Monday, 1146 hours: I cut my lunch short today to blog on my weekly strategy. With the Twins loss there is a 3 to 4 hour loss of programming for the week. I received my cable on Saturday at noon, but due to my self-centered need to do yard work and sleep, I fell short of my 28 hour television viewing goal by only watching 25 hours. I will need to buckle down this week to try to get back on schedule.
Also, I attempted a couple of new shows to build up my television program catalogue. Some were positives and will stay on the list and some were negatives and must fall off. The new additions to the list are “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and “Son’s of Anarchy.” These are two of the best shows I have ever seen. Unfortunately, after giving it a 2 episode run, “Glee” will be falling off the mandatory watch list. Taking its’ place this week will be “Two and a Half Men” and “30 Rock,” both also recommendations from fairly reliable people.
My mandatory watch list for this week is as follows:
Monday Night Football
How I met your mother
Two and a half men
Big Bang Theory
Hells Kitchen
The Biggest Loser
New Adventures of Old Christine
Gary Unmarried
Son’s of Anarchy
It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
The Ultimate Fighter
South Park
The Office
30 Rock
Bones
Vikings vs Ravens (Sun)
Wild vs Anaheim (Wed)
Wild vs Oilers (Fri)
Wild vs Canucks (Sat)
Foot ball - Gophers vs Penn State (2:30 on ABC)
Hockey - Gophers vs Grand Forks (Fri)
Hockey - Gophers vs Grand Forks (Sat)
Saturday Night Live
Sunday 3:00 Football Game
Sunday Night Football
I believe this week is the season finale for Hell’s Kitchen which will open up an additional 2 hours of programming for next week. Also, I need to document at shows that were missed and whether those shows were replaced with others. It is important that I don’t fall into the pool of syndication. This could be a great waste of time if I end up watching hours of old Seinfeld episodes. I would be losing the focus of what this is all about.
This week is going to be quite a challenge, but I feel that I am mentally and physically prepared for it. I must also view my 44 hour goal as merely a low threshold, and I need to be willing to take this project to the next level. As the saying goes, shot for the stars and you may hit the moon…
So stay tuned...
Monday, October 12, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
The Long Journey
John Rzeznik once said "You grew up way too fast And now there's nothing to believe And reruns all become our history." After 2 days and 9 hours of television programming, I feel words have never been as true. Sorry, must watch taped SNL programs. I will update with my progress when I get a chance...
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Goal Setting 101
Hola,
This is my first blog entry of my first blog, so I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be doing. I see that as a positive. The purpose of this blog is to find the meaning of life. It's a fairly tall order. But after 36 years of not figuring life out without a blog, I thought that making a blog may help. I will not be discussing politics, or social issues, as those are topics that have contibuted to this loss of understanding of what life is supposed to be.
So, 6 weeks ago I decided to get rid of my TV and start to experience life. I did this for 2 reasons. One, to create more time for hobby's and life experience and two, to save money. I made the realization that life without a TV is significantly more expensive (unless you become a buddist monk, but those flights to Tibet aren't cheap.), and this increased expense caused me to not have money for life experiences. It is for this reason that I am going to bring TV back into my life.
But this time it is going to be different. I will not be taking my normal passive, reactive approach to TV watching. I am going to let it take over my life. I am going to be proactive with my planning, and document my entire TV "Experience." I have already scheduled 4 hours of continuous television viewing Monday through Friday and 14 hours on both Saturday and Sunday. My entire TV expenditure for digital cable with DVR is just over $70 per month. This equates to a little over $2 per day and when analyzed even further, nearly 25 cents per hour for entertainment. I can find nothing that compares.
The cable man shows up this Saturday at 9AM. So there is a signifant amount of planning that needs to be done by then. I mean, due to the programming schedules, many of my favorite shows are on at the same time. In some cases I am triple booked! This means that I cannot depend solely on the DVR, but I must utilize sites such as youtube and HULU to assure that all of my shows can be seen throughout the course of the week. I need to have a plan and I need to work that plan. I can leave nothing to chance. This is my life, and it is too important for chance.
So for now I will be watching DVD movies to prepare the stamina that I will need for my new adventures. I will update you all when I have more data. Until then, vary your programming and never settle for a rerun.
Adios!
This is my first blog entry of my first blog, so I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be doing. I see that as a positive. The purpose of this blog is to find the meaning of life. It's a fairly tall order. But after 36 years of not figuring life out without a blog, I thought that making a blog may help. I will not be discussing politics, or social issues, as those are topics that have contibuted to this loss of understanding of what life is supposed to be.
So, 6 weeks ago I decided to get rid of my TV and start to experience life. I did this for 2 reasons. One, to create more time for hobby's and life experience and two, to save money. I made the realization that life without a TV is significantly more expensive (unless you become a buddist monk, but those flights to Tibet aren't cheap.), and this increased expense caused me to not have money for life experiences. It is for this reason that I am going to bring TV back into my life.
But this time it is going to be different. I will not be taking my normal passive, reactive approach to TV watching. I am going to let it take over my life. I am going to be proactive with my planning, and document my entire TV "Experience." I have already scheduled 4 hours of continuous television viewing Monday through Friday and 14 hours on both Saturday and Sunday. My entire TV expenditure for digital cable with DVR is just over $70 per month. This equates to a little over $2 per day and when analyzed even further, nearly 25 cents per hour for entertainment. I can find nothing that compares.
The cable man shows up this Saturday at 9AM. So there is a signifant amount of planning that needs to be done by then. I mean, due to the programming schedules, many of my favorite shows are on at the same time. In some cases I am triple booked! This means that I cannot depend solely on the DVR, but I must utilize sites such as youtube and HULU to assure that all of my shows can be seen throughout the course of the week. I need to have a plan and I need to work that plan. I can leave nothing to chance. This is my life, and it is too important for chance.
So for now I will be watching DVD movies to prepare the stamina that I will need for my new adventures. I will update you all when I have more data. Until then, vary your programming and never settle for a rerun.
Adios!
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