for the love of television

it's not necessarily that i love television, but more that i love the shows i watch. this past summer i was in florida during the two tropical storms that went through, needless to say there was a constant down pour for the majority of the end of my visit. to cure my boredom i began watching the television series of  Gossip Girl on netflix, i quickly became infatuated and would spend most of my day with my eyes glued to the television screen (i finished all four seasons in two weeks if this gives you any inclination to how bored/obsessed i was.)  with these endless hours of t.v. watching i began to live vicariously through the characters of Gossip Girl, when i reached the end of the fourth season i was unreasonably upset and now i cannot wait for the new season to start! one week! when i finished Gossip Girl i just had to start a new series, so i chose Grey's Anatomy... even though i have already seen every episode. but in the middle of season three a character leaves and starts her own practice, to my convenience they made another show about it. and its not like i could just ignore that so i began watching Private Practice. 

without television, i would be quite bored quite often. it is apart of my daily routine: come home, change into comfy clothes, lay in bed, watch tv, take a nap, wake up, watch tv, eat, do my homework, watch tv, go to sleep. television can really be a distraction for just about anything, homework, emotions, ect. and without it i would have to find a whole new distraction and thats just really too much work for me right now. 

there are a lot of things i feel that i have learned from television. for example from watching hours of Grey's Anatomy i can say with full confidence that i know how to do surgery (that was a joke.) however, i could carry on a somewhat educated conversation with a surgeon about surgery. all joking aside, i do not believe that all television just rots your brain, spongebob yes, but most programs on air are not. such as the food network, husbands and children all over America with wives that watch this channel are thankful for it without even knowing it. television as a whole is a great thing that benefits many people including myself, if not for anything other that pure enjoyment.