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Once upon a time, Yun loved to surf TV in between burying herself in the study of the ‘behaviors’ of atoms. She formed the habit of watching hours of TV in mid-day when taking a break from school. Her favorite TV show was the replay of I love Lucy… Cece says: “that was a funny show indeed.” She and Yun recount their favorite episodes and have a good laugh! But Cece is tickled that Yun likes I Love Lucy. Yun grew up in China, when such ’silly act’ comedy was unheard of so she really loves comedy of all types!
After getting situated in this country, working a hectic corporate schedule, Yun started a new habit of surfing Thursday night NBC: Frasier, Friends, Seinfeld etc.. You might say religiously for 4 years until Friends retired or until her first baby was born. Not sure which one has more influence in ending her TV surfing career….. but that’s beyond the point.
The point here is that TV surfing can easily become a habit. Once you get into the grove of surfing, it can be hard to stop. Couple of weeks ago, somehow, Yun started surfing again, this time not on TV, but on YouTube. There are a few nights, the midnight oil was burned with Bill Maher, ABBA, George Carlin… One morning, Yun was in her pajamas . She wrote to Cece: “I stayed up way too late last night watching ABBA and Mamma Mia. This must stop…”
But she did not and could not, until one day she realized she had a hard time focusing on things she intended to do during the day. She knows that she needs to get enough sleep. So, painfully, she refuses to take her laptop to bed with her. That ends the short YouTube surfing love affair. It is amazing how much easier it is to get into the habit of TV watching and Internet surfing than getting out of the habit.
Cece says: “It is good to have a TV and keep up on the News. But surfing channels can be time consuming and waste of life.” Cece just thinks Yun should find one channel and stay on it and watch the news…not surf! Cece encourages Yun to get a converter box, so Yun can have a TV signal at home on her giant TV(A Confessions here….Cece thinks this is the biggest TV she has ever seen!). Well, at this time, Yun is not trusting herself. If she can surf YouTube to wee hours, what might happen if she actually gets a real professional tube? Juries are still out, but one thing is for sure, Yun is not going to indulge the habit of TV surfing…
TV can become a drug and a substitute for the many things that can be done in this life. It can blot the mind and numb it to the many possibilities that life has to offer. Cece says, if you can manage its watching, so it does not take over your productive life., it can also enrich and enlighten your life to what is outside your finite and safe realm.
Cece says that TV can upset us too…This coming Wednesday, she will write about a segment that she saw on World News that did this . Sometimes being upset is good…it might spur us into action.
