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By: Clareified » Blog Archive » Television

Clareified » Blog Archive » Television — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:27:00 +0000

[...] A few years ago, I did the unthinkable. I gave up TV for the month before my birthday. There was no grand plan, back then, I just plugged the TV out and went to sleep. I was cranky and miserable and bitter for weeks, to the point where I almost said “nuts to this!” But I stuck it out, wrote some interesting stories, solved a few global problems AND learned something about myself. I repeated the experiment the following year, but this time I built in so many exceptions to my non-TV watching that really the only thing I sacrificed was watching Sports and once I decided poker wasn’t really a Sport, I’d really accomplished nothing. I didn’t even bother going through the motions last year. But the season approaches again and I’m thinking of taking the Dawn Summers Summer Blackout Challenge again. Lord knows I’m behind on my novel reading, my screenplay writing and one of a million other things I can do with the seven hours a day I spend watching television. Well, the gauntlet has been thrown. Will I pick it up? [...]

By: Erik

Erik — Sat, 12 Jun 2004 06:56:43 +0000

I wish you the best of luck with it.

I have gone without cable for nearly six months now. (too much money for nothing really worth watching.)

I still find myself watching local TV from time to time, but I am reminded to turn it off when they bombard me with all their constant garbage.

By: Dawn Summers

Dawn Summers — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 20:05:41 +0000

What does wayster mean, Andrew? Karol only teaches me Russian now, so I’m not up on my Scottish.

By: Dawn Summers

Dawn Summers — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 19:15:34 +0000

Still waiting for Second Season to come out on DVD… I won’t start watching a new season of a serial without the backstory. I had hoped that they would come out faster than 13 months apart, but whaddaya gonna do?

By: Alceste

Alceste — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 19:04:09 +0000

i could have sworn you liked six feet under ms summers, doesn’t that start on sunday?

By: cube

cube — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 02:58:45 +0000

honestly if i could take off work for a month i would be the chronicler for you

(chronicler is the one who does the chronicling right)

By: Esther

Esther — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 02:48:44 +0000

Wow. Maybe you could make a documentary about your month without TV, called “Dawnie Unplugged.” All you have to do is get it to Sundance, where it will compete with my documentary, “Televisionary,” which chronicles my month of nothing but television…

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 02:10:50 +0000

yes! more time to blog!

By: Andreas

Andreas — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 02:00:54 +0000

You are such wayster. Karol would be so proud.

By: Dawn Summers

Dawn Summers — Tue, 08 Jun 2004 21:28:00 +0000

That would certainly be an unexpected sideffect of my sabbatical.

By: cube

cube — Tue, 08 Jun 2004 21:25:23 +0000

i have not had cable in may apartment for two years.

Although i still watch moives, and follow a couple shows that my friends also watched (24 and survior), but those are over now.

I just watch a movie when i don’t want to think anymore.

In 3 and half weeks you will be a conservitve.