The media I can afford:)
I rarely go to see movies in the theatre anymore. In high school, that was the thing to do, but I suppose I dont have the money anymore. My boyfriend sometimes takes me to the theatre in block e if he wants to go on a "real date", but that's not too often. I dont have a car here in Minneapolis, so driving to rent new movies is out of the picture too. If I don't see a movie in the theatre on date night, I won't see it until one of my friends buys the dvd. One of my coworkers and I have started trading an obscure favorite movie of ours once a week. Its a great, not to mention free, way to see movies I havent seen, and so far her recommendations have been quality.
I don't watch tv very often anymore either. It just doesnt fit into my schedule with work and classes. But, one thing I do have time for is tv on dvd, the best thing to ever happen to my lunch time. I watch The Office, Arrested Development, and Scrubs on dvd at least once a day. I am never home at the right time to watch prime time television, but when one commercial free episode is only twenty minutes long, its perfect to pop in a dvd while i make dinner.
When I do have a night off, I’ll occasionally plop in front of the tv. My rent includes pretty good cable access; about 75 channels. That’s convenient to cure boredom, but unfortunately, my remote just recently broke, so channel surfing is quite the challenge. While I do love my apartment, one of the biggest things I miss about freshman year in the dorms is the free newspapers. I don’t have a newspaper delivered anymore, and feel embarrassingly out of touch with the world sometimes. Thank god for the internet! If it wasn’t for pop up news and bbc.com, I would be completely uninformed. I guess the internet exists for more than facebook. Who knew?