TV = Evil

Television is a bad bad thing. No, I don't mean the actual shows (I'll still watch Lost and the West Wing and such), but the idiot box itself. I spent yesternight avoiding work by watching some CTV show which pretends that Canadians can be cool and scienc-ey and solve problems that the CIA can't (Ha!) and by watching a Football Game and by watching other things which I'm too embarrassed to relate (yes, there are things I watch that are more embarassing than football).

And what did I get for my night of doing nothing? Tiredness (I had to stay up late to do my readings) and a terrible sense of lethargy and apathy. In other words, general psychological unhappiness.

So tonight I vowed to watch no tv. I've spent my time instead reading comics, doing a little homework, and taking a bath. And I feel infinitely better.

Now, it could be that I have less work tonight. It could be that I ate something which helped my metabolism. There could be any number of reasons that have nothing to do with tv. But I choose to believe that reading and talking to my housemates is infinitely better for my soul than watching mindless tv.