Father, Mother, Secret Lover

Hi, my name is Marie and I am a TV addict.

Yes, I'll finally admit it. I love TV. I never considered myself a TV junkie, but now that I hardly watch TV anymore, I realize how much I was (or am). Last week, I suddenly realized that I couldn't remember what channel CNN was. And I am the same person who could tell you the number of any channel without hestitation. I also used to know by heart the programming line up for my favorite channels. Now, I can't even tell you what shows are on.

(Well, except The Office and The Simpsons, which is where the title of this blog comes from. Those are my favorites. And now Brian's getting me addicted to Top Gear on BBC America. I am not a car fan, but I love that show. It makes me want to drive cars really, really fast. I noticed this morning that the speedometer in my car goes up to 160mph. Then I saddly realized that I will never see my car go that fast. So what's the point of having a speedometer that goes that high?)

But I digress. Two weeks ago, when I was on vacation, I did some chores while watching TV. I ended up watching 4 hours of TV that day, and boy, it my brain hurt. It wasn't used to passively staring at a screen for that long.

So I guess breaking away from the boob tube is a good thing, but sometimes, I want my MTV. ;-)