I have fallen prey to my DVR. It is such a crutch for me anymore. It’s seldom that I actually sit down to watch live TV anymore. I record the programs I want to see and watch them when I want. Did I just say that? Am I a freaking commercial? For the love of pete, it is true. I am a victim of a technology that makes life uselessly more simple and gives other people the ability to scoff me for. At the same time, I cannot really recall the last time I actually watched MTV. Do you know how good that feels?
The truth of the matter is that even though I record all these shows, I hardly ever fast forward through the commercials. There is that nagging addiction to pop culture in the back of my head that needs to be fed from time to time. I allow myself the ability to be aware of the crap that exists out there just enough so I can say, “Yeah, I’ve heard of that but never sat down to watch it.”
And don’t even get me started on pausing live TV…