The main character in the movie
Bamboozled, a TV executive, had
FEED THE IDIOT BOX written on
masking tape across his large wide screen
TV. I saw the irony of this like everyone else, but then realized just how true it is. So for the rest of the year at school I did the same on my TV in my
dorm room.
Through out the year I'd be watching a show I made a point to see like,
The Simpsons or the
local news, but instead of just keep on watching TV like I usually do, I'd just turn it off. Thirty minutes of my life was devoted to reading a
classic or chatting with friends rather than watching some show I had no interest in in the first place- like
Wheel Of Fortune or
Friends. Lying on my death bed, I know I'll smile at the fact that I had used my time here for something other than a staring at a box with a
light bulb inside for hours and hours even though I was
absolutely bored off my ass watching it.
Also you'd be surprised just how many people -who were accepted into a
university- ask, "Idiot box? I don't get it."