TV, Schmee-Vee

I used to watch a lot of television. I mean, a great deal. A big deal. An AMAZING deal. There are very few words to describe just how much television I used to watch.

Okay, fine, I'm exaggerating.

The point is, I used to watch a lot of television. Why "used to" and not any longer? Because I decided to go to college instead of spending the rest of my life watching my television shows. No, I'm not saying that I don't get to watch television anymore. I'm saying that I no longer get to watch television programs where I am.

College does something to you. For instance, it gives you a schedule you must, absolutely must, adhere to. And there shall be no argument about this - you go to college, you get a schedule, and you will follow it to the letter or else feel the wrath of the educational system.

Also known as failing.

College also inflicts the following:
- Appetite for anything easily cooked in a microwave
- Heavy dependence on quarters for washing machines, dryers, and vending machines
- Claustrophobia

Now that I have this schedule, I can't sit home all day and watch television. Granted, I never did, but you understand what I mean. Something has suddenly become more important than the television programs I would watch all the time, weekly, at home.

Hey, I'm not completely alone here. I used to watch Lost every Wednesday (no, wait, when was it on before? Tuesday?) until I realized that I had to fill that time doing homework and studying. I also cannot enjoy House or CIS or NCIS as I have things like night classes or exams always around the corner, taking up every moment I could sit on my butt and stare at the screen.

You'd also be alarmed at how this has cut into my time for playing video games. Sad.

We're all like this now, unfortunately. There are girls literally in tears because they have night classes during the O.C. There is even one teacher who spent the first semester in a rage what with ABC switching time slots around. She took it out on the class - let me say, it was a miracle I passed.

(Teacher, if you are reading this, I agree. I LOVED that show. I can't believe they moved it.)

Ultimately, we have nothing to do but try to form our lives around our new schedules. Clubs, meetings, classes, study time - all must be done first. It is a wonder that we, as college students, can still remember our favorite shows anymore.

I think.

But there are alternatives. For instance, there are those who, having missed entire seasons of Grey's Anatomy, organize viewing parties. They put up signs everywhere and people flock into the room, cramming it to capacity, just to see every moment from the season they missed.

We have had O.C. parties. Grey's Anatomy parties. We had a weekly American Idol session. No, I am really not making any of this up. I only wish I were . . .

In conclusion, we have television. We also have college. One of them must win.

So . . . any takers?