omg why isn't the tivo recording?!

I like to watch tv. A lot of tv. So much so that B and I had a minor panic attack awhile back when we realized we still had time slots open on a Monday night to record shows. I realized then we had a problem - but it was an addiction I was willing to feed. We even invested in a dual tuner Tivo - so we could record two shows at once. Tivo has both helped and hurt us. Because of it we are no longer slaves to the TV in the usual sense. We don't have to be home at a certain time to catch our shows. But it's because of this feature we end up having 8 hours of TV to catch up on later in the evening. I've caught myself saying "Let's not go out, we have 4 episodes of The Office to watch still," and saying it begrudgingly.

TV has slowly taken over my life. It's the first thing I do in the morning, and the last thing I do at night. I plan my nightly routine by how much time it takes me to shower and get in bed to catch Chelsea Lately and Conan. I wake up in time to get ready and catch the first 15 minutes of the Today Show.

I started thinking yesterday about how hard it would be to not watch tv. I've been trying to write more lately but my words all come out jumbled and screen-play esque. Well, I'm not writing a screenplay nor do I want to. I cannot describe things the way I should because I expect the reader to know what I'm talking about. I mean, they can see it on the screen, can't they? It really occured to me that in order to write sentences that do not sound like the newest episode of 90210 I would have to do something drastic.

So, how hard could it possibly be? And to what lengths would I go? Cut TV out completely? Well... I figure I could still watch the news. That means the Today Show still counts. Chelsea Lately really isn't a fictional show so that shouldn't matter... Conan, sure why cut him out? But then there are shows like The Office. 30 Rock. Roseanne?! How could I cut out Roseanne? Greek? So you Think you Can Dance? My breathing gets heavier just thinking about it.

So I thought about catching a few select shows only on Hulu. But what's the difference? All I'm doing is giving myself excuses. I just don't know if I can live my life without Family Guy. I really don't.

I wouldn't be honest with myself if I said I wasn't a technology-driven person. I enjoy having constant access to everything. Full cable, 24/7 internet, my friends socially networked at my fingertips. I'm not sure I could cut out such a huge part of my life.

How does the saying go? Anything hard is worth doing? Or, if something is hard to do it's not worth doing? Wait. I think I'm channeling my inner Homer Simpson.