Subject: Television, I think.

My parents gave me a television my freshman year of college. Towards the end of my junior year, a friend sitting on the couch in my dorm room lifted a tablecloth to reveal a makeshift end table.
“This is a box for a television. Is there actually a television in this box or is it just a box you use as a table?”
My response being that there was a brand-new television in that box, but I’d never taken it out was met with wide-eyes of disbelief. Some people have other priorities. He immediately set my lamp on the floor, tore open the box and asked me where I would like him to put the television.
A minor dispute over my wanting the t.v. back in the box ensued, but I finally gave in and settled on the empty desk.
A few minutes later, I discovered The Weather Channel. I love The Weather Channel, but I don’t particularly like television. At first TWC played great classic rock music during the local forecasts. Then they switched to some sort of Muzac and I would watch TWC on mute with my cd player going in the background.
Apparently there were other channels like MTV and FX that were geared more towards my demographic, but I wanted nothing to do with those channels. Give me Weather or give me death. TWC was not only full of crazy meteorologists, but full of information that would mostly be of no use to me. For me, the 10-day-forecast for South Africa would never be pertinent information. Still, you never know.
Currently, we don’t have cable. I haven’t had cable since college, and as far as I’m concerned, I don’t want it.
It should be noted, though, that our entire apartment building does not have cable. Apparently, the building is too old and the cable company told the landlady it would be too costly to outfit the building. I think she made it up, but this is fine by me; I just don’t care. I can live without all the crap on t.v now (and I write that as if I have any idea what kind of crap really is on television; I don't).
I still have PBS and NBC. What more could I need? Histories Mysteries and all the cooking shows my heart desires. I love Julia Child; I even wept a little when she died.
Sidenote: I gotta say, that lady was some serious entertainment! Just the way she talked and how quirky and fun she was kept me enamored. Her lobster episode was hysterical.
But I digress.
I’ve rambled on and not said anything to clue you in as to where I’m going with this.
My whole point is I think The Weather Channel is a service to the public and it should be made part of network television.

*I promise to avoid any further blogs this bad. I’m a bit hung-over and focus is not my strong point today.*