Junkie
I want so badly to believe that there is truth, that love is real
And I want life in every word to the extent that its absurd
I know youre wise beyond your years, but do you ever get the fear
That your perfect verse is just a lie you tell yourself to help you get by?
-"Clark Gable", The Postal Service
We just got cable. But its not the new all digital with over 100 HD channels, and 15 sports channels...nope, its the old school cable. Not as low as basic, but not as great as satellite. So its been a long time since Ive had cable. When I say a long time I mean its been like years. Everybody goes through the no cable stint. As a child we rarely had cable, unless one of us jimmied the filters and spliced it. But today I sat inside and watched TV. I made up for all that lost time. Now my brain is mush and my eyes are worse. My creative juices have been sucked and I am a lost soul. TV is as bad as any drug. It could kill you just the first time watching it. In fact I was reading about a child who was killed by watching TV. He overdosed. It was in Otter Tail county Minnesota. True story. Of course there arent nearly as many people dying from watching TV as there were children dying during the dirty 30's of pneumonia or whooping cough or plain suffocation.
I rode the euphoric explosion of wealth of knowledge, sports scores, movies, modern marvels, deadly catches, a palette medley, and many other intriguing areas of interest. But alas, the post high paranoia and the munchies at late hours of the night. I got the tunnel vision and increased emotional sensitivity followed by a bellowing crash and burn. It was such a wild ride, but Im afraid Im done dancing with the devil in the pale moon light, Im going to go read a book.
And I want life in every word to the extent that its absurd
I know youre wise beyond your years, but do you ever get the fear
That your perfect verse is just a lie you tell yourself to help you get by?
-"Clark Gable", The Postal Service
We just got cable. But its not the new all digital with over 100 HD channels, and 15 sports channels...nope, its the old school cable. Not as low as basic, but not as great as satellite. So its been a long time since Ive had cable. When I say a long time I mean its been like years. Everybody goes through the no cable stint. As a child we rarely had cable, unless one of us jimmied the filters and spliced it. But today I sat inside and watched TV. I made up for all that lost time. Now my brain is mush and my eyes are worse. My creative juices have been sucked and I am a lost soul. TV is as bad as any drug. It could kill you just the first time watching it. In fact I was reading about a child who was killed by watching TV. He overdosed. It was in Otter Tail county Minnesota. True story. Of course there arent nearly as many people dying from watching TV as there were children dying during the dirty 30's of pneumonia or whooping cough or plain suffocation.
I rode the euphoric explosion of wealth of knowledge, sports scores, movies, modern marvels, deadly catches, a palette medley, and many other intriguing areas of interest. But alas, the post high paranoia and the munchies at late hours of the night. I got the tunnel vision and increased emotional sensitivity followed by a bellowing crash and burn. It was such a wild ride, but Im afraid Im done dancing with the devil in the pale moon light, Im going to go read a book.
posted by croonie at
9:59 PM
4 Comments:
What an amateur! I've had cable for like 2 months now. It's been about 8 years before that. That's all I do now. Eat, sleep, watch cable. I sold my business and moved in with my ex. Her cable comes free with rent(which she pays). I love it. I've never been so alive! Yeah! Cable!
I have never really been a fan of tv. I feel like my I.Q. drops if I watch more then 20 minutes. Our society is full of fatties and lazy ass people because of TV. Its the single worst thing that has happen to our society. It has tarnished and corrupted, the young the old, and the simple minded. It has giving people the reason to stop living their own lives and start a life that is seen through a box.
Go pick up Joe Sacco's, "Palestine".
It'll change your life, I guarantee.
Not that it has anything to do with TV...
... You just said you wanted to read something.
Well. Go read it, already.
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