I'm doing 43 things
(1) My cable breaks all the time, about every other day, sometimes two to three times on the same day. After 17,000 visits from the cable company, it seems that the only way to reset it is to undo and redo some cords in the closet to release static electricity build-up. I.e., you have to go mildly electrocute yourself to get the TV to run again. So, when my husband is out of town (and when isn’t he?), I find myself going days without any TV at all . . . because I’d rather skip it than get shocked twice a day to watch a rerun I’ve seen already. It’s basic aversion therapy, lol.
(2) There’s very little I want to watch. I checked out a few shows I heard about from other people, and found them dull/pointless (the shows, not the people). I’m not a fan of most reality TV shows, and that’s what is crowding up the TV networks these days. I liked a few cable shows on HBO and Showtime, but most of those either ended or were cancelled.
With Netflix’s instant-watching service and TV shows coming out on DVD when the seasons are over, I think I could live entirely without cable or even without a television set and just rent or insta-watch online the very few shows worth seeing.
