I've lived in my loft for a year now, and I've yet to get cable. Let me be clear ... I don't think I'll ever be one of those people who shuns TV and thinks it's bad for you. I love TV, and I think it's great for you.
Not getting cable started off as simply a timing issue -- I couldn't find a good time during the week to block out a few hours to wait for the cable guy. Then as time went on it turned into more of an experiment. I wondered if not having cable would make me watch less TV and instead read more. It hasn't. It just made me buy a bunch of TV seasons on DVD. Then I realized I could watch most of my shows online, so it became more of a cheap thing. Why pay for cable when I can watch online for free? But now I'm really missing it, and I'm thinking about caving and getting it hooked up. The breaking point was this morning.
I was traveling this week for a client meeting, and we had to meet in the hotel lobby at 7:30 this morning to go over reports and strategies. I woke up at 5:30 (because I have a hard time sleeping when I travel -- always afraid I'll oversleep), and I stayed in bed until about 6:15 just flipping through channels. Then I was faced with the age old dilemma ... as I'm getting ready, should I watch Saved by the Bell or Sanford and Son? Both kind of won. I watched the theme song of Sanford and Son, and then I watched Kelly and Zack break up because of Jeff (hot manager at the Max). Then I watched how awkward everyone was in the next episode because they couldn't decide if they should side with Zack or Kelly. But now I can't remember what happens next. Is the next episode when Jessie gets hopped up on caffeine pills, or when Lisa does the sprain? What about when they work at Stacy Kerosi's beach club? Or the very special episode with Zack's duck Becky and the oil spill. I just feel like I'm missing out. Missing out on fun and learning.
Slater: (Jessie is taking caffeine pills) Those pills are dangerous.
Jessie: Yeah, well, so's geometry.
I mean really, just that dialogue alone is worth another monthly bill.
