Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Images of broken light

I hardly ever watch TV anymore.

I just lost interest, like I lost interest in everything else.

But that doesn't sound right, because I LOVE TV, just like I LOVE playing piano, and drawing, and all the other things I stopped doing.

But anyway, my TV stays off.


I do, however, have the first three seasons of Glee on my iPod.

Let me just say, I was there first. First episode, first season onward. I'd be watching the show, and I'd say, "Chelsea, come here, come here!"

And she'd come running, and then turn away in disgust when she saw it was Glee I wanted her to see.

Then, last year, the brat decided all of a sudden that the show was cool, she downloaded all my episodes and all my Glee CD's - don't start, I know I'm a Gleek - and pretended like she'd been a fan all along.

Whatever.

So now, of course, because I don't watch anything anymore, she knows more than me. I didn't watch the last part of Season 3 or any of Season 4. I know what happens, but I haven't watched it. I just can't.

Here's the bad part.

This summer I was telling my mother about Cory Monteith's death and how perfect he was on Glee and how much he'll be missed, and my mom says, "That sounds like a show I would like, let me take it home."


So my mom took my precious iPod, and didn't give it back for three weeks.

It gets worse.

When she picked me up every morning, she was watching Glee on the iPod, with her little headphones in. Then she proceeded to drive me to work. While she watched Glee. Okay... wait. While she hypothetically watched Glee.

So there I am, a terrified passenger, "Mom, PLEASE, put that away, it's illegal."


Here's Mom's logic, "No, texting and driving is illegal. I'm not texting. I'm only watching."

Three weeks this went on. Okay wait...three weeks this allegedly went on.


She just turned 61. You would think that would be old enough for some sense, right?

So finally, she stops bringing it in the car, and I want it back. Every day, I want it back. Every day, she says, 'Oh sorry...I was watching the Michael episode, I forgot.'


Three days in a row of that. You know, I feel very sorry for Dwayne. This flaky, forgetful, personality trait was handed straight down to all three of us from Moma.

No wonder he looks so frustrated when we get in the car 45 minutes late sometimes.

FINALLY I get my iPod back, but not without us watching the Michael episode one more time. It's Mom's favorite because they sing the Jackson 5 song 'ABC' which she loves, and my favorite because they sing Michael's 'Man in the Mirror' which I love.


And now Goodman 1 and Goodman 3 are badgering Goodman 2 to get season 4 downloaded so they can watch in full for season 5 starting this week.

But...but...I don't even watch TV anymore! Well, hardly ever. Well, okay I watched the Emmy's. I sold out.

But I'm cancelling my cable...bye bye TV...

22 comments:

  1. Cancelling cable? There's still streaming options you know...

    Give Broadchurch a try, David Tennant's recent detective series.

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    1. None of us watch TV, but we do have Netflix, and also we can catch most things the next day on the network's website. If all else fails, there's iTunes.

      I'll have to look into Broadchurch. David Tennant I think will always be The Doctor to me...

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    2. We're doing Battlestar Galactica via Netflix streaming at the moment - so, so good! Why oh why were we wasting our time with Lost?!!!

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    3. Lost! Don't even get me started...all that time and energy I put into figuring out where that show was going, only to have no questions answered and the dumbest ending ever.
      Netflix makes me happy...

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    4. I loved Lost and Battlestar.

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    5. I loved Lost too, until the last episode made me so frustrated!

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  2. No cable where we are. Several stations broadcast old movies and infomercials. Crazy Mexican movies that I love. Otherwise, tv is just a monitor for dvds. Times change, eh?

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    1. Yeah, really...I think going to digital is what ultimately did it.
      Anyway, I have to cut back somewhere, so it has to be cable first. :)

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  3. I hardly ever watch "live" TV but I DVR a ton of stuff and then binge-watch it. I have seen season 1 of Glee and I enjoyed it. I need to get caught up!

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    1. Me too! The only reason my cable isn't already canceled is because I'm still hoping to watch that last 40% of stuff on my DVR. The DVR is a wonderful thing...

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  4. Got rid of cable a long time ago, just use the internet at my show. Never watched glee though, care to ship me your iPod, I'll give it back within a year lol

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    1. No way! I nearly died without it for 3 weeks, no way am I giving it up for a year. Watch it on Netflix or download it on iTunes like everyone else. Sorry...LOLOL... :)

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  5. LOL! Awesome. We only watch selective TV, which means, computer geeks that we are, we download everything--which means we really HAVE to love it. I mean, who wants to put in that much effort for something mediocre?

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    1. I tell Dwayne that all the time, because he watches The Walking Dead, and I refuse... I realize that may be a good show, but no way am I putting those images in my head. I'm picky about what I watch...

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  6. Hey, I wonder if there's a personality test based on which Michael Jackson song you love. 'ABC' and 'Man in the Mirror' are pretty dang diff ...

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    1. I know! My mom loves ABC and I'll Be There because that's what she grew up listening to, and I love Man In The Mirror because it's awesome...LOL...

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  7. I'd be lost without my Netflix. I got it a few months ago and I LOVE it!

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  8. I'll change mom's age to 16 instead of 61. She loves the show... too much.

    I chuckled while reading this.

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    1. LOL I know...it is funny. The three of us are alot alike sometimes. Stunted growth or something.

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  9. I happily cut the chord a while ago, and have not had any trouble in finding stuff to watch on-line.

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    1. Yes! I keep forgetting that usually they have the networks have the episodes online the next day anyway...

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