Television

How do people do it – watch television? After exhausting every film on the Video On Demand feature in my room this week, I have been forced to turn to regular television over the last few days, and let me tell you, I have no idea how people watch television in this day and age. The sheer number of commercials utterly stupefies me.

The other night I was watching a film on a local channel, The A Channel, and I swear that every 10 to 15 minutes there was a commercial break that was just as long as the section of the film that I had just viewed. I see now why TVO is so popular.

This is the primary reason that I no longer own a television, despite the fact that it would be nice to get HBO, The Comedy Network, and a few others. I have flirted with the idea of getting Apple TV, which Dale swears by, but will wait until after I replace this laptop and get an iPhone, which I should have done a while ago for numerous reasons. Being that I am a film collector, and own over 500 films, a part of me doesn’t want to lose the weekly ritual of researching what films are being released and adding them to my collection. It’s my biggest hobby.

I have today off; though have a multitude of things to do before leaving tonight. I am very much looking forward to starting the tour tomorrow, not to mention frequenting a certain old school diner near the theatre.

Anyway, I should get on with it.