Media habits
Once I started school, I realized that I could no longer risk being sucked into a Law & Order marathon or VH1’s reality TV. I cut the cable. Now I have nine channels and lots of cable access to choose from (which is only fun some of the time). As much as love going to the movies, I don’t love how it costs close to $20 to go. So I got Netflix, which rocks. And thanks to a computer savvy boyfriend who can find almost any random film or program and download it, I can watch what I want to watch when I wanna watch it. I can’t deal with most of the crap that is on TV, but I know if its there for me to watch, I will be doing that instead of my homework.
But… I now am into watching old movies, foreign movies, documentaries, and independent films. I don’t know if anyone has heard of the Fringe festival, but its here in Minneapolis in the summer and they show lots of interesting films of all genres. And sometimes those who worked on the film are there at the screening to field questions after the film. It is different kind of movie going experience.
And on a related note…LOST is the best show ever.
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I am a closet LOST fan. I really think the premise of the show is very silly, so I do not like to admit how much I like it. I notice that I have to watch all the episodes from a season in short period of time though...I do not have the attention span for watching any show on a weekly basis.
MPR did a piece on the Fringe Festival. It sounded really cool -- I liked how totally inclusive it sounded, because anyone who wants to can participate, right? I could not go this year though. Maybe next year.
Posted by: Heather | September 18, 2007 09:33 PM