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Little TV
posted by Rob on 20 Jun 2008
There's seems to be less and less TV around me at the moment. I remember working with someone who didn't watch any TV years ago and thinking how weird they were. Although in their case they really were weird. But Em doesn't seem to bother with more than an hour or so of TV a week. Anna has just gone a fortnight without turning on the set. My pal Jenn seems not to own one (though somehow she's able to watch zombie movies). (And my friend Leila used not to have a TV although a job writing about what's on telly might have changed that.) At the moment, I'm watching about four one-hour shows a week, with the adverts all snipped out, courtesy of Sky+. So that's just under three hours. In my case it's not because a) I have so many exciting things to do instead or b) I disapprove of televisions (or anything with buttons, à la Amish-types). I'm just aware that I've seen it all before, usually done better. What I need is a hobby. Suggestions? (Apart from knitting)
Comments: 7
Suggested hobbies:Cycling. Drinking prosecco (A very nice occupation - which I am currently trying out for the launch party of Zuzu's Petals.)
Posted by: sue hepworth | June 20, 2008 06:39 PM
A very nice hobby indeed, Sue, especially in a Venetian piazza. I hope you have a great launch and make many sales. Have a glass for me, seeing as I'm a Sheffield girl.
Posted by: Sarah Bower | June 20, 2008 09:22 PM
I started to write all sorts of hobbies, but realized you already do most of them (writing, making your own stuff, blogging...) Reading has always been the hobby I return to when I have enough time. Maybe taxidermy?
Posted by: KatharineC | June 20, 2008 10:39 PM
Don't get a hobby, just get a little cat! It'll take care of the mice too.
(I do have a telly now, I'm afraid, but at least it's rarely on.)
Posted by: leila | June 21, 2008 09:57 AM
Hmmm, a little cat. Maybe one like Anna's Beany (see here). As for cycling and prosecco, Sue, I loved cycling round London's canal paths and cycle routes, but in the sticks it's blind bends and drivers doing eighty-five and I don't dare risk it. And I've already abandoned boozing as a possible hobby, so the prosecco is out, I'm afraid.
Posted by: Rob | June 22, 2008 07:22 PM
How about wood carving?
Posted by: sue hepworth | June 23, 2008 11:02 AM
Make a kite and then fly it from a breezy hill... you do have hills down there, don't you?
Posted by: Dee | June 24, 2008 09:27 PM