Jan 01
ARGHHHHHHHHH!
My parents only watch two things on TV.
1. Very right-wing news/stock channel
2. The Arts channel
Both of them for HOURS at a time. Occasionally, they will watch the SAME dinosaur series which is a part of the PBS fund drive (?), which I have seen 4 or 5 times now — enough that I could fully explain the rod and cone firing sequence and how that affects the eye sight capability of the Velociraptors in dim light.
The other night I begged to watch something, *anything* with a PLOT. They thought I was being funny.
My Dad says there has been no good television recorded since the 50s, I’d even settle for that if it had a story line. I long for my other life where Kev and I could waste night after night watching True Blood, Weeds, Dexter, and at this point I’d weep with pleasure to watch the Real Housewives of any mid-sized city.
Seriously, I have been sitting through Opera after Opera, ballet troupe after ballet troupe, orchestra after orchestra, and the endless stock market ticker tape going by — for over 6 weeks now.
I think this is how brainwashing is done. It’s not a cult thing at all, it’s what happens when you move home again and live with your parents.
I hope when all is said and done here, and when I can move back home that my boyfriend will take me back :) and I won’t have completely lost touch with life outside of this bubble.
sigh.
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