Comments on: A confession http://baggageandbug.com/2007/01/03/a-confession/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:11:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: wen http://baggageandbug.com/2007/01/03/a-confession/#comment-898 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:48:40 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2007/01/03/a-confession/#comment-898 hey there! i used to teach a tv & society class and ironically, i didn't watch all that much tv. i've always been a 'conscious viewer' which means i'd select the show from the printed (or online) guide, watch the show and turn the darn thing off. see, tv is predicated on delivering, you, the viewer to the advertiser, and on flow. flow is the idea that you will sit down and just not really move again for quite a while because they string everything together in a way that keeps you watching. :) (ever wonder why they have the intro to the show and *then* a commercial? because then you are hooked). anyway--i don't have tv at my house but my gf does. she just got it. she didn't use to (for years) but she (we) got digital cable and tivo (not yet hooked up). it's hella expensive, though, so hard to say if we will keep it. the idea is to tivo the shows we like (dancing with the stars!) and watch them at our leisure. before that it was all netflix and other dvd rentals. you can get a lot of tv shows on netflix and at the video store. that's how i fed my csi addiction. :) i've been tv-less much of my adult life becuase i live in the black hole of tv reception. (no clear channels without some kind of paid service) and it's been just fine. hey there! i used to teach a tv & society class and ironically, i didn’t watch all that much tv. i’ve always been a ‘conscious viewer’ which means i’d select the show from the printed (or online) guide, watch the show and turn the darn thing off. see, tv is predicated on delivering, you, the viewer to the advertiser, and on flow. flow is the idea that you will sit down and just not really move again for quite a while because they string everything together in a way that keeps you watching. :) (ever wonder why they have the intro to the show and *then* a commercial? because then you are hooked).

anyway–i don’t have tv at my house but my gf does. she just got it. she didn’t use to (for years) but she (we) got digital cable and tivo (not yet hooked up). it’s hella expensive, though, so hard to say if we will keep it.

the idea is to tivo the shows we like (dancing with the stars!) and watch them at our leisure.

before that it was all netflix and other dvd rentals. you can get a lot of tv shows on netflix and at the video store. that’s how i fed my csi addiction. :)

i’ve been tv-less much of my adult life becuase i live in the black hole of tv reception. (no clear channels without some kind of paid service) and it’s been just fine.

]]> by: angela http://baggageandbug.com/2007/01/03/a-confession/#comment-870 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:56:24 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2007/01/03/a-confession/#comment-870 I just got cable a while ago don't watch it too much. Oh and could I get the password? I just got cable a while ago don’t watch it too much.
Oh and could I get the password?

]]> by: cloudscome http://baggageandbug.com/2007/01/03/a-confession/#comment-865 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 02:15:23 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2007/01/03/a-confession/#comment-865 I have one tv but I hardly ever watch it. I don't have cable and I only get PBS and NBC I think. (?) My boys watch some but don't complain about what is lacking. There are so many better things to do with my time! Like reading blogs!! :) I have one tv but I hardly ever watch it. I don’t have cable and I only get PBS and NBC I think. (?) My boys watch some but don’t complain about what is lacking. There are so many better things to do with my time! Like reading blogs!! :)

]]> by: Foster http://baggageandbug.com/2007/01/03/a-confession/#comment-861 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 01:29:38 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2007/01/03/a-confession/#comment-861 OMG, WE DONT HAVE A TV!! And we love it! Long story short, my mother likes to phrase it as God told us to get rid of the tv and we did. Hmm, basically, although we really do like to re-package it as a little less nutty-sounding. We (dh and I) decided (with Gods help) that we had so many better things to do than watch tv. Before we were married, neither of us watched it anyway although we both had tvs. We always rented a lot of dvds and dh plays video games, so that was the hard part - selling the game systems and dvds that we loved. Now our living room has a lot more space and we actually DO stuff together instead of renting movies. We bought a lot of board games right after lol. A great book on the subject: "The Plug-In Drug" by Marie Winn. It's about television, computers, and family life and how children get hooked on tv. We planned on only letting our kids watch videos, but I guess now they wont be watching anything :D I have done a lot of study on kids and tv and even wrote papers about it in college. It's a bit of a passion of mine, kids not watching tv. For me, as an adult, it was interesting to take it from interest, to passion, to only watching videos, to selling the tv over the coarse of about 8 years. GETTING RID OF THE TELEVISION IS NOT AS HARD AS YOU THINK. It is rather easy to get used to once it is gone ^_^ b OMG, WE DONT HAVE A TV!! And we love it! Long story short, my mother likes to phrase it as God told us to get rid of the tv and we did. Hmm, basically, although we really do like to re-package it as a little less nutty-sounding. We (dh and I) decided (with Gods help) that we had so many better things to do than watch tv. Before we were married, neither of us watched it anyway although we both had tvs. We always rented a lot of dvds and dh plays video games, so that was the hard part - selling the game systems and dvds that we loved. Now our living room has a lot more space and we actually DO stuff together instead of renting movies. We bought a lot of board games right after lol.

A great book on the subject: “The Plug-In Drug” by Marie Winn. It’s about television, computers, and family life and how children get hooked on tv. We planned on only letting our kids watch videos, but I guess now they wont be watching anything :D I have done a lot of study on kids and tv and even wrote papers about it in college. It’s a bit of a passion of mine, kids not watching tv. For me, as an adult, it was interesting to take it from interest, to passion, to only watching videos, to selling the tv over the coarse of about 8 years.

GETTING RID OF THE TELEVISION IS NOT AS HARD AS YOU THINK. It is rather easy to get used to once it is gone ^_^ b

]]> by: katd http://baggageandbug.com/2007/01/03/a-confession/#comment-834 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 21:04:18 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2007/01/03/a-confession/#comment-834 That could be the most impressive thing I've ever heard:) I go through times when I'm so addicted to certain shows that I almost feel really lame because of it! I think that's called an addiction...maybe I need to try the no tv thing, too. How great that Bug doesn't mind! Are you still giving out passwords to some of the posts? That could be the most impressive thing I’ve ever heard:) I go through times when I’m so addicted to certain shows that I almost feel really lame because of it! I think that’s called an addiction…maybe I need to try the no tv thing, too. How great that Bug doesn’t mind! Are you still giving out passwords to some of the posts?

]]> by: Christie http://baggageandbug.com/2007/01/03/a-confession/#comment-812 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 14:54:09 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2007/01/03/a-confession/#comment-812 Oh and I also posted before as Chrissy, and if you have any more passwords I'd like one too. Oh and I also posted before as Chrissy, and if you have any more passwords I’d like one too.

]]> by: Christie http://baggageandbug.com/2007/01/03/a-confession/#comment-811 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 14:48:04 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2007/01/03/a-confession/#comment-811 I have 2 kids 7yr old daughter and 3yr old son. We've been TV free 4+ years. We watch dvd's, both movies and TV episodes, and we also have a gamecube. It hasn't seem to be that big of a deal at our house. They watch tv at grandma's and at papa's house, so its not that we are against tv. When we moved into our first house we choose not to buy cable. Baggage, Good luck with what works for your household. I have 2 kids 7yr old daughter and 3yr old son. We’ve been TV free 4+ years. We watch dvd’s, both movies and TV episodes, and we also have a gamecube. It hasn’t seem to be that big of a deal at our house. They watch tv at grandma’s and at papa’s house, so its not that we are against tv. When we moved into our first house we choose not to buy cable. Baggage, Good luck with what works for your household.

]]> by: cluttergirl http://baggageandbug.com/2007/01/03/a-confession/#comment-798 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 05:30:03 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2007/01/03/a-confession/#comment-798 oooo, Bug not complaining is GREAT! You can watch Grey's on dvd when the next season comes out. I moved my tv into the bedroom where I only watch dvds. Ie I cannot watch it while I work, cook, whatever in daily life. It is a good thing. I only get two channels anyways, with that antenna you sit on top of the tv. Now that I have an exercise bike, I am allowed to watch tv WHILE cycling. It's ok. But more often I watch dvds. I am addicted to the puter now instead of tv. The screen is the same so maybe it's not any better?? oooo, Bug not complaining is GREAT! You can watch Grey’s on dvd when the next season comes out. I moved my tv into the bedroom where I only watch dvds. Ie I cannot watch it while I work, cook, whatever in daily life. It is a good thing. I only get two channels anyways, with that antenna you sit on top of the tv. Now that I have an exercise bike, I am allowed to watch tv WHILE cycling. It’s ok. But more often I watch dvds. I am addicted to the puter now instead of tv. The screen is the same so maybe it’s not any better??

]]> by: Diatryma http://baggageandbug.com/2007/01/03/a-confession/#comment-797 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 05:00:59 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2007/01/03/a-confession/#comment-797 I don't have a TV, and it's been... about a year and a half. Last year of college and into a year of grad school. I don't mind-- but I was never a big TV person. I forgot I could watch it a lot of the time because I read books instead through a lot of my childhood. Most of the time when I visit my family, the TV's on because there's little else to do. If I'm the only one home, I'm more likely to find a book, take a nap, or just sit with the cat being on vacation. Then again, I am not a TV person. Most of the time, it seems like television is something people do socially, like Grey's Anatomy parties, or when they don't have anything else going on, which is why I Love the Eighties hit it big, I think. I don’t have a TV, and it’s been… about a year and a half. Last year of college and into a year of grad school. I don’t mind– but I was never a big TV person. I forgot I could watch it a lot of the time because I read books instead through a lot of my childhood. Most of the time when I visit my family, the TV’s on because there’s little else to do. If I’m the only one home, I’m more likely to find a book, take a nap, or just sit with the cat being on vacation.
Then again, I am not a TV person. Most of the time, it seems like television is something people do socially, like Grey’s Anatomy parties, or when they don’t have anything else going on, which is why I Love the Eighties hit it big, I think.

]]> by: Fostermama http://baggageandbug.com/2007/01/03/a-confession/#comment-794 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 04:16:40 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2007/01/03/a-confession/#comment-794 No television? As much as I like to complain about our culture of consumerism and materialism...I want my MTV. No television? As much as I like to complain about our culture of consumerism and materialism…I want my MTV.

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