I feel like a covert operative, sneaking around behind backs and doing all sorts of other illegal things. Don’t tell Jaime this, but I got a set of rabbit ears for the TV.
I was all geared to do the experiment, I really was. I thought, “It will be good for me to exhibit some selflessness and eschew television for awhile.” (Whenever I’m feeling noble, I use long words when I talk to myself.) Then I thought, “To heck with this! Bring on the tube!” (Whenever I’m feeling reckless, grammar goes out the window.)
The people who owned the home before told me that they had a pair of rabbit ears on their TV and it allowed them to get the local channels. I asked, with bated breath, “Like channel 4?” They nodded in the affirmative and I gleefully snatched the proffered ears out of their hands, dashing home. Upon finding no little hole wherein to insert the antennae, I grabbed some packing tape left over from the move and taped that puppy on the back of the TV. It was 6:30. I picked up the remote and with hands all a tremble, I turned the TV to channel 4. It was fuzzy and the color was slightly off, but there was channel 4.
For those of you out of the area, channel 4 is the local ABC affiliate. ABC is where Dancing With the Stars comes on. I was in heaven as the hands on the clock rolled ever onward toward the magical hour of seven. Then it arrived, and dance filled my living room.
I’m sorry, Jaime; I was going to post every week with my progress on how I was resisting temptation. But I’m weak! Weak, I tell you!
Now here comes the big question – will I be able to get Fox when it’s time for the new season of American Idol?
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