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You can't escape us

I don't have cable -- on purpose. I mean, it is hard sometimes, not seeing the latest reality television show that puts some barely clad babe in a box full of slugs -- ohmygawd! So gross! And boy, do I miss the commercials. Or flipping through the channels for three hours because, well, there's nothing on, but surely something really good will appear any minute. Actually, I did miss Comedy Central for a while, until I realized I could watch the Daily Show online. And I missed the Discovery Channel and History channel, until I realized there were these things called books that covered even more than the pyramids, and World War II, and the pyramids. But oh joy! Now, whenever I go to the movies, I get to sit through the commercials anyway, 20 feet tall! And previews of upcoming reality television shows! And told why I should be really excited about this season's crappy programming! Oh, and man do I love it when DVDs have commercials before the menu even comes up -- especially when you can't skip them! I mean, don't get me wrong. I feel really bad for all those car companies trying to push their products onto people who need this year's extra chrome stripe and really big wheels to feel like they are somehow special. Evils like Tivo, music, video games, instant messaging, cell phones, and something called socializing (I think that's the latest wierd trend from Europe where people, like, interact) is really cutting into their prime pimping time. But...ooops. Gotta' go. Gotta' make sure I get to the theatre early, otherwise, I might miss the "20." Respond to this posting

Posted by Randy Henderson at May 27, 2004 05:32 PM