When I was a kid I was so addicted to the TV. I loved so many of the shows on Nickelodeon, Disney, and plenty
other stations. I'm sure you can name a few favorites of your own just from these two stations. Doug? Hey Arnold? Boy Meets World? These were some of my favorites, and I was addicted to them. I remember sitting in my room only 3 or 4 feet from my little 15" TV when I was about 10 to 12 years old. Just about every day I'd come home from school and the first thing I'd do was go to the TV to start watching about a 3 to 4 hour run of my favorite shows. I loved it.
I think my addiction to TV was finally ended when I went to College. Maybe a little before college as well, but when I went to college I decided not to bring a TV. I was determined to not have that temptation right there for me. The problem was I still found ways of watching shows. I discovered Hulu. I loved shows like "The Office" and "Fringe" and "Lost". But at least I didn't have the TV to sit and watch shows that I really wasn't interested in but watched anyway because there was nothing else to do. You just need those moments to do some brain-dead activity and what better way to do that than watch TV.
The thing is, TV really is addicting. Even on the race, this month we have a TV and it just seems so nice to sit and watch a movie. What a nice break after 5 hours of intense labor work out in the extremely hot Thai sun right?
So while a few of the guys watched the new Star Trek, I decided to try and be productive instead. To fight off this temptation of watching an awesome movie I have yet to see in order to be productive. So what did I do in the time of the movie? I read a few blogs on the term "slacktivism", did some research on Graph Paper Press for possibly building a new website for myself, bought the book "socialnomics" and started reading it, and ate some icecream. Overall, I would bet I learned a lot more in 2 hours than the guys watching Star Trek, so take that TV Drug!
Also, here is, sort of an annoying video about Television being a drug:
