What is this hold that telelvision has over me? It has for some time. It used to be sit coms though. For some reason, once I started having babies, I got all serious and went over to dramas. Fortunately, it's not every night. I am no longer a CSI junkie. Spike TV has played the syndicated episodes again and again. I finally just took Spike's off of TiVo. My interest in 24 and Smallville comes and goes. The shows Battlestar Galactica and perhaps Lost are replacing them.
I actually got off the subject. I'm a huge creature of habit and love my routine. However, I do like change. That must be why I encouraged moving across the country, twice, and it must be why I cut all my hair off every 2-3 years. But this nightly routine, it's gotten in the way of so many productive things, letter writing, phone calling, reading.
At least thanks to TiVo, I don't graze anymore. I don't linger. And I recently made up my mind not to browse the internet like I had.
I started writing again. My goal is 10 minutes a day. Sometimes I don't write, sometimes I do, and I keep going for 30. This is the first time I've written at all regularly without a peer group around me. That means, lemme think here, '96 - '05, that's 9 years that's gone by since I've been creative.
Well, I've been creative in other ways, making 3 babies counts. I made the drapes in our house in CT, and having children is what's made me realize I enjoy storytelling.
I don't intend to give up television. I love plot. Perhaps that's what I should focus on. Surely it could help me. But at least I am selective in what I watch. And I'm thinking about cutting all my hair off again. Sorry, Gail.
