technology peeve

Growing up, I remember eagerly anticipating my favorite show coming on. I would watch the clock and hover around the family room. It was coming on in 5 minutes, I might as well at least turn on the TV. (Note: our family favorites were Avonlea, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, and Lois & Clark.)


Fast forward several years and I don't remember TV schedules. The awaited show may come and go and I won't think about it. Why is that? Well, my friends, I have a confession.

The new invention of putting episodes online has radically changed my life. I discovered it sometime in college and my eyes were opened. I vividly remember driving back to school my sophomore year and running across campus to my dorm just so I could catch the new episode of America Dreams. (Pathetic, maybe.) I turned it on just in time and I did a little victorious fist pump. But can you blame me? This was pre-TV shows online era. If I missed it, I missed it forever. Or until the reruns came on...but seriously, who watched the reruns?

Except what started as an ingenious invention has now become a minor downfall for me. Now, I have dozens of shows at my finger tips and if I decide to watch 3 in a row, who can stop me?

Believe me, I'm not a TV junkie (although I am a recovering one...) and don't schedule my time around it. But this instant gratification is killing me.