[[Still A Girly Girl: I Need the Idiot Box to Keep Me Entertained.]]

Feb 8, 2005

I Need the Idiot Box to Keep Me Entertained.

Our TV is kaput. When i got back from BC almost a month ago, the TV was kaput.

Nothing in this house is ever new.. My mom figures that if she can get a used washing machine for $100, why should she spend $500 on a new one? Same goes with televisions. We've probably gone through four or five $20 garage-sale TVs in recent years.

I live in a very small town where there is absolutely nothing to do. Although, i did make a discovery today. More on that later. Back to televisions. Without TV, i spend most of my spare time online for lack of anything better to do. Sometimes i read, but it's not often that i have reading material that keeps my interest. And i cook and bake. But not enough to keep me busy all the time. So, the obvious answer to my boredom is, "buy a new television".

I went out with my sister A, who is in town for a couple days, and we bought prenatal vitamins (she's due in July), and looked at TVs at the local Radio Shack. Being that i live in a small town, the selection at the Radio Shack was pretty terrible. There were two options under $100, and they were 13" and 10". The other two options were a 20" Magnavox for $129, and a 27" JVC for $229.

I would go with the quality television if i thought it actually mattered. Kevin and i are planning on moving in together eventually, and he already has a 27" JVC and wants to get a big-ass flat-screen TV. So if i bought the quality TV, we would really have no use for it and i would probably leave it here. Looks like i'm going with the "high-quality crap" 20" Magnavox.

So, the other interesting thing.. The Radio Shack here is in what used to be a bar. Rather than tear out the bar, and the stools, and refinish the surrounding area, they turned it into a neat little coffee bar with comfy couches. I made a fool of myself finding out this information, but i also determined that they have wireless internet access. And if you bring your own computer and buy a coffee, you can sit and use their wireless signal all day long.

Just the other day i was talking to Jen on MSN, and she was using her laptop at a local cafe that offered free wireless internet. I commented that i wished there were somewhere like that here, and viola, there it is. Of course, Joe Read's is open until 11:00, and Radio Shack is only open until 6:00 or so. But still, it will greatly enhance my music-pirating abilities. Yay for advancing technology!

Posted by erynthenerd @ 4:57 PM

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