Everybody who knows me well is aware that I avoid and do not subscribe to television in it's multitude of
crappy reality shows and false news reports. I made that choice long ago and do not regret not being plugged into the mainstream as so many are these days. Personally I believe we would be better off not parking our butts in front of the tube and digesting some of the most unappealing parts of the 21st century.
But...I do confess to occasional forays into some very good shows. Still no cable attached to my TV it is mainly there for movies. However I have dived into "Game of Thrones" and I am waiting for the next season. More recently it's been "True Blood" that has become my drug of choice. And I am a glutton...lol..I had 5 seasons to fill my quiet nights compared to Thrones which only had a few. I watch them for free online and have become very involved in the stories being told.
Long ago I did the same thing with "The Sopranos" so this is nothing new, but I am almost over dosing on watching one show after another with "True Blood." It's funny in that I never actually read any of Charlene Harris's Sookie Stackhouse series. I do read quite a bit of paranormal fiction, it's another drug of choice. I know I must have picked them up once in awhile but I never brought one home.Even though I have watched nearly 4 seasons in the past several weeks it's quite likely that I will now start reading the book series. Why? Because even as good as these two shows have been a book tells a better story, a great deal more detail that cannot be conveyed completely on film, it's just not possible.
So my confession is that I am a closet TV show watcher in a sense. But I swear, crossing my heart and my eyes, that I will never watch some of the most ridiculous junk to travel by broadband...bratty children dressed up like Diva's, Men who eat too much food and are heading for a cardiac arrest, Bill O'Reilly and F**ked up Fox news...etc. I appreciate the mind that God gave me, and that means I don't feed it trash.
k
PS: kudos go to HBO..both of these shows originated there.
crappy reality shows and false news reports. I made that choice long ago and do not regret not being plugged into the mainstream as so many are these days. Personally I believe we would be better off not parking our butts in front of the tube and digesting some of the most unappealing parts of the 21st century.
But...I do confess to occasional forays into some very good shows. Still no cable attached to my TV it is mainly there for movies. However I have dived into "Game of Thrones" and I am waiting for the next season. More recently it's been "True Blood" that has become my drug of choice. And I am a glutton...lol..I had 5 seasons to fill my quiet nights compared to Thrones which only had a few. I watch them for free online and have become very involved in the stories being told.
Long ago I did the same thing with "The Sopranos" so this is nothing new, but I am almost over dosing on watching one show after another with "True Blood." It's funny in that I never actually read any of Charlene Harris's Sookie Stackhouse series. I do read quite a bit of paranormal fiction, it's another drug of choice. I know I must have picked them up once in awhile but I never brought one home.Even though I have watched nearly 4 seasons in the past several weeks it's quite likely that I will now start reading the book series. Why? Because even as good as these two shows have been a book tells a better story, a great deal more detail that cannot be conveyed completely on film, it's just not possible.
So my confession is that I am a closet TV show watcher in a sense. But I swear, crossing my heart and my eyes, that I will never watch some of the most ridiculous junk to travel by broadband...bratty children dressed up like Diva's, Men who eat too much food and are heading for a cardiac arrest, Bill O'Reilly and F**ked up Fox news...etc. I appreciate the mind that God gave me, and that means I don't feed it trash.
k
PS: kudos go to HBO..both of these shows originated there.
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