Riot and Frolic

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I own and rock people’s faces off teaching ballroom dancing at Dancers Studio in St. Paul, MN. My husband and I compete professionally in American style and wrangle eight children in our spare time. I’ve been teaching and competing in ballroom dancing for over 25 years and have lots of opinions on it. I am an expert by any means, but there are quite a few dancers who are better than me and I have a solid knowledge of basic technique, so suck it.

On Not Owning a Television

I don't own a t.v.

I do have a computer and the interwebs.

I stream shows I like from Netflix (thanks, Nicey-Nice Lady!) and [gasp] occasionally stream new episodes illegally.

I generally do not read or listen to the news, see commercials, or watch movie previews.

My life is better because of this.

The products I buy are either the cheapest or recommended by friends or heavily researched on the afore-mentioned interwebs.

The shows and movies I watch are recommended by friends (my family has horrible taste in movies; ex. The Proposal) or involve actors/directors I enjoy.

Political ads hold no sway and I can research candidates with one less bias.

My kids cannot plop down in front of the tube and watch anything they want.  I get to handpick shows for them to view (My Little Pony, bitches!) (yes, yes, and Sesame Street, too).

I'm not saying we read 10 books a day by candlelight (if children's board books don't count) or sew all our own clothes from flour sacks or spin pottery to eat granola out of.  

I just like that the commercial world doesn't hold as much power over me as it used to.

Or do I….

[Wait for the flip side next Wednesday.]

Dick_clark
One year ago:  LLLL, again.

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2 responses to “On Not Owning a Television”

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    Hotteahotbooks.wordpress.com

    We have a TV, but we don’t have TV (you won’t believe how many people are confused when I tell them that). We also have Netflix, and I finally caved and signed up for Hulu Plus now that you can stream it via Apple TV. It’s amazing how much money one can save by not having TV. In this day and age, there’s no need for it.

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    warren

    Now hold on just a second! The Proposal was a cool movie! It was a chick-flick and all so I know I am out on a limb here but I loved it…and not just because I sort of got to sort of see Sandra Bullock sort of naked (though that didn’t hurt). Ok, otherwise, your points are good…we got cable only a short while ago after not having it (which effectively means we didn’t watch TV) and I am not sure it’s a great thing. Anyhow, I’ll not hold the Proposal thing against you…

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