April 2002

I'm Gonna Use My TeeVee as a Paperweight, How 'Bout You?

Grandpa recently reminded me that this week (April 22 to 28) is TV Turn Off Week. (see www.adbusters.org/campaigns/tvturnoff) It's a holiday we don't often celebrate, but frankly it's about time. I've seen all the Law & Order episodes at least three times, and I channel-hop so much that I really can't respect myself in the morning. The TeeVee is sucking out my brain.

Now here comes the challenge…what on earth can Grandpa and I do without watching TeeVee?? Start trying to write well for Evil Robots, you say? Thanks for the vote of confidence, nimrod! But I guess writing more could be good since the quality of our published work is beyond reproach. We can really do anything we want except sit around watching Dexter's Lab (fortunately I have a small Dexterbot to help satisfy that urge). I might celebrate by strolling leisurely around town, playing a kick ass Lego board game, reading Harold and the Purple Crayon, building a super-city out of empty cardboard boxes, or even interviewing the Hamburgler about his past escapades. The sky's the limit!

TeeVee Turn Off Week may sound scary, but if you use the TeeVee as an easel to display your drawings you may even forget it's off. I think Grandpa & I will satisfy our lazy lounging desires just fine. And with no TeeVee we'll have more time to listen to our Russell Gunn CDs and really kick back…ethnomusicology style.