television
my boyfriend thinks that people shouldn't watch television. he thinks people should simplify their lives by getting rid of their televisions (as long as there was still a way to play video games, of course).
i respect my boyfriend and his opinions, so i wonder sometimes if he's right. maybe we should throw out our flat screens and open up a book every now and then.
but last night, right as i was going to bed, i turned on the television and saw a two small children, about to read an advertisement to their father; the advertisement detailed their idea of the "perfect nanny." it took about 2.5 seconds for me to join in singing, "no worts... play games... all sorts. she must be kind, she must be pretty..." okay, i could seriously go on and on and am, at this moment, fighting the urge to do just that. but i must make my point...
it literally made my night to see Mary Poppins on the screen. Just seconds after getting lost in the stress of grading papers, I was suddenly a child again. I was so excited to see the long line of stern nannys get blown away as mary poppins flew in with her umbrella. i giggled with surprise, along with "Jane and Michael... Banks," when Mary Poppins pulled a hat rack out of her overnight bag. my night was officially complete.
i told jesse that bill cosby (well, dr. huxtable) and julie andrews (in both sound of music and mary poppins) were my heroes. and if not for television, i wouldn't know of them.
so, as for me, i'm keeping my teleivision on.
i respect my boyfriend and his opinions, so i wonder sometimes if he's right. maybe we should throw out our flat screens and open up a book every now and then.
but last night, right as i was going to bed, i turned on the television and saw a two small children, about to read an advertisement to their father; the advertisement detailed their idea of the "perfect nanny." it took about 2.5 seconds for me to join in singing, "no worts... play games... all sorts. she must be kind, she must be pretty..." okay, i could seriously go on and on and am, at this moment, fighting the urge to do just that. but i must make my point...
it literally made my night to see Mary Poppins on the screen. Just seconds after getting lost in the stress of grading papers, I was suddenly a child again. I was so excited to see the long line of stern nannys get blown away as mary poppins flew in with her umbrella. i giggled with surprise, along with "Jane and Michael... Banks," when Mary Poppins pulled a hat rack out of her overnight bag. my night was officially complete.
i told jesse that bill cosby (well, dr. huxtable) and julie andrews (in both sound of music and mary poppins) were my heroes. and if not for television, i wouldn't know of them.
so, as for me, i'm keeping my teleivision on.
posted by lethes | 11:18 AM
4 Comments:
your boyfriend is a hypocrite.
yesterday i watched curious george and barney.
and today watched rachel ray's talk show.
anything i say is invalid.
Coury! I watched Mary Poppins last night, too! "The position has been filled" is my favorite line. And you're right. It takes you straight back to being a kid.
TV is great... especially when you have a video game console turned on.
Thank God for TVs; your grandfather made a living selling and fixing them. How else could we watch Abbott and Costello, or Howdy Doody, or Andy Griffin????
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