Cable TV Reassessment
Dec. 15th, 2010 07:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fuzzybluemonkeysI have officially survived a month without cable TV.
Overall, I have been watching less TV because of this, but I've been spending more time on the computer, so there hasn't been an actual reduction in the amount of glowy-screen staring-at-ness.
I sorta miss the crappy SyFy Channel Originals, but I have now seen The Faculty, Aeon Flux, The Shining, and rewatched The Happening (Aeon Flux really doesn't fit with the "The [Noun]" theme I apparently had going, does it?) courtesy of SwapTree and flea market VHS purchases.
In fact, the only thing I've actually gotten upset about missing is the New Year's Eve Twilight Zone marathon on the SyFy Channel. Never mind that I've seen some of the episodes upwards of 5 times.
NEVER YOU MIND THAT.
Pay no attention to the thing on the wing.
*jedi hand wave* These aren't the killer dolls you're looking for.
It's a holiday tradition, dammit.
As it turns out, I have already saved $58.95 not getting cable for the past month, and if I continue to not get cable until January 15th, I will have saved a total of $117.90, which is more than enough to buy the Complete Definitive Collection that they're always advertising for during the marathon anyway. So I'm totally justified in buying it, right? Right?
Overall, I have been watching less TV because of this, but I've been spending more time on the computer, so there hasn't been an actual reduction in the amount of glowy-screen staring-at-ness.
I sorta miss the crappy SyFy Channel Originals, but I have now seen The Faculty, Aeon Flux, The Shining, and rewatched The Happening (Aeon Flux really doesn't fit with the "The [Noun]" theme I apparently had going, does it?) courtesy of SwapTree and flea market VHS purchases.
In fact, the only thing I've actually gotten upset about missing is the New Year's Eve Twilight Zone marathon on the SyFy Channel. Never mind that I've seen some of the episodes upwards of 5 times.
NEVER YOU MIND THAT.
Pay no attention to the thing on the wing.
*jedi hand wave* These aren't the killer dolls you're looking for.
It's a holiday tradition, dammit.
As it turns out, I have already saved $58.95 not getting cable for the past month, and if I continue to not get cable until January 15th, I will have saved a total of $117.90, which is more than enough to buy the Complete Definitive Collection that they're always advertising for during the marathon anyway. So I'm totally justified in buying it, right? Right?
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Date: 2010-12-16 09:53 pm (UTC)the way i see it every month you save money not haveing cable you can buy a dvd set