It’s Friday night. Home from work, work out and a bit of TV.
Tonight’s offerings? Jeopardy, an Olympic memory film and onto a crime show.
It is interesting how the shows that I have watched have changed over the years.
Cartoons, variety shows, sit-coms, dramas, crime shows and now reality shows.
I either tend to like them or not want to give them (reality shows) the time of day. The ones I like are the Amazing Race, Survivor and WipeOut. I like the Amazing Race because it shows me places I have never been. Survivor started as a chance to chat with others around the water cooler. I did not watch it for the first few years, but I do find it intriguing. WipeOut is not really a reality show. Most contestants get about 2 seconds of screen time, and you probably don’t really see their face. This is what my father would call a “guilty pleasure.” I watch it because it makes me laugh.
This sounds as though I watch TV all the time. Not quite true. I know this because I do not know the TV schedule by heart – like I did in high school. And I can go months without. Well at least weeks (still no TV at the cabin). Even after the digital age arrived with a vengeance, we live with an antenna. We only get cable when the World Cup is on.
Mostly TV is used to unwind from work. Unlike the past few days, which were a fury of things here and there, and everywhere, today I decided to just try to get two things done. Finish an incident report and get an annexation notice out the door. Mostly done. Oh and I have to contact somebody to destroy our old flag. Other duties as assigned.
I just realized how lame my life can be.
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