Wednesday nights with Cold Case, CSI: New York and Lost all on at the same time. We have had it repaired now and the balance has been restored.
Posted by Dave Williams (Member # 299) on 03-15-2006, 03:18 PM:
I get much of my entertainment from TV. I spent three times in my life recovering at home for long periods of time, unable to really go out. TV was my lifeline to at least the remnants of the real world.
When I was 15 I was recovering from a very nasty bout of pnemonia, I spent about three months in front of the TV. While recovering from burns I spend three years in front of the little black box. After recovering from a crush injury, two years. While growing up, I was an insomniac and spent all night watching old movies. I have seen about 15 thousand movies. Far too many TV Shows.
I still go to great lengths to watch my "stories". If I forget to set the recorder, I have a freind or family member do it for me at their place, then drop by to pick it up. I once had my EX WIFE record a show for me. Now that's just desperate.
The shows I love... At least the ones that make new episodes...
Stargate whatever
Battlestar Galactica
Family Guy
American Dad
House
Lost
Simpsons
Boston Legal (only when I can catch it, but not all the time)
A few others, not much
This translates to just about four hours a week on average per year. Other than that, I'm pretty good about it. Coming from watching it 18 hours a day, and on while I slept, it is a very good thing.
Ciao
Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-16-2006, 12:20 AM:
quote: Richard C. Wolfe
People are often stunned when they talk about a popular prime time TV show and I have no idea what they are talking about.
Richard, I'm with you! I have not seen one episode of most of the shows I hear people talking about daily. I have missed the entire runs of numerous popular series -- from pilot to cancellation -- and I can't say I've lost any sleep over it.
Shows I've not seen even one episode of:
- The Sopranos
- Seinfeld
- Current crop of CSI shows, legal shows, medical shows, whatever they are
- Dallas
- American Idol
- 24
- Survivor
- ...the list goes on and on
So, as for living without a TV, I have. I lived entirely without one for well over a year, as I worked on my intermission clock project several years ago. Had a lot of 16 hour days on that.
The only real time I watch TV is when I put on a DVD or video. Stuff I like. I sat down and watched about 10 minutes of "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" with my wife tonight (first episode I've ever seen, btw), while we were deciding on dinner.
Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 03-16-2006, 01:58 AM:
quote: Tim Reed
Seinfeld
Current crop of CSI shows, legal shows, medical shows, whatever they are
Phew! Glad I'm not the only one. Though I've seen probably about 6 episodes total of Seinfield in my lifetime.
Posted by Stephen Furley (Member # 1277) on 03-16-2006, 02:27 AM:
I've never seen more than about five minutes of 'Eastenders' or 'Big Brother'
Posted by Brian Michael Weidemann (Member # 2243) on 03-16-2006, 05:29 AM:
If it, in any capacity, involves any variation on "voting someone off", then I have had the good fortune never to have seen it.
And I'm a better person because of it, too.
Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 03-16-2006, 09:59 AM:
I never got into seinfeld until the syndicated re runs started, and even not entirely until they came on DVD. Not a huge fan but I like the show. I probably could live easily without tv, as when I went on my europe trip a few years ago for 3 weeks, I watched no tv during that time (which is a shame with all the nudity on german and dutch tv, lol). But I have my favorites I like to watch weekly, NipTuck, Simpsons, Family Guy, etc. But one thing that gets me about this thread, is how the "no tv snobs" pride themselves on watching no tv, as if it's a waste of time, but yet take the time farting around on the internet to post such a fact.
Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-16-2006, 11:53 AM:
Mike, of course TV will get the short end of the stick here; most of us are/were in the motion picture business. Also, most aren't at home long enough to KNOW what the shows are. These days, at least as far as I'm concerned, it's all about my personal interests and priorities.
Time wasted watching a crappy TV show: 30-60 mins. a pop
Time wasted posting this fact on the Internet: 30-60 seconds.
I spend infinitely more time reading books and articles... and learning. Just a personal choice.
Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 03-16-2006, 02:40 PM:
quote: Tim Reed
Also, most aren't at home long enough to KNOW what the shows are.
That's me in a nutshell. I haven't watched any primetime show with regularity since I got in the movie biz. But I never said I didn't like TV!
Posted by Dave Williams (Member # 299) on 03-16-2006, 08:26 PM:
quote: Tim Reed
Time wasted watching a crappy TV show: 30-60 mins. a pop
Time wasted posting this fact on the Internet: 30-60 seconds.
Time wasted reading a pointless book: 30-60 days.
Time wasted not giving a rats ass: Priceless.
quote: Tim Reed
I spend infinitely more time reading books and articles... and learning. Just a personal choice.
See this is what I mean. You spend this infinite amount of time reading pointless lame books. You need to kick back and discover the Kramer!
LONG LIVE SEINFELD!!!
Ciao
Posted by Jeremy Jorgenson (Member # 2989) on 03-16-2006, 09:24 PM:
wow, 30-60 days for a book ... that's pathetic ... if you read that slowly, I can understand why you choose not to.
Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-17-2006, 12:45 AM:
quote: Dave Williams
Time wasted reading a pointless book: 30-60 days.
Maybe so, if indeed it is pointless. I couldn't concentrate on it for long, either. However, I just read the new Max Fleischer biography in 4 hours. The Ub Iwerks bio in about 8. Some may find these subjects boring or pointless, but to me they are infinitely fascinating. And the best thing for me about books: I take something away; I learn from them.
I discovered I am a lot like Ub; if I find something pointless, I drop it and move on. If something interests me, I focus on it intently and jump in with both feet. Time is too precious to waste - fun things are waiting!
It's all about what interests or challenges you.
Posted by Brian Michael Weidemann (Member # 2243) on 03-17-2006, 05:35 AM:
Of all the things I fully acknowledge being a snob about, the "no television" thing is hardly worth the bragging rights.
This forum is communication with the outside world, an interactive endeavor, whereas staring at a screen being mentally fed whatever (mal)nourishment it offers seems to lack that quality.
I've got nothing against broadcast television, insofar as entertainment is entertainment. It's only a waste of time in my case on account of it being so BORING for me. For me.
Also, in my opinion, no book (that I choose to start reading) is pointless, as I'll always--in agreement with Tim--gain SOMETHING from it. The only book that took me as much as 30 days to read was Atlas Shrugged, several years back ... ah, fond memories of late-night Denny's coffee and chicken strips getting me through that month! I was unemployed at the time. But then, I recall watching plenty of MTV and Comedy Central at the time ... so, nobody's perfect. And it all balances out.
Posted by Jeremy Jorgenson (Member # 2989) on 03-17-2006, 12:41 PM:
Before I get lumped too deeply on one side of this [ahem] very serious issue ...
I certainly believe that one can take away something productive from a television program. TV CAN be a brainless waste of time, but it can also be inspiring ... if one gets inspired by watching The Biggest Loser or Fear Factor or the newest Fallout Boy music video ... then great, who can complain? As I said before, I don't watch broadcast or cable TV very often anymore ... however, I think "brainless" shows like MXC are brilliant.
I don't know ... I hate how some people live their lives around a TV schedule, but I don't want to be too far on the anti-TV bandwagon either ... everything in moderation.
Posted by Jim Bedford (Member # 4) on 03-17-2006, 02:31 PM:
Ah, TV. That thing I use to watch news and sports because I live so far from a stadium or a seat of government. But up here in the mountains, the Weather Channel reigns King! (Oh, what am I going to wear today?)
I have never watched a whole DVD movie or DVD show on a TV screen. I've never rented a DVD. I haven't seen a VHS film on a TV for more than ten years. Is there anyone else out there who can say the same?
Posted by Ian Price (Member # 14) on 03-18-2006, 02:15 AM:
Jim, you still own more DVDs than I do.
Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 03-18-2006, 04:13 AM:
quote: Stephen Furley
I've never seen more than about five minutes of 'Eastenders' or 'Big Brother'
Which, IMHO, is all you need to see in order to know what people are talking about if these shows come up in conversation. After about six months of hearing it discussed in the papers, occasionally referred to on the radio and talked about by one or two friends and relatives, I finally saw an episode of Little Britain over Christmas; I'd heard so much about it from other sources that nothing seemed unfamiliar, and it felt like I'd seen every single show.
Posted by Jim Bedford (Member # 4) on 03-18-2006, 09:58 AM:
Formally Large Ian sed: quote: Ian Price
Jim, you still own more DVDs than I do.
Ah yes, but I don't watch them.
Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-18-2006, 11:37 AM:
You need to buy more DVDs that you don't watch. More!
Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 03-18-2006, 01:17 PM:
I watch tv mainly for DVDs. That being said, the TV is probably on anywhere from 0-5 hours a week (it really does vary) and more than 90% of it is from a DVD.
I am currently hooked on Penn and Teller's BULLSHIT series.
It goes without saying, broadcast tv, cable and satellite are non-stop festivals of crappy programming IMHO.
Posted by Michael Schaffer (Member # 1204) on 03-18-2006, 03:20 PM:
I watched some of the Bullshit! clips, and that show seems to be pretty interesting and funny. But I don't have any of the "premium channels" like Showtime, HBO, or Cinemax. Which of these would be worth adding to the standard cable package I have? I actually watch very little TV - I have 70 or so channels, and most of the time there is not much on that I would like to watch even if I had the time -, but some of these channels do look interesting.
Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-18-2006, 05:52 PM:
That Bullshit show is awesome. I saw one episode. Too bad I refuse to pay for TV programming. If I did, I'm sure I'd watch every episode of Bullshit and show it to everyone I know. Great stuff.
Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 03-18-2006, 09:27 PM:
I really liked the episodes of Bullshit that dealt with recycling and funeral homes.
Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 03-18-2006, 09:44 PM:
The best episode is the one on bottled water!
Posted by Aaron Mehocic (Member # 15) on 03-18-2006, 11:09 PM:
When I rented my apartment, I never had TV. Spent more time listening to talk radio than anything else. Now that my wife and I bought a house, she watches it more than me.
I do like some of the discussions featured on C-Span's "Book TV", however.
Posted by Dave Williams (Member # 299) on 03-19-2006, 09:14 PM:
quote: Jeremy Jorgenson
wow, 30-60 days for a book ... that's pathetic ... if you read that slowly, I can understand why you choose not to.
While I am sure that reading a book nice and fast suits most people, I on the other hand, like many in this world who are dyslexic, cannot read that fast. When it takes ten minutes to take in a page, it is like watching a John Woo movie: everything is in slow motion and it all sucks.
Throw in a nice strong case of ADD, and you have all the makings of somoene who cannot put a book down fast enough.
It isn't pathetic, just a choice to avoid long reading so that I do not become a raging psychopathic axe murder from the frustration of trying to figure if the butler did it or not.
ciao ![[beer]](graemlins/beer.gif)
[ 03-19-2006, 10:34 PM: Message edited by: Dave Williams ]
Posted by Jason Black (Member # 684) on 03-20-2006, 08:54 PM:
quote: Ian Price
Once I got back, my business partner announced that he wanted to buy me out and I decided I might move, so I put off buying a TV until I figured out what I wanted to do.
So you no longer are a partner in the theatre?
Posted by Michael Schaffer (Member # 1204) on 03-20-2006, 10:36 PM:
quote: Aaron Mehocic
Now that my wife and I bought a house, she watches it more than me.
Does that mean that she watches more TV than you do, or that she spends more time with the TV set than with you? Then you must be doing something wrong!
Posted by Aaron Mehocic (Member # 15) on 03-22-2006, 11:48 AM:
She watches it more. We don't spend much time together as it is, and I refuse to sit in front of TV when I am home. Mostly, working on lectures or reading books.
Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 03-22-2006, 10:14 PM:
I probably should try to live WITHOUT TV. I use it too much for background noise. I have the local news on now. Don't ask me what was ON the news as I was reading the forum instead.
I go to sleep with the TV on. I once had a dream where everyone I encountered was obsessing about purchasing real estate with no money down.I woke up to an infomercial.
Posted by Brian Michael Weidemann (Member # 2243) on 03-22-2006, 11:42 PM:
I really can't blame someone for using the television as a source of background noise, since I used to do that. In high school, it was a sort of companion to which to fall asleep (thanks to that Sleep feature!) and it was a small bit of the outside world I could let in to my room. Soon thereafter, it was the radio that provided all those things.
Now, I find many of my own thoughts, inspirations, ideas, etc. to be sufficient "background noise" in what I wish were an otherwise quiet world. I don't consider myself old (not yet, darnit, I'm only 28 ... and a half), but sometimes it feels like I am, what with all the hustle-and-bustle in my everyday world that seems to drown me out. An hour to myself, in the quiet, is a wonderful sanctuary. That's when my artistic side gets to peek out.
I watched last night's broadcast of Scrubs (a great DVD discovery for me!) and wasn't too horribly repulsed by commercials and whatnot. I know, I made the breakthrough! You still won't catch me tuning in to "Fear Factor: Second Cousins", though!
Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 03-22-2006, 11:48 PM:
Hey, I watched last night's Scrubs too, *Zach Braff* is awwwesome
I use TV meanly for background noise, and once in awhile just surf whatever is on at the time. But I do wish I could watch the show Everwood more... *Gregory Smith* *drool*
Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-24-2006, 05:11 PM:
quote: Jennifer Pan
*Gregory Smith* *drool*
Okay, what do I have to do to impress you, Jen?
Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 03-24-2006, 06:11 PM:
A man in a suit is hot... a man who can play the piano is sexy... a man who can sing and play the piano and who looks really hot in a suit, is my dream man...
A man who is knowledgeable, understanding, supportive, and caring... who doesn't cut me down for my mistakes but forgives or even loves those flaws, is my perfect man...
Aside from that... It really helps if the guy is more interested in a girl's personality rather than just her looks.
Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-24-2006, 07:08 PM:
quote: Jennifer Pan
*Zach Braff* is awwwesome.... *Gregory Smith* *drool*... A man in a suit is hot... who looks really hot in a suit, is my dream man...
quote: Jennifer Pan
It really helps if the guy is more interested in a girl's personality rather than just her looks.
Huh???
Posted by Brian Michael Weidemann (Member # 2243) on 03-24-2006, 07:20 PM:
Oh, women applied for that patent a long time ago ... but the double-standard is still pending!
No, but Jen is making the distinction between her dream man, and her perfect man. I mean, really, who dreams of personalities!
Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 03-24-2006, 07:42 PM:
Tim, that's just the point... Funny how you changed your post, only to try to pin me down.
Honestly, looks are great... nothing wrong with a person looking good... But I appreciate someone more when its beyond appearance. Everything else that makes who that person is. Eye candy is great, so is a man with brains and etc(like I was saying in the above post)... Basically... ya gotta love the whole package, and its ones' own opinion to determine that for themselves.
Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-24-2006, 08:42 PM:
quote: Jennifer Pan
Funny how you changed your post, only to try to pin me down.
Funnier, actually, than what I'd written myself, so I went with it. Regardless, you have me pegged to a tee...

How'd you know?
Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 03-24-2006, 08:51 PM:
So... do you have a video to back that up?
**Hmm... why does that look like the exact picture of your member picture... but only b&w??***
Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 03-24-2006, 09:30 PM:
quote: Jennifer Pan
Eye candy is great, so is a man with brains and etc(like I was saying in the above post)... Basically... ya gotta love the whole package, and its ones' own opinion to determine that for themselves.
Cue, Beavis and Butthead: ehh heh heh, uhhhh...she said package.
Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 03-24-2006, 09:39 PM:
Hey Bobby, are you volunteering to show yours?
Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 03-24-2006, 10:00 PM:
I would, but you know what they say: the camera adds 10 pounds.
Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 03-24-2006, 10:02 PM:
Ummm... I don't think that's a bad thing...
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